"The Women" Musical?

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"The Women" Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:23pm

I'm very surprised nobody has ever tried to musicalize this play--it seems like a natural choice--plus how fun would it be to see our favorite divas catfighting and wearing fabulous costumes? any ideas on a dream cast?

#2

re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:27pm

The show itself is very protected by the estate of the woman who wrote it (in a senior moment, her name is escaping me). It's tough enough to get the rights to perform it in it's original form, let alone making it into a musical.

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#3

re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:28pm

Clare Booth Luce, I think.

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re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:29pm

YES! Thank you!

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#5

re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:29pm

Was'nt this just revived with Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Coolidge, Rue Mcclanahan and Jennifer Tilly?

#6

re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:30pm

A few years back, yes, but there were no songs in it.

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re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:31pm

Yes it was - but not as a musical, which is what this thread is pondering upon...

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"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!

#8

re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:32pm

Right - I heard that Julia Roberts was in cahoots to do a "Film" remake. Anyone else hear this?

#9

re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:32pm

yes, it is Clare...

okay--so how about a dream cast IF it was a musical?

I'd love to see Kaitlin Hopkins play Sylvia, Blythe Danner as Mary's Mother, Marin Mazzie as Mary Haines, and Audra as Crystal Allen (it would be cool to see her play a real b****)...

#10

re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:39pm

Wasn't there a movie musical based on THE WOMEN called THE OPPOSITE SEX? It had Dolores Grey and Joan Collins.

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#11

re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:42pm

Marin Mazzie is MUCH too hard edged to be Mary Haines...I just can't see that working at all. (though I do like her as a performer - but too brassy for Mary)...I'll have to mull this one over, Possums.

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"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!

#12

re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:43pm

I think you are right. There was a musical production also produced at the On Broadway club in San Francisco with an all male cast about ten years ago. It was a huge hit, and there are rumors of a anniversary revival...but just rumors.

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re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:44pm

Mother in Ragtime hard-edged? okay.....

#14

re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:48pm

yes--you are 100% right--it was called THE OPPOSITE SEX, though it has male "guest stars" in it as well....guess i missed that one...

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re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:50pm

Actually, Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan and Andie McDowell were both on board for a remake. That was before the revival on stage, so I don't think it's happening anymore.

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#16

re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:54pm

Thank goodness for that - I just can't see Julia (and Meg?). Oh my!

#17

re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 4:18pm

Yes - even though she was mother in Ragtime, there is something too large about her (her face and mouth, for starters) Mary Haines should have delicate features and should be a more petite actress, not the tall, horsey physicality of Marin (as I said before, I do like her voice and presence - but just not for this particular role) The best thing I've seen Marin do to date is The Vagina Monologues - she was so frigging funny, I was stunned at her comic abilities - I wish everyone could have seen her in that show.

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"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!

#18

re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 4:20pm

well, redhot i guess i don't have physical requirements for actors, beyond those specified in the dialogue...i think marin would be great--and who says Mary has to be a push-over anyway?

#19

re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 4:33pm

The whole concept is that of Mary as a push over until the second act...

#20

re: 'The Women' Musical?

Posted: 8/26/04 at 8:25pm

I actually did see a musical version of "The Women" in SanFrancisco back in 1996. It was entirely done by drag queens and it was fabulous!!!!