"The Women" Musical?
"The Women" Musical?
#0"The Women" Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:23pmI'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?
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#1re: 'The Women' Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:27pmThe 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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popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#2re: 'The Women' Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:28pmClare Booth Luce, I think.
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#3re: 'The Women' Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:29pmYES! Thank you!
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Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#4re: 'The Women' Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:29pmWas'nt this just revived with Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Coolidge, Rue Mcclanahan and Jennifer Tilly?
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#5re: 'The Women' Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:30pmA few years back, yes, but there were no songs in it.
#6re: 'The Women' Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:31pmYes it was - but not as a musical, which is what this thread is pondering upon...
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: 'The Women' Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:32pmRight - I heard that Julia Roberts was in cahoots to do a "Film" remake. Anyone else hear this?
#8re: '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****)...
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#9re: 'The Women' Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:39pmWasn't there a movie musical based on THE WOMEN called THE OPPOSITE SEX? It had Dolores Grey and Joan Collins.
#10re: '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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Joined: 12/31/69
#11re: 'The Women' Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:43pmI 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.
#13re: 'The Women' Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:48pmyes--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...
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#14re: 'The Women' Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:50pmActually, 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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Joined: 12/31/69
#15re: 'The Women' Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 2:54pmThank goodness for that - I just can't see Julia (and Meg?). Oh my!
#16re: 'The Women' Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 4:18pmYes - 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.
#17re: 'The Women' Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 4:20pmwell, 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?
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#18re: 'The Women' Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 4:33pmThe whole concept is that of Mary as a push over until the second act...
marge2033
Swing Joined: 5/4/04
#19re: 'The Women' Musical?
Posted: 8/26/04 at 8:25pmI 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!!!!
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