Vote: What Stage Musical Would You Like to See Next on the Big Screen? — Page 2

Wicked
Into the Woods
Brigadoon (getting it right this time)
Big River
City of Angels
Nine (once the strike ends!)
Ragtime
Kiss of the Spider Woman
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (if there was a way to vote for the ending and see the one you picked!)
Merrily We Roll Along (which will never happen)
Jelly's Last Jam
The Most Happy Fella

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Updated On: 12/14/07 at 04:53 PM

With all the movie remakes going on now... why not a few of the old musicals that didn't work so well the first time:

The Wiz
Man of La Mancha
Guys & Dolls
Carousel
A Little Night Music
Mame
Brigadoon (mentioned earlier)

In the right hands, these could all be wonderful films for a new generation.

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I think a Miss Saigon movie would probably be a somewhat big hit in America anyway, ...it's the Vietnam War story that people haven't all heard. But think of the huge budget it'd have to have most likely...well if they decide to include the helicopters (why wouldn't they)... And a Jekyll & Hyde movie would be great and I agree Linda Eder would be great as Lucy, .. but I'm not so sure she'd do it. After going to a concert of hers, its apparent that she really loves her kid & I just couldn't see her taking the 6 months to whenever a year or so to do but who knows.? They said though before they did it that they'd have to get atleast 1 or 2 big name actors to play some of the leads or no producer would do it..or atleast that's what I heard last.

And what about THE WOMAN IN WHITE...it's a great novel! And it's been made on screen before with some success (not really).

And I was thinking about LES MISERABLES as a movie. I think the intro would be great..something of a Pirates of the Caribean opening with the overture and the chain gang music, but I feel like too many changes would have to be made. They'd probably move STARS back to where it was with the original London Cast (right after Valjean goes with Cosette to Paris, as it is in the book), but then again some scenes would look so great. Like the transitiion from "Do You Hear the People Sing?" into "In My Life," etc. ... and how does anyone propose they'd do scenes like ONE DAY MORE, EMPTY CHAIRS AT EMPTY TABLES, and the Finale when the dead come back? I just don't see how the whole thing could work and they can't just cut One Day More nor the Finale, nor change them...I couldn't see too many happy people with that!

I'd like a more true to stage version of A Chorus Line, just for the vaults.

Of the unfilmed scores, I'd actually like to see LaChiusa's Wild Party (though that will never happen).

Into the Woods with Burton as director.

FOLLIES!
FOLLIES!
FOLLIES!
FOLLIES!
(and Ragtime)

Ragtime
A Chorus Line (done properly this time)
Drowsy
Ragtime! I mean, what...
Into the Woods
The Pajama Game
Aida
Ragtime!

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I'd love to see Urinetown done.
Ms. Pennywise: Meryl Streep or Glenn Close (with a heavily transposed score)
Officer Lockstock: Kevin Kline
Caldwell B. Cladwell: Kevin Spacey
Hope Cladwell: Anne Hathaway or Amy Adams
Bobby Strong: Jake Gyllenhall
Little Sally: Abigail Breslin, Dakota Fanning or Ellen Page (depending on how they want to display the age)
Judd Apatow or Adam McKay as director? Both seem to have the right feel for this kind of material.

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Updated On: 12/14/07 at 11:14 PM

Bloomer Girl

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Jersey Boys
Assassins
Wicked
Avenue Q
Grey Gardens (not counting the upcoming HBO version)
Gypsy
Urinetown

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I would like to see a new live action movie version of Beauty and the Beast that is based on the stage musical rather than the original film. Basically, I just want them to use all the songs that were added to the stage version.

Honestly? There are two stage musicals I'd like to see made into a film:

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. With the right voices, it's excellent and it also has a concept that I find really interesting in these days of "Passion of the Christ." In 1973, Tim Rice wrote a screenplay for the film adaptation at that time (which did turn out well anyway, but I digress). To quote Tim, "I was asked to do a screenplay. I thought, 'Great! Fantastic!' After all, the screenplay already existed in that the lyrics were all there and the story was there, so it was a question really of, 'Do I bring the Roman centurions in from the left or the right?' or 'How many camels are in this scene?' That was what I thought had happened. And I wrote a screenplay rather like Ben Hur (you know, Jesus addresses 20,000 people or armies of Romans stream in from the left). And I think they took one look at that and thought, 'No, that's gonna be $50 million, forget it!' And my screenplay was instantly ditched..."

I'd really like to see that screenplay done, with the right voices.

TANZ DER VAMPIRE. This will take a lot to work as a musical remake, especially in advertising, but I have confidence in the material.

First, the use of the German title tells you a lot...for the screenplay, we basically go back to the German material, but to say the least, there needs to be a bit of cutting to make it work. I say it's only 90 minutes long, and the focus will be on 4 or 5 of the main characters at most. And the score is gutted like a fish, focusing on just a few ongoing themes, with much of the cut music functioning as underscoring.

Rough song list:
"Original Sin"
"A Good Nightmare Comes So Rarely" (new-ish material to pacify fans for cuts)
"Invitation To The Ball"
"Braver Than We Are / Red Boots Ballet / Say A Prayer" (an extended musical sequence, the major production number aside from the finale, a sop to those who like the major numbers in the show)
"Come With Me"
"Total Eclipse Of The Heart"
"Carpe Noctem"
"For Sarah"
"Confession Of A Vampire"
"Finale (Dance Of The Vampires)"

Also, obvious changes besides cuts would come into play. Most of the comedy would be played straight. Krolock needs to be portrayed as a villain you're scared of and don't want to win. Alfred would be more of a hero, less of a sissy. Still ends the same. Vampires win. Hopefully with a great song at the end the audience won't be too upset.

For marketing, it's not too hard to establish the film as a brand. Market it as a Hammer film of yore, with cheesy red text across the poster:

"YOU WILL SEE VAMPIRES BITE!
YOU WILL SEE VAMPIRES KILL!
YOU WILL SEE VAMPIRES...DANCE?"

And "Original Sin," with Krolock singing to the audience, would be an ideal trailer.

This is all just off the top of my head.

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