WHY didn't I think of this before? PETE'S DRAGON on stage!
WHY didn't I think of this before? PETE'S DRAGON on stage!
#0WHY didn't I think of this before? PETE'S DRAGON on stage!
Posted: 5/28/05 at 4:25pm
I think doing PETE'S DRAGON on stage would be AMAZING!
I'll be your candle on the water...
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#1re: WHY didn't I think of this before? PETE'S DRAGON on stage!
Posted: 5/28/05 at 4:31pm
Aww yeah that would be cute. 
And the other thing about the Phantom Lady was, Bert, she realized, in the city that never sleeps...
What did she realize, Kitten?
That all the songs she'd listened to, all the love songs, that they were only songs.
What's wrong with that?
Nothing, if you don't believe in them. But she did, you see. She believed in enchanted evenings, and she believed that a small cloud passed overhead and cried down on a flower bed, and she even believed there was breakfast to be had...
Where?
On Pluto. The mysterious, icy wastes of Pluto.
#2re: WHY didn't I think of this before? PETE'S DRAGON on stage!
Posted: 5/28/05 at 4:34pmLuckily the dragon spends half his time invisible anyway
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.~Office Space
Bwaybaby109
Broadway Star Joined: 6/28/03
#3re: WHY didn't I think of this before? PETE'S DRAGON on stage!
Posted: 5/28/05 at 4:46pm
I would see it! 
"Have a child for warmth and a baker for bread and a prince for... whatever!"
Phantom487
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/04
#4re: WHY didn't I think of this before? PETE'S DRAGON on stage!
Posted: 5/28/05 at 5:11pm
I LOVE "PETE'S DRAGON"!!! It's probably my favorite Disney movie... with "Bedknobs & Broomsticks" not too far behind!
The music in "Pete's Dragon" is SOOO great! I have the CD and I listen to it often. I just can't see it working on stage due to the fact of Elliot... how would they do it on stage???
"Bedknobs & Broomsticks" could also work on stage... it has very amzing music... "The Age of Not Believing", "Beautiful Brimey", "Eglantine", "Substitutiary Locomotion"... Love them all! "Portebello Road" could also be a hit on stage with lots of dancing... it incoperates the Indian soldiers' music to the Scottish bagpipes and the Caribbean/Jamaican steel drums... it'd be hot!
Updated On: 5/28/05 at 05:11 PM
grizzabella
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/05
#5re: WHY didn't I think of this before? PETE'S DRAGON on stage!
Posted: 5/28/05 at 7:49pmYeah! Actually, "Bedknobs & Broomsticks" came to my mind, too, and it might be easier to do than "Pete's Dragon." It's been years since I saw it last, but I had a generally nice feeling about it. If Disney is mining its old movies for musicals, it could definitely do worse. Love Phantom487's suggestions for "Portabello Road."
"And the postman sighed as he scratched his head, you really rather thought she ought to be dead..."
Jesse2
Swing Joined: 2/24/20
#6re: WHY didn't I think of this before? PETE'S DRAGON on stage!
Posted: 9/11/20 at 10:30am
Phantom487 said: “The music in "Pete's Dragon" is SOOO great! I have the CD and I listen to it often. I just can't see it working on stage due to the fact of Elliot... how would they do it on stage???"
I actually did a production of Pete’s Dragon as a stage musical a while ago and I played Pete but I’m not sure where they got the script/score. We kept Elliot invisible the whole time so I had to mime out looking at him or interacting with him etc. It was fun, worked fairly well (although it was a very amateur children’s production), and the music was good.
#7re: WHY didn't I think of this before? PETE'S DRAGON on stage!
Posted: 9/11/20 at 10:45amI absolutely adored the remake. With the right team, I could see this working. With the wrong team, I could see it being horrible.
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#8re: WHY didn't I think of this before? PETE'S DRAGON on stage!
Posted: 9/13/20 at 12:48pm
"You can't have him, you don't love him. All you've done till now is break his heart. You'll abuse him. You'll just use him! Stop now or I'll take you apart! I'd like to see you try it!"
"Has anybody here seen my dad? "
"...but he needs an education, education, education."
Anytime Helen Reddy says the word "Paul".
Wayman_Wong
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#9re: WHY didn't I think of this before? PETE'S DRAGON on stage!
Posted: 9/15/20 at 1:11pm
Al Kasha, who wrote ''Pete's Dragon'' with Joel Hirschhorn and earned Oscar nominations for it, has died at age 83. They won Academy Awards for their hit songs ''The Morning After'' (from 1972's ''The Poseidon Adventure'' ) and ''We May Never Love Like This Again'' (from 1974's ''The Towering Inferno'' ). Plus, they received Tony nominations for Best Score for their work on ''Copperfield'' (1981 ) and ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' (1982 ).
https://deadline.com/2020/09/al-kasha-dead-obituary-the-morning-after-composer-poseidon-adventure-towering-inferno-1234576965/
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#10re: WHY didn't I think of this before? PETE'S DRAGON on stage!
Posted: 9/15/20 at 1:45pmUpdated On: 9/15/20 at 01:45 PM
linus84
Understudy Joined: 2/19/04
#11re: WHY didn't I think of this before? PETE'S DRAGON on stage!
Posted: 9/16/20 at 2:07pm
Stephanie J Block as Nora
Joel Grey as Lampie
Miriam Margolyes as Mrs Gogan
rattleNwoolypenguin
Broadway Star Joined: 10/11/11
#12re: WHY didn't I think of this before? PETE'S DRAGON on stage!
Posted: 9/17/20 at 5:19pm
Nostalgia fuels the love people feel for Pete's Dragon.
It's still awful. It's still campy and pandering and overly long.
"Candle on the Water" is the one bright spot.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks I can get behind cause it's the same level of quality as Mary Poppins but yeah
let's not pretend, Pete's Dragon is one of the worst Disney films in their canon.
It's just utterly stupid and only for kids.
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