What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
#1What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 3:32pm
After seeing Bjorn & Benny from ABBA and Harry Conick Jr. taking stabs at writing a musical, who do you think should attempt it next? Personally, I think Ben Folds could write a great score, after hearing "Fred Jones, Part 2" and "Carrying Cathy". Ideas?
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#2re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 3:35pmPersonally, I thought Adam Schlesinger would have written a great musical. But... then he did.
#3re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 3:41pm
I can't wait for the Tori Amos musical.
What about Bjork? That could be a fun trainwreck!
I would love an Aimee Mann musical as well.
#4re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 3:44pmHall & Oates!!!
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
sweeneytodd2
Featured Actor Joined: 10/28/04
#6re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 3:53pm
Personally, I thought Adam Schlesinger would have written a great musical. But... then he did.
I literally laughed out loud, rose.
Midnight Radio
Broadway Star Joined: 5/26/07
#8re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 4:09pm
Jason Mraz, please.
Bjork would be CRAMAZING.
"In my dreams, my fingers are made of butter".
Updated On: 6/8/08 at 04:09 PM
#9re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 4:11pm
Aw Regina's would be adorable. I wish Jeff Buckley could have. 
Rufus Wainwright
Thom Yorke
David Bowie 
Sufjan Stevens
Fiona Apple
Morissey
Lou Reed
Ryan Adams
#10re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 4:16pmI think James Taylor would be great, as well as Billy Joel along those same lines. And don't say Movin' Out, because that doesn't count!
walkedthroughmany
Leading Actor Joined: 3/25/07
#11re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 4:59pm
Regina would be cute. And good.
Fleetwood Mac.
Max Martin...don't shoot.
#12re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:03pm
Elton John
Paul Simon
Duncan Sheik
could all write pretty good scores I bet.
#13re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:03pmDavid Bowie actually was working on a musical version of 1984, and some of the songs can be heard on the album Diamond Dogs.
With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
#14re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:03pm
Ben Folds, def. I've always imagined Zac and Sara as the opening number of a show. 
#15re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:06pmI'd like to see The Weepies write a musical.
#16re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:09pmAerosmith. Maybe it wouldn't make any sense, but it'd be awesome.
#17re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:11pm
John Cougar Mellencamp and Stephen King are working on a musical
and Trent Reznr is doing a musical version of Fight Club.
#18re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:14pm
This is going to sound really weird, but,
Gnarls Barkley.
#19re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:32pm
Danny Elfman
Nightmare Before Christmas etc.
are musicals I know,
but I'd love to see
a stage show by him,
with obvious direction and
design by Tim Burton
#20re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:42pmPatrick Wolf
OrdinaryJukebox
Featured Actor Joined: 6/7/06
#21re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:49pm
Ani DiFranco and Paula Cole! Not together, of course, but these are the two best songwriters I've ever listened to.
Ani DiFranco is so clear and so prolific, I could come up with a musical two hours long, and only be using a fraction of her material.
Paula Cole, though she doesn't have as much material, paints such haunting pictures with her lyrics and melody, I can only imagine what a great musical it would be. To say nothing of her vocal prowess; her range is out of control! Seriously, if you've never REALLY listened to her, download some stuff...she's a genius.
-Vincent
#22re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 6:10pm
EDIT: Taz was yankin' my chain, and I fell for it. Booooo for me!
Updated On: 6/8/08 at 06:10 PM
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#23re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/8/08 at 6:16pm
Technically, Carole King has written a musical. She wrote the music for Maurice Sendak's REALLY ROSIE, which was done as an animated TV special. There is also a stage version.
Sendak wrote the lyrics.
#24re: What Non-Musical Songwriter Should Write A Musical?
Posted: 6/9/08 at 5:07am
Actually Weez, my second post was completely true.
Mellencamp and King are working on a musical and Trent is scoring a musical version of The Fight Club.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/115415.html
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/01/fight-club-musical-in-the-works-possibly-with-tren.html
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