What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

#1

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:38am

I want to see

- MAME take place in a crack house.

- WEST SIDE STORY in war-torn Afghanistan

- GYPSY done as an LSD induced hallucination

- CABARET set in Hell.

#2

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:41am

SWEENEY TODD set in a mental asylum.

#3

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:41am

FOLLIES set in a movie theater

COMPANY set in rural Arkansas

FALSETTOS set in Arizona

I'll think of more...

#4

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:42am

ljay, ouldn't that idea be better suited for a show like CAROUSEL or OKLAHOMA?

#5

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:42am

HAIR - set in Luxembourg

THE MUSIC MAN - with an all-Pygmy cast

FOLLIES - but with the ages reversed

#6

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:43am

My Picks:

9 to 5 set in an Asian Sweatshop

Anything Goes done on an Aeroplane and the passengers wake up to find it was all a dream about the in-flight film

Big River set in the banks of the Nile

A Chorus Line performed with the dancers all talking to the same psychiatrist instead of being in the theater telling their stories

#7

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:43am

ouldn't that idea be better suited for a show like CAROUSEL or OKLAHOMA?

Good idea! Know any British directors you could call?

#8

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:44am

Guys, we better stop this! We're giving Diane Paulus ideas!

#9

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:44am

How about SHE LOVES ME set at a Chick-Fil-A?

#10

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:44am

HELLO DOLLY in the Prehistoric Era with Dinosaurs
LES MISERABLES in America during the American Revolution
WICKED at Penn State
THE LION KING with an all-white cast

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"These rabid fans...possess the acting talent to portray the hooker...Linda Eder..." -The New York Times

#11

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:44am

Beauty and the Beast in an S&M club
Cats in a mental institution

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"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "

#12

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:45am

ANNIE in a concentration camp would be fun!

#13

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:46am

Anything Goes done on an Aeroplane and the passengers wake up to find it was all a dream about the in-flight film

This made me LOL


When I was in college a friend of mine and I tried come up with a concept for a deconstructed A Chorus Line set in a concentration camp. We were high.

#14

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:47am

I'm all for rewriting some songs in MAME. "Open a New Bloodline, Open a New Vein", "The Man in the Moon Has a Coke Spoon."

CHICAGO set in Berlin, 1929.

#15

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:47am

I'll help write you write that shlt, Phyllis. I swear to God, I will.

#16

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:47am

DIANE PAULUS' THE GERSHWIN'S PORGY AND BESS set in Hell's Kitchen 2012 with an all-male cast

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"These rabid fans...possess the acting talent to portray the hooker...Linda Eder..." -The New York Times

#17

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:48am

OLIVER at Penn State.

#18

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:49am

I wouldn't be surprised if Jordan and I had to sue Diane Paulus for the MAME ideas. It seems right up her alley.

#19

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:50am

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG with senior citizens.

Wait! Doyle's done that already too.

#20

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:51am

STEEL MAGNOLIAS with an all pregnant cast.

#21

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:51am

1776 set in Nazi Germany

#22

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:52am

BRING IT ON set at a fisting party.

#23

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:52am

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND set in Levittown. (It's still ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, come on!)

How about a CAROUSEL that starts outside the STAR TOURS ride at Disneyland? Mrs. Mullin could be a teenaged ride operator and Billy could be a closeted homosexual Luke Skywalker stand-in/cast member.

#24

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:58am

GRAND HOTEL at Eli Roth's Hostel.

#25

What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:59am

SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM with Jerry Herman as Steve! It'd be far cheerier and filled with Diet Coke and lots of happy stories about mothers.

FYI: I am not denying Jerry of his happy childhood, non-alcohol life and cheery songs. Good for him! But in a nightmare world of MAME in a crackhouse and BRING IT ON at a fisting party, we'll see this

THE ACT set on a street corner or Subway car during rush hour.

Updated On: 8/1/12 at 01:59 AM