What Story/Book/Play should be made into a musical?
What Story/Book/Play should be made into a musical?
#1What Story/Book/Play should be made into a musical?
Posted: 7/11/13 at 8:38pmI would love to see the story of President Lincoln and Frederick Douglass made into a musical. The story of how the President came to admire and becoming friends with Douglass would be pretty impressive, especially if you contrast the Douglass love story (his wife was an illiterate ex-slave) with the Lincoln not-so-love story. One scene would be the aftermath of a battle, with a different set of words to the "Battle Cry of Freedom," done as a dirge.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2What Story/Book/Play should be made into a musical?
Posted: 7/11/13 at 8:57pm
I always wanted to see a musical about the Beat poets. But if that's too big of a subject, then maybe just Jack Kerouac or Allen Ginsberg.
I've also wanted to see a musical about Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin Table.
But in both cases, there would need to be a lyricist on the level of Sondheim. With these subjects, crap lyrics won't cut it.
#2What Story/Book/Play should be made into a musical?
Posted: 7/11/13 at 9:01pm
Great Gatsby.
Ordinary People
Scarlet Letter.
#3What Story/Book/Play should be made into a musical?
Posted: 7/11/13 at 10:36pm
^^^^ I actually saw a musical version of THE SCARLET LETTER, workshopped and performed at UCLA. It was a very smart production, written by knowledgeable people.
But Puritans are people--to use Sondheim's phrase--who don't sing.
They kept chanting/talking about the terrible orgies and what-not going on in the forest. And I kept thinking, "Why don't we go there ourselves? It sounds like more fun."
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This is not to say, of course, that Hawthorne can't be musicalized. But the Puritans can't really break into "The Shipoopi", which tends to limit their music to hymns and the like.
RENT_is_Wicked2
Stand-by Joined: 4/4/11
#4What Story/Book/Play should be made into a musical?
Posted: 7/11/13 at 10:48pmI would love to see Gatsby on stage!
icedtea
Swing Joined: 6/29/13
#5What Story/Book/Play should be made into a musical?
Posted: 7/11/13 at 10:54pm
Updated On: 7/25/13 at 10:54 PM
FlowerChild67
Stand-by Joined: 7/11/12
#6What Story/Book/Play should be made into a musical?
Posted: 7/12/13 at 1:18am
Doctor Who the musical- someone write it now!!!
On a more serious note, The Great Gatsby could be an amazing musical!
#7What Story/Book/Play should be made into a musical?
Posted: 7/12/13 at 1:43am
I've been kind of playing around with the idea of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
My collaborator and I want to pursue the project in the future, but aren't exactly sure how!
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