What about a Little Rascals musical?
What about a Little Rascals musical?
LittleBitRacist
Featured Actor Joined: 12/5/04
#0What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 10:50amI think it would be cute. If they make good songs and probably cast adults as the children like in YAGMCB, I think it would be a good idea! What do you think?
#1re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 10:58am
It could work. Let's See
Spanky - Brad Oscar
Alfalfa - Martin Short
Buckwheat - Andre DeSheilds (But they'd have to cut this part, due to racism)
Stimey - Darius DeHaas
Darla - Jennifer Laura Thompson
Froggy - Harvey Fierstein
Spike - Spuds McKenzie
#2re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 11:06amIf they'd have to cut Buckwheat, then they might as well not do it. Along with Alfalfa, he's the most "trademark" character from the series.
#3re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 11:10amYes, true, but, the reason that they don't air it on tv anymore is because Cosby bought the rights, and feels that Buckwheat is a racist representation of black people. Also, there were a few years where Buckwheat was not in "Our Gang". Stimey was also just as popular (He was my fave)
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#4re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 11:10am
The characters are strong and good.
But what is the plot? For every Charlie Brown which is really a series of character studies or Annie which follows the thrust of the comic strip closely enough, we get a Nick and Nora which gave us two strong people and a blah, forced, who-cares plot.
The Little Rascals did more than just be Rascal-y, and that is the problem. What would they do?
me101
Featured Actor Joined: 10/25/04
#5re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 11:12am
>>Buckwheat - Andre DeSheilds (But they'd have to cut this part, due to racism)
I doubt it. In the movie they made a few years ago, they had a buckwheat, he was just more PC
#6re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 11:12am"A bunch of children, white, black, Christian, Jew, rich, poor - all kinds - A Gang, a crazy gang, getting into trouble, getting out of trouble"
#7re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 11:14am
I agree that Buckwheat is a racist character. Just ask Eddie Murphy. He played the racist stereotypes as comedy for SNL.
The 1994 film version of The Little Rascals is one of the worst films I've ever seen. It even dared use the Olsen twins for "star appeal."
"A Gang, a crazy gang, getting into trouble, getting out of trouble"
LOL you and I and our Ragtime fanaticism.
#8re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 11:16amYes, after seeing Ragtime, I actually argued with people that that was the real creator of "Our Gang". A few days later, I was proven wrong, and I never saw those people I argued with again.
#9re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 11:19amHey, maybe Doctorow imagined Tateh as the creator of Our Gang.
LittleBitRacist
Featured Actor Joined: 12/5/04
#10re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 11:24am
yay, u mentioned brad!!! i didnt even think about that...cool idea!
I'm not really familiar with much of the Little Rascals before the 1994 movie, how is Buckwheat racist?
#11re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 12:46pm
Littlebit...
Buckwheat is not racist...It is a racist depiction of Black people (i.e. poor speech, lack of brains, nappy hair, etc.) It's just as bad as Amos n Andy, because back then the majority of the black roles represented ignorance and stupidity.
Mr. Tuttle
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#12re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 12:48pmAnd since the movie was such a blockbuster, it could only help make the show a hit.
#13re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 1/21/05 at 5:18pmHarvey F as Froggy? Funny. Guess he'd have to loose even MORE weight than he did for Tevye!
#14re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 2/16/18 at 1:30am
Reviving this thread to ask - did anyone see the 1987 musical version at Goodspeed?
BwayLB
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/17
#15re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 2/16/18 at 2:04am
Mr. Tuttle said: "And since the movie was such a blockbuster, it could only help make the show a hit."
The movie would be perfect for Broadway
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#16re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 2/16/18 at 3:53amNo. No. No.
#17re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 2/16/18 at 8:30amHere's an idea: How about a Rugrats musical?
#18re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 2/16/18 at 9:21am
Rugrats musical happened, a children's cash-in tour but with the prestige of having been composed by Mark Mothersbaugh.
I've worked repeatedly with a guy who did the tour. Evidently, Mothersbaugh, Devo's original Spudboy, wrote some custom music for him to perform in the show, which has to be one of the coolest things I've ever heard of.
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#19re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 2/16/18 at 11:57am
and also starring Lea DeLaria as Miss Crabtree!
Phantom487
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/04
Phantom487
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/04
#21re: What about a Little Rascals musical?
Posted: 2/16/18 at 2:16pm
The Little Rascals was a short-lived stage musical based on Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies. The play was directed by Robert Nigro and choreographed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, with songs written by Sesame Street composer Joe Raposo. The play was a notable early performance for then-unknown actors such as Dulé Hill and Jenna von Oÿ. It premiered at the Goodspeed Opera House on October 7, 1987 and closed on December 20, 1987.
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