What movie would YOU like to see as a B'Way musical?- Page 2

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 2/10/04 at 1:09pm

HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE, but NOT as a '50s period piece. I'd want this brought up-to-date, with the basic premise of the story intact. And with a band-new-score.

RUGGLES OF RED GAP - Yes, I know there was a bright Styne TV version (which deserves another look-see) but it's a good enough story to merit another musical.

Posted: 2/10/04 at 1:56pm

NEWSIES

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 2/10/04 at 2:10pm

Sheri Renee Scott and Gina Gershon ARE....."Showgirls"!!!!
I picture a "Lakme"-like "Puppy Chow Duet" as the Eleven O'Clock Number

[BroadwayKate]

Posted: 2/10/04 at 7:14pm

Newsies would be a great stage show...I remember when I went through that phase of my life when I watched that movie everyday....yes yes I know...but I love Christian Bale!!!

who would you cast as Jack?

Kate

[dotmarie]

Posted: 2/10/04 at 7:24pm

Not a movie...but I would love to see a Will & Grace musical.

[Deena Jones2]

Posted: 2/10/04 at 7:34pm

Valley of the Dolls
Anastasia
The Cook, the Thief, the Wife and her Lover
Pink Narcissus
Imitation of Life

[singnyc]

Posted: 2/10/04 at 7:56pm

Princess Diaries and A Walk To Remember

[racerchiquita76m]

Posted: 2/10/04 at 8:41pm

I don't know how well it would work, but "Requiem for a Dream" It's just such a powerful story.

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 2/10/04 at 9:08pm

I liked Pincess Diaries and A Walk To Remember, but I don't know if I could picture either one as a musical.
A Walk To Remember would make a great play though. :)
I should add that one to the list of movies that make me cry.

[jo]

Posted: 2/10/04 at 10:38pm

Maybe some of the Audrey Hepburn movies -- Breakfast at Tiffany's, Roman Holiday, Sabrina

Some of the period or historical dramas - look at how Les Miserables and Phantom turned out to be.

I wonder why the stage musical version of the movie Sommersby was never staged in London ( called MARTIN GUERRE at the West End)... I liked it well enough.

Jo

[BillFinn]

Posted: 2/10/04 at 10:45pm

I think if they fleshed out a couple of more characters, they could pull off MOONSTRUCK

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 2/10/04 at 10:51pm

Moonstruck??

They'd HAVE to bring in Cher...

It'd be like playing with a collection of super-plasticized Barbies....

"Okay everyone.. who wants to play MOONSTRUCK? Which Cher do you want use?"


Her dressing room would be like the Mattel aisle at a Toys-R-Us.. pickout the Cher you want

Posted: 2/11/04 at 12:53am

BroadwayKate,

I vote for Newsies too.

I dont know who I would cast though.

-Christina

[racerchiquita76m]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 1:18am

And I just thought of another...SHREK!

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 1:22am

I too wish Newsies would be brought to Broadway. It is going to be released here in a few years from MTI for high school and Communtiy theatre, but its just not the same as what Broadway could do with it.

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 8:53am

Hey Jo, Beakfast at Tiffany's was attempted on Broadway. It was in 1966 and starred Mary Tyler Moore and Richard Chamberlain...it closed in previews.
There are plans to bring a revised additiong of it back this summer.

scroll down once you click on this link and you can read about it.
http://www.broadway.com/template_1.asp?CI=33919&CT=8

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 9:10am

Moonstruck has been in the works for a while.

Heart and Souls
Misery
Newsies
Hercules
My Best Friend's Wedding
Too Many Crooks (later remade as Ruthless People)
That Touch of Mink
How to Marry a Millionaire
The Good Earth

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 2:38pm

"Fast Times At Ridgemont High" might make a good musical...but only if Ben Folds did the music.

Anybody who doesn't know Ben Folds needs to get "Rockin' The Suburbs" and tell me this man shouldn't be writing music for the theatre.

By the way, I remember hearing that Tony Kushner was doing a musical of "Don Juan De Marco"...but that was years ago, does anyone know what happend?

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 3:04pm

How about The Breakfast Club. It's a culty/fun movie.

Posted: 2/11/04 at 3:28pm

I'd have to second "For the Boys". I thought that was a great movie, maybe it was Bette, but still has definite possibilities for the stage!

[beacon1]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 5:24pm

Arsenic and Old Lace. I think it just screams MUSICAL. Think of the numbers that could be created. A duet or two by the two crazy aunts ("Lonely Gentlemen Callers" or "Elderberry Wine"), Mortimer trying to figure out where the body came from (and why it keeps moving around), Uncle Teddy singing about the Panama Canal and burying the "Yellow Fever" victims, a wonderful ensemble number or two...Jonathon and his plastic surgeon doing a duet...

I think Andrea Martin would be fabulous as one of the aunts...Carol Burnett, too? John Lithgow as Jonathon????
I'd love to see Nathan Lane as Mortimer handling all of the insanity...but for a younger look my heart belongs to Patrick Wilson (sigh)...but I'd see him in just about anything (sigh.)

Can't think of anyone right now for Uncle Teddy but it'd be a great part.

My two cents!

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 5:30pm

i think nightmare before christmas would be a great musical if julie taymore did it! that would be awesome.

[AugustBurns2]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 6:46pm

How about?

THAT THING YOU DO
BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
THE WEDDING BANQUET (but I heard that there is one)


I know Tom Hanks and Woody Allen are both trying to turn their works into stage shows...

[broadway86]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 6:49pm

The Truman Show
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Legally Blonde
When Harry Met Sally

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 6:51pm

The musical version of "The Wedding Banquet" opened last fall here in Seattle. I didn't see it, but it got only so-so reviews.