What movies should be made into shows? — Page 2

ANASTASIA

I was watching this movie last night and all i could think about was how great it would work on Broadway. I love the music too.

PULP FICTION - play

THE HOURS - play

PLEASANTVILLE - musical

THE GRINCH - musical

MRS DOUBTFIRE - musical

MR HOLLAND'S OPUS - musical

BEDKNOBS AND BROOKMSTICKS - musical

AMERICAN PSYCHO - play

They're mine.

ANASTASIA actually began as a play, which became a movie with Ingrid Berman and Yul Brynner. It then surfaces as a short-lived musical called ANYA, starring Constance Towers, Lillian Gish and Michael Kermoyan.

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I have no problems with converting movies into shows. It would be nice to see Broadway be a little more daring and try different types of movies. I was reading aintitcoolnews.com and came across a review of Evil Dead the musical! Now this is something I would pay to see. I posted a link to the article below. Would also be great fun to see the Silence of Lambs musical that's mentioned in the article. We've posted about that before. Visit silencethemusical.com for a good laugh.
Evil Dead the Musical

Newsies
Beaches
Moulin Rouge
Swing Kids
Dirty Dancing

I'd rather see something completely original for a change.

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I would love "Little Mermaid" to come to broadway! Only if Kerry is Ariel, and I'm Flounder! LOL

Cheers,
The Balladeer

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I dated a guy who sincerely wanted to make Triumph of the Will into a musical.

Hence the "ed" in "dated."

Uh, let's see...

WHERE THE BOYS ARE
VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED
THE HAUNTING (the Julie Harris version, not Liam Neeson's)
THE TINGLER
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER
THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS (Yeah, I know but it's never been done on the stage!)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
THE WRONG BOX
THE CHALK GARDEN
ON MOONLIGHT BAY
STRAIGHTJACKET
THE STERILE CUCKOO
LOVE STORY
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE
GIDGET (none of the sequels)
TAMMMY (ditto)
STAGE DOOR
any of the Marx Brothers (why not redo some of them?)

Thats all for now. Bulldog.

Oh yes...

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

would no doubt make a fabulous musical.

Bulldog.

GATSBY was made into a pretty deent opera about six years ago. Played two seasons at the Met.

Okay, my cotribution to this thread subject that will never die (At one point when I was here four years ago, someone suggested Hawking's History of the Universe -- but hey, whatever...):

For you ROCKY HORROR fans, the DVD of a sorta kinda sequel was released this week, SHOCK TREATMENT. It's the continuing story of Brad and Janet's now-troubled marriage, has a score by RH's Rochiard O'Brien, and featured many of the actors who were in the previous movie.

Flat out: this thing *screams* for a stage production, especially now. Written and produced in 1981, it's set entirely in a TV studio and deals with, surprisingly enough, reality TV and its affects on people. It's an amazing piece of work -- self-contained, hysterically funny, with some seriously kick-ass music. The film looks like it was shot last week, not twety years ago.

All you nascent producers out there, check into this. It's a goldmine waiting to happen.

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