What musical should Meron and Zadan do next?- Page 16

[tazber]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 4:46am

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[best12bars]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 6:21am

These ads make me never want to see another musical or turn my TV on again.

[tazber]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 6:36am

Oh come one besty! Grizabub is GENIUS!

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 6:47am

Only if Grumpy Cat is the Gumby Cat.

[broadwaybabytn]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 7:05am

I'm still sticking to my hopes for She Loves Me.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 8:17am

Taz--those are brilliant.

[madbrian]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 8:22am

Emma Stone is much more a Rizzo than a Sandy.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 8:30am

I think Andrew Garfield is much more Rizzo than Danny.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 8:53am

"Might the producers think that a live airing of A CHRISTMAS STORY at the beginning of December could hurt ticket sales if it plans to come back next winter?"

Mr. Nowak, that is a good point. But I think it could also help raise the profile of the musical. The show can only play in so many cities and I think a tv broadcast would be welcome to those cities who can't see the stage show. To me, it's like the show "A Christmas Carol." There are so many versions on tv, yet theaters all across the country put on the production and many use it as their "profit" show.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 9:29am

I'm sorry, but I do not think of a "family-friendly classic" when I think of the musical GREASE. I also do not believe a TV-PG rating will suffice. From my understanding, the network will look to maintain a TV-G rating for whatever the broadcast is. Keep this in mind when suggesting shows...

[NYadgal]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 10:21am

Taz - those are brilliant!

I actually really LIKE some of the casting choices...

[dreaming]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 10:38am

Am I the only one who thinks Mame cannot be cast in a color blind fashion? (She's a WASP and the scenes with family would be very strange.)

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 11:02am

"Am I the only one who thinks Mame cannot be cast in a color blind fashion?"

The bigger question in my mind is will there be a backlash over the Ito character?

[madbrian]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 11:07am

Mame's race would be a bigger issue when she goes to meet Beau's family.

[dreaming]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 11:13am

It would.

My top choice is "Singin' in the Rain" with Hugh Jackman-nice casting. (But I'd guess they'll get an equally big name for the Debbie Reynolds part-and that would not be Sutton Foster.)

[JohnyBroadway]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 1:39pm

Joe west would make an awesome Dodger.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 1:44pm

Lilla Crawford would make a wonderful Mary Lennox

[Whatshisname]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 3:00pm

Damn Yankees!

Tom Hanks, Lady Gaga and Channing Tatum

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 4:12pm

Demi Lovato in Anything Goes, please.
this bish can belt

[JohnyBroadway]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 4:43pm

Those posters are worse than your average middle school production.

[tazber]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 4:54pm

Well they're not meant to be taken seriously.

[JohnyBroadway]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 4:57pm

I know. They just left a bad taste in my mouth.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 5:10pm

Buzzfeed is good at doing that.

[Jonwo]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 8:29pm

Doesn't Paramount have rights to any filmed version of Grease? I know when David Ian originally staged Grease in London back in 1993, he had to team up with Robert Stigwood as he was one of the producers of the film in order to get the film songs. I'm sure if NBC wanted to do Grease with the film songs then they could make if a coproduction with Paramount.

Singin in the Rain would need to be licensed or coproduce with Warner Bros since they own the rights to the original film.

[jo]

Posted: 12/11/13 at 8:57pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMbGj3VblFA

At 3'19", Hugh Jackman starts singin'...and dancin'...in the rain.

From the movie musicals segment on BACK ON BROADWAY!