What play should never EVER EVER never ever be a musical...

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What play should never EVER EVER never ever be a musical...

Posted: 5/23/08 at 10:38pm

Travesties

Imagine it:
One set and the male protagonist sings his songs from his prison in the fireplace! Oh, the choreography!

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re: What play should never EVER EVER never ever be a musical...

Posted: 5/23/08 at 10:45pm

Equus. Though it could be a trainwreck of epic proportions.

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Posted: 5/23/08 at 10:47pm

I know!

Or writing a musical about a man trapped in a cave! Imagine the choreography! Things like that would NEVER work, no. Only when you can imagine the choreography.


Yeah!

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Posted: 5/23/08 at 10:48pm

the glass menagerie (as far as i know that has not been made into a musical...i hope i am not wrong)


and i agree with equus

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Posted: 5/23/08 at 10:53pm

12 Angry Men
Bent
Summer and Smoke (oooh I bet that's been tried somewhere. In fact, I bet EVERY play has been badly musicalized somewhere)

like STREETCAR!!!

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Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:05pm

The Andersonville Trial

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Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:09pm

EQUUS! THE MUSICAL!!! Featuring the hit song "His Analyst Thinks He's Crazy But He's Hung Like A Horse"!

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Updated On: 5/23/08 at 11:09 PM

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Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:10pm

I would say August: Osage County

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Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:19pm

I must disagree... I think Summer and Smoke would make a fantastic musical!

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Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:19pm

Take Me Out! Or...well...on second thought...

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Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:21pm

Angels in America
Burried Child
Doubt

I kinda like the idea of an Equus musical...if only for the kitsch factor that would be involved.

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Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:26pm

If screenplays count, SUNSET BOULEVARD should never be a musical. If you won't take my word for it, take Andrew Lloyd Webber's.

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Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:28pm

I think Equus would work as a Spring Awakening type musical.

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Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:31pm

DOUBT...definitely DOUBT and FROZEN. God, imagine FROZEN as a musical! No thanks.
TOP GIRLS as brilliant as it is should never ever ever be musicalized.

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Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:52pm

I have to admit, the Simpsons did rock the musical STREETCAR NAMED MARGE...

THe Children's hour....god those would be some boring songs...
Ballad on being a teacher
Ballad on lies
Ballad on maybe being a lesbian....

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Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:58pm

Oooooh! The Children's Hour!

Imagine a song called "Those Kids Might Have Licked Me, But I Never Licked Her"!

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Posted: 5/24/08 at 12:02am

The Boys in the Band

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Posted: 5/24/08 at 12:13am

I can't believe that it got all the way down to tobiasragg the ninthe post in this thread to say that Spring Awakening shouldn't have been made into a musical.

When I saw the title of this thread I said to myself I am sure that spring awakening is number one on the list.

That being said, I can't see anyone doing a musical of The History Boys or The Pillowman.

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Posted: 5/24/08 at 12:27am

Anything by Martin McDonaugh

Just picture the song list for "The Pillowman"

WARNING _SPOILERS!


Act 1
The interragation part 1
The Story of the Apple Men
Severed Fingers
Screams in the night
Killing the parents
Michael was a bit slow
The story of the Pillowman (or how kids commit suicide)
The story of the green pig
Smothering Michael


Act 2

The Little Jesus
The interragation part two
Electrodes
Confessions
Barganing
Ariel's abusive childhood
The little mute girl
Death of Katurian
Pillowman addendum

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Posted: 5/24/08 at 12:42am

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#21

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Posted: 5/24/08 at 12:44am

Rabbit Hole...but then again, if Spring Awakening can do it...

I want to SEE Equus the musical...imagine the showstopper "Horsey Style"

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Posted: 5/24/08 at 12:59am

I think Take Me Out could work as a musical if they were low key type songs like in A Catered Afair. When I saw the play I felt like there was music missing.

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Posted: 5/24/08 at 1:00am

MOOSE MURDERS
ME JACK, YOU JILL

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Posted: 5/24/08 at 1:16am

OMG MOOSE MURDERS!

Imagine it:

The Kick in the Crotch Ballet!

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Posted: 5/24/08 at 1:47am

Blackbird
The Shape of Things
Fat Pig