#26
Posted: 5/24/08 at 1:47am
Blackbird
The Shape of Things
Fat Pig
The Shape of Things
Fat Pig
What play should never EVER EVER never ever be a musical... — Page 2
#27
Posted: 5/24/08 at 2:10am
Cyrano
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#28
Posted: 5/24/08 at 3:16am
"The Pillowman," hands down, easy. And "Titus Andronicus" ain't too musical, either.
#29
Posted: 5/24/08 at 3:34am
"Titus Andronicus" could at least have one good song: "Gimme a Hand"!
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#30
Posted: 5/24/08 at 3:41am
Anything Shakespeare...it just would not be the same =[
#31
Posted: 5/24/08 at 3:54am
Shakespeare has been successfully transposed to musical theatre, and quite well:
West Side Story (Romeo and Juliet)
Kiss Me Kate (The Taming of the Shrew)
Your Own Thing (Twelth Night)
Two Gentlemen of Verona (Two Gentlemen...)
The Boys From Syracuse (The Comedy of Errors)
Return to the Forbidden Planet (The Tempest)
The Lion King (Hamlet)
Starlight Express (Othello)
West Side Story (Romeo and Juliet)
Kiss Me Kate (The Taming of the Shrew)
Your Own Thing (Twelth Night)
Two Gentlemen of Verona (Two Gentlemen...)
The Boys From Syracuse (The Comedy of Errors)
Return to the Forbidden Planet (The Tempest)
The Lion King (Hamlet)
Starlight Express (Othello)
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#32
Posted: 5/24/08 at 3:59am
Let's not include STARLIGHT EXPRESS as an example of successful Shakespeare-inspired musicals, it hurts the cause.
I was going to mention WEST SIDE STORY and KISS ME KATE as prime examples of Shakespeare being the inspiration for incredibly well-crafted musicals (especially on the case of WEST SIDE)
I was going to mention WEST SIDE STORY and KISS ME KATE as prime examples of Shakespeare being the inspiration for incredibly well-crafted musicals (especially on the case of WEST SIDE)
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#33
Posted: 5/24/08 at 3:59am
Hee, hee... 
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#34
Posted: 5/24/08 at 4:08am
The Pillowman was actually my first thought upon seeing this thread... as much as I love the "dark" shows, it's just too twisted to make it as a musical. And too long. It's three hours and change as it is, let's not add musical numbers. (Although I'd love to see someone actually adapt "The Little Green Pig" to song form.)
In addition, every musical I've seen of The Importance of Being Earnest has been dreadful.
In addition, every musical I've seen of The Importance of Being Earnest has been dreadful.
#35
Posted: 5/24/08 at 4:17am
bwaybabe2 you got it! =)
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#36
Posted: 5/24/08 at 5:43am
Chevstriss – you listed Bent as a play that shouldn’t be musicalized? I think it could be made into a very good musical if done right. It would be kind of a cross between Kiss of the Spiderwoman and Cabaret. It would defiantly be dark, not your typical musical comedy fare, but there are plenty of moments that would make for great numbers. The more I think about it the better musical I think it could be. I’d love to see it.
#37
Posted: 5/24/08 at 11:29am
Waiting for Godot.
#38
Posted: 5/24/08 at 11:40am
The Miracle Worker - "The Braille Ballet" - I think not.
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#39
Posted: 5/24/08 at 11:41am
Mungo, I was just about to add "Waiting For Godot" but let me add a critical comment on "Godot, The Musical (at The Gershwin):
The dance numbers just sit there....
The dance numbers just sit there....
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699
#40
Posted: 5/24/08 at 11:44am
The Pillowman
Doubt
Doubt
#41
Posted: 5/24/08 at 11:45am
The Iceman Cometh
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#42
Posted: 5/24/08 at 11:50am
The Glass Menagerie
<-- Gwen Stewart, SOLoist at the last show of RENT
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
#43
Posted: 5/24/08 at 11:54am
Misery
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#44
Posted: 5/24/08 at 12:23pm
Oh, Mr. Roxy, you're terrible...
#45
Posted: 5/24/08 at 1:51pm
Anything Beckett
"IT'S ME!!! It's meeeeeee! It's me! It's me! It's me! It's me! It's me! It's me! It's me! It's me! It's me! It's me! It's mememememe! Memememe! ... Me ..."
- Elizabeth; Young Frankenstein the Musical
#46
Posted: 5/24/08 at 2:12pm
Children's Hour! oyyyy
"I'm a bagel on a plate full of onion rolls!"-Funny Girl
#47
Posted: 5/24/08 at 3:38pm
Don't forget the movie musical!
Schindler's List
The Da Vinci Code
The Aristocrats
And I'd love to see:
Stuff Happens- the new musical directed by Susan Stroman, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Oedipus Rex- directed by George C Wolfe, music by Boy George
Prymate- the hilarious new musical comedy directed by Twyla Tharp, music by Frank Wildhorn
Schindler's List
The Da Vinci Code
The Aristocrats
And I'd love to see:
Stuff Happens- the new musical directed by Susan Stroman, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Oedipus Rex- directed by George C Wolfe, music by Boy George
Prymate- the hilarious new musical comedy directed by Twyla Tharp, music by Frank Wildhorn
#48
Posted: 5/24/08 at 4:32pm
my favorit scene:
from the musical "Oh, Streetcar!" featuring Apu as Steve)
Apu:
I am just a simple paperboy,
No romance do I seek.
I just wanted forty cents,
For my deliveries last week.
Will this bewitching floozy,
Seduce this humble newsie?
Oh, what's a paperboy to...
Do
from the musical "Oh, Streetcar!" featuring Apu as Steve)
Apu:
I am just a simple paperboy,
No romance do I seek.
I just wanted forty cents,
For my deliveries last week.
Will this bewitching floozy,
Seduce this humble newsie?
Oh, what's a paperboy to...
Do
I'd fire you... if you weren't so g*dd*mn beautiful out there. - Blades of Glory
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#49
Posted: 5/24/08 at 7:15pm
"The Boys Next Door". If it was a light hearted musical, then it wold completely miss the point and if it was one of those more serious musicals, then it would be way too depressing.
#50
Posted: 5/24/08 at 9:28pm
Narnia.
I did this at a regional theater in Nj. NEVER. EVER. EVER. AGAIN.
I did this at a regional theater in Nj. NEVER. EVER. EVER. AGAIN.
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