What play should never EVER EVER never ever be a musical...- Page 2

[scaryclowns223]

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

Blackbird
The Shape of Things
Fat Pig

[B3TA07]

Posted: 5/24/08 at 2:10am

Cyrano

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 5/24/08 at 3:16am

"The Pillowman," hands down, easy. And "Titus Andronicus" ain't too musical, either.

[kyleorlando]

Posted: 5/24/08 at 3:34am

"Titus Andronicus" could at least have one good song: "Gimme a Hand"!

[bwaybabe2]

Posted: 5/24/08 at 3:41am

Anything Shakespeare...it just would not be the same =[

[kyleorlando]

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)

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

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)

Updated On: 5/24/08 at 03:59 AM

[bwaybabe2]

Posted: 5/24/08 at 3:59am

Hee, hee...

This reaction was to KyleOrlando's post... :]
Updated On: 5/24/08 at 03:59 AM

[VonTussleGirl]

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.

[kyleorlando]

Posted: 5/24/08 at 4:17am

bwaybabe2 you got it! =)

[westcoast_wannabe]

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.

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 5/24/08 at 11:29am

Waiting for Godot.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/24/08 at 11:40am

The Miracle Worker - "The Braille Ballet" - I think not.

[allofmylife]

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....

[Sondheim_Geek]

Posted: 5/24/08 at 11:44am

The Pillowman
Doubt

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/24/08 at 11:45am

The Iceman Cometh

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 5/24/08 at 11:50am

The Glass Menagerie

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 5/24/08 at 11:54am

Misery

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 5/24/08 at 12:23pm

Oh, Mr. Roxy, you're terrible...

[sparkleofenergy]

Posted: 5/24/08 at 1:51pm

Anything Beckett

[elphabelle07]

Posted: 5/24/08 at 2:12pm

Children's Hour! oyyyy

[devonian.t]

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

[Chevstriss]

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

[Taka]

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.

[LittlexFallxOfxRain]

Posted: 5/24/08 at 9:28pm

Narnia.

I did this at a regional theater in Nj. NEVER. EVER. EVER. AGAIN.