What show would you direct if you could?
What show would you direct if you could?
#1What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/2/08 at 9:49pm
I have an interest in directing, and if I could direct any non professional version of a musical, these are the ones that I think I could do a decent job of -
Wicked
Rent
With Wicked I would like to restore more of the darker tone that is in the novel, whilst still maintaining the camp and humor of the Broadway version.
Rent - I think I could do a faithful reproduction of the way it currently is.
Does anyone else have a show that they would love to direct one day?
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#2re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/2/08 at 9:50pm
Falsettos
Avenue Q
Spelling Bee
Beauty And The Beast
King And I
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#2re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/2/08 at 10:10pmI also think that I would like to direct Falsettos Spelling Bee - I haven't seen Avenue Q yet but will in May.
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#3re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/2/08 at 10:28pm
Just musicals? I direct 2 musicals a year, so there aren't too many I WANT to that I haven't but:
BARE (Hopefully Summer '09)
Millie
My Favorite Year
Miss Saigon
Man of La Mancha
Godspell
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#4re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/2/08 at 10:30pmI would love to do a stage version of the studio recording of Bright Lights Big City. I have mentally planned out every scene. I'd have to have Patrick and Sherie Rene.
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#5re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/2/08 at 10:34pm
I'd love to revamp The Woman in White. I have quite the production in mind.
I have a concept for Sweeney Todd that follows more closely what Sondheim had intended it to be...small, intimate, and scary.
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#6re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/2/08 at 10:34pm
Definitely URINETOWN, in a much darker tone. The satirical side of the show would still be in there, but more of a sort of "John Doyle Sweeney Todd"-esque style thing.
Also,
A New Brain
Falsettos
Anyone Can Whistle
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#7re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/2/08 at 10:39pmFiddler on the Roof, The Wild Party (doesn't matter the version) and Cabaret are probably the top three I'd kill to direct one day.
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#8re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/2/08 at 10:42pm
Follies
Chess
Sweeney Todd
Assassins
All would be quite the challenge!
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#9re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/2/08 at 10:50pm
... you didn't state that these shows had to be already written or adapted for American theatre...
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Follow the North Wind
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#10re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/2/08 at 10:57pmOh - I forgot to mention Little Shop of horrors too...
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#11re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/3/08 at 1:43am
A New Brain
Floyd Collins
Marie Christine
The Last Five Years
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#13re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/3/08 at 1:57am
Cabaret. I love Urinetown, but I feel like you are pretty locked in as I've only seen it done well by basically recreating the Broadway production.
I've seen Cabaret done 20 times in 20 different ways. A lot of those were misses, but that show has so many directions you can take. Seems like a fun challenge.
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#14re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/3/08 at 2:05am
I'm kicking around options for when I direct in my school's black box. Right now I'm thinking about:
-Parade
-Dear World
-Amour
-Merrily We Roll Along
-Nine
-Falsettos
-Bare
-Titanic
-Ragtime
-A New Brain
-Hedwig and the Angry Inch
-I Love You Because
I'm pretty keen on the idea of Parade, but lately Dear World is starting to seem pretty enticing.
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#15re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/3/08 at 2:33am
-Carrie
-Godspell (I have quite the concept buried in my head)
-The Wild Party (Lippa)
-The Pillowman
-Dog Sees God
-Frankenstein the musical (recent off-broadway)
and plenty of others.
I'm directing Bare this summer in Orlando, FL. I also am directing a concert version of Carrie (fully licensed by Michael and Dean). And have directed a production of Chess, as well as plenty of other shows...I'm a BFA Directing major.
#16re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/3/08 at 9:54amI dont have alot of intrest in directing but the one show I really want to direct is Kiss of the Spiderwoman. I have the whole show in my head and how I want it to look like and everything. I even have only in the movies choreographed.
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#17re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/3/08 at 10:14am
I have a neverending list but here are the ones off the top of my head at the moment...
BAT BOY
HOW TO SUCCEED
DAMN YANKEES
THE FANTASTICKS
RENT
GODSPELL
FALSETTOS
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
PARADE
A NEW BRAIN
LAST FIVE YEARS
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
SWEENEY TODD
INTO THE WOODS
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#18re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/3/08 at 10:29am
GREASE (doing it the correct way, with Marilu Henner's assistance -- she was in the original pre-Off-Broadway incarnation in Chicago; she was THE original Marty, first-and-foremost).
A Broadway musical adaptation of Ida Lupino's scathingly brilliant 1966 film THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS.
A Broadway musical adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's campy VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, combining both elements from the original novel and the legendary 1967 film version. Complete recreation of the film's costume and set design.
A Broadway musical adaptation of Peyton Reed's brilliant 2003 60's film homage DOWN WITH LOVE, with music and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Whittman. Complete recreation of the film's costume and set design.
#19re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/3/08 at 12:57pm
If I was still directing high school plays, I'd pick JANE EYRE and BELLS ARE RINGING.
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#20re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/3/08 at 2:20pm
Bright Lights, Big City
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Hair
(isnt it funny that those are the three shows that I havent seen but adore?)
edit:
an eventual revival of rent
the rocky horror picture show
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#22re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/3/08 at 6:07pm
Always wanted to direct Into the Woods. I agree with some past posters that lots of these musicals need to show off their dark sides. I'd like to do Sweeney Todd and a very dark Wicked, as well.
For plays, I'd like to direct Beckett's Endgame, The Illusion by Tony Kushner (of course...) and Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
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#23re: What show would you direct if you could?
Posted: 5/3/08 at 6:11pm
CHESS
Carrie
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hmmm... flops seem to be the shows I want to direct. lol
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