any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
#1any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 11:58amare there any musicals you would like just as much/if not better WITHOUT MUSIC?
#2re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 12:13pmFiddler on the Roof would probably be just as good as a play.
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#2re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 12:15pmI imagine that "A Catered Affair" would be quite good if it were a play.
bwaygal1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/07
#3re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 12:19pmI totally agree with you, volleyballer. Catered Affair's music was boring and I don't really remember much of it.
#4re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 12:19pm
The Phantom of the Opera would be great as a play...
Also A Chorus Line....
sorry I was bored and it is friday but seriously...
I kind of think that Mamma Mia would have been a cute comedy play without the music.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#5re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 12:33pm
VICTOR/VICTORIA -- keeping the songs performed in the club as is.
WEST SIDE STORY -- keeping the 'dance at the gym' intact.
jagfkb
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/29/07
#6re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 12:38pmsuprised noone has mentioned 1776
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#7re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 12:43pm
1776 needs those songs. Most of them are plot-driven.
And sorry, but Thomas Jefferson dancing on stairs in the film ranks as one of my top 5 Musical Movie Moments.
#8re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 12:50pm
Neither Jerome Robbins' Broadway nor Fosse needed the music.
And Aint Misbehavin' didn't need the songs either.
#9re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 1:30pmI'll probably tick off some people but Spelling Bee. The songs killed the action for me. I never made it all the way through the cast recording either.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#10re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 1:36pmSPRING AWAKENING is much more challenging and effective as a play.
#11re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 1:52pm
My Fair Lady
wait...
#12re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 2:01pmI think Wicked would've made a much better play if they had stayed closer to the novel.
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
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#13re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 2:13pmgone with the wind
misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#14re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 2:20pmThe Dead?
burntplains
Featured Actor Joined: 1/24/07
#16re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 3:29pm
Catered Affair
and I think I might have actually cried at the end of Spring Awakening if it were a play..
Updated On: 5/23/08 at 03:29 PM
thatgirl712
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/08
#17re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 4:36pmI also agree that A Catered Affair and Fiddler on the Roof would be just as good (if not better) as a play.
#18re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 8:27pmAgreed about Spring Awakening. The straight play is just a much better fit for the plot.
chris d
Broadway Star Joined: 4/21/07
#19re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 8:45pmCompany would be great as a straight play, but I won't say "better" cuz I don't want a torch-wielding gang coming at my door (plus I love the music, and I think it's one of the few examples of a book and score working well independent of each other).
#20re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 8:46pmi totally thought of that (company) when i posted this thread!!! i LOVE The music but it would also make an amazing play
#21re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 10:15pm
The Goodbye Girl definitely would have played better without the music.
Side Show, maybe.
The Wild Party, as much as I loved the B'way show, would have been better as a play with music.
Carrie would have been better served if presented as straight Theatre du Grand-Guignol.
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#22re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 10:18pmCompany would really make a great play.
#23re: any musicals that would be better as PLAYS?
Posted: 5/23/08 at 10:22pmGrey Gardens would have done better as a play.
The Other One
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