movies you wish they would make into musicals- Page 5

[boytobroadway]

Posted: 9/13/05 at 9:55pm

The Nightmare Before Christmas would make a totally awesome musical!!! It already has so many show elements in it, so why not just make it into a real stage producion? I wish they would.

it also has great music,
B2B

[Unmasked05]

Posted: 9/13/05 at 10:33pm

hahah here we go again:

Coming To America !!
The Notebook...yeah I'm serious
13 Going on 30...hey it could happen.
Dick Tracey
16 Candles or any Brat Pack Movie
The Goonies
Stand by Me
Beaches
Where The Red Fern Grows
Vanity Fair

[LightMyCandle]

Posted: 9/13/05 at 10:41pm

Madamex2- Yes it is. He performed with Heather Headley for an Equity Fights Aids concert two years ago.

I adore him. And I'm proud of it.

[joanlegorreta]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 1:06am

What about The Hours???

[MatthewAddison]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 1:45am

Has anyone said History of the World Part One yet?

If so...ignore me. I'm entirely too lazy to read all five pages.

But IF the movie is ever made into a musical...I want to play the role that doubles as "Faggot"!!! That is a dream role!

Too bad Madeline Kahn isn't still around. She is a true comedy legend.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 7:51pm

How about American Gigolo: The Musical?

[sweeneytodd2]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 9:05pm

Waiting for Guffman!

I wrote the first act of a musical adaption of "Arthur" and I quit when I found out that Godspeed did a flop version of it. Should have checked first!

[show2n2]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 9:25pm

A Patch of Blue
To Kill a Mockingbird
Member of the Wedding

:)

[grizzabella]

Posted: 9/22/05 at 9:46pm

I suggest two movies made decades ago that just beg to be musicals (catch them on TCM): "The Uninvited" and "Portrait of Jenny."

[Mojojo5]

Posted: 9/23/05 at 2:17am

Here's what I want to see...

Chocolat
Harlem Nights
Shag (however, with the dismal reception of Good Vibrations and All Shook Up, I think Broadway may not need a nostalgia musical about the late 50s/early 60s)
Bullets over Broadway (wasn't this rumored to be in the works?)
Moonstruck
Roman Holiday

Zach

[cturtle]

Posted: 9/23/05 at 12:21pm

moulin rouge.

oh .... it WAS a musical? sorry, i didn't notice ...

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 10/10/05 at 12:43pm

I think Ridley Scott's Legend would probably make a good musical. Adding songs might make it a bit more affecting.

[kate2]

Posted: 10/10/05 at 8:57pm

STAND BY ME could be pretty good if done right. or what about MATILDA?
Updated On: 10/10/05 at 08:57 PM

[CrAzIaBoUtReNt]

Posted: 10/10/05 at 9:12pm

The Breakfast Clab
Sister Act

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 10/10/05 at 9:40pm

America's Sweethearts

[PennyLou]

Posted: 10/10/05 at 10:36pm

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Updated On: 12/23/05 at 10:36 PM

[bwaybound865]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 12:15am

I didn't read the whole thread I'll admit, but I think that the movie Big Fish would be a great musical. It's so abstract and fun.

[C is for Company]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 12:52am

Mommie Dearest or (randomly) Red eye hahaha

[SWTaffy]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 10:51am

The Cat's Meow

I loved this movie.

[Marquise]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 10:54am

THE APARTMENT

[MagicToDo82]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 11:33am

Labyrinth
The Nightmare before Christmas
Amelie

and I want to wholeheartedly agree with A League of their Own and Big Fish.

[Broadwaygirl22]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 4:52pm

Robin Hood:Men in Tights! That would make a great musical and Mel Brooks created it(I think. I know he directed it though) and there are good songs in it too.

I agree with The Princess Bride. That would be a good musical.

Newsies(I hear that's already happening though)

The Hobbit(Is that being done? Or maybe it's Lord of the Rings that's being made right now...)

[Songsstresss]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 5:14pm

Princess Bride is an amazing suggestion and Adam Guettel is already working on it! I am really looking forward to seeing how his lush music style will mesh with this fairy tale story. I think it could be brilliant.
I also like the Pleasantville idea. I'm pretty sure it was talked about on this board a year or two ago with people discussing the unique opportunities for lighting and set designing as the characters' world went from black and white to color.

[FeelingElectric]

Posted: 10/12/05 at 7:46am

I know this is a rather obscure movie, but I have seen it a lot lately.I think the The Heavenly kid would make a great musical.It has a great story with an interesting twist to it and would work perfectly to music.

[safety_in_falsehood]

Posted: 10/12/05 at 9:55am

Harry Potter...of course j/k

I think Bridget Jones would be kind of a cute musical...or Love Actually.