movies you wish they would make into musicals- Page 5

[boytobroadway]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#100

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]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#101

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

Facebook...ME !!!

[LightMyCandle]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#102

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.

i'm a tough act to follow because when i'm done i take the microphone with me.

[joanlegorreta]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#103

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

What about The Hours???

[MatthewAddison]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#104

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]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#105

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

How about American Gigolo: The Musical?

"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter

[sweeneytodd2]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#106

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]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#107

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

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

:)

[grizzabella]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#108

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."

"And the postman sighed as he scratched his head, you really rather thought she ought to be dead..."

[Mojojo5]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#109

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

"You're not a kid anymore, Robby. I don't think you'll ever be a kid again, kiddo." - Joanne, Company

[cturtle]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#110

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

moulin rouge.

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

RIP glebby <3

[MrMidwest]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#111

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.

"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter

[kate2]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#112

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]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#113

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

The Breakfast Clab
Sister Act

[Theatreboy49]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#114

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

America's Sweethearts

<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado

[PennyLou]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#115

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

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Grace: My love for you is like this scar (points to elbow) ulgy but permanent!

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

[bwaybound865]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#116

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]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#117

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

Mommie Dearest or (randomly) Red eye hahaha

[SWTaffy]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#118

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

The Cat's Meow

I loved this movie.

It's worth a shot/ :) www.freephotoiPods.com/?r=15009978

[Marquise]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#119

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

THE APARTMENT

[MagicToDo82]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#120

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.

There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

[Broadwaygirl22]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#121

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...)

"The opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation."

[Songsstresss]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#122

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]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#123

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.

Drench yourself in words unspoken. Live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten. "Unwritten" Natasha Bedingfield

[safety_in_falsehood]

re: movies you wish they would make into musicals#124

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.