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[bwaylover86]

Posted: 1/29/06 at 6:20pm

Okay, this is one of my serious problems with Broadway lately, it has lost a lot of its originality... musicals with music that is from other artists/groups is kinda sad... where is the ORIGINAL musicals??
However, I do happen to agree that some of these ideas would be great though, but still we need more original ideas, not just ones based off of books or movies.
Has the musical Gigi ever been put on broadway? It needs some new music but the story line is cute.

Posted: 2/6/06 at 10:28am

I know this is not an original idea but I would love to see a musical version of the 1937 movie STAGE DOOR. It was originally a stage play. About struggling young actresses living in a boarding house. The film starred Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers,Lucille Ball,Eve Arden,Ann Miller and Andrea Leeds. Stars like Sutton Foster and Kelli O'Hara would be terrific. There is a wonderful role for an aging diva who lives in the past played by Constance Collier in the film - Paging Mary Testa!

[ze emcee]

Posted: 2/6/06 at 12:54pm

WHY DON'T WE DO SOMETHING ORIGINAL! Seriously, Broadway needs NEW stories, we need to stop recycling crap no one wants to see. If therer's ever a WAITING FOR GUFFMAN MUSICAL, or PLANET OF THE APES, I will kiss Broadway goodbye for all its worth.

[CVActor1]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 7:51pm

Mildred,

This is being worked on as you read this. Rasputin producers are raising money to FINALLY get this show on the road (every pun intended).

[elphatine]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 7:58pm

Oooh, Rose, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Stage Door... I played Kay once, and I think it was once of better performances. I love that play!

[TheaterAddict7652]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 8:11pm

Someone said that Down with Love should become a musical and I agree- it would be very cute, and I can imagine great cosutmes/sets.
Pleasantville wouldn't work because of the whole black and white characters vs. color characters in the same scene.
Someone here said The Nightmare Before Christmas, and as much as I love the movie, I don't agree. I just can't see it being good in terms of costumes and sets...putting it on the stage isn't a good idea.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 8:14pm

Let's see, we could musicalize NO EXIT, or perhaps MARAT/SADE. Do you think audiences would flock to such shows?

[aspiringactress]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 8:23pm

This is kind of unrelated BUT...Today in history class we were talking about the French Revolution, and I said "Guys wouldn't it be awesome if there was a musical about the French Revolution?" And then I sort of sat there and I was like, "Oh,right."

[TheaterAddict7652]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 8:26pm

After Wicked's sucess, I'm suprised that nobody has decided to turn any of his other books (Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Mirror Mirror, Lost, etc.) into a musical.

[outovfashion07]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 8:26pm

Theres 2. Les Miz and Tale of 2 Cities. I'm sure theres more but those are the 2 big ones. I love the french revolution... for real

[aspiringactress]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 8:47pm

I know that's why I felt so dumb.

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 8:53pm

The Bridge To Terebitha

That would be a nice family show. I remember reading it in 6th grade and it was a unique tale.

[LaVieHilary]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 8:54pm

LoL. Yeah I had that same inccident except I remember saying, "Isn't a Tale of Two Cities based on the French Revolution" My teacher goes "Yeah and then there was also Les Miz"

That hadn't even crossed my mind.
*face palm*

[Jill S]

Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:50am

You guys shouldn't feel dumb at all - it's the teachers who ought to get detention - for not knowing that LES MIZ is NOT the French Revolution - but rather a student uprising some forty years later!!!

Another musical set during the actual French Revolution is THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.

[lavieboheme04]

Posted: 2/16/06 at 12:04pm

- The Virgin Suicides
- Disney's The Jungle Book
- Bridget Jones' Diary
- The Life Story of Lucille Ball
- Sixteen Candles
- The Breakfast Club

[children&art]

Posted: 2/16/06 at 12:07pm

TheatreAddict: Pleasantville would totally work, even with the black and white and color characters - think of City of Angels with the movie on one side and real life on the other.

lavieboheme: none of those would be interesting as musicals, except maybe Jungle Book - all the 80's John Hughes films were sort of melded together in Awesome 80's Prom off-Bway.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 2/16/06 at 1:32pm

"i think the story of Rasputin (NOT using ABBA's song) would be good, kinda creepy, romantic, "Phantom"-esque"

There is a musical called Killing Rasputin. Which ABBA song?

"okay hello morons! i started this topic out lambasting movies into musicals and the whole idea of jukebox.

WHAT ORIGINAL IDEA SHOULD BE MADE INTO A MUSICAL????"

People can toss out any ideas they want. Why be a jerk about it?

"But as far as original, Anastasia, not the dreamworks glorification but the TRUE story of the Romanov's tragedy, would be amazing on stage."

It's been done originally titled "Anya" by Forrest and Wright and was a flop. A revised version of the score was recorded on CD and released in 1998 under the title "Anastasia".

"where is the ORIGINAL musicals??
However, I do happen to agree that some of these ideas would be great though, but still we need more original ideas, not just ones based off of books or movies."

Musicals with original books AND scores are incredibly rare and usually not as successful. Honestly, how many musicals can you think of that were NOT adapted from a play, book, movie, poems, etc? How many of those were hits?

"Has the musical Gigi ever been put on broadway?"

Yes, and ironically, it used the film score and won the Tony for Best Score.

"WHY DON'T WE DO SOMETHING ORIGINAL!"

If you're willing to invest in something totally original, then by all means, go ahead. But the reality is, 90% of the time, audiences are more willing to buy a ticket to a show that has at least some element of familiarity. Therefore, most producers are more likely to invest in something that seems marketable. Something like Caroline, or Change is usually produced for the sake of art, rather than profit, which is nice, but you need people who are not concerned with losing their money.

"lavieboheme: none of those would be interesting as musicals, except maybe Jungle Book - all the 80's John Hughes films were sort of melded together in Awesome 80's Prom off-Bway."

I saw the Awesome 80s Prom and it really was nothing like any of the John Hughes films other than a couple of stock characters. The Prom has no story, so it simply cannot be compared to several films with plots and narratives and characters in emotional situations. Other than the 80s, they have nothing in common at all.

My ideas (and I don't care if they were movies or not):

Harriet Tubman
The Good Earth
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Pillow Talk
The Joy Luck Club
Alexander Hamilton/Aaron Burr
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Heart and Souls

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 2/16/06 at 1:56pm

PS - "Svengali, the 1931 movie with John Barrymore."

Wildhorn premiered Svengali as a musical back in '90 or '91 at the Alley Theatre in Houston starring Chuck Wagner and Linda Eder, where it was thoroughly panned by the critics and never heard from again.

[Barihunk]

Posted: 2/16/06 at 2:56pm

Even before the well-received revival with Lois Smith - I always thought "The Trip to Bountiful" would be a great property for musicalization by Adam Guettel. He would capture the inner thoughts of those characters beautifully and his musical vocabulary would evoke the langorous Texas summer perfectly. In my dream world, Barbara Cook would make a flawless Carrie Watts in this musical given how well Guettel writes for the soprano voice. Victoria Clark is just right for Jessie Mae with Mark Kudisch as Ludie and Sarah Uriarte Berry as Thelma - the young lady Carrie meets on the bus. But ... alas...

Updated On: 2/16/06 at 02:56 PM