Blurbs

[Showface]

A baker and his wife travel into the woods to reverse a spell laid on them by a Witch because, the baker's father stole some of her vegetable's.

[Timmer]

I like that, Showface!

[themysteriousgrowl]

Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first woman
she meets and then teams up with three complete strangers to kill again.

— 1970's Marin County newspaper TV listing for The Wizard of Oz

It's from 1998.

But Dorothy doesn't team up with the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion "to kill again." She teams up with them to visit the Wizard. And even after the Wizard sends them to the Witch, it's to recover her broom, not to kill her. That may sound nitpicky, but the whole joke depends on that second part being accurate.

[Showface]

Thanks, Timmer.

Wicked:

A musical dedicated to give sympathy to the green witch who lurked in our nightmares, as children.

[theatregeek6]

How about we write a musical about two Mormon boys who get sent to Uganda and have to deal with female circumcision and AIDS. And let's make it a comedy too

[Timmer]

A musical based entirely on a painting.

[mjohnson2]

A lot of you guys are picking and choosing what you want to say about the plot of a lot of these musicals.
INTO THE WOODS could also be described as a musical connecting all the fairy tales and about what happens after happily ever after (which is a great premise). This could pretty much be applied to most of the shows listed here. I think what is really interesting is when you actually summarize the plot and it doesn't sound like a good musical at all, a story that seems to lack any reason to be musicalized, such a musical about 9 african-american boys being falsely accused of raping two women the the age of vaudeville in the south.

[BobbyBubbi]

Winners:

Luvinbroadway- “20 dancers on a bare stage whining.”

thevolleyballer- “A fat girl gets to be on television and subsequently single-handedly ends segregation in Baltimore."

Laughed so hard at both of these.

[Timmer]

A woman goes to the Far East to teach some children.

[Hackasaurus_Rex]

"So it's the late 80's and everybody got AIDS and sh*t...."

Rock Of Ages?

[Fan123]

I'd love to see some of these expanded and acted out staight-faced by actual show cast members, Drunk History-style!

To further nitpick the Wizard of Oz summary, technically Dorothy never "meets" the Wicked Witch of the East. Still funny though.

Since 'Shakespeare in Love' is now onstage, it's fair game for that old joke synopsis - 'Wannabe actress is so dumb she sleeps with a writer'.

A chick eats some fruit. Later, she eats some more fruit.

Some guys argue about signing a document, then sign it.

Some people in Washington Heights go about their lives.

An evil garden that killed a woman, suddenly starts using its powers for good to help heal the bereaved husband and son. (Actually, I'd see that.)

A young woman learns to see past a homely older man's looks and love him for his actions. The man learns to see past the young woman's actions and love her for her looks.

[Skip2]

Horny cowboy takes a girl to a party. Horny girlfriend seduces another cowboy. Horny traveling salesman is forced to marry another girl. Aunt is horny for the first cowboy.

Horny, sophisticated, French murderer falls in love with unsophisticated American nurse on humid island during WWII.

Horny Asian King wonders what's under the bloomers of an English schoolteacher.

Horny, wealthy Sea Captain throws over rich middle aged woman for young, nubile postulate from local convent.

Notice a trend?

[Elfuhbuh]

An asshole phonetics professor teaches a flower girl how to speak proper English.

A bunch of horny German kids decide they want to have sex with each other.

A recently divorced woman moves to New York to do...things...with her life...?

German musical about vampires that uses Total Eclipse of the Heart as a love ballad.

Spider-Man: On Broadway!

[dented146]

Let's do a musical about people who make pajamas.

[Wickedlover56]

A British boy (who is forced to do boxing by his father) finds himself through the art of dance, and this is all during a miner strike.

A women has a four day love affair with a hunky photographer she just met because of the power of vegetable soup.

A town freaks out over a rock that spurts water when licked.

Berry Gordy writes a love note to himself.

[Timmer]

A man commits petty theft, goes into business, adopts a daughter, and dies.

[Timmer]

Good ones!

[Musical Master]

A reunion in a dilapidated theatre in 1971 and 4 middle aged somethings go crazy.

[dwwst12]

Bipolar lady imagines her dead, shirtless son is still alive, has electroshock therapy, and leaves home.

A snobby blonde witch meets a nice green witch who steals her boyfriend, but they become besties before the green witch makes a crap ton of enemies and fakes her own death.

[Elfuhbuh]

A bunch of kids go through junior high.

[Timmer]

All good! Let's keep it going.

[Wilmingtom]

The last week in the life of Jesus Christ set to a pseudo rock 'n' roll score.

[Wilmingtom]

Double post