What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
#1What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:38am
I want to see
- MAME take place in a crack house.
- WEST SIDE STORY in war-torn Afghanistan
- GYPSY done as an LSD induced hallucination
- CABARET set in Hell.
#2What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:41am
SWEENEY TODD set in a mental asylum.
#2What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:41am
FOLLIES set in a movie theater
COMPANY set in rural Arkansas
FALSETTOS set in Arizona
I'll think of more...
#3What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:42amljay, ouldn't that idea be better suited for a show like CAROUSEL or OKLAHOMA?
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#4What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:42am
HAIR - set in Luxembourg
THE MUSIC MAN - with an all-Pygmy cast
FOLLIES - but with the ages reversed
#5What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:43am
My Picks:
9 to 5 set in an Asian Sweatshop
Anything Goes done on an Aeroplane and the passengers wake up to find it was all a dream about the in-flight film
Big River set in the banks of the Nile
A Chorus Line performed with the dancers all talking to the same psychiatrist instead of being in the theater telling their stories
#6What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:43am
ouldn't that idea be better suited for a show like CAROUSEL or OKLAHOMA?
Good idea! Know any British directors you could call?
#7What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:44amGuys, we better stop this! We're giving Diane Paulus ideas!
#8What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:44amHow about SHE LOVES ME set at a Chick-Fil-A?
#9What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:44am
HELLO DOLLY in the Prehistoric Era with Dinosaurs
LES MISERABLES in America during the American Revolution
WICKED at Penn State
THE LION KING with an all-white cast
"These rabid fans...possess the acting talent to portray the hooker...Linda Eder..." -The New York Times
#10What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:44am
Beauty and the Beast in an S&M club
Cats in a mental institution
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#11What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:45amANNIE in a concentration camp would be fun!
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#12What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:46am
Anything Goes done on an Aeroplane and the passengers wake up to find it was all a dream about the in-flight film
This made me LOL
When I was in college a friend of mine and I tried come up with a concept for a deconstructed A Chorus Line set in a concentration camp. We were high.
#13What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:47am
I'm all for rewriting some songs in MAME. "Open a New Bloodline, Open a New Vein", "The Man in the Moon Has a Coke Spoon."
CHICAGO set in Berlin, 1929.
#14What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:47amI'll help write you write that shlt, Phyllis. I swear to God, I will.
#15What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:47amDIANE PAULUS' THE GERSHWIN'S PORGY AND BESS set in Hell's Kitchen 2012 with an all-male cast
"These rabid fans...possess the acting talent to portray the hooker...Linda Eder..." -The New York Times
#17What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:49am
I wouldn't be surprised if Jordan and I had to sue Diane Paulus for the MAME ideas. It seems right up her alley.
#18What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:50am
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG with senior citizens.
Wait! Doyle's done that already too.
#19What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:51amSTEEL MAGNOLIAS with an all pregnant cast.
chewy5000
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
#21What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:52amBRING IT ON set at a fisting party.
#22What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:52am
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND set in Levittown. (It's still ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, come on!)
How about a CAROUSEL that starts outside the STAR TOURS ride at Disneyland? Mrs. Mullin could be a teenaged ride operator and Billy could be a closeted homosexual Luke Skywalker stand-in/cast member.
#23What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:58amGRAND HOTEL at Eli Roth's Hostel.
#24What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?
Posted: 8/1/12 at 1:59am
SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM with Jerry Herman as Steve! It'd be far cheerier and filled with Diet Coke and lots of happy stories about mothers.
FYI: I am not denying Jerry of his happy childhood, non-alcohol life and cheery songs. Good for him! But in a nightmare world of MAME in a crackhouse and BRING IT ON at a fisting party, we'll see this
THE ACT set on a street corner or Subway car during rush hour.
Updated On: 8/1/12 at 01:59 AM
