Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Musicals that you wish someone else had written
#1Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/24/16 at 7:07pm
What are some musicals that you wish someone else had written? Who would you have write them?
Next to Normal- Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron or Tony Kushner
Sunset Boulevard- Stephen Sondheim (in fact he almost wrote it)
The Secret Garden- Adam Guettel
broadwayboy223
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/2/14
#2Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/24/16 at 7:19pm
I love the current score but I'm so curious to see what Lucy Simon could do with the Hunchback of Notre Dame
#3Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/24/16 at 7:34pm
THE COLOR PURPLE - I wish someone would actually have written a good score/book for this show. I've said it a thousand times - it can showcase some amazing performances that completely overshadow the fact that the show itself is not that good.
#4Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/24/16 at 7:50pm
FINDING NEVERLAND with Frankel and Korie.
Oh wait...
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broadwayboy223
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/2/14
#5Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/24/16 at 8:00pm
Jordan Catalano said: "THE COLOR PURPLE - I wish someone would actually have written a good score/book for this show. I've said it a thousand times - it can showcase some amazing performances that completely overshadow the fact that the show itself is not that good.
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I watched a clip of the song writers talking about the show recently and they said that different composers were looked at to do the score during the early development period. I wonder who those people were
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#6Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/24/16 at 8:29pm
Years ago, right after Oliver, Lionel Bart had a version of Hunchback. It has never seen the light of day.
Poster Emeritus
#7Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/24/16 at 8:39pm
Marc Shaiman should have adapted the Addams Family based on his score and the film's score. When I think Addams, I think the Addams Waltz almost as much as I think of the "da da da dum" theme.
#8Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/24/16 at 8:45pm
Fun thread. . .
I'd love to see/hear Kinky boots by Robert Lopez and his wife Kristen...
And maybe a Schwartz version of Aladdin..? idk.
last wish- Spider-Man: Turn off the dark by Frank Wildhorn
BakerWilliams
Leading Actor Joined: 2/1/16
#9Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/24/16 at 8:48pm
Adam Guettel for Bonnie and Clyde might have been fantastic (provided someone like Craig Lucas did the book)
Maybe Kander and Ebb or Michael John LaChiusa for Side Show?
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#10Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/24/16 at 10:15pm
darquegk said: "Marc Shaiman should have adapted the Addams Family based on his score and the film's score. When I think Addams, I think the Addams Waltz almost as much as I think of the "da da da dum" theme."
I've thought this since I first heard they were adapting it to the stage, and felt it even more once I saw the show. If they had used the first film as the basis of the musical (with Shaiman composing) the waltz leading into "The Mamushka" would have been a wonderful way to open Act 2.
#11Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/24/16 at 11:34pm
Big Fish is another one for me. I love the book and film, but I didn't care for the musical. I think that Lippa was a poor choice for a composer. I think that Jason Robert Brown could've done a better job with the material.
I'm still so sad that Shaiman wasn't involved in the Addams Family. It could've been so great.
I really like the idea of Kander and Ebb doing Sideshow. I can really picture it with Fosse choreography and I'm digging it big time.
Something Rotten! is another show that I would've liked to see someone else write. I enjoy the premise, but I feel like the show would be funnier as a mixture between classic brassy broadway jazz with a slight Renaissance sound. I feel like Cy Coleman or Stephen Sondheim (just think about it for a second) could've made it a big hit back in the 70's.
#12Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/24/16 at 11:42pm
The two that really spring to mind are the two that almost WERE written by more qualified and suitable talents--Sunset Boulevard and Finding Neverland.
But yes, I wish The Color Purple had been given to a more confident, daring, and theatre-experienced group as well.
#13Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/24/16 at 11:42pm
Agreed on Big Fish; another great example.
#14Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/24/16 at 11:50pm
Did Frankel and Korie almost write Finding Neverland? It would've been brilliant.
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#15Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/25/16 at 12:13am
"Maybe Kander and Ebb or Michael John LaChiusa for Side Show?"
Ooh. Though I feel like both ideas would result in a darker show I'm not sure it would result in a more realistic show which is kind of what I want. More bio-musical or at least a fantasy version like Evita.
I would like another take on King Arthur (Camelot) and Henry VIII (Rex).
The thing is though, whether or not they succeeded, a show based on a specific property (generally a movie or classic book) is what it is. For example, Do I Hear a Waltz. My brain goes to JRB because of Bridges or Loesser because of The Most Happy Fella but those would kind of be retreads of similar themes and then we wouldn't have the great songs that Do I Hear a Waltz produced, despite not being a perfect show.
#16Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/25/16 at 1:47am
icecreambenjamin said: "Did Frankel and Korie almost write Finding Neverland? It would've been brilliant.
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They actually DID write Finding Neverland! Harvey threw out the entire period-specific score when it came to the States, rather than have them continue to develop the material. An insult to waste so much time for people who work at that level.
#17Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/25/16 at 2:18am
Their original NEVERLAND score may not be say as good as GREY GARDENS where they left it but it was a work in progress with some gorgeous melodies leagues above the Broadway version. I would love to have seen where they ended up.
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#18Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/25/16 at 2:55am
I wish I could hear where it was left. Huge fan of their work.
¿Macavity?
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/16
#19Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/25/16 at 4:53am
PopAria said: "Spider-Man: Turn off the dark by Frank Wildhorn
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Huh, actually I bet that the musical would have been better received if Wildhorn had written the score, but that's not saying too much...
#20Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/25/16 at 4:59am
Sometimes I wish "Ragtime" had been written based more around the book or the movie. Reading the book and watching the movie was shocking when I found out how much more of Evelyn Nesbit we see versus on stage. The score as it is stands perfect, but it seems silly not to include Evelyn's full story, or at least more of it than what was featured. I know one writing team had Evelyn as the lead, which is an interesting concept.
They/them.
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#21Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/25/16 at 5:53am
Were there any demos of Frankel and Korie's 'Finding Neverland'?
I would have loved Kander & Ebb to have written La Cage aux Folles. Maybe it would have captured more of the original movie's anarchy. I don't dislike Herman's score- it's just a little too much candy floss- with the obvious exception of the iconic 'I Am What I Am'.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#22Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/25/16 at 6:40am
"I would have loved Kander & Ebb to have written La Cage aux Folles."
But would that have won the Tony Award over Sunday in the Park With George?
#23Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/25/16 at 7:44am
PopAria said: last wish- Spider-Man: Turn off the dark by Frank Wildhorn
SOOOOO much yes to this!
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#24Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/25/16 at 8:08am
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#25Musicals that you wish someone else had written
Posted: 5/25/16 at 8:49am
I seem to remember someone posting here that Jeremy Jordan sang the Frankel and Korie version of Finding Neverland's title song in his cabaret show last year. It's kind of surprising that hasn't shown up somewhere on the Internet.
