I don't know about the kids rolls (how about the Mary Poppins children?) Dumbledore: Ian McKellan Mcgonagle: Carol Shelley (I know it is like Morrible but she would be perfect) Hagrid: Shuyler Hensley Snape: Frank Langella
Who else?
"you freakin freaks. get a ****in life. theres more to life than this stupid website." stage manager 2
Please please please PLEASE can we give it many years first? I'm still having issue coming to terms with the fact it's all over. In fact, I'm usually first to mock all the helplines that are set up to help children deal with their emotions when one of their favourite characters is killed, but I'm really really having emotional issues about the end here.
How about we choose from the young uns of today to play the older characters for many many years in the future? John Gallagher Jr for Dumbledore! Henry Hodges for Sirius Black! That kinda thing! ;D
While I love the Harry Potter series, I think a musical version would be a horrible idea. It's a tremendous amount of material to compress into one show unless they made a musical based on each book, which I don't think would ever happen. I think it would end up being a huge spectacle while sacrificing character development and plot, much like LOTR.
I have no doubt that it would make money but I think it would be better if they didn't try to adapt Harry Potter for the stage.
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
As long as Hermione gets her humorous, but touching love ballad titled "Honestly, Ron!", then I'm there! In my head, it plays out like "Do You Love Me?" from Fiddler on the Roof. The final battle at Hogwarts must be like the rumble from West Side Story ... and Lupin must have an "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables"-type song.
I don't want to spoil the book for those who haven't finished, but the song "lily's eyes" from Secret Garden's been stuck in my head since about chapter 33 I think it was...
"But I can tell you that Raoul, who was so handsome in "The Phantom," is now a drunken wreck."
Actually - there's one in the works. I just did the first workshop.
Madame Morrible: "So you take the chicken, now it must be a white chicken. The corpse can be any color. And that is the spell for lost luggage!" - The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken
And I've had 'Lily's Eyes' stuck in my head since... well, I found Harry Potter before 'The Secret Garden', but I've had it in my head almost constantly since I first heard it. Shame Lily Craven had hazel eyes, otherwise my head would have exploded by now. Well, maybe that's a good thing...
I am not naming any names, but really guys, some of you are big idiots, mentioning Book 7 spoilers, without warning those of us who haven't read it yet and DON'T want to be spoiled !!!
Updated On: 7/22/07 at 07:49 PM