That's one example of a musical based on a book not turning out well. Some of the greatest Broadway musicals of all times were based on books. South Pacific, The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, and Les Miserables were all based on books. If done right they can turn out to be very good.
I'm not too familiar with the show but I watch a youtube chanel that talks about different Broadway musicals and they did a video on The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. From what they said it seems to me like some parts of the show have aged very well while other parts haven't so much. On the one hand it presents a positive representation of sex workers, highlights the injustice of prostitutes being punished for their work while the men who benefit from their service get of
Even so that's no reason not to do some fancasting. I do fancasting all the time for shows and projects that I know will never happen. It can be fun to just speculate sometimes.
Attention all Fans of Fan Casting: I just started a page on MyCast.io for A Chorus Line Live! Nov 12
2019, 11:11:50 AM
I've always loved Fan Casting. So much so that I've considered becoming a casting director. I recently started a new project on MyCast.io, a fan casting website. Someone I watch online who posts videos about Broadway musicals said that A Chorus Line! might work great as a Live Television Musical. She said that A Chorus Line! deserved far better than it's 1985 film adaption and that it might be a perfect fit for live TV. I started a page on MyCast.io for fan casting A Chorus Line Live! (You can f
This guy I watch online was talking about how the Broadway musicals Thoroughly Modern Millie and The Drowsy Chaperone were both homages to the musicals of the 1920s. So I was wondering if they were any broadway musicals which paid homage to the next decade of musicals the 1930s. More specifically the films of dancing duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers who made 10 films together during that time period. The only large scale Astaire-Rogers homage I can think of is the homage/parody Hi
