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If Sondheim wrote a musical adaptation of a movie....

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So as we all know musical adaptations of movies are HUGE now...

My question is:

If Sondheim wrote a musical adaptation of a movie, what movie would it be? (and why?)

When someone blunders, we say that he makes a misstep. Is it then not clear that all the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill our history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing. - Moliere
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Maybe:

Being John Malcovich or Illuminata
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Four words...

"Tomb Raider: The Musical."

'Nuff said! If Sondheim wrote a musical adaptation of a movie....
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He already has, it's called A Little Night Music.
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^ Exactly what I was thinking.
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.....or Passion
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Lestat or any other vampire musical.
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Yup, both PASSION and NIGHT MUSIC.
If he were to write another musical adaptation of a movie I'd love for it to be THE HOURS and A SINGLE MAN, both of them based on novels, but I'd prefer it if he used the movies as his main source material, kind of like he did with PASSION.
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Sondheim has said in the past that he considered a Groundhog Day musical for a while. Harold Ramis said that James Lapine even contacted him about the idea.
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In regards to Little Night Music, which is a good point, I was focusing this question more on the "current/commercial" side that Broadway tends to be heading in (commercial has a negative conotation but it seems like the most accurate word right now)
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I'd love to see him tackle American Beauty.
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So what do you want us to say? TWILIGHT? AVATAR? THE HANGOVER?
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jv92, I was thinking of American Beauty as well!
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If I don't tackle it first, Steve ought to do it with Lapine. Those last 20 minutes or so was one of the most exciting things I've seen on a screen ever. And Michael Cerveris (Yes, I know everyone is sick of him) would make a wonderful Lester.
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I like the idea of Michael Cerveris as Lester. What about someone like Donna Murphy as Carolyn?
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"Lestat or any other vampire musical."

I don't know if this was intended as sarcasm, but I actually could see Sondheim covering Anne Rice's material quite well...purely theoretically. I don't know how well the outcome would be when it would be staged, though.

*sighs* If only he had written Lestat instead of dearest Elton >.>
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In regards to Little Night Music, which is a good point, I was focusing this question more on the "current/commercial" side that Broadway tends to be heading in

That's because you're dumb, right?
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I think this thread essentially answers itself, but just in case:

LEGALLY BLONDE 2: RED, WHITE & BLONDE

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Carrie 2: The Rage. Turned skillfully by Master Sondheim into Carrie 2: Electric Boogaloo.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
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^ I vote for anything that includes the subtitle Electric Boogaloo.
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Sondheim probably could've made a great adaptation of 8 1/2 if Yeston hadn't done it already.
IMHO I see Queenie as being more of a brunette...
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I was totally serious & not being sarcastic @ all.

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