Ferris Bueller musical?

[Call_me_jorge]

Could a musical adaptation of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off work? It’s one of my favorite films and I’d love to see someone give it a shot.

[Sondheimite]

There will never be a way to make a musical of this movie that is better than or even on par with the film.

As such, why bother?

 

[SomethingPeculiar]

My first thought is, "it has so many locations, it's going to have horrible video screens like MEAN GIRLS!"

But I agree with Sondheimite. MEAN GIRLS may be an apt comparison: an overly faithful libretto that never quite lives up to the original movie. The movie is as much of a classic as Groundhog Day, and people weren't genuinely interested in seeing that onstage. Mean Girls has the advantage of being more recent and having a very famous/active bookwriter.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Can we do a Moonstruck musical adaptation first, please?

[Elegance101]

The movie is so good and Matthew Broderick is so good in it, I don’t see any way a team (and an actor) could live up to it and create something exciting. It’s possible, but it would be very difficult.

[theatreguy12]

May as well. Broadway is turning into Hollywood East.

[bwaylyric]

or East Vegas