What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
SpaceBee
Swing Joined: 6/13/19
#1What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 12:42pm
As the title says really, which movie (animated or live action) would you like to see adapted for Broadway? Personally I'd love to see the Barbie Princess and the Pauper movie. I know it's a weird choice but I think it's got a solid soundtrack! Not sure how they'd manage the talking cats but y'know.
Updated On: 6/13/19 at 12:42 PM
#2What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 12:47pmRocketman with Killian Donnelly as Elton John
#3What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 12:52pm
I totally agree. Barbie is never going to make a musical but damn if they didn't create a great cast recording. Maybe not Broadway but what if a smaller theater did it and then have the rights be released. I could easily see a Barbie musical be playing at every middle and high school.
Some other movies I think would make great adaptions would be Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (already has some great, hilarious songs and would have some great meta theater jokes) or A Nightmare Before Christmas (which apparently has been worked on or something? Idk but we would need Lion King level puppets and the show would be fantastic)
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#4What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 1:21pm
2003's delicious Doris Day/Rock Hudson homage DOWN WITH LOVE. Marc Shaiman did the score for the film and it would be apropo for him and Scott WIttman to team up for this. They also wrote a song for the end credits titled "Here's to Love" sung/performed by the film's 2 leads: Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor.
The "Here's to Love" video with Renee and Ewan (with a cameo by Marc Shaiman and Scott WIttman):
Here's the film's trailer:
GaryinLA
Swing Joined: 3/21/12
#5What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 1:27pmNONE. I prefer a show adapted to become a film.
SFFrontRow
Broadway Star Joined: 3/19/05
#6What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 1:29pm
What a great suggestion - Down with Love (first post mistitled the movie) would be megafun if done right.
Tales of the City - I know it is not a movie, but the first few books were made into a couple runs as limited series and it is now back on Netflix with new content.
I saw the musical with songs by Jake Shears in SF years ago - too much stuffed into one show - but, I would love to see this on stage as one or a series of plays. It hits a lot of demographics, and with some colorblind casting could be even more inclusive (but there the very iffy storyline of the model would need to be omitted, or seriously rethought for today's sensibilities).
Larry6417
Understudy Joined: 11/20/13
#7What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 2:24pm
SpaceBee said: "As the title says really, which movie (animated or live action) would you like to see adapted for Broadway? Personally I'd love to see the Barbie Princess and the Pauper movie. I know it's a weird choice but I think it's got a solid soundtrack! Not sure how they'd manage the talking cats but y'know."
NONE.
#8What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 2:36pm
NONE. I'm f'ing sick of the movie to musical cash grabs.
And jukebox musicals can go f themselves too.
Lenexajones
Stand-by Joined: 1/24/06
#9What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 2:38pm
Schindler's List.
UncleCharlie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/26/16
#10What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 2:54pm
Someone new joins the board. Thinks to themself "I bet no one's ever asked this question before". Rinse and repeat.
Updated On: 6/13/19 at 02:54 PM
BWAY Baby2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/10/14
#11What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 3:16pm
None- and no more jukebox musicals.
BritCrit
Leading Actor Joined: 5/15/18
#12What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 3:30pm
BWAY Baby2 said: "None- and no more jukebox musicals."
I think that one or two Movie adaptations and Jukebox musicals a season are fine, but FIVE movie adaptations (six if you count To Kill A Mockingbird) and three jukebox musicals in 2018-19 felt like overkill. However, I’m not against the movie to musical genre as a whole - it is always interesting to adapt a familiar film to a new medium...
Personally, I think it would be fun if we had a musical based on Four Weddings and A Funeral or Notting Hill. Richard Curtis’ romcoms use music quite heavily, and their lighthearted, gently amusing formula makes them a good fit for the stage. There are several dated elements (such as the lack of POCs) but there are a few surprisingly progressive elements (such as the sympathetic portrayals of disabled characters) and you can do a lot with these simple but charming middle-class fantasies...
SFFrontRow
Broadway Star Joined: 3/19/05
#13What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 4:06pm
UncleCharlie said: "Someone new joins the board. Thinks to themself "I bet no one's ever asked this question before". Rinse and repeat."
Was this really necessary? I've been on since 2005... and I encourage new members to join in the discussion. I am sorry, but I just don't appreciate that attitude for those of us who want to and enjoy participate in this discussion.
UncleCharlie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/26/16
#14What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 5:24pm
SFFrontRow said: "UncleCharlie said: "Someone new joins the board. Thinks to themself "I bet no one's ever asked this question before". Rinse and repeat."
Was this really necessary? I've been on since 2005... and I encourage new members to join in the discussion. I am sorry, but I just don't appreciate that attitude for those of us who want to and enjoy participate in this discussion."
How exactly is my comment stopping you from participating in the discussion? Threads on this topic are started constantly. I don't think discussing the same topic over and over again makes for an interesting board, but if repetition is your jam, knock yourself out.
#15What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 6:42pmEvery time we have one of these threads and people get snippy about movie adaptations I wonder - is a movie adaptation necessarily worse than an adaptation from a book, or even a play?
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#16What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 6:57pm
Are these shows really so bad, folks?
PROMISES, PROMISES
THE PRODUCERS
SWEET CHARITY
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
NINE
ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
ONCE
42ND STREEET
GREY GARDENS
CARNIVAL!
XANADU
THE BAND'S VISIT
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
LEGALLY BLONDE
LITTLE SHOP
HAIRSPRAY
#17What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 7:54pm
Please, no more films to movies unless they are small, not mega-popular films like The Band's Visit. It's supposed to be literature or original book to stage to screen. Pygmalion, Edna Ferber's Show Boat, Anna and the King of Siam. Even not great literature like Green Grow the Lilacs (Oklahoma) or Michener's Tales of the South Pacific furnished the characters, the settings and the essence of the story to be told.
Even greater glory goes to musicals with original books like Chicago, A Chorus Line and The Music Man.
I'm not against jukebox musicals, I just don't think they should be in the same category as La Cage aux Folles and Hamilton. Musicals are being dumbed down. When the Boomers were growing up, nightly entertainment was pretty much limited to three or four TV networks. They were criticized for being too tame and conservative, which was true to some extent, but NBC would have been embarrassed to put on a show that was really dopey like The Apprentice.
I guess it is all due to the high cost and risk of mounting a musical. Public already loves the film, they're going to check out the musical, so at least you've got a chance. But musicals are supposed to be a form of art, not just public entertainment. How did George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward ever decide to get a Broadway theater in the middle of the Great Depression and stage a very dark four hour opera with a cast of all classically trained African Americans. It wasn't because they expected to make any money.
This mini-rant was brought on because I just learned of the next mega-film to be taken to the stage. Maybe this is already known, but it was new to me. Back to the Future, 1985. One of my favorite films, but it's an action adventure film that owed, I think, most of its popularity to the characters played by Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd and the relationship between them. Can you imagine spots in the film where the action stops and Fox or Lloyd or any other characters sing? They're not singers. What are they going to sing about?
We may actually never get a chance to see this show, which has already been cast and workshopped, because it's supposed to go from the West End to New York and try out in Manchester for a few months before arriving in London. Perhaps they'll play up the comedy and the songs will support the humor.
Anyone care to invest? Not too late.
I'd rather see another Back to the Future sequel. Lloyd is still active at 80. Fox's Parkinson's Disease would probably be too much to overcome, although I guess the drugs he takes are pretty effective.
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?time_continue=1&v=nr4Qq_ILExQDuBose Heyward
SFFrontRow
Broadway Star Joined: 3/19/05
#18What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 8:33pm
Remove post please, I will send this directly and not clutter up this post.
Updated On: 6/13/19 at 08:33 PM
Tom5
Broadway Star Joined: 9/23/11
#19What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 11:17pm
Whenever I hear of a movie being adapted as a musical for Broadway, like every week, and the movie rings a bell I will retrieve it on the internet, watch it and that will be the end of it for me. (Unless I hear Cole Porter will be doing the Broadway score)
#20What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 11:29pm
Just as a note, Chicago was based on a play and two films.
theatregoer3
Broadway Star Joined: 3/8/13
#21What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 11:48pmVELVET GOLDMINE
#22What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/13/19 at 11:58pm
The Crying Game
Emmaloucbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/11
#23What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/14/19 at 12:00am
theatregoer3 said: "VELVET GOLDMINE"
YES!!!!
#24What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/14/19 at 12:03amI’d love to see a musical version of DOWN WITH LOVE, as niche as that would be. I think Shaiman and Whitman would have fun expanding that score!
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
#25What movie would you like to see adapted for Broadway?
Posted: 6/14/19 at 12:51am
I just saw Rocketman a few days ago and I have been unable to stop thinking about it since. I thought the way they went about telling Elton's story was genius and the new arrangements lend itself well for adapting it to the stage. Not to mention the amazing costumes and music. I really hope it happens!
