Taylor Swift musical?

[Globefan]

Do you think Taylor Swift's music will ever make it to Broadway, either as a jukebox musical of her existing songs or new songs written specifically for the show? Would you rather it be a fictional story like Mamma Mia! or biographical? She has a certain theatrical flair. 

[Littleshopofcarrie]

I'd love a Taylor Swift musical. I don't think that her life story is particularly interesting enough to be a musical but I think that her music would fit a musical wonderfully.

 

Additionally, I'd love to see her write an original score for a musical. She is such a brilliant lyricist that I think she would do great with a full score. 

[Call_me_jorge]

She already kind of told a story with Folklore. I think she would do a great job writing a musical. I wonder if her name being attached would be more of a burden, like Sting with The Last Ship or a benefit, like Sara Bareilles with waitress.

[Jordan Levinson]

Littleshopofcarrie said: "I'd love a Taylor Swift musical. I don't think that her life story is particularly interesting enough to be a musical but I think that her music would fit a musical wonderfully.



Additionally, I'd love to see her write an original score for a musical. She is such a brilliant lyricist that I think she would do great with a full score."

THIS. Attach her to appealing source material, and she COULD make miracles happen. However, there is no guarantee that a mainstream songwriter like her can swimmingly make the jump from pop music to Broadway theatre. We've seen both successes and flops in this case, as Jorge just pointed out.

[bwayphreak234]

Please no.

[IdinaBellFoster]

I’d much rather see her write an original musical.

I know there is a different team working on it, but I think she’d be perfect to score THE PRINCESS BRIDE.

[chrishuyen]

I'd be a lot more interested in seeing her write an original musical than a jukebox or biopic (yes she's done some interesting things but I don't know if I want a musical about her life). What I'm most intrigued about is that a lot of her songs are self contained stories(even in folklore where the songs interconnect) so it would be interesting to see what she could do if she wrote all the songs to a larger story and if she could get that musical cohesion across the entire show and not just song to song.

[PutonyourWarPaint]

SWIFTICAL: The Musical

My favorite song: Let Me Sh*t  Alone in a Box