broadway moves...
broadway moves...
londonbaby
Understudy Joined: 2/13/06
#0broadway moves...
Posted: 2/16/06 at 12:34pm
what are the worst and best musicals transferred into movies?
i think the worst is def Joseph, the version i watched was shocking
both reached for the gun!
jasobres
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
#1re: broadway moves...
Posted: 2/16/06 at 12:39pm
Nahh, I've seen worse.
Probably the worst one would be Pippin, because it was abridged in the wrong places.
"Ev'ry-buddy wants ta get into de act!"
- Jimmy Durante
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-Kristin Chenoweth
#2re: broadway moves...
Posted: 2/16/06 at 1:45pm
Best- Chicago (minus Richard Gere)
Worst- Phantom (biggest waste of money since they hired a second Bush...)
I hold a degree in Musical Theatre from Montclair State University. It is useless. Now I'm funny for money. Oh, and I sing.
#3re: broadway moves...
Posted: 2/16/06 at 1:49pm
Worst - The Wiz
Best - Hair
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#4re: broadway moves...
Posted: 2/16/06 at 1:57pm
Best - Chicago (but only by default since Hedwig & The Angry Inch was off-broadway, and therefore, not a 'broadway' musical)
Worst - A CHorus Line
Slotted spoons don't hold much soup
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#5re: broadway moves...
Posted: 2/16/06 at 2:07pm
Best- CHICAGO
Worst- The Producers (just too stagey for me)
#6re: broadway moves...
Posted: 2/16/06 at 4:48pm
"Pippin" is a nice document for most of the numbers, as abridged as it is.
Chicago is really a great musical film, argurably the best. Renee Zellwegger is tolerable, but not great.
Well, Guys and Dolls isn't great, but it does preserve Vivian Blaine and Stubby Kaye. Hmm...worst? Tough question, don't know.
TheaterAddict7652
Broadway Star Joined: 2/7/06
#7re: broadway moves...
Posted: 2/16/06 at 8:08pm
Chicago is one of the best musical films...it will probably become a classic in time.
I also love the movie verison of West Side Story, I think some of the ways it was changed (moving songs around, the rearangment of "America", etc.) makes it better than the musical- in some ways.
There's a lot I am not certain of...
#8re: broadway moves...
Posted: 2/16/06 at 10:53pm
Sorry this is sort of a thread jack, but why do so many people have a problem with Richard Gere in that role? I thought he was adorable and just great.
I too loved Chicago, and I love Chorus Line too although I never did get to see it on stage, so that may be why I liked the movie.
"That boy could use some Prozac"
#9re: broadway moves...
Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:10pm
Best- The Producers
Worst- JCS
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#10re: broadway moves...
Posted: 2/16/06 at 11:11pm
Are you talking about filmed performances?
Or movie musicals?
