Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Movies that could be Broadway musicals
#1Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 12:47am
OK, my husband and I are watching The Associate on cable and playing "insert song here".
"Insert song here" is what we do in a movie when it feels like there needs to be a song.
SHUTTUP! Stop looking at me like that!
So, anyway, what random movie do you think should be produced as the next big Broadway musical?
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#2re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 12:48amBullets Over Broadway. One of my favorites. I just watched it again last night and couldn't help but imagine a musical version in my head.
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#3re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 1:07am
Oklahoma Annie.
It's a real movie. Check it out.
#5re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 6:51amLITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. In the right hands, that has HIT written all over it.
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#6re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 8:29am
Mean Girls.
And seconding Little Miss Sunshine.
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#7re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 8:42amI have always thought that Dick Tracy would be amazing on stage.
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#8re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 8:45amI have many suggestions, but I could really shoot the stars for NEWSIES to be musicalized. It has that kind of zazz you want in a musical. You know zazz, like zing, zork, kapowza. Call it what you want, in any language it spells mazuma in the bank! They'd make a whole lot of mazuma with all those newsboys singing and dancing. I already have the perfect production in my head. I'll mention it in a future thread.
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#9re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 8:49amI am not a big fan of rehashing movies or TV shows and putting them on stage, that be said: "Little Miss Sunshine" in the right hands could be great.
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#10re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 8:57amThe Graduate with Christine Ebersole and Matt Cavenaugh, AKA Jerry DOES want sex with you...
Why, hello Margaret! Yes darling, half past five. Well, everyone, simply le tout Park Avenue and la creme de Hyannis! Well, the press table's going to be awfully crowded... but if you don't mind sharing a folding chair with Harper's Bazaar... Sing? Me? Heavens no, it's Edie's day, not mine... Although people can be so insistent, and I hate to disappoint. Twist my arm, blackmail me, threaten my very life, and who knows? You might get a verse of something...
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#11re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 9:43am
Bullets Over Broadway is a perfect movie musical idea.
(I heard Hamlisch had the rights and was trying to write it. C'mon, Marvin! Finish it!)
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#12re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 10:42am
The Natural
...and use Yankee Stadium as a sponsor.
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#13re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 11:11am
The play "The Miss Firecracker Contest" which became the film "Miss Firecracker".
"My Brilliant Career" from the same-titled novel.
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Posted: 7/13/07 at 11:22am
"The Graduate with Christine Ebersole and Matt Cavenaugh, AKA Jerry DOES want sex with you... "
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Posted: 7/13/07 at 11:30am
I am a huge fan of the movie Arthur, and I think it would be a great musical. There are plenty of moments that would lend themselves to musical numbers.
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#16re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 11:41amIf I remember correctly, Arthur was already attempted at Papermill. I think the Unsung Musicals cds has a number from it recorded.
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#17re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 11:46am
Anyone ever see the Simpsons episode where they do "Planet of the Apes--the musical"?
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#18re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 12:45pm
Funny that you mention "The Graduate." MGM On Stage includes two Dustin Hoffman film gems on its list of upcoming projects:
1) Midnight Cowboy
2) Rain Man
I kid you not...
Click below, and follow the link at the bottom of that page for > More.
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#19re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 1:08pm
I liked Bill Conti's music for Thomas Crown Affair.
Why, hello Margaret! Yes darling, half past five. Well, everyone, simply le tout Park Avenue and la creme de Hyannis! Well, the press table's going to be awfully crowded... but if you don't mind sharing a folding chair with Harper's Bazaar... Sing? Me? Heavens no, it's Edie's day, not mine... Although people can be so insistent, and I hate to disappoint. Twist my arm, blackmail me, threaten my very life, and who knows? You might get a verse of something...
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#20re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 2:20pm
How about Crash? No, not the one that won the Academy Award, the Ballard/Croenenberg film.
Buy hey, why stop with the movies? How about "Malcolm in the Middle" or "Suddenly Susan" (Kathy Griffin's obviously looking for a gig), or "Seinfeld" (nah, there are too many musicals about nothing already on the boards... ).
huh... that's funny... i typed, 'buy' instead of 'but.' think that means anything in freudian terms?
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#21re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 2:24pm
I LOVE the idea of a Little Miss Sunshine Musical...
and I've been saying it forever, Disney's next project should be Nightmare Before Christmas...
What a night! I was in more laps than a napkin!
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#22re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 2:55pm
"Bonnie and Clyde"
What an ending! there might even be an opportunity for audience participation!
Updated On: 7/13/07 at 02:55 PM
#23re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 3:41pmI think THAT THING YOU DO! (the Tom Hanks movie) would make a great musical. Of course, it would pose a challenge: not having the characters perform the same song 10 times. If the writers could work around this, use some of the clever retro sounding songs from the movie (as well as maybe some new ones), I think it would make a great musical.
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#24re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 4:40pmYeah, I saw Arthur the Musical at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre in Chicago way back when (late 80s?). It had some cute elements, but it was pretty fluffy and lacked consistency in its tone. I'm not surprised it didn't go far.
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#25re: Movies that could be Broadway musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 6:44pm
or how about "In Cold Blood" with a tapdancing finale called, 'the hangman's dance.'
