I didn't realize there was a BARE movie... I <3 Bway was asking about movie musical remakes not musicals that have yet to be turned into movies. And to be fair, the appropriate term is "re-make" not "revival" :) And to stay on topic, I'd love to see a re-make of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and THE WIZ.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
Thanks rayandallthatjazz, I wasn't really sure what term to put in the title. =)
I think The Wiz is a really good suggestion. I would also like to see A Chorus Line, but I would like it to be played out just as it's broadway counterpart.
There are some movie musicals that originated on the stage that, even though they continue to be enjoyed by audiences in stage revivals with new casts, are either so classic (My Fair Lady & The Sound of Music), legendary (West Side Story & The Unsinkable Molly Brown) or perfect (Kiss Me, Kate, The Music Man, Sweet Charity & Oliver!) that to remake them would be an exercise in futility. But the majority of screen adaptations of Broadway musicals, especially in the 1930’s thru the 1960’s, were produced with truncated scores, songs interpolated by other composers and other aberrations which would justify a remake. These include: CAN-CAN ANYTHING GOES SHOW BOAT ANNIE GET YOUR GUN GUYS AND DOLLS ROSE MARIE NEW MOON ON THE TOWN A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM BRIGADOON PORGY AND BESS
Some were either ill conceived, overproduced, miscast or just plain bad which definitely calls for a remake: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC MAME THE WIZ HELLO DOLLY PAINT YOUR WAGON ON YOUR TOES SONG OF NORWAY
Some film musicals were excellent for their time but do not hold up well or well remembered enough to be called classics, definitely warranting a remake: CAROUSEL & SOUTH PACIFIC (provided that the superior expanded film orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett & Alfred Newman for a 65 piece orchestra were retained instead of the Broadway ones for the remakes of these two Rodgers & Hammerstein shows) KISMET CHARLEY’S AUNT (with Raul Esparza?) ROBERTA LIL’ ABNER
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I'd love to see a Little Shop shot in black in white and more true to its B-horror flick roots. Or just clean up the Japan Tour taping and release that on DVD, whichever.
I also think The Wiz would make a great ABC remake. Good music, good performances, lots of dancing--what's not to like?
And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before...
After the Sky.
-Into the Woods (Jack)
Anika Noni Rose, Sherie Rene Scott, and Brian Stokes Mitchell were all lined up for a TV film adaptation of THE WIZ...it fell through. I can only imagine how precious it could have been with that cast.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
I like to see a remake of Little Shop of Horrors that's more true to the stage version and has more music in it and actually has Mushnik sing and has the unhappy ending. I can actually see Tim Burton directing it. I actually see Zach Braff as Seymour, Kristen Bell as Audrey, Sacha Baron Cohen as Mushnik, Johnny Depp as Orin, and I can't think of anyone for the voice of Audrey II or the urchins.
I'd like to see The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas remade as well, that again is more true to the stage version and has more of the stage songs in it. I'd like to see Doastey Mae sing and actually have more screen time than she did in the movie, she was very underused in the movie. I think she spoke maybe only a couple of lines in the movie.