Current musicals that would make great movies
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Current musicals that would make great movies
With Rent, The Producers, Batboy: The Musical in various states of production and slated for release in the near future, what other 'newer' musicals would you like to see make a transition to a film version.
I'd like to see:
- The Who's Tommy - the stage version was fantastic - I'd love to see what this version might look like on the big screen.
- The Secret Garden (1991 Broadway musical)- fantastic score, one wonder's what Merchant-Ivory would do with this vastly underrated musical
- Avenue Q
I'd like to see:
- The Who's Tommy - the stage version was fantastic - I'd love to see what this version might look like on the big screen.
- The Secret Garden (1991 Broadway musical)- fantastic score, one wonder's what Merchant-Ivory would do with this vastly underrated musical
- Avenue Q
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Tommy already has a film version and its not exactly new. The film came out in 1975. In fact, I think the film version may actually have predated the Broadway version.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073812/
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sorry what I meant by The Who's Tommy - would be visualization of a screen version for the 1992 stage version, which I happened to see on Broadway, the Broadway road version at the Kennedy Center and last years very scaled down version at the Studio Theatre (which incidently was terrible).
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I didn't know Batboy was going to be a movie. Haven't seen the show, but I love the music.
They could probably do a good movie version of Les Mis or Miss Saigon.
They could probably do a good movie version of Les Mis or Miss Saigon.
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Originally Posted by Xander
I didn't know Batboy was going to be a movie. Haven't seen the show, but I love the music.
They could probably do a good movie version of Les Mis or Miss Saigon.
They could probably do a good movie version of Les Mis or Miss Saigon.
"Miss Saigon" would be cool.
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WICKED! www.wickedthemusical.com
Awesome book, I haven't seen the musical, but I think a book adaptation would make a great movie.
Awesome book, I haven't seen the musical, but I think a book adaptation would make a great movie.
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Originally Posted by woofman
WICKED! www.wickedthemusical.com
Awesome book, I haven't seen the musical, but I think a book adaptation would make a great movie.
Awesome book, I haven't seen the musical, but I think a book adaptation would make a great movie.
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A third on Wicked. Just imagine the visuals when Elphie's singing "Defying Gravity".
It's coming to San Jose, CA in July so I'm definitely watching.
It's coming to San Jose, CA in July so I'm definitely watching.
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ya know, talking about witches - I happened to have endured the musical version of The Witches of Eastwick when it played in London - it was pretty bad, although the sequence when they all levitate and fly over the audience was a stitch.
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Although I've never seen the show, only have the original cast soundtrack, I second 'Avenue Q' and rate it an intended 'R'. Muppets for adults anyone?
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I really like Ragtime. It probably has my favorite song score from musicals of the past 10 years.
Hairspray might work, too (yet another movie->stage musical->possible movie musical).
While I never really cared for Rent, it's good to see that a number of the original Broadway cast are in the film. Even if they're about 10 years too old for their characters now!
Hairspray might work, too (yet another movie->stage musical->possible movie musical).
While I never really cared for Rent, it's good to see that a number of the original Broadway cast are in the film. Even if they're about 10 years too old for their characters now!
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Originally Posted by Ketamine
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I second Ragtime too.
Last edited by movielib; 04-13-05 at 07:39 AM.