Sleepless In Seattle is becoming the latest in an increasingly long line of movies being turned into stage musicals.
Recently, the likes of Shrek, Legally Blonde, High Fidelity - no, really - and Billy Elliot have all hit the boards. Some, like Hairspray, have even gone so far that they’ve come back around the other way.
And with Spider-Man on the way, it would appear that no film is safe from the lure of theatre’s money-thrusting tourist thrall.
But there are some films that probably still shouldn’t get stripped down and stuffed with production numbers.
Fling open the curtains! Light the lights! Wait for the howls of horror or the hoots of derision to begin…
1. Kids
On Film: Larry Clark’s unflinching, cast-with-newcomers/unknowns portrait of life on the poverty-stricken streets of New York.
Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick) is a teen on a mission: deflower as many virgins as he can, HIV crisis be damned.
On Stage: Kids! The Musical is basically Rent, but without the uplifting spirit that Jonathan Larson’s rocky update of La Boehme possesses.
And more AIDS references. If that’s possible.
Likely Lyric: “He’s the virgin… Surgeon! The virgin… Surgeon! He’ll sleep with any girly, he’ll leave the bedroom early, he’ll gift them with the threat of death, the virus-laden burden…”
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JimTheGreat
Mar 5th 2009, 15:46
Yup. Also was thinking the other day that ScarFace would make a great musical.. I like you Tony, you're not a fake or a phony and unlike my misstress you're not skiny and bony You came here on a boat from Cuba You didn't need a wetsuit or a snorkle or scuba, diving suit. And the classic end song.. Say, hello, to my little friend This isn't the start, it is now the eeeeeeeeend. etc. Yeah musical genious me. On a non mad note, Nightmare before Christmas would make a great stage show, why the hell hasn't that happened yet?
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Flowbee79
Mar 6th 2009, 14:39
You know which of these shouldn't have been a movie? Starship Troopers. I mean, it shouldn't have been a movie in the Paul Verhoven style. It was a great book and would have made a great film, had they makers really cared that much about the story and characters and plotpoints. Poor Robert Heinlein. Has there ever been a decent adaptation of any of his works? I have seen two of his books as films, and got stomache cramps right after watching both of them: Starship Troopers and Puppet Master (Donald Sutherland).
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mrsmiawallace
Mar 8th 2009, 14:38
Jim you should copyright those lyrics before some theatre exec s****hes them up.
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