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| Posted by: | MikeR 11:37 am EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | Bottom line from Playbill: "The Sound of Music Live! Is Ratings Smash for NBC" - MikeR 11:28 am EST 12/06/13 |
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| If I could choose any musical, I'd choose She Loves Me, which is a natural fit for December and has the benefit of a familiar story. It's a very (very very very very) long shot, since it isn't a recognizable title to most of the world, but that's what I'd program if it were up to me. | |
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| Different twist and maybe off the trail (musical version of TV show OITNB) | |
| Posted by: | Kaoru 01:22 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Bottom line from Playbill: "The Sound of Music Live! Is Ratings Smash for NBC" - MikeR 11:37 am EST 12/06/13 |
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| So it's not a network TV, but I just finished watching "Orange Is The New Black" on Netflix and kept thinking that this is an updated version of "Chicago," especially during a scene several inmates claiming that they are not guilty (and they already have Red as "Mama"). It would be so much fun if those characters in OITNB will perform Chicago in one of the episodes. | |
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| Can't wait to see NBC turn ''Sound of Music'' into a sitcom! ;) | |
| Posted by: | WaymanWong 11:58 am EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Bottom line from Playbill: "The Sound of Music Live! Is Ratings Smash for NBC" - MikeR 11:37 am EST 12/06/13 |
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| Each week, the Von Trapps escape to a new convent or abbey. ''The Partridge Family'' meets ''The Fugitive.'' Or do a spinoff with Audra McDonald as ''The Singing Nun: The Early Days.'' Or a musical mashup: ''Porgy and Abbess.'' Hey, they'd get better ratings than what NBC runs on Thursdays now! | |
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| The German movie had a sequel.... "The Trapp Family in America" | |
| Posted by: | Marlo*Manners 01:32 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | Can't wait to see NBC turn ''Sound of Music'' into a sitcom! ;) - WaymanWong 11:58 am EST 12/06/13 |
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| The original 1956 German movie with Ruth Leuwerik that inspired Mary Martin to bring the story to Broadway had a sequel. Like most sequels it was not as good as the original but it did make money. The story, set in 1939, has the Von Trapp family traveling with their music director, a priest, and struggling with immigration to get into the U.S. The family needs money and tries to break into show business. The priest/music director wants the children to sing religious music but Maria tries folk music instead. Audiences take to them. Maria and Captain Georg find a big house in Vermont and move in. I think there is a sequel and weekly television story in this set-up. Liesl's romantic problems, problems with running a lodge/music camp - lots of new characters coming in and out of the lodge. Maria solving everyone's problems with a smile and a song. Where are my millions for this idea??? Marlo Manners (Lady Barrington) | |
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| re: Can't wait to see NBC turn ''Sound of Music'' into a sitcom! ;) | |
| Posted by: | copythat 01:06 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | Can't wait to see NBC turn ''Sound of Music'' into a sitcom! ;) - WaymanWong 11:58 am EST 12/06/13 |
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| It's already been done. It was called "The Nanny." | |
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| re: I thought last night WAS a sitcom | |
| Posted by: | NewtonUK 02:36 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Can't wait to see NBC turn ''Sound of Music'' into a sitcom! ;) - copythat 01:06 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| Hey, it worked for "The King and I"! | |
| Posted by: | TimDunleavy 12:15 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | Can't wait to see NBC turn ''Sound of Music'' into a sitcom! ;) - WaymanWong 11:58 am EST 12/06/13 |
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| Actually, it didn't work - it got cancelled after three months. :) | |
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| And there was ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' | |
| Posted by: | WaymanWong 01:00 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | Hey, it worked for "The King and I"! - TimDunleavy 12:15 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| The MGM movie musical was the basis for a 1982-83 TV drama with Richard Dean Anderson (''MacGyver'') & River Phoenix! It ran for 22 episodes and each one featured one musical number by Jimmy Webb, who also wrote its theme song. | |
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| re: And there was ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' | |
| Posted by: | moviejoemovies 02:18 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | And there was ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' - WaymanWong 01:00 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| Actually, this would be a great opportunity to record for prosperity the actual Broadway Show of "Cabaret" (the other famous Nazi Musical). Maybe they can get Michelle Williams and Alan Cumming to do it. Or Anne Hathaway as Sally Bowles, Justin Timberlake as Cliff, Joel Grey as Herr Schultz and Donna Murphy as Fraulein Kost (she played Lotte Lenya beautifully in LoveMusik). Keep Alan Cumming as the Emcee. Let's do it! Needless to say, this would need to be done other than at Christmastime. | |
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| re: And there was ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' | |
| Posted by: | Seth Christenfeld (tabula-rasa@verizon.net) 02:44 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | re: And there was ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' - moviejoemovies 02:18 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| and Donna Murphy as Fraulein Kost (she played Lotte Lenya beautifully in LoveMusik). So then do you mean as Fräulein Schneider? That's the role that Lenya played. (Kost is the prostitute next door.) Seth, making cuts...lots of cuts | |
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| re: And there was ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' | |
| Posted by: | moviejoemovies 03:26 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | re: And there was ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' - Seth Christenfeld 02:44 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| I had a feeling I was getting that wrong - it didn't sound right. Yes, Fraulein Scneider. Thanks. | |
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| re: And there was ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' | |
| Posted by: | Michael_Portantiere 02:40 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | re: And there was ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' - moviejoemovies 02:18 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| "Needless to say, this would need to be done other than at Christmastime." ;-) | |
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| re: And there was ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' | |
| Posted by: | moviejoemovies 02:20 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | re: And there was ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' - moviejoemovies 02:18 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| or Bette Midler as Fraulein Kost. And if Joey Grey is past the age of Schultz, then Victor Garber. | |
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| re: And there was ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' | |
| Posted by: | moviejoemovies 03:27 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | re: And there was ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' - moviejoemovies 02:20 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| I mean Bette Midler as Fraulein Schneider. Sorry. | |
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