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re: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Posted by: NightMusic77 03:17 pm EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Michael_Portantiere 03:04 pm EDT 03/18/14

Unusual, absolutely. But certainly not unprecedented.

The Wild Party and Phantom of the Opera/Phantom come to mind off the top of my head.

Are there others?


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re: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Posted by: FriendofDorothy 03:28 pm EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - NightMusic77 03:17 pm EDT 03/18/14

I think The Wild Party and Phantom are both in the public domain, so there could be a million versions. Certainly DRS is not in the public domain yet. So there could only be a "new" adaptation with consent of the rights holder (which may or may not be the film studio).


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re: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 05:42 pm EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - FriendofDorothy 03:28 pm EDT 03/18/14

Exactly. Look at how many musical (and non musical) versions of A CHRISTMAS CAROL there are. Public domain is a completely different situation.


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re: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Posted by: FriendofDorothy 07:38 pm EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Michael_Portantiere 05:42 pm EDT 03/18/14

Not including works of Shakespeare, I bet A Christmas Carol probably has more adaptations than anything else.


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re: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Posted by: dlevy 03:27 pm EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - NightMusic77 03:17 pm EDT 03/18/14

Those are in a different category because the underlying source material was public domain.

(Sort of - Kopit & Yeston purchased the rights for Phantom, but the novel went PD before they got their show up, enabling Andrew Lloyd Webber et al to do theirs.)

You could include Godspell and Jesus Christ Superstar in your list, sort of.


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