| That might depend on whether the film version was an improvement over the stage version which is very rare. IMHO, Grease the movie was an improvement over the stage version, mostly because of the incredible charisma of the two stars, hard to duplicate either on stage or in a movie remake. Otherwise, no, the stage version is the blueprint for later stage revivals. Cabaret is perhaps an exception, because some of the song replacements are decidedly better than the stage versions (Money, Money vs. Money Makes the World Go Around and Mein Herr is stronger than several songs in the stage version that it might replace). On the other hand when the movie is a mess (A Little Night Music anyone?), one does not want to bring that onto the stage. |
