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| I think musicals bring something new to the table | |
| Last Edit: dramedy 12:51 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
| Posted by: dramedy 12:51 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
| In reply to: Do I need to see another version of the same story just because it's a play now? - Zelgo 12:27 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
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| So I’m ok with adapting movies into musicals. Mockingbird goes to the source material (not The movie) and makes into a memory play (I have not seen it but that is my understanding). So that is a new way of presenting it from book or movie. But i agee with the graduate and the horrible Feston?? (But that was an adaptation of Swedish movie) and probably network, why bother adapting a movie when it was so good. But it does sell tickets. And I guess one could argue why do revivals of Virginia Wolfe when the movie is so stellar but the revival cast win Tonys. |
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| re: I think musicals bring something new to the table | |
| Posted by: Zelgo 01:07 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
| In reply to: I think musicals bring something new to the table - dramedy 12:51 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
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| So glad you brought up Festen, which was over a decade ago, I think. It was literally one of the worst experiences I've ever had in the theatre. While Mockingbird claims to go to the source material, I find that "we're going back to the source material for a darker view of the story," to be typical producer marketing talk to justify a money grab based on the public's feelings about a movie. |
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| Mockingbird supposedly is due to child actors | |
| Posted by: dramedy 01:17 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I think musicals bring something new to the table - Zelgo 01:07 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
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| Not being able to the material on stage. Frankly, I don’t buy that but it does make it easier for 8 shows a week to use adults. | |
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| re: I think musicals bring something new to the table | |
| Posted by: sirpupnyc 01:17 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I think musicals bring something new to the table - Zelgo 01:07 pm EST 11/29/18 | |
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| Yeah..."But it's based on the original book, not the movie" is one of the biggest cliches now. The discussion in the Prince thread this morning had me wondering if the instigator of a piece makes a difference. If a musical based on a movie is made because a theatre writer says "This inspires me, I can make something bigger of it" vs. Universal or Sony or whoever saying "A musical adaptation will bring us money." I think it must, but probably not entirely. Inspired writers don't necessarily make successful work, and corporate-driven adaptations don't all end badly. Have any of those "We're making a musical! Writers and creative team TBD" announcements every led to good shows? |
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