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| re: 3 of 11 new musicals are jukebox | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 11:46 am EST 02/22/19 | |
| In reply to: 3 of 11 new musicals are jukebox - dramedy 11:28 am EST 02/22/19 | |
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| I think a worse trend is movies to musicals which we have 4 this season also: King Kong, Tootsie, Pretty Woman and Beetlejuice Of course, we've had endless conversations about this out here lol. Movies as source materials for musicals goes back at least as far as the 1960's and Nights Of Cabiria: The Musical (better known, of course, as Sweet Charity) - if that was even the first one, which it may not have been. There have been plenty of well-written musicals with films as their source - surely as many as the ones we like to deplore. But I'm sure we can point to a similar success/failure rate with musicals based on novels, etc. What has seemed to have changed is the marketing angle - that we tend to see more film-based musicals that rely on title recognition and/or the nostalgia/fame of the film source, instead of perhaps choosing a film source MAINLY because it actually has something special and unique to offer in musicalization. But I don't think the problem is in the "trend" of using films as a source - it's HOW that source is used and presented. (And given that, I'm looking forward to Tootsie in particular, because I feel that David Yazbek has consistently been very smart in his choice of films to adapt and in how to adapt them - even if not all of his shows have been huge hits with the public. Even Women On The Verge..., probably his least successful show to date, has a score that I admire a great deal.) |
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| re: 3 of 11 new musicals are jukebox | |
| Posted by: keikekaze 01:53 pm EST 02/22/19 | |
| In reply to: re: 3 of 11 new musicals are jukebox - Chromolume 11:46 am EST 02/22/19 | |
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| Broadway first started adapting movies into musicals in the early 1950s, as far as I can tell. Hazel Flagg (1953) was based on the 1937 film Nothing Sacred; Fanny (1954) on the Marcel Pagnol movie trilogy (Marius, Cesar, and Fanny) of the 1930s; Silk Stockings (1955) on Ninotchka; Seventh Heaven (1955) on an early sound film of the same title, etc., etc. It can be argued that The King and I was actually based on the 1946 film of Anna and the King of Siam, though only Margaret Landon's book was credited. I haven't been able to locate any Broadway musicals from the 1940s or earlier based on movies, though there might have been some. One of the differences between the movie-to-stage-musical adaptations of the 20th century and those now is that in the 20th century Broadway creatives went looking for movies that they wanted to adapt, for some reason. In this century, it's often the case that Hollywood studios, seeking to squeeze more money out of their old properties, are commissioning and financing these Broadway musical projects themselves. It seems they don't always consider whether the property in question would make a good musical; it gets the treatment because it's there. However, like you, I'm looking forward to the Tootsie musical, mainly because I'm a great admirer of Yazbek and of the Women on the Verge score in particular. |
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| re: 3 of 11 new musicals are jukebox | |
| Posted by: Ann 02:07 pm EST 02/22/19 | |
| In reply to: re: 3 of 11 new musicals are jukebox - keikekaze 01:53 pm EST 02/22/19 | |
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| I feel the score for Tootsie has more "musical memory moments" from Women on the Verge than his other work (though sometimes they are brought to memory, too - he has a style). | |
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| re: 3 of 11 new musicals are jukebox | |
| Posted by: keikekaze 10:26 pm EST 02/22/19 | |
| In reply to: re: 3 of 11 new musicals are jukebox - Ann 02:07 pm EST 02/22/19 | |
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| Where did you hear the Tootsie score? Did you see the show in tryouts? | |
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| re: 3 of 11 new musicals are jukebox | |
| Posted by: Ann 08:28 am EST 02/23/19 | |
| In reply to: re: 3 of 11 new musicals are jukebox - keikekaze 10:26 pm EST 02/22/19 | |
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| Yes, I saw it in Chicago. | |
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| I agree with your points. | |
| Posted by: dramedy 12:10 pm EST 02/22/19 | |
| In reply to: re: 3 of 11 new musicals are jukebox - Chromolume 11:46 am EST 02/22/19 | |
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| I shouldn’t make broad stroke that movie musicals are bad just like some juke boxes are also good. | |
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| re: 3 of 11 new musicals are jukebox | |
| Posted by: Pokernight 11:51 am EST 02/22/19 | |
| In reply to: re: 3 of 11 new musicals are jukebox - Chromolume 11:46 am EST 02/22/19 | |
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| I'd like to add musicals based on Animated films aimed at the kiddies. So few have been palatable. But that's just me. | |
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