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| I don’t think good stories are written in stone. | |
| Posted by: dramedy 12:15 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
| In reply to: re: New "Some Like It Hot" musical heading to Broadway - Jax 03:33 pm EST 02/10/21 | |
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| Hadestown is a reworking of Greek mythology. Do I want to hear Greek songs? No. Lion king is reworking of hamlet—is that racist to use African animals instead of danish cast? If someone wants to keep the widler movie sacred, then they can watch the dvd or stream it as much as they want. But reworking the basic story for modern audience is good for me. I don’t see much use in bringing movies to stage intact like the graduate and many others. I guess it’s nice to see an actors take on the material instead of a remake of the exact movie, wHich does happen with Agatha Christie movies. But I’m willing to pay $15 for a remake movie and not $150 for the play. | |
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| re: I don’t think good stories are written in stone. | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 03:03 am EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: I don’t think good stories are written in stone. - dramedy 12:15 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
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| One point that I've made about adaptations before - both your examples are now a rarity - shows that retitle their properties. (Though in the case of The Lion King, that's debatable, given that the stage show was directly based on the film.) It used to be that musicals strove to come up with new titles - but not so much anymore. So whereas Some Like It Hot originally became Sugar, now it seems that it becomes...Some Like It Hot. Which doesn't help redefine it. The Wizard of Oz was reworked with a black setting and became The Wiz. Kismet was only somewhat altered for a black cast but still became Timbuktu. Raisin lost its sun, Purlie wasn't victorious, Carmen got a last name, and Porgy got Bess. But - Some Like It Hot will seemingly keep its original title this time, which, subliminally or not, invites more comparison to its source. |
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| re: I don’t think good stories are written in stone. | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 05:34 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: I don’t think good stories are written in stone. - Chromolume 03:03 am EST 02/12/21 | |
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| Intriguingly, in the footage that Wayman shared of the California production of "Sugar" (which made a very clear case for why it's a largely forgotten musical), the advertisement went out of its way to make clear that the musical was based on the film (or, per their language, based on the screenplay). | |
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| What's in a name? Broadway adaptations of movies that got a new title | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 05:11 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 05:06 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: I don’t think good stories are written in stone. - Chromolume 03:03 am EST 02/12/21 | |
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| ''It used to be that musicals strove to come up with new titles - but not so much anymore.'' Nowadays, it's pretty direct: ''Billy Elliot the Musical,'' ''A Christmas Story: The Musical,'' ''Moulin Rouge! The Musical,'' etc. Obviously, the producers are counting on name recognition and the nostaglia for certain film favorites. But in the 1960s and '70s, there seemed to be a number of Broadway musicalizations of movies that took on new titles, like ''Sugar'' (1972). A musical of ''Lilies of the Field'' became ''Look to the Lilies'' (1970). A musical of ''East of Eden'' became ''Here's Where I Belong'' (1968). A musical of ''How Green Was My Valley'' became ''A Time for Singing'' (1966). A musical of ''Smiles of a Summer Night'' became ''A Little Night Music'' (1973). |
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