#broadway adaptation

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The Princess Bride Musical Dreamcast

The fact that with all the new broadway musicals are adaptations and NO ONE has done the Princess Bride yet is absolutely criminal, so if that were to hypothetically happen, here's my dream cast list.

Framing Device:

Grandchild: I can't really put anyone for grandchild, since I don't know many child actors, but I do think there should be a rotating cast, like they had with Mathilda on Broadway.

Grandfather: Mandy Patinkin, aka the original Inigo Montoya.

Mother: Robin Wright, aka the original Princess Buttercup.

I think it would be really sweet and fun to have two of the original movie's cast play parts in the framing device, almost like they're passing the baton of telling the story to the next cast.

Main Story:

Westly: Joshua Henry

I don't know if this is a controversial statement, but Westly is a baritone, and I think Joshua Henry would be absolutely perfect. He's charming as fuck, he's a phenomenal actor and vocalist, and he's absolutely gorgeous. Perfect leading man for a story that is about telling the best story ever.

Buttercup: Maria Bilbao

I think Buttercup would be a legit soprano, and as a big fan of Sweeney Todd and the recent revival, Maria Bilbao, who played Johanna, would be absolutely perfect for it. Just go listen to her Green Finch and Linnet Bird and you'll get it.

Inigo Montoya: Colman Domingo

Does Colman Domingo sing? I don't know. Could he act the absolute SHIT out of the confrontation between Inigo and the Six-Fingered Man? ABSOLUTELY. I have this vision of how to adapt the scene, which would also kinda translate Inigo's arc to a musical version. So in the original, the Six-Fingered Man trying anything to manipulate him, mocking him, that great "you have an overdeveloped sense of vengeance line, and Inigo is just not having it. He just keeps repeating the iconic line over and over again. In the musical, I would have the six-fingered man sing, like he's trying to get Inigo to sing with him, to give in to the performance, but Inigo won't sing, he just keeps repeating his line over and over. He refuses to conform to the typical "rising above" narrative and leave the Six-Fingered Man alive, he will be true to himself and his mission and won't let himself be distracted. Anyway, I don't know if this is a good idea, but Colman Domingo would be amazing either way.

Prince Humperdink: Aaron Tveit

I think Prince Humperdink should be the archetypal tenor boy and who is a better representation of current archetypal tenor boys on broadway than Aaron Tveit? Also he's really talented and I think he would act the shit out of this smarmy bastard role.

Count Rugen aka The Six Fingered Man: Josh Groban

I need Josh Groban on Broadway more, and I think he would do great at a quieter villain role, especially coming off a more angry and bloodthirsty role like Sweeney Todd. Also he looks a bit like the original Count Rugen, so that's a bonus.

Vizzini: Alex Brightman

I don't really have much behind this one, other than Vizzini is a weird little guy and Alex Brightman plays weird little guys really well.

Fezzik: Jason Segal

So ideally, I'd actually be able to cast an actor with gigantism to play the part, but I don't know of any, and couldn't find any while googling, so this is my backup essentially. During the lockdowns, a bunch of celebrities did The Princess Bride over zoom, and the scene with Rainn Wilson as Vizzini, Pedro Pascal as Inigo and Jason Segal as Fezzik is genuinely really great, but Jason Segal's Fezzik impression is spot-on and actually amazing. Also, we know from the Muppet Movie, How I Met Your Mother and Forgetting Sarah Marshall that he can sing so, I think he would do great.

Miracle Max and Valerie: Joey Richter and Lauren Lopez

I assume posting this to Tumblr, more people would know who Joey Richter and Lauren Lopez are than the average social media platform, but they are part of Team Starkid and Tin Can Bros and do some fantastic original musicals (please look up the Hatchetfield Trilogy and Spies Are Forever if you haven't seen them yet). They're both extremely talented performers, and also married in real life, so they would absolutely kill this.

Clergyman(Mawage guy): Brian d'Arcy James

I don't really have much of a reasoning behind this, I just think he'd do a good job.

Backups/Close Calls:

Denee Benton as Princess Buttercup

She's one of the best parts of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, and that's saying something because that musical is (in my opinion) one of the best of all time

Pedro Pascal as Inigo Montoya

I don't know if he sings, and he would be amazing for this, but I wanted to challenge myself to think outside the most obvious choice. However, sometimes the obvious choice is a good one.

Bernadette Peters as Valerie

If the Witch from Into the Woods found love and inner peace

[ohthatgay]

Hear me out. Serial Mom the Musical. Perfect John Waters Broadway adaptation.

[mafiaamongstus]

The people have spoken (it's me I'm the people). They want a musical adaptation of this storyline. What is everyone's vocal range classification and what are they singing about in their main song?

WOOO ALRIGHT SO!!!

Vocal Range Classifications:

Olo: Baritone

Rouvan: Bass

Rynn: Mezzo Soprano

Joris: Alto

Odil: Alto

Jitil: Tenor

Kyle: Tenor

Main Song Topic:

Olo: honor and duty, something like Seize the Day from Newsies but instead of whimsical newsboys its government agents

Rouvan: probably has the mentor song, smth like History has its Eyes on You (Hamilton) or Or he just has his own song about life in the medical wing dealing with idiots.

Rynn: the dreamer song maybe, about like, what she'd do if she didnt have to deal with the Wall gunning for her. Along the lines of like, Santa Fe (Prologue) from Newsies or something like that

Joris: The fact that she's secretly an imposter, and dealing with the fact that she's hiding from everyone but wanting to connect with them because being a solo Kinling is utterly BRUTAL. Maybe like Waving Through a Window from Dear, Evan Hansen or Dead Mom from Beetlejuice.

Odil and Jitil definitely have like a shared song, and its probably like, the motivational song of the musical. Them hyping everyone else up. Maybe along the lines of The World Will Know or Once and For All from Newsies.

Kyle absolutely has the introductory song where he tells you a little bit about everyone else. Think Alexander Hamilton (from hamilton) or like, Ex-Wives from Six

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Mamma Mia 2 (2018) 9.5/10

Dir: Ol Parker

trigger warnings: sexual themes, abandonment, drinking, language, death

This is simultaneously a prequel and a sequel to the first Mamma Mia, and the story is wonderful. There are, unlike in the first one, some things that I would change about this film. That's not to say that this isn't a great film that deserves just as much love as the first one. Lily James is an amazing actress that did a wonderful job in this role. If you truly love the first one, then you'll also love the second one so I highly suggest watching both. Although not together, they deserve some space in between watches.

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So... Wicked is coming back in style. And as such I need to make a little informative post.

Because since as early as my arrival onto the Internet, in the distant years of the late 2000s, a lot of people have been treating Wicked as some sort of "official" part of the Oz series. As part of the Oz canon or as THE "original" work everything else derives from (literaly, some people, probably kids, but did believe the MGM movie was made BASED on Wicked...) And as an Oz fan, that bothers me.

[Damn, ever since I watched Coco Peru's videos her voice echoes in my brain each time I say this line.]

So here's a few FACTS for you facts lovers.

The Wicked movie that is coming out right now (I was sold this as a series, turns out it is a movie duology?) is a cinematic adaptation of the stage musical Wicked created by Schwartz and Holzman, the Broadway classic and success of the 2000s (it was created in 2003).

Now, the Wicked musical everybody knows is itself an adaptation - and this fact is not as notorios, somehow? The Wicked musical is the adaptation of a novel released in 1995 by Gregory Maguire, called Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. A very loose and condensed adaptation to say the least - as the Wicked musical is basically a lighter and simplified take on a much darker, brooding and mature tale. Basically fans of the novel have accused the musical of being some sort of honeyed, sugary-sweet, highschool-romance-fanfic-AU, while those who enjoyed the musical and went to see the novel are often shocked at discovering their favorite musical is based on what is basically a "dark and edgy - let's shock them all" take on the Oz lore. (Some do like both however, apparently? But I rarely met them.)

A side-fact which will be relevant later, is that this novel was but the first of a full series of novel Oz wrote about a dark-and-adult fantasy reimagining of the land of Oz - there's Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, Out of Oz, and more.

However the real fact I want to point out is that Maguire's novel, from which the musical itself derives, is a "grimmification" (to take back TV Tropes terminology) of the 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz. The movie everybody knows when it comes to Oz, but that everybody forgets is itself the adaptation of a book - the same way people forget the Wicked musical is adapted from a novel. The MGM movie is adapted from L. Frank Baum's famous 1900 classic for children The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - and a quite loose adaptation that reimagines a lot of elements and details.

Now, a lot of people present Maguire's novel as being based/inspired/a revisionist take on Baum's novel... And that's false. Maguire's Wicked novel is clearly dominated by and mainly influenced by the MGM movie, with only a few book elements and details sprinkled on top. Mind you, the sequels Maguire wrote do take more elements, characters and plot points from the various Oz books of Baum... But they stay mostly Maguire's personal fantasy world. Yes, Oz "books" in plural - because that's a fact people tend to not know either... L. Frank Baum didn't just write one book about the Land of Oz. He wrote FOURTEEN of them, an entire series, because it was his most popular sales, and his audience like his editor pressured him to produce more (in fact he got sick of Oz and tried to write other books, but since they failed he was forced to continue Oz novels to survive). Everybody forgot about the Oz series due to the massive success of the starter novel - but it has a lot of very famous sequels, such as The Marvelous Land of Oz or Ozma of Oz (the later was loosely adapted by Disney as the famous 80s nostalgic-cursed movie Return to Oz).

So... To return to my original point. The current Wicked movies are not directly linked in any way to Baum's novel. The Wicked musical was already as "canon" and as "linked" to the MGM movie as 2013's Oz The Great and Powerful by Disney was. As for Maguire's novel, due to its dark, mature, brooding and more complex worldbuilding nature, I can only compare it to the recent attempt at making a "Game of Thrones Oz" through the television series Emerald City.

The Wicked movies coming out are separated from Baum's novel at the fourth degree. Because they are the movie adaptation of a musical adaptation of a novel reinventing a movie adaptation of the original children book.

And I could go even FURTHER if you dare me to and claim the Wicked movies are at the 5TH DEGREE! Because a little-known-fact is that the MGM movie was not a direct adaptation of Baum's novel... But rather took a lot of cues and influence from the massively famous stage-extravaganza of 1902 The Wizard of Oz... A musical adaptation of Baum's novel, created and written by Baum himself, and that was actually more popular than the novel in the pre-World War II America. It was from this enormous Broadway success (my my, how the snake bites its tail - the 1902 Wizard of Oz was the musical Wicked of its time) that, for example, the movie took the idea of the Good Witch of the North killing the sleeping-poppies with snow.

[theemosiders]

my outsiders hyperfixiation has arisen back from my 6th grade years. i decided to redo my designs for them soooo here :3…

[waaxfeathers]

i'm a part of this project! keep an eye out for cool things :3

Who are we?

We are Third Life, the Musical, a group collabouration project aiming to make the series of Third Life into a musical format! The idea is to keep mostly the same plot with a few minor differences here or there. 

Although there are many people a part of this amazing project that we respect greatly, only 4 of us are going to be modding this account. They include:

Karr

Stryx

Juniper

Ashley

We'll put a tag at the end of each post that is made from each mod that wrote and posted it!

Feel free to ask whatever, we're glad to answer things!

The plan is to have 2 acts with around 10 songs each! Act one finishes with the beginning of the Canary's Curse... Also known as the first final death in the series, SolidarityGaming!(also known as Timmy or Jimmy!) Act two, fittingly, ends with the final, battle in the cactus ring... 

Act 1 plans to open with a song from everyone, which is then followed by an individual song by each alliance group that is formed early in the season. 

Currently, we're working on the trailer, which is going to be an Overture of the musical, including various animated bits from the different animators that are helping with this project!

This post will be updated as we reveal more information about the musical, and as we progress in this journey!

[callingauguste]

I am of the personal opinion that out of all the adaptations of PJO. INCLUDING THE ONE THE AUTHOR WROTE. The most accurate, true to the story, and entertaining one is, in fact, the musical.

Like c’mon Luke’s Reprise of Good Kid? Normal is a Myth? The Di Angelo Sibling Cameo? Hades being the most homo man to exist??? GOOD KID??

All of Charon’s song is iconic. MY GRAND PLAN???? THE CAMPFIRE SONG?? LOST! ???

Luke’s Song makes me want to cry it gets the essence of his character while still making him sound INSANE. Everyone is characterized to be themselves and funny at the same time. INCLUDING ANNABETH.

And the characters can be played by ANYBODY!!

THE ICONIC QUOTES:

Poseidon *pointing happy*: It’s a seashell

Percy *to the audience*: like I said…weird

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Hades: And WHYYY…WOUUULD…IIII…WHANT…THAHAT???

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Bianca(?): Why me and my brother got here just yesterday!! May 1st…

The Gang: Oh

Bianca(?): 1939

Percy: Uh…we can sleep on the road instead!!!

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Chiron *to himself* Hmmm…well…it could be…the prophecy does state….

Chiron *to Percy*: BUUUUuut I’m sure it’s nothing, have a nice day Percy. *happily trots away*

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Annabeth: Sexist much??

Percy: Oh no, I love girls… I think they’re very nice.😄

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

How successful would Inspector Javert…

Propaganda for the mic skills:

Generally has zero charisma, but occasionally has the best one liners. Example from the book: the Gorbeau House raid scene. Example from the musical: Javert’s Intervention.

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Propaganda for the wrestling skills:

I mean, I don’t know if he could actually win a match, but that would definitely be part of the fun. To understand this, just watch any performance of The Confrontation after 2015.

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[no-passaran]

"We need more weird art" you can't even handle musicals because the story is told through music and dance

[rollingwiththedead]

I really hope Wicked inspires a resurgence of Broadway adaptations. I NEED the Book of Mormon musical movie. I need the scandals of Mormons boycotting the movie and Provo movie theater employees refusing to sell tickets to it and somebody taking it to the Supreme Court to determine if it violates their religious freedom to have to sell a ticket to the musical made by the South Park guys. I need people to read the Book of Mormon under the impression it’s going to be like the musical. Please.

[datashuun]

in light of the wicked hype and the talk of more broadway film adaptations in the future, this is my official nomination for the next big project

[polling-sonic-fans]

Could a Broadway musical adaptation of Sonic work?

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mamma mia (2008) 10/10

Dir: Phyllida Lloyd

trigger warning: sexual themes, language, age gaps

This is quite possibly one of the best films/musicals that have ever been made. Not only is the music absolutely wonderful (of course, it is its abba), but the storyline is one that I'll never get tired of. The acting is so genuine and filled with passion from every character that it's contagious even as the viewer. Plus, the cinematography is incredible; the set for this film is the kind that everyone hopes to experience at some point in their lives, and the story/music flows so beautifully with the cinematography that you barely even notice that it's a musical because it just feels so right to have the music there. I just want everyone to watch this film at least once. It's electrifying to watch every time, and I've seen it maybe 30 times.

[hollywoodoutbreak]

In bringing the beloved musical Wicked to the big screen, director Jon M. Chu knew casting would be crucial. While original Broadway stars Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenowieth make cameo appearances in the film, Chu knew he needed new leads for a new generation of viewers. After going through the audition process, he ultimately chose Ariana Grande-Butera and Cynthia Erivo as his Glinda and Elphaba. And once the three of them started working together, Chu said he knew he'd absolutely made the right choices. Wicked is now playing in theaters.