#stage adaptation

[an-theduckin]

Imagine a mincraft movie which is actually a play. Theatre adaptation of the game. And like either costumes or puppets for the mobs. And Steve isn't white

[clemsfilmdiary]

12 Angry Men (1957, Sidney Lumet)

3/20/24

[amidstthemists]

~Edward Scissorhands was meant to be a ballet~

“Edward Scissorhands is a contemporary dance adaptation of the 1990 American romance fantasy film Edward Scissorhands, created by Matthew Bourne, with music by Terry Davies. The piece debuted in London in 2005.”

[ourtalechara]

About a year ago, I had the idea that the Christmas Party AU would lend itself really well to a stage adaptation. A series of vignettes with a sort of quick punchy humor, of a bunch of weirdos hanging out at a Christmas party that is slowly going more and more wrong. There are some things I think would need to be changed, though.

Wrap up plot points. The CPAU is unfinished, so we should make it have, like, an ending. Have Sci confess (maybe on accident while he's flustered or something) Sci and Fell kiss, maybe it's revealed to everyone who spiked the eggnog 👀. Seeing as it's a Christmas party, they could open gifts, but we could also have it like:

Blue: Okay guys, let's open presents!

Everyone: *Sits around awkwardly*

Blue: You ... You guys brought presents, right?

Cut to black.

Make the characters human. Give them human names, too. So it's more digestible to a general audience, y'know? Instead of using magic to change his eyes, Edge just wears sunglasses. Geno wears some sort of bandaging with a really bad scar underneath. He's also cheating death, as it turns out, as his house has a forcefield around it that prevents anyone inside from dying, and without it, he would die himself.

Also, Reaper's status as the God of Death means he's allowed to stay non-human, and his name can stay the same. Fresh is also just called Fresh, we don't need to change that.

I think other than that, we'd just need to turn it into a script, find actors, and proform it around wintertime. I might have forgotten something else, but I think this is it. I do have, like, some specific ideas of how it could go, but here's a general thing. Bye!

[321spongebolt]

Although this is a direct-to-video movie and not a theatrical movie, a small part of me feels like "Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish" could work as a stage production, even if it's just a musical production for schools and drama clubs.

One thing I would change is the scene of Dot dying where instead of faking it, her death would be real. And Wakko would sacrifice his wish for a ha'penny to instead wish for Dot to be brought back to life. I don't know what other changes would work, as I've only seen the climax and the ending of the film, but if anyone else has suggestions, feel free to comment your idea for a stage adaption of "Wakko's Wish" and what changes you would make.

[officialsidekickproductions]

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[beezstudyoffilm]

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) 8/10

Dir. Tom Stoppard

Tw: death, talks of sex, confusing banter

I've seen this film twice now in two different classes and both times I've had a blast watching it. It's witty and fun and keeps you on your toes the entire time. It makes way more sense if you read or watch hamlet first although it's not a nessceity. It's also one of those films that makes you seem more cultured and educated even though it's such a silly movie. I defintly recommend it but you have to actually pay attention while watching it or it won't make any sense.

[odeummagazine]

WELCOME TO ODEUM.

Anchored in the Latin language, “odeum” (/ˈəʊdɪəm/) describes a small, roofed building which was primarily used for musical performances in the ancient Greece and Rome. Decades later, we mainly associate the word with its Greek translation “odeon” (/ˈəʊdɪən/) – the name of one of the biggest cinema chains in Europe. This crossover of ancient and modern correlation is what Odeum builds upon. This blog prides itself in merging stage and screen and therefore lays its focus on stage-to-screen adaptations or vice versa. A place where cinephiles and thespians come together to cherry pick the gems of stage or screen adaptations.

Now dive into a world of stage and screen and don't be afraid to put your own ideas forward! We can't wait to share our work and connect with you.

[rarebird22]

Ummm... WOW!?! I have always been a fan of the Nightmare Before Christmas, and while Danny Elfman is always going to be The Best, it is SO awesome to see a new interpretation of these lyrics! It's really interesting how this guy tends to interject more spoken lines to prioritize storytelling/emotion over musical quality. And! His movements are TOP quality. Like, he imitates a stop motion character with inhuman proportions So Well?! How does he do that??? Amazing.

I know this exists somewhere on tumblr but I can't find it so it's coming back for Halloween

[im-just-a-br0adway-baby]

Hello! Are you actually Charlie Morningstar?

Idk, probably; I just remember when I watched the show for the first time back in April all I thought was "she is me! Like, to a T! She's exactly like me!" And Charlie's now a big dream role if Hazbin Hotel ever gets adapted for the stage (along with Angel, Niffty, and Cherri for the roles I know I'd be cast in and Alastor and Lucifer for roles I know I wouldn't be cast in).

That actually sounds like a great question for my onstage divas on my Tumblr! If Hazbin Hotel was adapted for the stage, who would be your dream roles? And what roles would you realistically be cast as if you ever auditioned for a stage production?

[clemsfilmdiary]

The Boys in the Band (1970, William Friedkin)

"What I am, Michael, is a 32 year-old, ugly, pock marked Jew fairy, and if it takes me a little while to pull myself together, and if I smoke a little grass before I get up the nerve to show my face to the world, it's nobody's god-damned business but my own. And how are you this evening?"

2/28/24

[notaseriousactor]

What if I just wanted every book I ever loved growing up to be turned into a faithful stage adaptation so I could play my favorite characters. What about that huh?

[thesobsister]

—That fan is an example of effective signage.

—The film is from 1959, so if it’s “ancient,” Mack Sennett shorts are the Lascaux cave paintings.

—The film is Charles’ tante, a Danish adaptation of Charley’s Aunt, a drag classic from 1892 that is best known to U.S. audiences in its Broadway/film adaptation Where’s Charley, starring Ray Bolger.

He brings an interesting energy to this number, which became his unofficial theme song after playing the role for two years on B’way. The singalong bit at the end was a staple of his live performances.

Watching ancient danish movies and found this gem

[thots-and-thoughts1031]

I have this ‘friend’ that I’ve complained about some on here. But I’m gonna complain more because they keep complaining about me on their social media. Except I’m not one to name names, so he is henceforth named Bees.

This ‘friend’ is now barely a friend. I finally finished my dnd campaign, and so I’ve pushed them to the edge of my social circle, under the guise we’re taking a break from TTRPGS. Bees is still in our group chat and discord bc he’s still friends with our other friends, but I pretty much just ignore his messages unless he butts into our convos, then I’m forced to interact.

Me and My husband were watching Phantom of the Opera (2004) the other day bc I saw an edit and I’ve never seen an adaptation of it. But we were absolutely loving it. So my husband popped into general on discord and was praising it. And being the absolute contrarian he is Bees was like “you know there’s a million times better version of the recorded stage play by ALW.” Like yes, we are aware it exists. And I would have *loved* to watch it too. But he is so fucking matter of fact about everything and constantly resolute that everything me and my husband likes is trash, that my husband trolled him and said that the movie was better. While I said that you can’t really compare a movie and a stage play because they are two fundamentally different things and that the whole reason we were praising the movie was because of the cinematography and special effects. Things not really comparable to each other when you look at a stage play versus a movie.

And he posted on his tumblr that it was a travesty and that we were ‘wrong�� and he made it out as if we absolutely loved the movie and said that the stage play was awful.

Picture of my full response:

[mxdwn]

Hurray For the Riff Raff’s Alynda Segarra Announces Stage Adaptation of The Navigator

https://music.mxdwn.com/2023/05/09/news/hurray-for-the-riff-raffs-alynda-segarra-announces-stage-adaptation-of-the-navigator/

[321spongebolt]

Whether they could've done this at the time, or if it can still be done today, what if "Animaniacs" had a stage musical?

The story is so far unknown, but if they make it into a jukebox musical of sorts, I know a couple of songs they could use, aside from the theme song and "Yakko's World". For instance, they could use "A Quake! A Quake!", which later could bridge into "Dot's Quiet Time", but that all I got for right now.

Characters such as Yakko, Wakko, and Dot would just be actors in mascot suits. As far as other characters are concerned, Pinky and The Brain could be featured two ways. In the scenes focusing on them, the backgrounds would be gigantic to give the perspective of being a mouse. Later, the actors playing Pinky and The Brain would use puppet versions of the characters whenever humans are involved.

This is all I got for now, but if anyone else has a general understanding, feel free to comment your suggestions for how you think an "Animaniacs" stage show would work out.