Other Musicals Being Turned Into Movie

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat81

(which is perhaps why someone whose training and background was primarily dancing rather than acting -- Chita Rivera -- was the first Anita).

My name is Chita and not Rita...


Sorry, Forbidden Broadway flashback...

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

My name is Chita and not Rita...


Sorry, Forbidden Broadway flashback...

Gee, thanks. Now all I can hear is "her Akita, Evita."

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat81

Gee, thanks. Now all I can hear is "her Akita, Evita."

Ok...here's a better one:

"It's too high....this song's too high, bring it down, bring it down...."

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Ok...here's a better one:

"It's too high....this song's too high, bring it down, bring it down...."

Then there's my favorite Forbidden Broadway number:

I'll learn a new song Tomorrow,
But until Tomorrow then Tomorrow will have to do. . . .
Tomorrow, Tomorrow is my favorite showtune,
I sing three times a day.
Tomorrow, Tomorrow is my favorite showtune,
I sing it 4,367 times a year.
Redundant, redundant, this song is redundant.
I'll sing it until . . I . . . die . . . !

Seriously, we must stop.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat81

Then there's my favorite Forbidden Broadway number:

I'll learn a new song Tomorrow,
But until Tomorrow then Tomorrow will have to do. . . .
Tomorrow, Tomorrow is my favorite showtune,
I sing three times a day.
Tomorrow, Tomorrow is my favorite showtune,
I sing it 4,367 times a year.
Redundant, redundant, this song is redundant.
I'll sing it until . . I . . . die . . . !

Seriously, we must stop.

Oh, since you posted that one I have to add this one:

I'm 30 years old Tomorrow,
And I haven't had a role
Since I played Annie
When I was 10.

ETA: Why do I feel like us music geeks are getting blank stares from the rest of GC??

[RU OX Alum]

hhmmm....maybe they're not all bad

[Drolefille]

I enjoyed both of those... More please?

[AlphaFrog]

Since you asked:

So hoist me up in a harness
And point me to the sky,
In all the big shows lately,
All the leading ladies have to fly!

[MysticCat]

Okay, one more.

(to the tune of "My Heart Belongs to Daddy"):

When I was young,
I used to be
a famous star like any other.
But now my son's a bigger one
'cause I'm . . . Larry Hagman's mother.

[kstar]

Originally Posted by Taualumna

I can sort of see Emily Rossum as Cosette. Many Cosettes have also played Christine.

But she shouldn't have even played Christine. She cannot sing. Her parts in Phantom were manipulated so much. Even with the manipulation they had to lower many of her parts a whole octave at times.

[Drolefille]

Awesome for all of those.. more please

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by kstar

But she shouldn't have even played Christine. She cannot sing. Her parts in Phantom were manipulated so much. Even with the manipulation they had to lower many of her parts a whole octave at times.

The very first part of "The Phantom of the Opera" when she sings "In sleep he saaang to me" I swear the word "sang" has more drawl on it then a country music singer...drives me CRAZY!!!

And when she sings "Father once spoke of an angel" her "angel" sounds like "a-njul" when she should have been closer to "an-gel" (like gel pens).

[moe.ron]

Emmy Rossum's deer caught in the headlight acting bothers me. She should play one of the students that gets shot at the barricade. Before she gets show, they should show her deer caight in the headlight act.

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by DolphinChicaDDD

Anything has to be better than Grease 2.

Sing it together with me now:

I want a coooooool rider,
A cool, cool, cool, cool rider.
I want a coooooool rider,
A cool, cool, cool, cool rider.
I want a C-O-O-L R-I-D-E-R.
I need a C-O-O-L R-I-D-E-R.

[moe.ron]

Sweeney Todd Movie confirmed casting:
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Sascha Cohen - Pirelli

and here's a major casating suprise

Helen boham Carter - Mrs. Lovett

Uhm, Tim, can you at least have some creativity in your casting.