Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton and Bette Midler's 1996 buddy movie First Wives Club is set to become the latest film to hit the stage as a musical, thanks to Motown's biggest hitmakers.
Rock + Roll Hall of Fame inductees and Motown legends Brian and Eddie Holland and Lamont Dozier are working on an original score for the stage spectacular - which is scheduled to debut in San Diego, California next summer - on its way to a Broadway run.
Holland-Dozier-Holland are responsible for some of the soul world's biggest hits - they penned tunes for The Supremes and the Four Tops, among others.
Both the 1996 movie and the new musical are adaptations of Olivia Goldsmith's novel.
Thoughts???
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I wouldn't mind seeing it, but I don't see how they can make it a musical (then again, I didn't think Legally Blonde could be a musical either and it turned out rather well.)
Maybe Paramount will try to cash in on this and release a Special Edition DVD. One can only hope...
albert
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Escapay wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing it, but I don't see how they can make it a musical (then again, I didn't think Legally Blonde could be a musical either and it turned out rather well.)
Maybe Paramount will try to cash in on this and release a Special Edition DVD. One can only hope...
albert
Agreed! Hopefully we also get Special Editions of Sister Act when that musical comes out.
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I agree with pap64. I'd like to see some originality brought back to the stage. <i>The First Wives Club</i> is a great film and all, but that's what it should remain: a great <u>film</u>.
I'm not against it, though. If a movie fits well as a musical then fine. Beauty and the Beast worked because it was already a musical. So did Lion King.
Stuff like "The Producers" also worked well as Broadway musicals, and from the looks of things "Shrek the musical" will be a far better show than it was a movie. In fact, ANYTHING can be made into a great show with the right talent.
Its just that nowadays they seem to be grabbing everything and turning it into a musical of some kind.
Really, people. LEGALLY BLOND??? (Note: Sorry if there are fans of the show here, but it is the best example of how silly turning a movie into a musical can be sometimes).
