What Shows Do You Want To See Re-Imagined?

[Jordan Catalano]

I want to see

- MAME take place in a crack house.

- WEST SIDE STORY in war-torn Afghanistan

- GYPSY done as an LSD induced hallucination

- CABARET set in Hell.

[ljay889]

SWEENEY TODD set in a mental asylum.

[jv92]

FOLLIES set in a movie theater

COMPANY set in rural Arkansas

FALSETTOS set in Arizona

I'll think of more...

[Jordan Catalano]

ljay, ouldn't that idea be better suited for a show like CAROUSEL or OKLAHOMA?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

HAIR - set in Luxembourg

THE MUSIC MAN - with an all-Pygmy cast

FOLLIES - but with the ages reversed

[TheLadyoftheWood]

My Picks:

9 to 5 set in an Asian Sweatshop

Anything Goes done on an Aeroplane and the passengers wake up to find it was all a dream about the in-flight film

Big River set in the banks of the Nile

A Chorus Line performed with the dancers all talking to the same psychiatrist instead of being in the theater telling their stories

[ljay889]

ouldn't that idea be better suited for a show like CAROUSEL or OKLAHOMA?

Good idea! Know any British directors you could call?

[jv92]

Guys, we better stop this! We're giving Diane Paulus ideas!

[Jordan Catalano]

How about SHE LOVES ME set at a Chick-Fil-A?

[wicked1492]

HELLO DOLLY in the Prehistoric Era with Dinosaurs
LES MISERABLES in America during the American Revolution
WICKED at Penn State
THE LION KING with an all-white cast

[bwayphreak234]

Beauty and the Beast in an S&M club
Cats in a mental institution

[Jordan Catalano]

ANNIE in a concentration camp would be fun!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Anything Goes done on an Aeroplane and the passengers wake up to find it was all a dream about the in-flight film

This made me LOL


When I was in college a friend of mine and I tried come up with a concept for a deconstructed A Chorus Line set in a concentration camp. We were high.

[jv92]

I'm all for rewriting some songs in MAME. "Open a New Bloodline, Open a New Vein", "The Man in the Moon Has a Coke Spoon."

CHICAGO set in Berlin, 1929.

[Jordan Catalano]

I'll help write you write that shlt, Phyllis. I swear to God, I will.

[wicked1492]

DIANE PAULUS' THE GERSHWIN'S PORGY AND BESS set in Hell's Kitchen 2012 with an all-male cast

[Jordan Catalano]

OLIVER at Penn State.

[jv92]

I wouldn't be surprised if Jordan and I had to sue Diane Paulus for the MAME ideas. It seems right up her alley.

[ljay889]

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG with senior citizens.

Wait! Doyle's done that already too.

[Jordan Catalano]

STEEL MAGNOLIAS with an all pregnant cast.

[chewy5000]

1776 set in Nazi Germany

[Jordan Catalano]

BRING IT ON set at a fisting party.

[jv92]

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND set in Levittown. (It's still ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, come on!)

How about a CAROUSEL that starts outside the STAR TOURS ride at Disneyland? Mrs. Mullin could be a teenaged ride operator and Billy could be a closeted homosexual Luke Skywalker stand-in/cast member.

[Jordan Catalano]

GRAND HOTEL at Eli Roth's Hostel.

[jv92]

SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM with Jerry Herman as Steve! It'd be far cheerier and filled with Diet Coke and lots of happy stories about mothers.

FYI: I am not denying Jerry of his happy childhood, non-alcohol life and cheery songs. Good for him! But in a nightmare world of MAME in a crackhouse and BRING IT ON at a fisting party, we'll see this

THE ACT set on a street corner or Subway car during rush hour.

[jv92]

"When I was in college a friend of mine and I tried come up with a concept for a deconstructed A Chorus Line set in a concentration camp. We were high."

I just read this fully. Maybe they could be auditioning for Hitler's Birthday Pageant, and those not picked would obviously be killed, with those who survive the cut performing in Nazi uniforms in front of a giant blow-up of Hitler? It might rip-off "Springtime for Hitler" a little bit, but it sounds more entertaining than Mario Lopez as Zach.