# Coming to a stage near you, “The Princess Bride” **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721 "2013-11-12T13:40:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/1 "2013-11-12T13:40:26Z")
[It looks like they’re giving it another go, but this time with Disney behind it.](http://variety.com/2013/legit/news/disney-theatrical-developing-the-princess-bride-for-the-stage-1200819593/#) That will probably make it it bit more likely to happen. How’s Mandy Patinkin doing these days? ---
**Author:** ![flaming\_yawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/2 "2013-11-12T14:06:10Z")
Hi! This is my first post. I am looking for the 6 fingered man who killed my father!.. would love to see this on stage. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/3 "2013-11-12T14:09:43Z")
I love this idea! It’s got all the makings of a great stage production…Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/4 "2013-11-12T14:20:11Z")
A Broadway production of the Princess Bride? _ **Inconceivable!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/5 "2013-11-12T14:34:44Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > I love this idea! It’s got all the makings of a great stage production…Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles. It’s not going to be a kissing play, is it? ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/6 "2013-11-12T14:46:57Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > It’s not going to be a kissing play, is it? One day you might not mind so much. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/7 "2013-11-12T14:48:18Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > It’s not going to be a kissing play, is it? Get used to disappointment. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/8 "2013-11-12T15:17:01Z")
Stop this rhyming now! I mean it! ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/9 "2013-11-12T15:20:35Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > Stop this rhyming now! I mean it! Anybody want a peanut? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/10 "2013-11-12T15:32:04Z")
“So, listen up, the King is a Fink, I’m talkin’ about that rat Humperdinck! Get it in gear and give him a hassle: Oh, and have fun storming the castle!” ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/11 "2013-11-12T15:43:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > “So, listen up, the King is a Fink, > I’m talkin’ about that rat Humperdinck! > Get it in gear and give him a hassle: > Oh, and have fun storming the castle!” Heh. Nice. Gotta say that I’m not thrilled. Another Disney/Broadway grab for cash, relying on people’s love of another work of art to provide enough excitement to put the production in the black. Yes, I can’t wait to pay money to see actors mimicking the beloved performances of Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant, etc etc etc. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/12 "2013-11-12T15:45:47Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Heh. Nice. > > Gotta say that I’m not thrilled. Another Disney/Broadway grab for cash, relying on people’s love of another work of art to provide enough excitement to put the production in the black. > > Yes, I can’t wait to pay money to see actors mimicking the beloved performances of Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant, etc etc etc. You may want to re-think building an immunity to iocaine powder. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/13 "2013-11-12T15:50:24Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > You may want to re-think building an immunity to iocaine powder. I _am_ the brute squad! ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/14 "2013-11-12T16:40:55Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Heh. Nice. > > Gotta say that I’m not thrilled. Another Disney/Broadway grab for cash, relying on people’s love of another work of art to provide enough excitement to put the production in the black. > > Yes, I can’t wait to pay money to see actors mimicking the beloved performances of Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant, etc etc etc. Well, would you have said the same if the proposed Adam Guettel musical had gone through? (I was disappointed it didn’t. Adam Guettel is a good composer–the grandson of Richard Rodgers–and it bugged me that William Goldman suddenly decided to be a prick about royalties.) There’s an element in the musical theater community that gripes about movie-to-musical adaptations, but really, is it necessarily bad? Probably at least 90 percent of musicals are adaptations of another source anyway, so is it necessarily any worse to adapt a movie than it is a book or a play? After all, _A Little Night Music_ and _Little Shop of Horrors_ started out as non-musical movies. Seems to me that movie/musical adaptations have just as much a chance of being good or bad as adaptations of any other source. What little bit of _Elf_ I heard on the Macy’s parade left me utterly cold, but the score of _A Christmas Story_ is excellent and the CD was probably my favorite present out of last year’s batch. (And that’s leaving out the idea that they might depend on the book as much as the movie for inspiration, as the stage version of _Mary Poppins_ did.) Anyway, I look forward to this if it’s a musical, as long as the score’s good! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/15 "2013-11-12T17:20:42Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > I love this idea! It’s got all the makings of a great stage production…Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles. I think you left out the ROUs. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/16 "2013-11-12T17:27:38Z")
As they wish. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/17 "2013-11-12T17:35:38Z")
If they were making another film version of the book, the outrage would be deafening. Make it an elite stage play with some upbeat songs and make the show ultra-exclusive (will only play in a few cities with, no doubt, skyhigh ticket prices to keep out the riffraff), and people fall all over themselves praising the idea. Not everyone, but still. Not so much a criticism, just an observation. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/18 "2013-11-12T18:02:58Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I think you left out the ROUs. I don’t think they exist. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/19 "2013-11-13T07:55:42Z")
I think this should only be allowed if the Broadway producers are compelled to set aside money to re-record the music score of the movie and release a new special edition with a proper orchestral score, rather than the mega-cheesy synth strings of the original. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721/20 "2013-11-13T09:39:39Z")
I hope the production team do it left handed. If they do it with their right hand, is over too quick. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-stage-near-you-the-princess-bride/673721.md?page=2)