# Let's come up with the worst (and best) ideas for (BLANK): the Musical **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895 "2013-12-09T15:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895/61 "2013-12-11T14:33:17Z")
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Musical! I want to see a real time metamorphosis from human to skeletal form. Plus, pirates swinging from ropes, and sword fights, it’s epic! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895/62 "2013-12-11T14:45:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Koyaanisqatsi - Live! Ever seen _Einstein on the Beach_? It’s pretty much the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895/63 "2013-12-11T14:49:04Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > Night of the Living Dead: the Musical Well, there’s [one song ready to go already](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6vnM9I7HIo). ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895/64 "2013-12-11T15:24:08Z")
Trey Parker doing a follow-up to “Cannibal! The Musical” based on the life of Jeffrey Dahmer? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895/65 "2013-12-11T16:06:32Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Well, there’s [one song ready to go already](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6vnM9I7HIo). [Two!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjX0GMZUcE8) ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895/66 "2013-12-11T16:59:33Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Too late – It’s already opened in Boston: > > [http://boston.broadway.com/shows/i-love-lucy-ss/](http://boston.broadway.com/shows/i-love-lucy-ss/) > > [BostonTickets.com domain may be for sale. Request the price today.](http://www.bostontickets.com/I-Love-Lucy-Boston) Wow - still, I think it would have been more fun to do a live, but in B&W, stage version. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895/67 "2013-12-12T00:23:00Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > Night of the Living Dead: the Musical There’s already a stage play parody with musical elements; it’s mostly just straight comedy but ends with a big musical number. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895/68 "2013-12-12T03:06:05Z")
> [@Hermione](#): > > …well, with all these sources, I can see almost ANYTHING as a musical. _[Nixon in China](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXXmjR0aCug)_ ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895/69 "2013-12-12T13:30:36Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > There’s already a stage play parody with musical elements; it’s mostly just straight comedy but ends with a big musical number. _Return_ of the Living Dead could probably make a decent punk-rock opera. The Tar Man would probably be great if you did an “…on ice!” version, too. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895/70 "2013-12-12T13:34:26Z")
There’s always my old suggestion\* – **Dune…the Musical** > **[Dune ........The Musical!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=167075)** > > (The interior of the Ducal stronghold on Arrakis. The Harkonnens are in possession, having routed House Atreides. Duke Leto has been captured, as have the Lady Jessica and Paul. This is the David Lynch version, and Baron Vladmir Harkonnen, with his... \*from a _decade_ ago. Time does fly. ---
**Author:** ![Slade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Slade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slade)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895/71 "2013-12-13T11:17:26Z")
[American Psycho: A New Musical Thriller (starring Matt Smith)](http://www.almeida.co.uk/) [“Glib, heartless & pretentious.”](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/10514037/American-Psycho-review-Glib-heartless-and-pretentious.html) I don’t think we’re going to beat real life on this one. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895/72 "2013-12-13T11:58:47Z")
**House of Leaves: The Musical** Footnotes will be projected as supertitles, while an interpreter for the deaf will be signing an entirely different set of footnotes. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895/73 "2013-12-13T22:31:03Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > A mere musical isn’t enough. Instead I offer you: > > **Atlas Shrugged on Ice!** It’s been 3 days since I read this and I’m still laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895/74 "2013-12-14T00:48:28Z")
_Room: The Musical_ Written, produced, and directed by Tommy Wiseau. Starring Tommy Wiseau. And with music, lyrics, and choreography by Tommy Wiseau as performed by Tommy Wiseau. With Tommy Wiseau as lead skater. That’s the idea. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895/75 "2013-12-14T00:58:19Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Law & Order:SVU the Musical. Nothing like singing about sex crimes. Remember “Cop Rock”? Yes, this was a real show. It was kind of like Eminem in that I never saw a negative review. > **[Cop Rock (TV Series 1990) ⭐ 4.5 | Comedy, Drama, Musical](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098772/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)** > > 1h No, it didn’t last very long. I would have been tempted to suggest “Autism: The Musical” but not only has that been done, I’ve seen it. It was largely underwritten by Stephen Stills, whose son Henry was in it (he was about 8 years old at the time) and out of all the kids who participated, he was the only one who attended a mainstream school and also the only one who has any chance of one day living independently. > **[Autism: The Musical (2007) ⭐ 7.7 | Documentary, Music](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481580/?ref_=nv_sr_1)** > > 1h 34m | TV-14 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-come-up-with-the-worst-and-best-ideas-for-blank-the-musical/675895.md?page=3)