# Worst Stage Musical Adaptation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513 "2006-03-23T00:12:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/1 "2006-03-23T00:12:59Z")
The current Time magazine has an article on page 63 about a new musical based on The Lord Of The Rings(a three-and-a-half hour “epic”), and it looks about as good as it sounds_shudder_. What adaptation from movie or book do you think would make an equally awful musical? BTW, as I’m typing this, my son came up with “Tron-The Musical!” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/2 "2006-03-23T00:25:17Z")
Elephant: the Musical!. (Based on **The Elephant Man** , of course.) (Extra points if you get the reference.) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/3 "2006-03-23T01:14:59Z")
“Moby Dick: The Musical!” I just laughed out loud at the thought. Kirstie Alley’s lost enough weight that she couldn’t manage to get cast as the great white whale. Unfortunately, I haven’t! I can just hear it. Call Me . . . Ishmael ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/4 "2006-03-23T02:12:00Z")
Atlas Shrugged: The Musical! ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/5 "2006-03-23T02:35:47Z")
The Origin of Species - the Musical ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/6 "2006-03-23T02:51:22Z")
How about [The Silence of the Lambs - The Musical](http://www.silencethemusical.com/nyc/)? (yes, it’s real) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/7 "2006-03-23T02:55:04Z")
Can any fictional example be worse than the actual _Carrie: The Musical_? Although personally I would do violence for an OCR. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/8 "2006-03-23T02:58:35Z")
Has anyone succeeded in staging _A Shoggoth on the Roof_? For a fictional example, I have to go with _Naked Lunch – the Musical!_ ---
**Author:** ![DataZak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@DataZak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataZak)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/9 "2006-03-23T03:01:00Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Elephant: the Musical!. (Based on **The Elephant Man** , of course.) > > (Extra points if you get the reference.) 😉 Jeff Goldblum in _The Tall Guy_? ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/10 "2006-03-23T03:14:27Z")
How about _Charlie and Algernon_, a musical based on a straight drama loosely based on the classic sci-fi short story Flowers for Algernon? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/11 "2006-03-23T03:26:56Z")
Battlefield Earth: the Musical! I win. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/12 "2006-03-23T03:50:30Z")
Well, I wouldn’t have thought you could make a good one out of “Sunset Boulevard.” Shows what I know. Theoretically, with the right talent, you could make a good show out of just about anything. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/13 "2006-03-23T03:56:14Z")
The Antiques Roadshow Musical Roadshow would pack 'em in, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/14 "2006-03-23T03:57:07Z")
> [@DataZak](#): > > Jeff Goldblum in _The Tall Guy_? 😉 Some more actual Broadway flops: **The Lieutenant** , a musical about the My Lay massacre. **Rockabye Hamlet** – you know what as a rock opera. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/15 "2006-03-23T04:33:39Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The current Time magazine has an article on page 63 about a new musical based on The Lord Of The Rings(a three-and-a-half hour “epic”), and it looks about as good as it sounds_shudder_. I know a guy with a bit part in that. He assures us the musical is absolutely dreadful. He won’t even ask his family to see it. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/16 "2006-03-23T04:36:16Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I know a guy with a bit part in that. He assures us the musical is absolutely dreadful. He won’t even ask his family to see it. o/` Bilbo! Bilbo Baggins! Only three feet tall! Bilbo! Bilbo Baggins! Bravest little hobbit of them all! o/` ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/17 "2006-03-23T05:18:50Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > Theoretically, with the right talent, you could make a good show out of just about anything. I would like to see someone try to make an opera out of _A Clockwork Orange._ Really. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/18 "2006-03-23T05:31:02Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Battlefield Earth: the Musical! > > I win. Oh no you don’t: I give you[The Last Starfighter: The Musical](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=282304). ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/19 "2006-03-23T05:31:30Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I would like to see someone try to make an opera out of _A Clockwork Orange._ Really. Just adapt lots of Beethoven. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513/20 "2006-03-23T06:03:12Z")
How about a ballet based on “My Left Foot”? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-stage-musical-adaptation/349513.md?page=2)