New York Theater: “The Color Purple” and “Mean Girls,” were both Hollywood movies adapted from books (Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple” and Rosalind Wiseman’s non-fiction “Queen Bees and Wannabees,” respectively), which were then adapted into Broadway musicals, which were more or less the basis for the newly released movie musicals, “The Color Purple” and “Mean Girls.”
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I personally quite enjoy when stories move back and forth from Hollywood to Broadway. As someone who loves film, I think it is a great way to bring more attention to Broadway shows and create a kind of fandom around a certain show. For me, I started out as someone who just loved film, but then seeing musicals in the Hollywood world being transformed into Broadway shows got me interested in theater. Seeing how the two connected together was really exciting for me growing up. I was intrigued to see the much loved characters that I saw on screen come to life in person. Looking at the list of “intellectual properties” this article has listed, I’m not sure if I could choose one as the most successful. I think all of these were quite successful because of the journeys they had between Hollywood and Broadway. My favorites would have to be Mean Girls, Matilda, Hairspray, and The Color Purple, but that’s just because I have personal memories connected to them. I have not seen or heard of all of the “intellectual properties” on the list, so I would have to further look into those as well to make a decision.
I HATE the majority of Hollywood movie to Broadway musical to Hollywood musical adaptations. I think they are so dumb and are so stupid and don't need to be a thing at all whatsoever. Like the article talked about the new Mean Girls movie which was just adapted from the recently closed Broadway version of Mean Girls. The 1 constant between the 2 movies is the actor Renee Rapp. Rapp was around my age when she debuted on Broadway in Mean girls as Regina George after winning the Jimmy Awards back in 2018. The issue I had with the movie is that it wasn’t true to the original musical at ALL. The one thing I appreciated about the movie was the fact a brown actress played Karen and I liked the representation. But this movie didn’t sit well with me and it was poorly directed. It could have been a LOT better if the music was differently mixed and produced.
I HATE the majority of Hollywood movie to Broadway musical to Hollywood musical adaptations. I think they are so dumb and are so stupid and don't need to be a thing at all whatsoever. Like the article talked about the new Mean Girls movie which was just adapted from the recently closed Broadway version of Mean Girls. The 1 constant between the 2 movies is the actor Renee Rapp. Rapp was around my age when she debuted on Broadway in Mean girls as Regina George after winning the Jimmy Awards back in 2018. The issue I had with the movie is that it wasn’t true to the original musical at ALL. The one thing I appreciated about the movie was the fact a brown actress played Karen and I liked the representation. But this movie didn’t sit well with me and it was poorly directed. It could have been a LOT better if the music was differently mixed and produced. (Whoops, I forgot to put my name down before I submitted LOL)
I have either not heard of or absolutely love the movies/musicals that are listed on this article. I have yet to see the new movie musical version of Mean Girls, but I will be watching it as a big fan of Auli’i Cravalho and Renee Rapp– I actually saw Renee in concert at the end of last year and she was absolutely phenomenal. I have heard mixed reviews, but regardless I will be watching. As much as I would love for newer innovative ideas in Hollywood and especially Broadway, I do adore a well done adaptation. I think there is a lot of room for both adaptations and new original works on Broadway, but it seems as though only adaptations are surviving due to how expensive it is to keep a show running. I did not know that Nine, The Producers, and A Little Night Music all were adaptations from previous movies, but I will add them to my list of things to watch!
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