There's been a trend in Theatre to adapt films into musicals (Saturday Night Fever, Footloose, The Producers, Hairspray, etc) and there are plenty more to come (Dirty Dancing, The Vampire Lestat among others). However, there are many films out there that would make interesting straight dramatic adaptations. A lot of these are already based on books. Here are some of my ideas, what are some of yours? (P.S. If you think this is a stupid idea, proceed to mock endlessly)
Fight Club -I'd do this as a five person show, with actors playing Jack, Tyler, Marla, and the other two playing all the other roles. The play would be done on a bare, minimalist stage and the atmosphere created with lighting and sound. It would draw on both the book and the movie, most notably by going to the book's original, more chiling ending.
L.A. Confidential -Returning to Ellroy's dense epic, this would be staged a la Cider House Rules (the Tom Hulce directed version that starred Colm Meany as Larch) and Angels in America, in that it would be a two-night performance. Like Cider House, the play would employ Ellroy's language to describe the action.
Fight Club -I'd do this as a five person show, with actors playing Jack, Tyler, Marla, and the other two playing all the other roles. The play would be done on a bare, minimalist stage and the atmosphere created with lighting and sound. It would draw on both the book and the movie, most notably by going to the book's original, more chiling ending.
L.A. Confidential -Returning to Ellroy's dense epic, this would be staged a la Cider House Rules (the Tom Hulce directed version that starred Colm Meany as Larch) and Angels in America, in that it would be a two-night performance. Like Cider House, the play would employ Ellroy's language to describe the action.
