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alliecat8 brought it to my attention today that Andrew Lloyd Webber is producing a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera for the stage, to open in 2009. She's having a discussion of that over in her journal.
Somehow, this led me to try to imagine sequels to other popular musicals.
For example, the musical Cats. At first, I thought that in a Cats sequel, Grizabella would reach her destination and learn that she is actually in Hell. The title would be Cats: In Hell.
But then I reconsidered, and decided a Cats sequel would have to be called Even More Cats. It would be about...a lot of cats. Possibly trying to escape or survive a "collector."
I also made up a plot for a Phantom sequel, where there is a new younger Phantom, who is Christine's son. He wears a mask and falls in love and then, at the end, it's revealed that...to our shock and horror...there is nothing wrong with him!!! He's just really really twisted and thinks something is wrong with him.
So. Amuse me. Tell me about more Broadway musical sequels! Would the sequel to Wicked be "Better"? The sequel to Mamma Mia, "Papa's Pizza"? Let the dream begin...let your darker side give in...
Somehow, this led me to try to imagine sequels to other popular musicals.
For example, the musical Cats. At first, I thought that in a Cats sequel, Grizabella would reach her destination and learn that she is actually in Hell. The title would be Cats: In Hell.
But then I reconsidered, and decided a Cats sequel would have to be called Even More Cats. It would be about...a lot of cats. Possibly trying to escape or survive a "collector."
I also made up a plot for a Phantom sequel, where there is a new younger Phantom, who is Christine's son. He wears a mask and falls in love and then, at the end, it's revealed that...to our shock and horror...there is nothing wrong with him!!! He's just really really twisted and thinks something is wrong with him.
So. Amuse me. Tell me about more Broadway musical sequels! Would the sequel to Wicked be "Better"? The sequel to Mamma Mia, "Papa's Pizza"? Let the dream begin...let your darker side give in...