Harry Potter... The Musical

Cpt. Smurf · 2007-10-16T19:06:17Z

Boy wizard Harry Potter is taking to the stage in a musical based on the smash-hit books. Casting agents have been told to start looking for a young lad to play Potter in an all-singing, all-dancing version of J.K. Rowling's magic at Hogwarts. Producers are already working on script ideas and hope to bring the musical to London's West End next year. They are looking for a big-name composer to write the music. A theatre insider said: "The musical has the potential to be huge. You are already off to a head start with the most popular book of recent times. Eveyone loves the characters and the mythical world Rowling has invented. "The difficulty is condensing the seven books into a manageable show. They are exploring various ideas. One possibility is to tell the whole story. Another is to just take a single plot. "The plan is for spectacular flying scenes, live Quidditch and big showdowns with Voldemort." Daniel Radcliffe, 18, starred in the Potter films. J.K. ROWLING is expected to write a special Harry Potter book in aid of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day in 2009. She did spin-off books for Comic Relief in 2001, which raised £22million. Link here This was posted a couple of months ago, but I only just found the link whilst perusing the HP Wiki article - you gotta love Wikipedia! Personally, I don't see how they're going to get seven books-worth of material into one show. I mean, it was difficult enough with LOTR, but Harry Potter? In any case, If the reviews are anything like decent, I'll certainly be going to see it - but I have some reservations. I just really hope they don't do a really crappy job with it.

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Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:14 pm

AWritersFantasy says... · Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:14 pm

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I think Vader gives my reaction to this pretty frackin good here.

NO, NO, NO, NO! -Cries- They've all ready butchered things enough with their screw ups in the movies!

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Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:25 pm

Phindin says... · Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:25 pm

I think it's a fantastic idea.

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Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:29 pm

Layleun says... · Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:29 pm

O_O *blink blink*

No, just...just just....no. Nuh uh, no.

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Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:02 pm

Cpt. Smurf says... · Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:02 pm

Jiggity wrote:When, oh when, did they decide to make LOTR a musical????!!!!

Ages ago - and it's apparently pretty good.

But, yeah. I see what you mean.

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Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:05 pm

Dream Deep says... · Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:05 pm

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I died laughing at that. Now I have Queen screaming their operatics into my mind.

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Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:13 am

lyrical_sunshine says... · Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:13 am

ROTFLOL

ok, so this is a tragedy and everything, the whole HP meets High School Musical idea, but....

OMG it's HYSTERICAL!!! The world is so full of idiots i can't believe it.

Maybe if they completely changed the plot of the entire series it would be an ok musical.

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Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:59 am

Snoink says... · Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:59 am

...you have to admit, it is pretty funny.

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Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:52 pm

bookworm201 says... · Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:52 pm

This has the potential to be great, but more than likely, they will fail and it will be horrible.

The prequel type idea is really good- I know my friends and I would rather we learn something new about the parents than a recap of the series that doesn't fit into a single musical... It'd also be cool if they did something with the kids- you know, Albus and Victoire and Rose and Hugo and so on...

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Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:45 am

flytodreams says... · Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:45 am

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A.Harry.Potter.Musical. :thud:

The world must be ending, that's ridiculous! :lol:

The only Harry Potter Musical I see and accept is one centered around James&Lily, crazy me.

But seriously, a Harry Potter musical??????

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:40 pm

Alainna says... · Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:40 pm

*Dies with laughter*

You. Are. Kidding. Me.

Is it not bad enough that the books were turned into films, now they want to turn Harry Potter into a complete joke?

Someone, have the sense to protest!! Please! Save the books!!!

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:03 pm

Jennafina says... · Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:03 pm

Lol!

I can not wait to see this. XD It'll be amazing.

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Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:38 am

Elelel says... · Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:38 am

*dies laughing*

I would seriously go to it, just for the laughs. It. Would. Be. Freaking. Hilarious.

They should use that Potter Pals Mysterious Ticking Noise as inspiration.

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Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:20 pm

powerofthree says... · Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:20 pm

I agree...this should be fun to watch...

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Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:13 am

Clo says... · Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:13 am

Just wait until Twilight: the Musical.

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Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:23 am

Bella says... · Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:23 am

JK Rowling needs to get some more sleep

What the heck is that woman thinking letting them make a musical of Harry Potter?!

Ewwww

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Btw, if Steph Meyer ever did that to Twilight, I think I'd die. No matter how amazing Edward's voice should be. No.

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