The Perfect Musical Cast Recordings For Summer

We teachers are entering into our summer breaks (hooray!), and I am more excited than ever. Here in upstate NY, we’ve already encountered our fair share of warm days. Sometimes the only thing that gets me through a day like that is a wonderful Broadway cast recording. So here are my favorite summer Broadway listens:

Star Wars: The Musical – Dreamcast

With Solo coming out this weekend, I’ve been thinking a lot about Star Wars. In my hazy morning mind, I decided it would be a cool musical. Though I know it’s been tried before, here’s my idea for a dream cast for a potential musical based on the first film…

Shows I’d Like To See As Live TV Musicals

Like most of the Broadway community, I was pretty hyped up about NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar this week. And it was good! I’m hoping they film all musicals as concerts from here on out. I really enjoyed it (and I’ve never seen JCS before – what?). There are so many musicals I’d like to see them put on as live TV specials, that I think they could do something really special with. Here are just a few:

Historical Figures I’d Like To See Musicals About

I’ve just started teaching Hamilton for the year (using much of the musical, duh), and it’s really gotten me thinking about historical musicals. I love these pieces that bring music and humanity to real-life people. In addition to Hamilton, there are pieces like Anastasia and 1776, that I love. And I would love to see more musicals that tell real stories. Here are a few possible historical figures I’d like to see musicals about:

Disney Movies That Should Be Stage Musicals (Part1/???)

I love Disney movies, and I love Broadway musicals. Love or hate Disney Theatrical Productions, they can be a lot of fun (The Lion King will always mean a great deal to me, and I can’t wait for Frozen). So without further, here are just a few of the Disney movies I’d like to see turned into stage musicals.

Flash Poll: Which Broadway show should I dreamcast as a movie?

Okay, I want to do more dreamcasts. So which of the following musicals would you like to see me dreamcast as Hollywood movies? Cast your vote!

• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Aida
• Guys and Dolls

Broadway Shows I Can’t Wait To See

There are a lot of upcoming Broadway shows that I’m anticipating (I have so many trips to plan!). Here are just a few of them:

Why I Think Game of Thrones Would Make an Interesting Musical

Here me out! I think Game of Thrones would be an amazing musical (I might be going through Game of Thrones withdrawal). I know that all of the Game of Thrones musicals out there are parodies, and there are WAAAAAAY too many movie-based musicals out there now, but I think Game of Thrones, particularly the first book/series, could potentially soar above the rest (with the right writers, of course). Here’s why:

Broadway Dreamcast Megapost

One of my favorite things to do on this blog (and in real life) is dreamcast Broadway musicals. I’ve done it quite a lot on this blog. So here, without further ado, is a list of some of my favorite Broadway dreamcasts that I’ve done so far:

• Beauty and the Beast (the Broadway show)
• The Royal We as a Broadway Musical
• Ghostbusters (2016) as a Broadway Musical
• Broadway Roles for the Hollywood Chrises
• Liebster Award post (includes an Into the Woods dream cast)

YA Books I’d Like To See Turned Into Broadway Shows (by @gayleforman, @sarahdessen, @rainbowrowell, and more)

I’m a teacher. As such, I like to read what my students read, and so I read a lot of Young Adult books (also, let’s be honest, YA books are awesome). I’m also a Broadway enthusiast, which you probably realize if you read this blog or know me at all. Today, I am combining those two and making a list of the YA books I’d most like to see turned into Broadway musicals.