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Coming back to this because these are all the other musicals that should be recast with muppets:
1. Rent
Everyone is a muppet except the evil landlord, self explanatory, done. (I don’t know enough about rent to cast this one tbh but I think Scooter would be an excellent mark)
2. The Phantom of the Opera
The count is the phantom (join me in a fantasy world where the muppets and Sesame Street gang cross over- or it could also just be Gonzo I guess I like the idea of him as a homewrecker) miss piggy is Christine, kermit is raoul and the only humans are Meg and her mother. Additional cast members could be scooter as the stage manager, per the usual, Fozzie Bear as that one Italian opera singer but instead of singing he just wants to tell his jokes, Gonzo as Carlotta in a wig and statler and Waldorf as themselves heckling the opera
3. Jesus Christ Superstar
Hear me out ok, this one may be controversial, but miss piggy is Jesus, the slightly jaded, undeniable star of the show, and kermit is Judas, undeniably in love with her, but tired of her hogging the spotlight and feels she’s turned her back on what the muppets are really about. Beaker is Peter because he also looks like he would nope out when shit goes down and deny miss piggy, and Mary Magdalene should be played by renowned Broadway actress Philips Sousa because I just think that would be really cool if she hasn’t already played that role
4. Sweeney Todd
In which the animal plays unhinged sweeney todd, judge Turpin is Sam the eagle, miss piggy is Johanna, kermit is Anthony, and miss Lovett is played by Janice, who while I think lacks the manic energy needed for the role, would be a good chilled out foil to animal and bring a new flavour to the character of the crazy character who’s so deluded they make their actions seem almost sane
5. Little Shop of Horrors
I’m sorry I know I keep casting them as the two leads but kermit and miss piggy were born to play Audrey and Seymour, it is a pair that cannot be topped. The only change this makes to the original is that we all know miss piggy takes no shit so I think the stuff with the dentist (still played by Steve Martin because you can’t improve upon perfection) is a misinterpretation and she actually beats the ever living shit out of him for disrespecting her. Rizzo the rat should play the slimey businessman who buys Audrey Two, Statler and Waldorf are collectively mr mushnik, the chorus should also be human but I think the piece de resistance would be the Swedish chef as Audrey two and all the world is his chicken, and all the world should be deeply, deeply, afraid.
Tell me in the comments if I missed anyone or you have any casting ideas yourself!!
This has definitely been pitched before, but petition for a remake of les miserables where everyone is a muppet except Javert
If you need a reminder we’re in the darkest timeline look no further than the outline of the adaption of into the woods we could have had back in the 90s
This version also would have had all the creatures in the movie played by puppets made by the Jim Henson company.
WE WERE F@*%#<€$¥ING ROBBED
"Cow as white milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, the slipper as pure as-"
ATTENTION NEW TUMBLR USERS: This website is different from twitter and there are actually four (4) things that every blog needs. Go to the woods and fetch the cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, the slipper as pure as gold
ALSO! lovely moots expect more into the woods posting BECAUSE!!!! im in my senior prod! for into the woods! the whole three hour musical! im hoping to sing giants in the sky OR sing for jack in the prologue!!!!!!!! because our cast is so big and the prod is gonna be abstract multiple people r gonna play every character ....... anyway .......
my theatre company's snr prod next year is into the woods!!!!!! THE FULL LENGTH MUSICAL!!!!!!! IM SO EXCITED!!!!!!
one of you better get itw revival on tape or i will cry. i saw it at encores but i need to see it again
DwD " don't you know what's out there in the world?
someone has to shield you from the world
stay with me
wonders wait there in the world it's true
wonders yes but wolves and villains too
stay at home
I am home
WHO OUT THERE COULD LOVE YOU MORE THAN I?
WHAT OUT THERE THAT I CANNOT SUPPLY?
stay with me
stay with me the world is dark and wild
stay a child while you can be a child
with me"
this is the vibe i get from these musicals
"Crack splat fsshhhhh" -- Something Rotten!
Say what you want about theatre, but even if you absolutely hate musicals with your entire being, you can’t deny that some of the rawest lines ever written come from the theatre (musical and otherwise).
Here, I’ll start:
“And when my prayers to God were met with indifference, I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance” – Hamilton
“You’re so nice. You’re not good, you’re not bad, you’re just nice. I’m not good, I’m not nice, I’m just right” – Into The Woods
“Death’s a funny pal with a weird sort of talent; he puts his arms around my neck and walks me to the bed, he pins me up against the wall and kisses me like crazy” – Falsettos
“This one’s for kids shining shoes on the street with no shoes on their feet every day” – Newsies
Curious about how many musicals people have seen
reblog if the first musical you listened to was not Hamilton
Craughwell, Co. Galway
Dark Imbolc 2 Galway City, 2024
No filters, I tried my best
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Quick, don’t think about the fact that the Baker was told he had a sister right at the beginning of into the woods, and maybe when all of the destruction was over he might have put the pieces together and realized that he lost someone before he’d even met her.
Don’t think about the fact that Rapunzel died before ever knowing she had a brother and that a relationship like that (the kind that didn’t want anything out of her) could have majorly helped her in the long run.
Don’t think about the fact that the devastation in the play doesn’t just tear apart already existing relationships but also relationships that could have been.
Sorry for admitting that I listen to musicals do you still think I'm hot