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Star Wars Trilogy MIT Musical

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thu Nov 10, 2005 03:14 PM
from the how-could-i-not-post-this dept.
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ArtieLange writes "The MIT Musical Theatre Group will be staging a musical version of the Star Wars Trilogy (Eps. IV through VI). There will be tap-dancing stormtroopers, singing Ewoks, etc." Apparently tickets are available if you're in the Boston area over the next week. Hopefully someone has the decency to stealth a digital camera in and post torrents before the premiere so it can be just like the features. There's no way it can be the worst Star Wars related thing out there (currently a tie between the Christmas Special and Episode I) even tho the music credits list Elton John and Andrew Loyd Webber along side John Williams.
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  • Music Choice doesn't seem Right to Me. (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Allen Zadr (767458) * <Allen@Zadr.gmail@com> on Thursday November 10 2005, @03:15PM (#14001102) Journal

    First of all, John Williams has to have musical credit if they use ANY of the original Star Wars music, so that shouldn't be surprising. Which is to say, there's a chance that Williams didn't actually work on this piece, specifically.

    However, Elton John and Andrew Lloyd Webber doesn't bode well for this production. We're talking the folks who brought us "Circle of Life", from Disney's "The Lion King".

    I'm not sure all that feel-good music will work with Storm Troopers, and rebel star systems trying to escape Imperial rule.

    • I'm not sure all that feel-good music will work with Storm Troopers, and rebel star systems trying to escape Imperial rule.

      Unless its the sight and sound of storm troopers tap-dancing to showtunes that is fueling the rebellion.

      Nooooooo! Make the stop!!!! DIE DIE DIE!
    • Well, if we're giving John Williams credit, we might as well credit Antonin Dvorak as well. Folks say Williams borrowed [dvdfile.com] a lot from "The New World".

      Of course, as an amateur musician, *I* have no problem with musical "borrowing" or referencing. All culture/science/etc. is built on what preceded it.

    • Re:Music Choice doesn't seem Right to Me. (Score:5, Informative)

      by iabervon (1971) on Thursday November 10 2005, @03:56PM (#14001558) Homepage Journal
      The reason that there are so many musical credits is that this includes a lot of spoofs of songs from other things. Elton John and Andrew Lloyd Webber didn't write anything (intentionally) for this show, either. This isn't exactly serious drama, even for a musical.

      • Re:Music Choice doesn't seem Right to Me. (Score:5, Interesting)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 10 2005, @04:29PM (#14001909)
        The Elton John Star Wars Trilogy:

        A New Hope
        I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues -- Luke can't go to the academy
        I am Your Robot -- Luke cleaning R2
        My father's gun -- Luke gets a lightsaber
        Honkey Cat -- Luke and Obi Wan enter Mos Eisley Cantina
        Madman Across the Water -- Millenium Falcon escape from Tatooine
        Bad Side of the Moon -- "That's not a moon, it's a space station!"
        Sacrifice -- Obi Wan fights Vader on the Death Star
        Burn down the mission -- Preparing to attack the Death Star
        Take me to the Pilot -- Dogfights preceeding Death Star attack
        The Bitch is Back -- Han Solo saves the day

        Empire Strikes Back
        Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me -- Luke, Stranded
        Someone Saved my Life Tonight -- Han saves Luke
        I'm Still Standing -- Tauntaun dies
        Love Lies Bleeding -- Scruffy Nerf Herder
        Saturday Night's Allright -- Hoth Battle
        Rocket Man -- Boba Fett
        Goodbye Yellow Brick Road -- Luke leaves Dagobah
        Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word -- Lando hands them over to Vader

        Return of the Jedi
        Tiny Dancer -- Jabba's palace entertainment
        Someone Saved my Life Tonight -- Leia releases Han Solo
        Rocket Man -- Boba Fett gets eaten
        Goodbye Yellow Brick Road -- Yoda dies
        Burn down the mission -- Preparing to attack the Death Star (again)
        Bennie and the Jets -- Ewoks preparing their catch for dinner
        Son of your Father -- Emperor tries to turn Luke
        Shoot Down the Moon -- That thing's operational!
        The Bitch is Back -- Lando vs. the Deathstar
        Candle in the Wind -- Unmasked Vader (sorry, I had to...)

        eh.. that's all I can come up with, nothing he put out in the 90's is worth playing.. Clearly there's some more scenes that need representation, perhaps "I don't want to go on with you like that" could go with the scene where Luke argues with Vader on CLoud City.. no.. nevermind, I'm done now!

  • Nice.... tell everyone to do something illegal... (Score:3, Insightful)

    by FortKnox (169099) * on Thursday November 10 2005, @03:15PM (#14001104) Homepage Journal
    Hopefully someone has the decentsy to stealth a digital camera in and post torrents.

    Being a subscriber, I sent an email to daddypants to try to get this corrected, but since I was ignored, I will deem it fine for me to rip.

    Why on earth would someone need 'decency' to do something illegal like that? Why would you encourage your audience to commit crimes for your bemusment?
    Instead, how about we say "Lets all hope they sell it in a video format for a cheap price or even free?" Maybe that will encourage them to share their play instead of us ripping it from them illegally?

    And you wonder why the MPAA is all over torrents... this isn't helping.

  • From the fine article (Score:5, Funny)

    by nizo (81281) * on Thursday November 10 2005, @03:16PM (#14001121) Homepage Journal
    "Star Wars" with tap-dancing Storm Troopers!

    This is just so wrong on so many levels. Then again now that I think about it, maybe adding tap dancing storm troopers to episode one would have improved it. My childhood destroyed you have!

    • There's no way it can be the worst Star Wars related thing out there (currently a tie between the Christmas Special and Episode I)

      Those would be tied for second-worst. A distant second, at that.

      The Christmas special amused small children and built anticipation for the next "real" Star Wars product. Episode I had the fight with Darth Maul. While neither had many other redeeming qualities, they at least had that much going for them.

      "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones" was not only the worst Star W

  • camera? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by sczimme (603413) on Thursday November 10 2005, @03:16PM (#14001123)

    Hopefully someone has the decentsy to stealth a digital camera in and post torrents before the premiere so it can be just like the features.

    How would this constitute 'decency'?

  • * puff of smoke * (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 10 2005, @03:16PM (#14001125)
    That was R2D2's Gaydar going up in flames
    • Ohh, you and your kind make me real mad, buddy.

      You go around picking on little robots, too chickenshit to attack someone your own size.

      Yeah, buddy I'm talking to you! Pick on some of the androids, or cyborgs or whatever else cracks your rocks. But leave the little guys alone.

      R2D2 doesn't need a gaydar anyway. C3PO is the gay one.

  • That's easy! (Score:5, Funny)

    by ZeroExistenZ (721849) on Thursday November 10 2005, @03:17PM (#14001139)

    Hopefully someone has the decentsy to stealth a digital camera in

    $sys$Camera

  • Elton John....??? (Score:3, Funny)

    by ltwally (313043) on Thursday November 10 2005, @03:17PM (#14001146) Homepage Journal
    "...the music credits list Elton John and Andrew Loyd Webber along side John Williams..."
    Ok, I can see Andrew Lloyd Webber... he's a well known theatre guy with plenty of musicals under his belt. But... Elton John? What, is he going to sing Rocket Man during space scenes or something?
  • Is it just me, or is Slashdot reporting on an increasing number of musicals? Combined with Taco's urging to do something illegal, I have to wonder if the editors are really getting into this stuff.

    Then again, a lot of musicals are targetting more "geekish" plays such as "The Last Starfighter", so maybe it's just a cooincidence. Then again...

    When do get to go see Slashdot: The Musical? Make sure there are plenty of trolls attacking insightful posters, guys with horns and flamethrowers, and let's not forget the ever important stage plateaus of being modded up!
    • Slashdot: on Broadway? Sweet, and if you miss it, just wait 2 nights for the dupe!

    • Re:Slashdot Medley (Score:5, Funny)

      by dr_dank (472072) on Thursday November 10 2005, @03:31PM (#14001315) Homepage Journal
      Hit it maestro!

      Dupe dupity, dupe dupity, dupe dupe, dupe-e

      This slashdot story is familar to me!

      [tempo change]

      I've got a wish thats bona fide

      I want Natalie Portman petrafied

      Petrafied and covered in hot grits!

      Grits grits grits

      from her elbows to her tits

      Grits grits grits

      I swear to God, you insensitive clod

      I'm begging on my knees for a Beowulf cluster of these

      HOT GRITS!

      [tempo change]

      In Soviet Russia....
      [grandiose piano]
      In Soviet Russia...
      [grandiose piano]
      Yakov says its opposite
      I don't understand it
      In Soviet Russia
      MUSICAL...
      SINGS...
      YOU!

      Cha cha ha!

  • Whoa! (Score:5, Funny)

    by fizban (58094) <fizban@umich.edu> on Thursday November 10 2005, @03:19PM (#14001159) Homepage
    decentsy

    Worst. Speller. Ever.
    • Maybe he was trying to imply some poor slob (i.e. without a penny) would sneak in with a digital camera?

  • Blurb quality (Score:3, Funny)

    by dbolger (161340) on Thursday November 10 2005, @03:21PM (#14001187) Homepage
    Hopefully someone has the decentsy to stealth a digital camera in.

    You know, that blurb is of such high quality, I'm just surprised it doesn't have a distorted aspect ratio and random numbers scrolling across the top.

  • Disturbing... (Score:5, Funny)

    by cloudkj (685320) on Thursday November 10 2005, @03:21PM (#14001195)
    I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of nerds suddenly moaned in disgust and were suddenly silenced.
  • [Sung to the tune of "Luck be a Lady Tonight" from Guys and Dolls]

    Luke be a Jedi, to-night!

  • If its not the same thing, it was something similar. It was a lot of fun and I highly recommend attending.
  • to learn to spell one of these days...
  • I am reminded greatly of "Planet of the Apes: The Musical" ...

    However, all it will take is one bass solo from Darth and I'll throw away all my misgivings.

  • MIT?! (Score:5, Funny)

    by richdun (672214) on Thursday November 10 2005, @03:24PM (#14001234)
    A Star Wars musical and a study on tin foil hats. Why do I keep seeing a major technological university jumping a shark in my head?
  • First the Foil Hat Study and now this. Sheesh!
  • A musical covering 3 episodes? Either it's really long or it only barely covers the highlights.

  • There was a website a few years ago from a group of students who did a musical version of the original Star Wars in high school. They had online video and audio clips and it looked pretty funny/good. It was also based on rewriting the lyrics for songs from existing musicals (e.g. Andrew Lloyd Weber, etc).

    It was performed May 24 and 25 (in 1996) at the Palos Verdes Peninsula High School Performing Arts Center in Rolling Hills, California. Book and Lyrics by Kevin Bayuk, Garrin Hajeian, and John Zuckerma

  • News for Nerds indeed... (Score:5, Funny)

    by joetheappleguy (865543) on Thursday November 10 2005, @03:32PM (#14001326) Homepage
    This "event" has the destructive potential of 10 Megdorks. (The first GenCon had an effect of 8.5 Megadorks) - Only a Linucon or a Furvert convention is deadlier.

    Both girls tentatively scheduled to attend refused comment.
  • The Empire will not be ridiculed or parodied by any being in any galaxy. This is a disgrace to the Sith and all it stands for.
    This must be some kind of Rebel plot to besmirch the Empire.

    The Death Star III will soon be positioned in the Earth's solar system and it will not be 'set to stun.'
  • I guess in this version Jango Fett was the space traveling alter-ego of Fred Astaire.

  • oof! (Score:5, Funny)

    by jm007 (746228) on Thursday November 10 2005, @03:59PM (#14001585)
    "... tap-dancing stormtroopers, singing Ewoks, etc."

    Forget about Han or Greedo, it will be the audience that shoots first.

  • Review from the last run (Score:3, Informative)

    by AEton (654737) on Thursday November 10 2005, @04:11PM (#14001712)
    See also The MIT Tech's review [mit.edu] of the 2003 staging of this musical.

    One thing the Tech review doesn't mention is Darth Vader in heels. (No, not those kinds of heels. But, boy, I was all excited for a minute when the costumer mentioned that detail.)

  • same people did A New Hope already... it was great (Score:3, Informative)

    by johnpaul191 (240105) on Thursday November 10 2005, @04:17PM (#14001786) Homepage
    they did it a few years ago, and again this past summer at a Star Wars convention. i saw it on MIT campus, and it was amazing. this time they are combining the original three films into a roughly three hour production.

    here's a link to the group that is putting it on: http://web.mit.edu/mtg/www/ [mit.edu]

  • For more background on this show... (Score:3, Informative)

    by portnoy (16520) on Thursday November 10 2005, @04:39PM (#14001997) Homepage
    ...visit http://www.starwarsmusicaledition.com/ [starwarsmu...dition.com] This group has performed a one-episode version (just A New Hope) both at MIT and at the Celebration III convention this last April.
    • So, in this production, does Han shoot first?


      Wow...they should devote an entire song about that!

      (music)
      HAN: I shot first... I'm a bad bad dude.... I shot first.
      (other characters in saloon singing back up)
      He shot first,shot first... He shot first, shot first...
      etc


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