Jukebox musical for the 2002 compilation album Elvis: 30 #1 Hits.
Jukebox musical for They Might Be Giants' 1990 alt. rock album Flood.
Jukebox musical for Sugar Ray's seminal 1998 pop-rock album 14:59.
Musical of strictly rap music (but to use existing songs or create originals?)
History biopic musical; rousing and song-dependent. (TR/McKinley? Robert Moses? The Kennedy Brothers, from Cuban Missile Crisis to the elder’s assassination?)
Combine this with the rap one: outlandish and never-been-done. Ha-HA!
Humorous misadventures—a musical version of a “comedy of misunderstandings”.
Horror! But through what? Murder? Ghoulies? (Can a musical be terrifying? Or does the typical massive venue create a distancing effect too great to inspire any real sense of vulnerability?)
Forbidden love, eh? That’s a classic—but what if it’s a romcom?
Adapt Joe Dirt into musical theatre. The main song chorus can feature prominently that shirt slogan, "Life's a garden, dig it." Start with the impromptu radio station interview, then bounce from vignette to vignette; where Joe gives narration he can instead deliver asides. Minor characters (Clem, Brandy, Kickin Wing, etcetera) would be able to get entire scenes for their dialogue with Joe.
Schindler's List as a musical.
Musical about trying to remember what music is, and how/why to make it.
Original document created 01/04/2015.
Note: a rap biopic has since been done.