I'd love to see that too. Unfortunatly, I haven't managed to find a video of it yet.
A 'Star Trek' musical theater play possible? [Broadway]
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The ONLY way a Trek musical could work is to be really high camp, or have Trek as just the backdrop for another story. Playing it straight would as deadly as ... Carrie: the Musical, which closed after one night, I believe.
--Ted
The ONLY way a Trek musical could work is to be really high camp, or have Trek as just the backdrop for another story. Playing it straight would as deadly as ... Carrie: the Musical, which closed after one night, I believe.
--Ted
Musicals are using projected video and computer animation already...so I think it´s possible. And seeing that we had a plot with people showering naked...how about a virus that makes people sing?
I think quite a lot of fans would go see it...even if only out of curiosity..and if they then thought that its actually good...it could be quite succesfull.
OT: That reminds me...anybody ever read the bloody awfull lyrics to the Star Trek Theme? I can´t imagine anybody really singing this with a straigth face: "His journey ends neeeeeveeeeeer.....his Star Treeeeeeeeek goes on foreeeeeeveeeer"....
I think quite a lot of fans would go see it...even if only out of curiosity..and if they then thought that its actually good...it could be quite succesfull.
OT: That reminds me...anybody ever read the bloody awfull lyrics to the Star Trek Theme? I can´t imagine anybody really singing this with a straigth face: "His journey ends neeeeeveeeeeer.....his Star Treeeeeeeeek goes on foreeeeeeveeeer"....
Dusty Ayres
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For my part, I would have loved to see a musical episode of TNG, DS9, Voyager, or Enterprise. Especially Enterprise, with song centered around Trip & T'Pol's relationship a'la those songs centered around the relationship of Willow & Tara in 'Once More With Feeling' on Buffy.
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erica_david
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Ah... for me I just got one chance to see Star Trek in BroadWay, I think got tickets from Sulu and the Kirk was awesome
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I'd like to see a mash-up of The Corombite Maneuver and Spock's Brain as the basis for a Trek musical. I could see some pretty nice production numbers coming out of the latter.
It should be done, by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. 
It could work if it was campy. Though I think you would be better off making it a parody campy musical. Galaxy Quest, the musical more then Star trek, the musical.
Though there was a opera written in Klingon.
Though there was a opera written in Klingon.
Oh, ye of little imagination! I've worked extensively in theater, and I know it could work. HOWEVER --
It would have to be a musical comedy. "I, Mudd," for example? Maybe two one-acts as an evening of theater? Pair "Mudd" with something else light. That way you wouldn't need a strong arc to carry over through intermission.
Trek has already flirted with live presentation, as in the Spock/Q debates. DeLancie even (kind of) sang.
It would have to be a musical comedy. "I, Mudd," for example? Maybe two one-acts as an evening of theater? Pair "Mudd" with something else light. That way you wouldn't need a strong arc to carry over through intermission.
Trek has already flirted with live presentation, as in the Spock/Q debates. DeLancie even (kind of) sang.
Wasn't there a serious 'Last Starfighter' musical. That looked pretty good. and there was old green eyes is back by brent spiner. He could have brought it to Bdway as a one act play. Sorry we never got Sisko sings the Bajoran blues though - the Emissary himself, but Avery is certainly no stranger to Broadway. Then there was the Spock's brain extravaganza spoof.
I. Mudd had a very theatrical musical comedy score, Kurt Weil-ish or Cobain-ish, take your pick. And let us not forget the Galaxy Quest dancers. Trek's version would be Gates McPhadden and Nana Visitor doing a rockettes number, I guess.
I. Mudd had a very theatrical musical comedy score, Kurt Weil-ish or Cobain-ish, take your pick. And let us not forget the Galaxy Quest dancers. Trek's version would be Gates McPhadden and Nana Visitor doing a rockettes number, I guess.
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You know, ultimately "Spock's Brain" may turn out to be one of the best known, most remembered episodes of TOS. 
You know, ultimately "Spock's Brain" may turn out to be one of the best known, most remembered episodes of TOS.
It was certainly the height of the camp even literally being in an alien encapement. Kirk should have asked them, 'Have you ever kissed a girl before?'. We showed those orange peoplme how to kill so it's only right Kirk left them some porn films and the keys to the underground caves and took off. The givers of pain and pleasure? Wow, they tortured them from below and used them as sex slaves with the emotional wherewithalls of thirteen year olds. I wonder if the smart one will lock the door again and make things twice as bad and much worse with her new found intelligance and their awesome technology, or will she be the first to go, as it were, by the stupid woman themselves? The music in that episode was exquisite, like their technology and the women themselves.
Expo67
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You know, ultimately "Spock's Brain" may turn out to be one of the best known, most remembered episodes of TOS.
It was certainly the height of the camp even literally being in an alien encapement. Kirk should have asked them, 'Have you ever kissed a girl before?'. We showed those orange peoplme how to kill so it's only right Kirk left them some porn films and the keys to the underground caves and took off. The givers of pain and pleasure? Wow, they tortured them from below and used them as sex slaves with the emotional wherewithalls of thirteen year olds. I wonder if the smart one will lock the door again and make things twice as bad and much worse with her new found intelligance and their awesome technology, or will she be the first to go, as it were, by the stupid woman themselves? The music in that episode was exquisite, like their technology and the women themselves.
Actually the Eymorgs were described as 'the givers of pain and delight'.
As Chekov said 'A peculiar mixture.'
Nicholas Meyer and Cliff Eidelman apparently were interested in doing an opera version of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. It's a pretty unusual direction to take Star Trek, but it might have been interesting in their hands.
I'll do it.
Star Trek really jumped out at me as something that needs to be done when I was writing songs for a music theater program last year. I'd been watching the Holy Grail musical and agree ST in campy mode, self-aware, could be hilarious.
One can almost hear McCoy singing about Spock's Brain. It's like it's already written. And maybe a few nurses in an ensemble.
nurses: Brain!
McCoy: I can't connect this bloody thing!
nurses: Brain!
McCoy: So many sutures it's insane!
When the aliens come, they'll probably say they enjoy the Star Trek with the Spock's Brain. It's why they came to give us warp drive, candy, and subjugation.You know, ultimately "Spock's Brain" may turn out to be one of the best known, most remembered episodes of TOS.
Damnit, you just spoiled the plot of Galaxy Quest 2!
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