Musicals Are they dead, Again? Over the last year or so "Hollywood" gave us 3 Muicals.  All 3 were made after "Chicago". "Chicago" grossed $170,000,000 in North America.  "Hollywood" Saw that money could be made.  So 3 of "Broadways" biggest shows were then made.  They were "Phantom of the Opera", "Rent", and "The Producers". None of them  were Box-office Mega hits.  So does this mean the musicals are dead again?   I hope not. e   In fact were getting the musical "Sunset Blvd" in the future.  However will You go see it?  I think "Hollywood" should of made "Miss Sagion" movie before  "Sunset Blvd".  The musical "Sunset" will be hard to pull off.  Not only because its an adaption of a "Broadway Play", the play was based on the original movie "Sunset Blvd" and not only will people compare to the play ( for those who saw it) it also has the ghost of the original movie "Sunset Blvd". over its head as well. This was something "The Producers" also suffred from -"The Original MOvie".  

I don't think the problem is that they are musicals, per se.  I don't think Chicago suceeded because it was a musical.  It was an incredible movie as well.  Phantom of the Opera was abyssmal.  I haven't seen the other two, but I don't think either was thought highly of by critics.

I have watched Moulin Rouge countless times and appreciate its artistry more with each viewing. I also loved "Chicago" even though I initially had little interest in seeing it. The musical isn't dead because "Rent" and "Phantom of the Opera" were box office disappointments. They were just badly executed films. I hope that Andrew Lloyd Weber follows through with his plans to produce the film version of his musical,"Sunset Boulevard" starring Glenn Close and Ewan McGregor.

Gabe Powers wrote: I still say South Park was the best musical in decades, despite (or perhaps in spite) of its crude lyrics.I think Team America kinda beat it.