Stories by @lump0324

Gypsy (2004)

Rose Hovick had long envisioned herself as a star, to perform on stage as a vaudeville performer on the circuit, but according to her “I was born too soon and started too late.” She then turns to her daughters, her “adorable and talented” younger daughter June and her “plain and lackluster” eldest daughter Louise. Though she pushes her youngest to be the star, it’s Louise who triumphs as the one and only burlesque superstar Gypsy Rose Lee. This is a version of the movie if it had a theatrical release in 2004.

The Sound of Music

How do you solve a problem like Maria? Reverend Mother thinks the answer is simple, give her a task that she couldn’t possibly fail. Our heroine is then sent to the home of Captain Von Trapp to care for his seven children as their governess. Though her welcome was less than warm in the beginning she began to break through the children’s walls and become someone they can confide in. However, while she is thankful to be able to connect with the children, she never expected to form a connection with their father.

My Fair Lady Remake

Eliza Doolittle, a young cockney woman who works as a flower seller, finds herself becoming the guinea pig to linguistics professor Henry Higgins and his associate Colonel Pickering. Wanting to better her station in life, Eliza endures the challenges of becoming a woman of society brought on by the somewhat tyrannical Higgins.

The Color Purple

Celie never had it easy; with an abusive father who gave her two children, her land owning husband who beats her black and blue, and step-children who do not respect her. The only light in her life was her younger sister Nettie, but after a fight with her husband Mister she was sent away. Thinking that nothing is going right in her life suddenly a new light comes in the form of promiscuous, beer swigging, foul mouthed, and warm-hearted Shug Avery, her husbands mistress. With the help of Shug, Celie becomes more confident in her sexuality, her life, and more importantly in herself. This series is meant to look at the wider aspects of the book that haven’t been portrayed in other media.

Pirates of the Caribbean the Series

Take to the high seas with swords and guns a-blazing! Join the legendary Captain Jack Sparrow (or at least he believes he’s a legend) as he braves against the undead, old rivals, ex-lovers, and even at times his own crew. Drink up me hearties yo ho!

Jesus Christ Superstar

In his last days, Jesus Christ and his disciples wander the desert spreading the good word far and wide, unbeknownst that a plot is being formed against the great “King of the Jews.” With the help of Jesus’ troubled and ever-questioning disciple Judas Iscariot, the Pharisees work to oppress the man that the world has suddenly turned to, even if it means killing him.

Cabaret

In the Kit Kat Club life is beautiful, the girls are beautiful, even the orchestra is beautiful! Set in 1929–1930 Berlin during the twilight of the Jazz Age as the Nazis rise to power, the musical focuses on the hedonistic nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves around American writer Clifford Bradshaw's relations with English cabaret performer Sally Bowles. A subplot involves the doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her elderly suitor Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor. Overseeing the action is the Master of Ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub, and the club itself serves as a metaphor for ominous political developments in late Weimar Germany. This adaptation will be more true to the stage version and will even include the Cabaret boys.

La Cage Aux Folles

After 20 years of partnered bliss, Georges and Albin, two men partnered for better or worse, get a bit of both when Georges’ son announces his impending marriage to the lovely Anne Dindon, the daughter of two conservative parents. Further complicating the situation is the “family business”: Albin and Georges run a drag nightclub in St. Tropez, where Albin is the star performer, “Zaza.” Georges reluctantly agrees to masquerade as “normal” when he meets the family of the bride-to-be, but of course over-the-top Albin has other plans, with hilarious results.

Chicago (1980 version)

A look into what the musical triumphed would have been like had it been set in 1980

A Raisin in the Sun (2025 film)

The Younger’s, a working class African-American family living in 1950s Chicago, await for the impending arrival of a life insurance after the patriarch of the family had passed. Ambitious father Walter wants to put the money down on a liquor store business so he can quit his mundane job as a chauffeur for a wealthy white family, while his mother Lena, younger sister Beneatha, and his long suffering wife Ruth want to put the money towards their future. As the story goes on, the family deals with such issues such as housing discrimination, racism, and assimilation.

Imitation of life (2025 adaptation)

In this version of the story, Annie Johnson and Bea Pullman are two college educated women from two very different backgrounds who came together when they were down and out. After starting a restaurant together, the two women become successful entrepreneurs selling their own homemade recipes from pancake mix to marinara sauce. Though their joint business is a hot success, there’s another issue they need to deal with….their growing daughters. Jessie coming into her own womanhood and poor Sarah Jane who has to live the life as a light skinned African-American woman who wants to be accepted as white and join society. Join these two generations as they face the hardships of race, gender, and class in the 1950s.

Chicago Live! (2014)

Two women, two different murders, and the fame that comes with both. In the Windy City of Chicago, killing someone will get any man hanged, but when it comes to women it’ll get them on the front page of the Tribune. Only question is which of them will hang and which will become a star? This would have been a live TV production to have seen in 2014

Beauty and the Beast live action film (2006)

After turning away an enchantress on a stormy night, a spoiled and vain prince finds himself cursed with the form of a fearsome beast and his servants reduced to antiques. One night an eccentric old man finds his way to the beast’s castle and becomes his prisoner, but for him to leave someone must agree to take his place. Unfortunately that someone happens to be….his beautiful daughter. With her wit and intelligence, young Belle manages to melt the heart of the beast and find something that she’s been missing…someone who understands. This an idea of what this live action remake would look like if it were done years earlier.

Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Live!

There’s no place like London! Nobody knows that better than Be-…that is Mr. Sweeney Todd. With a heart full of vengeance, an appetite for throat slitting, and a love sick land-lady who makes the WORST pies in London (no really, even she said so) our dark and brooding anti-hero is looking to make heads roll. Particularly those who have wronged him. Come and witness a terrible tale of pain, suffering, murder, and pie!

Into the Woods Live!

Join the Baker, his wife, Cinderella, Jack, and Little Red Riding Hood as they take off on an exciting adventure with witches, giants, wolves, and curses abound! Just be careful with what you wish for!

Mary Poppins Live!

The Banks Family are in dire need of a nanny and it just so happens that one such nanny is perfect for the job. Practically perfect in every way! Join Mary Poppins, the Banks Children, Bert the Chimney Sweep and a host of colorful characters as they learn to build not just the bonds of friendship but the ties that bind a family together.