TV & Not TV » A Christmas Story http://tvnottv.com Jason Lynch brings you everything you need to know about television — and beyond Thu, 15 Oct 2015 04:29:09 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.37 After ‘Sound of Music,’ 4 More Musicals That Should Get Live-TV Treatment http://tvnottv.com/newsanalysis/after-sound-of-music-4-more-musicals-that-should-get-live-tv-treatment/ http://tvnottv.com/newsanalysis/after-sound-of-music-4-more-musicals-that-should-get-live-tv-treatment/#comments Sat, 07 Dec 2013 09:00:13 +0000 http://tvnottv.com/?p=62 More than 18.6 million tuned in for The Sound of Music Live! on Thursday, which means one thing, as I wrote in my first piece for Today.com: But why stop there? “Sound of Music” was the first live presentation of a musical on TV in more than 50 years, but there are plenty of other […]

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More than 18.6 million tuned in for The Sound of Music Live! on Thursday, which means one thing, as I wrote in my first piece for Today.com:

But why stop there? “Sound of Music” was the first live presentation of a musical on TV in more than 50 years, but there are plenty of other productions that could be resurrected as similar live spectaculars for audiences.

I came up with four more ideas, including casting suggestions. [Update: One of my picks, Peter Pan, is indeed going to be NBC’s next live special for December 2014, while Fox announced plans for Grease Live.]

After ‘Sound of Music,’ 4 More Musicals That Should Get Live-TV Treatment

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