Ponies in classic musicals and/or literature

[Jackie Snack 1,498]

Considering the Q&A we have coming up, it got me thinking about Pony crossovers.
 
NO, not Doctor Who, for the love of god, or the Avengers, or Pokemon or... -lists off crossovers for the next year-
 
See, with general fandoms, it was always humans and furries. Now, MLP came along and exploded to a point where there's a third category and it's not just an offshoot of furries. It's making huge leaps and strides on the fandom community, but to my surprise, they reached somewhere I never thought they would be.
 
Classics and musicals.
 
By now, we've all seen the Spade Sister's video based on 'Anything you can do' from 'Annie, get your gun'. Sure, the song they used isn't the original (considering the original song was first heard in 1946), but Bernadette and Tom's version is magical, just the same, breathing new life into a classic for a new generation of potential fans.
 
I'm a huge fan of musicals. They're in my top three favorite genre's of music, for crying out loud. I was utterly DELIGHTED to hear a classic song made fresh once more with a lovely animatic.
 
It got me thinking. I had never thought about the MLP fandom having reached the musical stage before! So I went on a hunt and by Jove, I couldn't believe what I found!
 
Ink Potts Youtube channel
These beautiful people caught me with their OWN three part animatic of the 1994 Jekyll and Hyde musical. I remembered hearing it a long time ago and to see it on a new medium made me excited.

 

Part 1 of 3 for Jekyll and Hyde musical animatic -->

 

 

AND THEN... then I found something out.
 
Now, I'll admit. Even being a big fan of musicals, it does find me slacking a bit when it comes to later releases of older stories. But when I saw that Ink Potts had an animatic for the Count of Monte Cristo... well, safe to say, I was confused. I had no idea one had been made.

 

Part 1 of 6 for Count of Monte Cristo musical animatic -->

 

 

Blown the fuck away, y'all. The music itself was divine, but the animatics made it even better because, unfortunately, the Count of Monte Cristo did not have any actual DVD's of their 2015 english performance. The only videos I could find were of the german performance (also very good).

 

Now, onto the real point of this thread! Pray tell, what other classics has MLP infected that I can't seem to find? What other musicals or stories can be found that have been given new life? What musicals or stories would you LIKE to see ponified, for the simple reason of wanting to see it again?

 

EDIT: I should say, ones that have the song INTACT. No 'techno remix' bullshit.

Edited July 15, 2016 by Jackie: sleepy mare

[internet pone 2,916]

I guess Ink Potts are pretty unique. At least I have not seen any other animations of such kind.

[Jeric 46,834]

Huge Broadway snob right here. Funny, I have a partly rewritten version of Phantom of the Opera's "Music of the Night" and "All I Ask of You" using canon characters that is sitting on my hard drive. Personally, I would love more projects inspired by Broadway musicals in general. Crap, can you imaging a ponified Hamilton set in one of the alternative time lines from the Season Five finale? (kinda on a Hamilton kick as of late ... a little tardy to the party on that one). 

[Jackie Snack 1,498]

@@Jeric,
 
You might like this, then, from Rio de Mexico's channel.
 

 

 

I understand that musicals and such aren't exactly a big thing for today's generation (hell, I can barely find anyone to talk about them), but dammit, I wish there were more. xD Hamilton is one that I have yet to check out. Kept putting it off because busy and tired, but I need to stop doing that.

 

It's making me want to do my own animatics, but I don't have the time to even do one frame, much less an entire song.

[weesh 690]

This seems really specific...

How many examples of classic literature have been made into musical theater?

 

I can think of tons of books that have great scenes, and tons of musicals that have fantastic music, but I don't necessarily know which have both.

For instance, I didn't know that Dr Jeckel or Count of Monte Cristo had musicals.

[Jackie Snack 1,498]

This seems really specific...

How many examples of classic literature have been made into musical theater?

 

I can think of tons of books that have great scenes, and tons of musicals that have fantastic music, but I don't necessarily know which have both.

For instance, I didn't know that Dr Jeckel or Count of Monte Cristo had musicals.

My bad. Didn't mean to make it seem like it was for both. xD

 

But yeah, surprising, huh? To think that such amazing pieces could slip by unnoticed.

[weesh 690]

My bad. Didn't mean to make it seem like it was for both. xD

its certainly neat if it has both, but what was your intent?

just a musical?  or just classic literature?

[Jackie Snack 1,498]

its certainly neat if it has both, but what was your intent?

just a musical?  or just classic literature?

Both! >w< Musicals are the bigger draw, of course, but the thread is about both.