Last evening Fred mentioned
MAD MAX as a candidate for a musical.
[Sorry - that's VIVA MAX]
This plot line does seem like a narural:
When his girlfriend tells him that his men wouldn't follow him to a house of ill repute, Max, a general in the Mexican army decides to perform some great act of heroism. He takes his men over the border into Texas and re-captures the Alamo. This upsets the Texans greatly. The Texas National Guard is sent to retake the mission. Normally this would be easy as Max's men have left all of their ammunition back in Mexico, but the State department insists that no one be killed and so the National Guard also goes in with unloaded weapons.
In the hands of a clever story teller, cross border invasions and unarmed antagonists could provide much fun for today's audiences.
Too bad it's not on DVD. (Of course the limited movie exposure could act to a shows advantage).
der Brucer
I remember waiting in line at TKTS some years back and one matron observed she didn't want to see "The Wiz" because she already saw the movie. A second matron opined that she didn't want to see anything with Blacks (she used another noun) in the cast. I wondered where in Iceland she attended theatre?