Okay so I recognised this is going to be like a 6 hour musical at this rate but here's my rough concept for half one of the play
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Open: Dark Fantasy. This sequence establishes Kanye in-media-res, at the height of his acclaim. He has redeemed himself temporarily. This is staged as an elaborate fantasy sequence, where Kanye's hedonism begins fading, crumbling under spiritual weight of self-doubt. He reflects on his past…
Medley of Homecoming and Hey Mama – montage of his early life – early rapping, his time in Nanjing. Focused on his relationship with his mother.
All Falls Down – dropping out of college
Spaceship snippet – drive to make more music after college.
Last Call – a montage of basically what's already in the lyrics. His pre-TCD comeup as a producer and rapper.
Through The Wire – self-explanatory recollection of the car crash.
Jesus Walks – Establishing faith
(Juxtaposed with brief scene of AMAs walkout)
Gold Digger – a fantasyish scene, partially symbolizing his rise to success from The College Dropout.
G E O R G E B U S H D O E S N T C A R E A B O U T B L A C K P E O P L E
Medley of Can't Tell Me Nothing/Stronger – Kanye rising in both controversy and fame, establishing Graduation era.
Hey Mama (Reprise) – Not long after finding out about his mother's death, he performs this at the grammys.
Montage of Kanye planning sound for 808's and heartbreaks juxtaposed with what he was going through at the time
Love Lockdown – 2008 MTV Awards performance. Controversial, but ultimately acclaimed.
Heartless – ironically juxtaposed with his relationship to Bey and his height of mainstream acceptance.
T A Y L O R I N C I D E N T
Street Lights – Kanye downbeat after incident, having made ass of self.
Montage of Hawaii album-making process for MBDTF involving beat making and the hyper-intense recording (including Nicki's Monster verse)…
Which goes into RUNAWAY – the big end of the first half of the play. The song plays in its entirety as the reality fades into that beautiful dark twisted fantasy.
END OF HALF ONE
I picked songs that would either be emotional pinpoints or could serve as exposition. Music makes up more of this than dialogue.
Half two is going to be much harder. It won't have a clear ending, and I've got to cover a lot of ground that isn't as easily summed up with just his songs.