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everythingtaboo said: "

There was a period of transfers that were well-received in London, but underwhelmed critically or commercially here. I recall Jumpers andEnron, to musicals like The Woman in White,American PsychoandTaboo."

Woman in White was a baffling transfer as it was always struggling in London (and got very mixed reviews) ultimately running a year and a half (and I kinda have a soft spot for the

Jarethan said: "I have toimagine the best example is still Starlight Express. It managed to have a decent run on Broadway, but iy lost its investment, while Starlight ran a decade, and more recently had a theatre build just to stage its revival. Another example of extremes would be Blood Brothers, which als o had a decent run on Broadway, but still lost its investment, while the London version ran forever.

In the ancient past, an incredibly lauded production of Orpheus Des

You could argue about a couple of Andrew Lloyd Webber shows like Woman in White, which ran I think 18 months in London and nothing close to that in NYC.  Starlight Express ran for well over a decade in London, but just under two years on Broadway.  But Aspects of Love may be the best candidate for this--largely well reviewed in London,where it ran for 1325 performances.  On Broadway it was savaged by critics,and only ran for 377 performances and somehow, despite having a t

John Adams said: "I think it was a mistake to not make this movie available for free on a pre-paid streaming service. If it had been available, perhaps there would have been more public support for the 2 male leads (...possibly the opposite reaction, though).

For me, this movie is already "forgotten"."

I've made my case for this movie here already--despite the issues I have with it, I still am happy it got made and really do like

Interesting review.  I can't comment on their take on the production itself, but the final thoughts seem to want to say "look, the show itself isn't really that amazing, remember what Frank Rich said about it?"  Which is fine--though I'm one of many people my age or younger who really got into Sondheim from watching ITW on PBS as a kid, it's never been at the top of Sondheim musicals for me.  And it's definitely true if you look at thoughts about t

blaxx said: "

The 2008 Sunday was Roundabout, which is not categorized as it is a non for profit."

Thanks.  OK that bumps out the 1995 Company too then.I'm still curious about Into the Woods--I don't think I ever bothered to look up just how well it did (or didn't do) although at the time I did think it closed quickly for a Tony winning revival of a popular show (although ITW hadn't quite reached the "beloved" status it w

Joevitus--that's actually an interesting thought.  Well, to me, because I immediately thought that it is common for creators to want another shot at their flops but...  I'm not sure it is all that common, as you point out.  Lots of shows that spring to mind that have been revised over the years (Sondheim has Company, and Follies both) were already successes in their original production (yes, for my own purposes I'll call Follies a success.)  Then you have shows

EmceeHammer said: "QoV will close the same day as the Off Broadway revival of Baker’sWife, which will have played almost as many performances.

I haven’t done the math, but if you include the previews of the original Broadway productionof Baker’s Wife, it will have been performed in New York almost as much, if not more, than QoV.

At least Schwartzwill always have Wicked (and Pippin and Godspell). Between this and the fallout from Wicked: For Goo

Sutton Ross said: "
I honestly don't see it anywhere. It can't be done in middle/high schools (imagine?), it won't be in colleges, it cost too much for regional theater, and it's too massive of a production for cruise ships. So, ummmm, Vegas? They know a thing or two about tacky, gauche, ridiculous, over the top shows. That is literally the only place I can think of where this piece belongs, besides the dumpster bin outside of the St James."

And I admit, I'm not even sure how to gauge if the past two Sunday in the Park revivals were successful or not...  The 2008 was a limited engagement,so does that count?  (Another Sondheim show, Company's first revival was also a Roundabout limited engagement that almost transferred but... didn't)  And the 2017 Gylenhaal revival was also a limited run that obviously sold well during that limited time but...

(I guess this is where answers to the original qu

Did James Lapine's revival of Into the Woods recoup?  I know it won the revival Tony, but it only ran 9 months and 279 performances and I don't remember if it toured...  I find it fascinating, partly because it kinda has been forgotten (and if it's remembered, not too positively.)  When Ben Rimalower was doing his great Giants in the Sky podcast about the history of ITW, I was hoping he'd ask Lapine about some of his decisions with the revival (besides just a ge