What Shows That Failed Do You Think Deserve A Second Chance?- Page 4

[adamized88]

Posted: 10/10/04 at 12:40am

titanic

triumph of love

[sabrelady]

Posted: 10/10/04 at 7:55am

So many keep reoccuring somebody should take the hint:
Def Parade.

[Eastwickian]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 6:23am

A few from (or for) the UK:

Witches of Eastwick - needs to be a bit tighter, but with a killer cast it could work on Broadway
Parade - the National Theatre over here could do an amazing production
Martin Guerre
Our House - more than the usual tribute show, and miles better than Mamma Mia
Taboo - either version

[Broadwaylady]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 9:21am

Dance of the Vampires without the comedy.

[Marquise]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 9:25am

BroadwayLady, DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES was BASED on a COMEDY....

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 12:33pm

Eastwickian - I loved Witches of Eastwick with just a couple of exceptions:

The day I went, the witches didn't fly at the end of the first act. It was disappointing, yet kind of funny at the same time. The audience was quite bewildered at watching three women sitting on a sofa waving their arms about saying, "This is amazing! Wow!" etc.

The sets were a bit of a let-down (Prince of Wales).

Dance With the Devil just didn't work for me.

With a new set design and a new song to replace Dance With the Devil, I think the show could be a Broadway hit.

[Oscar Jaffee]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 2:18pm

"Mack & Mabel." This show was panned when it opened on Broadway in the 1970s. Jerry Herman's score was also panned by many critics, but now many people consider it one of his best. We've heard for years that a Broadway revival is in the making, but we haven't seen one yet.

[adp22]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 2:25pm

Ragtime
Parade

but most of all...

SIDE SHOW! I am definitely going to see the tape of that at Lincoln Center library. I LOVE the music and listen to it almost every day since a bought the CD. (about a month) Tunnel of Love is like the best song ever!

[Crazy4MattMorrison52]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 2:36pm

Taboo and Little Shop of Horrors

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 2:55pm

Oscar,

I agree. The score is BRILLIANT--perhaps Herman's finest.

I keep on waiting for a NY revival too; but it has been done in London in the 1980s with moderate success and a more upbeat ending.

[xluckystar2107x]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 2:58pm

I was going to say The Wild Party too. Dont YOU want to be the life of the party?

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[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 3:09pm

Mack and Mabel is my favorite Herman score. There was a concert version in London in 1988 as well as a full production in 1995.

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 5:33pm

Merrily We Roll Along and Saturday Night.

Parade and L5Y need to stay dead.

I'd love to see the london version of Taboo done at 54 or Circle in the Square. (Wouldn't be surprised if they try this at some point in maybe like 15 years or so).

LaChiusa's Wild Party too.

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[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 5:35pm

I'd have to say the LITTLE SHOP... revival. It was hands down the best musical revival Id ever seen! I miss it!

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 5:40pm

Carl Magnum,

YES! I think MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG and SATURDAY NIGHT deserve full Broadway remountings.

Both show Sondheim at his inspired best. :)

[TheAudrey3]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 6:56pm

Maybe I'm the only one who thinks this, but the YAGMCB revival.

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 7:00pm

Audrey,

What do those initials stand for? :)

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 7:03pm

Mary, it stands for Your a good man Charlie Brown.

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 7:03pm

Mary, it stands for Your a good man Charlie Brown.

[musicaltheatreman]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 7:52pm

side show
the wild party

Posted: 10/11/04 at 8:05pm

High Spirits. :)

[Hank]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 8:09pm

Never Gonna Dance
Taboo

[WiCkEd4LyFfE]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 8:09pm

i would love to see Kristin in her award winning role of Sally.

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 10/11/04 at 8:50pm

Hi show...

See other thread--gherbert wants to do an ENCORES! production of HIGH SPIRITS with Elaine Stritch as Madame Arcadi.

Would that be wild, or what? :)

Posted: 10/11/04 at 9:12pm

Martin Guerre. I would love to see this show revamped and settle on Broadway someday.

~Rosalynn