Why Aren't These Shows Revived?

[Unmasked05]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 6:28pm

We see the same shows revived over and over again why not some other worthy ones like these:

Carnival!
City of Angels
Destry Rides Again
Do RE Mi
Dreamgirls
Funny Girl
Gentleman Prefer Blondes
Grand Hotel
Kiss of The Spider Woman
Lil Abner
MAME
The Pajama Game
Promises, Promises

Some GREAT shows....they could have some good casts

[jasobres]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 6:30pm

Some of the shows have been revived once or twice. I believe half of the shows in the list got an ENCORES! mounting.

[Chip1012]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 6:31pm

revivals in general aren't making money.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 6:38pm

Pajama Game is being revived this season.

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 6:42pm

I want tick..tick..BOOM! to be revived...

[hellacoolmichael]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 6:49pm

Tick...Tick...Boom! was just on broadway a few years ago.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 6:49pm

FUNNY GIRL is impossible to cast -- you need a 20-something, not terribly attractive actress (preferably Jewish) with a gift for physical and verbal comedy, a multi-octave voice and who is also a big enough "NAME" to head $8 to 10 million revival. Not a lot of names spring to mind.

MAME should be back sometime in the next two or three seasons according to Jerry Herman.

There have been talks of DREAMGIRLS revival for years, but they're probably on hold now until sometime after the film comes out. Perhaps Bob Avian will helm it if his A CHORUS LINE revival is well-received in 2006 (while he wasn't the official co-choreographer of DREAMGIRLS with Bennett -- the late Michael Peters was -- he was there for every moment of the rehearsals and knows the show well).

PAJAMA GAME may be back this season or next (Kathleen Marshall is signed to direct and choreograph)

Isn't it a little soon for CITY OF ANGELS, KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN and GRAND HOTEL? Their original productions were all less than 15 years ago.

I can't imagine that DO RE MI, CARNIVAL or DESTRY RIDES AGAIN could ever be successfully revived (they were only modest hits the first time around).

No one of the last generation or two knows anything about LIL ABNER at this point and I can't imagine it would find much of a Broadway audience.

I guess GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES might work as a vehicle for a couple of major stars.

PROMISES PROMISES is terrific, but I wonder if it would come off as dated at this point.

[Hairspraydoll]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 8:13pm

When was the last time if ever that West SIde Story got revived?

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 8:15pm

1980 (featuring Debbie Allen who received a Tony nomination as Anita).

Last I heard, WEST SIDE STORY is supposed to be coming back in 2007 for a 50th anniversary production under the direction of Jerry Mitchell (who plans on re-creating the original Robbins' choreography)

[Hairspraydoll]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 8:17pm

Thank you MargoChanning.

How come some shows get revived really quickly like Into the Woods, and others don't?

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 8:19pm

Tick...Tick....BOOM! played for about 6 months OFF-Broadway about 3 years ago. It never made it to Broadway.

[BroadwayGirlWicked]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 8:19pm

is city or Angels like the movie?

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 8:20pm

"FUNNY GIRL is impossible to cast -- you need a 20-something, not terribly attractive actress (preferably Jewish) with a gift for physical and verbal comedy, a multi-octave voice and who is also a big enough "NAME" to head $8 to 10 million revival. Not a lot of names spring to mind."

<--Clarkson mentioned in an interview back in December she was talking about doing it. With whom, I don't know. Those plans are on hold now, as she is involved with tours and such, but she has made it clear that she wants to do Broadway, and that there has been discussion about that show.


Updated On: 6/13/05 at 08:20 PM

[alterego]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 10:17pm

I'd love to see Promises, Promises revived and designed in a somewhat "heightened" version of how the late 60's looked.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 10:20pm

Has anyone thought of casting Melanie Griffith as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL? I bet she could pull it off!

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 10:23pm

Well, "Promises, Promises" is in many ways a superior work to "Sweet Charity," so I suppose a first rate, well-considered, intelligently directed and cast revival might very well be successful.

And yes, there was a well-reviewed production of GRAND HOTEL at the Donmar Warehouse this past Fall.

Updated On: 6/13/05 at 10:23 PM

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 10:25pm

well what about On the Twentieth Century?


although ive heard it would be too expensive

[wickedfan]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 10:26pm

What Promises, Promises needs to do (Sweet Charity's mistake) is NOT update it's book. They need to keep it a period piece. That's the only way it can truly work again. It would be great if it was revived. It has the ultimate 60's feel and sound and could really be great.

[alterego]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 10:27pm

I'm in line for a ticket now!

[wickedfan]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 10:29pm

And in terms of Carnival!- There were plans to do a revival with the same Encores! cast I believe, but that never came through. They would need a "name" or two in order to really sell this show. As Margo said, it was a modest success during it's original run. But it is such a wonderful show that I would hate to see it on the shelf forever.

Updated On: 6/13/05 at 10:29 PM

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 10:30pm

MANY have been anxious to see a full-fledged revival of ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY on Broadway for a while now.

I think a revival PROMISES PROMISES could easily be at least as successful as the last revival of HOW TO SUCCEED with the right people involved.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 10:31pm

The only real successful revivals I can think of were Chicago, 42nd Street, and Cabaret - without thinking too hard.

Revivals are produced today with the wrong intentions.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 10:39pm

According to Variety, the recent revival of 42nd STREET still failed to recoup its investment, despite a long run.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 10:45pm

It wasn't exactly selling out the Ford center (now Hilton Theatre) during it's run. That's pretty understandable.

[Cages or Wings]

Posted: 6/13/05 at 10:56pm

Just curious, but is the oft-rumored, yet never officially announced Pippin revival ever going to happen, and if so how soon is it to be expected?
Updated On: 6/13/05 at 10:56 PM