Beauty and the Beast Revival

maybe change the thread title, i got excited for actual news of a Broadway revival lol

Are you hoping for a remount of the original production or a completely new production?

Lets be realistic here. As beautiful a show it is, Hunchback is never going to make it to Broadway, much less be successful.

I'd love to see a revival of this after "Frozen" closes.

I'd love to see Beauty and the Beast return with a beautiful new production. I refuse to attend the cheapo tour version. It needs to be a lush spectacle.

I would also LOVE to see Hercules on stage (the Menken/Zippel score alone deserves to be on stage), but it would really need to have the right creative team so that it doesn't end up like Tarzan or Little Mermaid.

I saw the original German production of Hunchback and while it was considered a spectacle, you didn't need to speak German to understand that the book just can't stand up to the score and the show will always struggle to find a core audience.

I’d rather see Hercules next or something new from Alan Menken.

I wouldn't mind seeing something new from Menken if he could only reignite his spark of creativity. His last original score for the stage that was strong and memorable was A Christmas Carol, which has never been produced on Broadway (and I'd like to forget the awful TV version). Sister Act had a handful of good songs, but Leap of Faith and A Bronx Tale are pretty forgettable scores. Personally, outside of Little Shop, it seems that nearly all of his best work is for the screen. I love what he wrote for Enchanted and Tangled.

Mister Matt said: "I wouldn't mind seeing something new from Menken if he could only reignite his spark of creativity. His last original score for the stage that was strong and memorable was A Christmas Carol..."

I adore A Christmas Carol. "A Place Called Home" might be my favorite Christmas song if it counts. I do wish we'd received a cast album from one of the later years after the revisions, though "Jolly Good Time" was recorded for the television soundtrack. Still, the original cast and that cast album can't be beat. I've already begun listening to it this year!

I adore A Christmas Carol. "A Place Called Home" might be my favorite Christmas song if it counts. I do wish we'd received a cast album from one of the later years after the revisions, though "Jolly Good Time" was recorded for the television soundtrack. Still, the original cast and that cast album can't be beat. I've already begun listening to it this year!

I adore the show and yes, A Place Called Home is one of my favorite holiday tunes. I was lucky enough to get to see the show with Tony Roberts (and Didi Conn!) and I thought it was absolutely stunning. The score is littered with gems. I've never understood why it doesn't get a Broadway holiday production. Instead, we get Home for the Holidays or this Clay Aiken/Ruben Studdard thing.

Tag said: "I would love to see a re-imagined version of Beauty and the Beast.

Be careful what you wish for. You might just get THIS atrocity."

Honest, I could see these sets, costumes, replacing the current show at Hollywood Studios in Orlando.

I listen to the Menken/Ahrens "A Christmas Carol" year-round! The Dickens story is my favorite book. I never saw the MSG production(s) but Notre Dame de Namur, a small college on the San Francisco Peninsula performed it "free" (you were asked to bring canned goods or toys) for the community, the school's annual gift. The tradition ended a few years back and I miss it.

I love BatB but not sure I would care to see a revival. It would have to be lavish, but I'm afraid it would be scaled back. I saw it in London at the Dominion. It was a matinee and I was surrounded by dozens of kids and I thought they would be fidgety and distracting. Not at all. They were all dressed up and were better behaved than some adults I've seen at the theater.