Beloved shows that are DEAD (not getting produced)...

I absolutely adore "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean" and "The Shadow Box," but I never seem them being produced by anyone.

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You could probably put Bye Bye Birdie on this list for about the next five years.

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I personally would love to see someone take a shot at Irma La Douce. Has a terrific score and it's a cute little show. I played it myself years ago and always thought it would make a tasty little revival.

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The producing /creative team behind TABOO are pulling another CARRIE and not allowing any subsequent productions to be licensed because they plan to rework the show. Expect a revival in say, 18 more years.

For a long time, IRMA LA DOUCE was being held by the estate of the writer, who didn't approve of the english translation. I'm not sure if its still the case, but as of just a couple of years, they still wouldn't allow any US / British productions...

The Steinbeck estate will not allow any stagings of PIPE DREAM (a real shame since its a Rogers and Hammerstein show that should be revived).

Alan Jay Lerner's lawyer has continually turned down requests for revised stagings of all of Lerner's flops (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Lolita My Love, Carmelina, etc.)

Im sure there are others...

Updated On: 12/4/09 at 08:57 PM

Looks like we can add Carrie to this list.. So sad i really was looking forward to this coming back.

Ugh, famebroadway2, I agree with you, sadly. There's still hope. You never know what'll happen.

MB: Have a lot of people applied to do those shows? Lolita, My Love is SO beautiful, and I myself have always dreamed of directing it :[

But to add to the list:

-Lestat
-Woman in White (but it'll get revived eventually)
-Rent (although, it lives on...)
-Pippin (Why don't they revive this!?)
-Godspell (Although it was slated to be revived...why producers pulled out, I don't know)
-Any of Jason Robert Brown's shows (although there was a rumor about a revival of 13. And I'm sure Parade will be revived soon. Or Last Five Years)
-Prettybelle
-The Pirate Queen *cringes*
-Into the Woods (I'll wait. They'll be another revival)
-Little Shop
-A Clockwork Orange
-Urinetown (WHY ISNT THIS REVIVED EITHER).

I would love to see Lestat, Carrie (although I still think there's hope, despite this recent news), Urinetown and Pippin revvied, in terms of musicals. (That being said, I'd love for Prettybelle, A Clockwork Orange and Lolita, My Love to get their rightful premieres...)

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-Lestat
-Woman in White (but it'll get revived eventually)
-Rent (although, it lives on...)
-Pippin (Why don't they revive this!?)
-Godspell (Although it was slated to be revived...why producers pulled out, I don't know)
-Any of Jason Robert Brown's shows (although there was a rumor about a revival of 13. And I'm sure Parade will be revived soon. Or Last Five Years)
-Prettybelle
-The Pirate Queen *cringes*
-Into the Woods (I'll wait. They'll be another revival)
-Little Shop
-A Clockwork Orange
-Urinetown (WHY ISNT THIS REVIVED EITHER).

The thread said beloved, not despised.

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Godspell was a particularly smarmy case, a combo of producers who couldn't get financing together, and Stephen Schwartz wanting too many royalty checks. Artistically, it was a good production, but there was no market for just any Godspell on Broadway.

To explain about the latter above, it was a conflict-of-interest deal from the start. A separate producer and his partners had an exclusive deal with Stephen Schwartz, for a better more contemporary production with bigger stars. The battle of the two would have been exciting press, and he would easily have beat the Paper Mill cold with his production, which he would have beeen able to open way before them in Harlem (at the Apollo, or a 1,000 seater church).

The Harlem producers only backed out because they were tired of the bull****. On investigation, it was found that, through intermediaries and licensing agents, Schwartz had given "exclusive" Godspell rights to five or six different groups, and after a few licensors tried to cut the Harlem producers a back room deal, they said, "Thanks, we're out." Eventually more of these parties found out what was up and began contemplating the words "lawsuit" and "rights deposit back," so even if the show had opened, I'm willing to bet it would have been mired in legal controversy.

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I would love for Rags to be produced again...I know that it was done as a World AIDS Day benefit a few years back but I've been in love with the studio recording for a long time now and I'd really love to see it staged.

Huskcharmer:

"Irma La Douce" was not done Mufti, but by Musicals Tonight.

It was nicely performed, and showed that it could still work if it were given a full-scale production, dancing and all. I'd love to see Encores! do this one.

And while we're at it, how about a period piece revue like "Call Me Mister?"