Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to Broadway?

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Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to Broadway?

Posted: 5/19/06 at 2:55am

What's your vote?

I say BAT BOY.

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#2

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to Broadway?

Posted: 5/19/06 at 10:17am

I liked batboy too...I also thought Bare and Lone Star Love both had good potential for a transfer.

#3

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to Broadway?

Posted: 5/19/06 at 10:18am

VIOLET.

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#4

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 10:27am

It's been longer than 10 years I think but I LOVE No Way to Treat a Lady

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#5

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 11:34am

Kander and Ebb's The Visit should have transferred from Chicago's Goodman Theatre to Broadway...it was that good.

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#6

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 11:38am

BARE. So glad I got to see it in New York.

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#7

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 12:01pm

Though it needs much work and was more of a guilty pleasure than anything, I absolutely loved BARE and thought it had brilliant potential.

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#8

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 12:18pm

VIOLET, hands down.

#9

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 12:21pm

The Thing About Men

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#10

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 12:30pm

Summer of '42.

And where on earth is the cast recording of it? Jay Records needs to hurry up.

#11

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 12:30pm

It's been more than ten years, but I'd say Lucky Stiff

#12

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 12:35pm

A New Brain
Songs For A New World
The Last Five Years
3three

#13

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 12:47pm

I really loved The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin. Wish there was a recording of it.

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re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 1:04pm

Hedwig

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#15

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 1:11pm

VIOLET was amazing. And BUBBLY BLACK GIRL (with just a little bit of tweaking) was terrific and should have moved to Broadway.

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#16

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 1:21pm

I had way too much fun at ZANNA, DON'T!

Have the Broadway plans stalled? I know they were auditioning a year or so ago. Not sure if it's a good idea for Broadway, but I'd love to see it again.

#17

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 1:27pm

The Spitfire Grill

#18

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 1:29pm

HEDWIG is one of the shows that I'm actually thankful didn't come to Broadway. It was absolutely perfect in its Off Broadway setting. It definitely would have lost something if it had moved uptown.

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re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 1:44pm

Exactly. HEDWIG never would have worked in a 1000 seat house. Jane Street was ideal.

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#20

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 2:13pm

Hediwg is the perfect off-Broadway show...

I too wish Zanna had gone to Broadway, as well as Bat Boy (though I didn't see that one... I'm familiar with it through my friend).

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#21

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 2:25pm

Violet

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#22

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 2:40pm

I certainly never said that it should have gone to broadway, I simply said it was the best non transfer, in my opinion.

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#23

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 3:00pm

The Last Five Years
Tick, Tick..BOOM!

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#24

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 3:02pm

The Last 5 Years
tick, tick...BOOM!
BARE

Though I'm not sure how any of them would do with a Broadway transfer...

#25

re: Best off-Broadway musical in the past ten years that never made it to B

Posted: 5/19/06 at 3:11pm

Given that the show had board faovrites Idina Menzel and Julia Murney, not to mention Alix Korey, Taye Diggs,Brian d'Arcy James, and Kevin Cahoon, I'm very surprised that no one has yet mentioned Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party. I thought it was an extraordinary show and os much better than the La Chiusa version that did open on Broadway.

Bat Boy, especially Devin May, would be my second choice.