Encore Suggestions

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 12:26am

High Spirits
I Had A Ball
Lil Abner

Updated On: 6/25/13 at 12:26 AM

[somethingbypuccini 2]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 12:38am

Encores did Lil Abner! Starring Burke Moses and Alice Ripley.

I would love to see The Robber Bridegroom, Smile, and Greenwillow. But I Had a Ball would be marvelous.

[mamaleh]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 9:03am

Walking Happy
Maggie Flynn
Once on This Island

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 9:13am

I know it's been suggested here before, but definitely Darling of the Day.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 9:19am

Rags and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue even though I have a better chance of seeing the former happen in my lifetime.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 11:02am

The Encores' LIL' ABNER was God-Awful.

[Whatshisname]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 1:36pm

Plain and Fancy

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 2:01pm

Is it too soon for City of Angels or Secret Garden?

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 2:29pm

^ Never too soon for City of Angels.

How about HENRY SWEET HENRY?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 2:29pm

MACK & MABEL! Apparently Jerry Herman refuses to have Encores! do one of his shows, which is such a shame, that would be such a terrific show for them to do.
Then there's BALLROOM (sans Tyne Daly) and GOODTIME CHARLEY.
For their Off-Center, my dream list includes DAMES AT SEA and FLORA, THE RED MENACE. And they should bring back the Summer Stars series with a production of SHE LOVES ME.

[AC126748]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 2:31pm

I'd rather see a full revival of CITY OF ANGELS, with all of the wonderful atmospheric elements a large-scale production can offer.

I'd love to see DARLING OF THE DAY featuring Victoria Clark or even Bernadette.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 3:00pm

How about the Marc Blitzstein version of Threepenny Opera for the Off season?

[AC126748]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 3:02pm

^Blitzstein's THREEPENNY is being given a new production by Atlantic Theatre Company next season.

[newintown]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 3:04pm

Me, I'd like to hear a score I've never heard (although I'm sure that the original orchestrations for many of these are lost):

La, La, Lucille (1919) Gershwin
Tell Me More (1925) Gershwin
Song of the Flame (1925) Stothart/Gershwin
Yes, Yes, Yvette (1927)
The Five O'Clock Girl (1927) Ruby/Kalmar
Keep Shufflin' (1928 ) Waller
Treasure Girl (1928 ) Gershwin
Simple Simon (1930) Rodgers/Hart
Red, Hot and Blue (1936) Porter
Hooray For What! (1937) Arlen
Between the Devil (1937) Schwartz/Dietz
Higher and Higher (1940) Rodgers/Hart
Hold on to Your Hats (1940) Lane/Harburg
Billion Dollar Baby (1945) Comden/Green
Beggar's Holiday (1946) Ellington
Texas, Li'l Darlin' (1949) Mercer
Carnival in Flanders (1953) Rome
Sandhog (1954)
The Vamp (1955)
Shangri-La (1956)
The Body Beautiful (1958 ) Bock/Harnick
The Conquering Hero (1961) Charlap
13 Daughters (1961)
Dude (1972) MacDermot
Molly (1973)
A History of the American Film (1978 ) Mel Marvin/Durang
Saravà (1979) Mitch Leigh
Oh Brother! (1981) M Valenti

[StageStruckLad]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 3:13pm

Newintown, I love the score of OH BROTHER, and your post inspired me to see what the show's composer Michael Valenti has done since then. It turns out that he has composed lots of music since that show, including an entrance song for the Pope (!), but sadly it appears that he gave up musical theater.
Michael Valenti

[justoldbill]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 9:18pm

If it happens that certain cast members are cheating on preparation time for THE MOST HAPPY FELLA (just a hunch), I think Encores! should perform (and record) THE GOLDEN APPLE, and abandon any pretense of the old "time limitations" arguments.

Updated On: 6/25/13 at 09:18 PM

[BroadwayGuy12]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 9:40pm

Both of my Encores! wishes have already been mentioned: SMILE and PLAIN AND FANCY.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 6/25/13 at 11:46pm

Plain and Fancy just doesn't hold up anymore. It has a couple of nice songs and helped further Barbara Cook's career, but I saw it several times in summer stock at intervals of over ten years, and the second was strictly awful -- and Shirl Conway was in it.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 6/26/13 at 12:21am

I love the idea of The Robber Bridegroom. I've always been curious about that show.

[Dr. Kitchell]

Posted: 6/26/13 at 6:23am

Bajour
Wildcat (perhaps with Debra Messing)
Irene
Do I hear a Waltz?
Rex

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 6/26/13 at 8:21am

OH BROTHER
ERNEST IN LOVE
THE GOLDEN APPLE

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 6/26/13 at 10:41am

What is the reason why Jerry Herman won't let Encores do his shows?

I'd love to see Me and Juliet. Although imagine what seasons will be like in 30 years? Scandalous, In My Life, and Wonderland!

[temms]

Posted: 6/26/13 at 10:50am

Another vote for OH, BROTHER. The "Man"/"Tell Sweet Saroyana"/"What Do I Tell People" section of Act Two is one of my favorite stretches of Cast Album, period. Beautiful music, unsurpassable singing, and finally just all-out Musical Comedy Joy when Judy Kaye and a barbershop quartet suddenly turn it all into a "Lida Rose"/"Will I Ever Tell You" double duet. And those orchestrations! I know it's a title with zero recognition beyond our little clique of obsessives, but I think it would be killer.

And personally, "Dude" and "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" would comprise the rest of my Encores dream season, which is why I'll never run Encores.

[Enjolras77]

Posted: 6/26/13 at 11:18am

Two I'd like to see are Seesaw and Drat! The Cat!

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/26/13 at 12:23pm

How could I forget about SEESAW? That's probably my number one, actually.

Fashionguru, some people have said on the board that Herman doesn't want to see his shows done Encores! style, he wants lavish productions of his shows apparently. I'm not sure if MACK & MABEL counts, there was the Reprise LA production with Jane Krakowski and Douglas Sills that was rumored to transfer to Broadway, and I believe Reprise is similar to Encores.