Foxwoods back to the Lyric; Kong out, On the Town in... — Page 2

There has GOT to be a major star(s) attached to the On The Town revival, otherwise the producers don't have a snowball's chance of turning a profit in that theater.

I agree that the Miss Saigon revival would be a better candidate for the Lyric, rather than a show that the majority of the public has never heard of. The Lyric is just a bad space in general; when I saw Young Frankenstein from the balcony I felt like I may as well have been sitting across the street at the New Amsterdam.

Although I have to say, I'm very happy about the name change. I thought 'Foxwoods Theater' was an awful name, as was 'Ford Center For The Performing Arts' and 'Hilton Theater'.

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Updated On: 3/6/14 at 03:24 PM

The last revival in 1998 at the similar behemoth Gershwin lasted all bur 5 minutes.

So with timing and how likely this will last and depending if the West End revival of Miss Saigon, which opens in May is well recieved this still could be possible for Miss Saigon to open at the newly renamed Lyric next spring or fall. But then again this won't happen as Cameron Mackintosh and the Shuberts have an extrodonary relationship going back years.

It seems like they are really trying give that whole theatre a makeover. Starting with the name change.

Going back to that classic musical theatre piece seems like a marketing strategy. Plus, you know, 42nd street (a similar show to OTT) ran there for four years so, it's not totally hopeless?

Really interested to see how this pans out.

"For all we know they're giving the producers a major break in rent just to have something in there for a short time, until KONG is ready to pounce."

I suspect this is the reason. Of course if it does become a huge hit it could transfer, or something.

They should give out small portable oxygen tanks to those sitting upstairs along will military style binoculars.

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I think this is a filler whilst King Kong sorts itself out. The show is heard of and know and could do alright with tourists wanting to see a typical broadway-esq show but unless it has some major star names I can't see it being a money spinner at all... But hey, be nice to see the show large scale and hopefully with full dance.

Cameron apparently fell out with Nederlanders a while back and for the last 20 or so years only goes into Schubert venue. The Oklahoma broadway revival wasn't cameron produced I don't think...

King Kong I would imagine is looking at Summer 2015...I think Charlie could end up at The broadway theatre and Miss Saigon at the Schubert Theatre if I had to guess...

stand corrected!

maybe it was this production there was a falling out with. i can't remember it fully but there was a rumour or article that did say of a falling out

Agree with the posters that it will mostly be lost at the Lyric. Its two previous Broadway revivals at the Imperial and the Gershwin were major failures and it had a modest run off Broadway in the late 50's. Why is it called such a beloved musical-- there's been little audience love for it since it was originally done. Beloved musicals are more like "The King and I", "Fiddler on the Roof", "West Side Story," "The Music Man", "Guys and Dolls", "Oklahoma!" and "Carousel". I would be more excited to see any of those shows than "On the Town", and what is an intimate musical doing in such a large theatre anyway?

>I think that there Are so many other classic musicals that could work here that On the Town seems strange.<

Such as? Revivals of Cabaret, The King & I, Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady, Les Miserables, Into the Woods, Hello, Dolly!, Funny Girl are either on stage now, or in early talks or advanced development for an upcoming season. The past 15 years have had major revivals (with varying degrees of success) of Kiss Me, Kate, South Pacific, The Music Man, Oklahoma!, Bells Are Ringing, Jesus Christ Superstar (twice), Follies (twice), La Cage aux Folles (twice), Gypsy (twice), Guys & Dolls, Man of La Mancha, Sweet Charity, Wonderful Town, The Pajama Game, Company, A Little Night Music, A Chorus Line, 110 in the Shade, Hair, West Side Story, Pal Joey, Bye Bye Birdie, Finian's Rainbow, Anything Goes, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Porgy & Bess, Evita, Annie and Pippin, among others.

If there are so many other classic musicals that haven't been revived recently, what are they?

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