Ideal Revivals- Page 2

[TommyWho99]

Posted: 6/17/25 at 9:12am

Bug, The Pillowman, Good, Frost/Nixon, American Idiot, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and The Frogs.

[FolliesCabaret]

Posted: 6/17/25 at 9:17am

Sweet Charity starring Annaleigh Ashford.

Bye Bye Birdie starring Krysta Rodriguez.

Show Boat starring Amber Gray.

I also very randomly would love to see Sutton Foster in LoveMusik.

[SkidRow82]

Posted: 6/17/25 at 9:25am

A New Brain, Mame, Kiss of the Spider Woman 

And keeping my fingers crossed this upcoming Bat Boy results in a full-fledged revival... oh... and in the "never gunna happen slot" ..... Smile. 

[nealb1]

Posted: 6/17/25 at 11:28am

"Me & My Girl"
"Mame," with Catherine Zeta-Jones.  Jerry Herman said many times that he thought she would be terrific.  

[darquegk]

Posted: 6/17/25 at 12:50pm

I’d love to see American Idiot again, especially if they continue the trend of Saint Jimmy being cast as an alternative rock star from the nineties and aughts.

Can you imagine the lines around the block if they announced Gerard Way for one week only?

[JSquared2]

Posted: 6/17/25 at 1:30pm

darquegk said: "I’d love to see American Idiot again, especially if they continue the trend of Saint Jimmy being cast as an alternative rock star from the nineties and aughts.

Can you imagine the lines around the block if they announced Gerard Way for one week only?"

 

Who??

And yes, I googled him.

[sppunk]

Posted: 6/17/25 at 1:40pm

I’d like also to see a new God of Carnage. The one 15 or whatever years ago was exceptional.  

[Melissa25]

Posted: 6/17/25 at 3:51pm

Aida

Man of La Mancha

The Light in the Piazza

Me and My Girl

Beauty and the Beast

Boeing-Boeing

The Seafarer

The Cripple of Inishmaan

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 6/17/25 at 4:04pm

“Who??

And yes, I googled him.”


so then you have your answer weirdo. 

[tomorrowBIGLITES]

Posted: 6/17/25 at 4:41pm

Benanti Grey Gardens with Bernadette

[Peter Barker]

Posted: 6/17/25 at 4:57pm

The Most Happy Fella is the very first play I thought of! And I only know it because of the episode in I Love Lucy when the foursome go to see it.

"Standing on the corner, watching all the girls go by!"

[uncageg]

Posted: 6/17/25 at 5:13pm

I would love to see a revival of "A Class Act" also. I have listened to the Cast Recording a lot since it's release. I never saw it but I think it is a smaller show and would love to see it play a smaller theater like The Booth or Jones.

Updated On: 6/17/25 at 05:13 PM

[fosterfan2]

Posted: 6/17/25 at 6:36pm

Katrina Lenk in Kiss of the Spider Woman. Yes,I know she's 50,but Chita was 62 when she played Aurora. Katrina has a background in dance and she has a great sultry-sounding voice that she uses when a part or song calls for it.

[OrchardAndRivington]

Posted: 6/18/25 at 10:38pm

uncageg said: "I would love to see a revival of "A Class Act" also. I have listened to the Cast Recording a lot since it's release. I never saw it but I think it is a smaller show and would love to see it play a smaller theater like The Booth or Jones."

Daniel Radcliffe would be a great Ed Kleban in A Class Act who could sell the tickets needed to make this profitable.. Hudson would be a good size house for it..

[WindyNewYorker]

Posted: 6/18/25 at 11:07pm

Jack Black doing A Gentlemen’s guide to love and murder..or Alex Brightman.

Light in the piazza with Ruthie Ann Miles or Kelli O’Hara.

Updated On: 6/18/25 at 11:07 PM

[Jstone08]

Posted: 6/19/25 at 12:30am

I’m willing to wait 5-10 years for this but I hope Les mis comes back eventually with groban as valjean 

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 6/19/25 at 1:01pm

I know that very few of you on this board are old enough to have seen Fiorello (which has never been revived) but I think it's make an absolutely GREAT revival given today's political climate. It's one of the only musicals to have won both the Best Musical Tony and  Pulitzer Prize. It has a sensational score that ranges from the funny (see "Politics and Poker" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APsYihdXPRE) to wonderful ballads like "When Did I fall in Love?" (Here's Audra's version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfbeV6ToyCw

Lemme know what you think.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 6/19/25 at 1:06pm

RaisedOnMusicals said: "I know that very few of you on this board are old enough to have seen Fiorello (which has never been revived) but I thinkit's make an absolutely GREAT revival given today's political climate. It's one of the only musicals to have won both the Best Musical Tony and Pulitzer Prize. It has a sensational score that ranges from the funny (see "Politics and Poker"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APsYihdXPRE) to wonderful ballads like "When Did I fall in Love?" (Here's Audra's version:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfbeV6ToyCw

Lemme know what you think."

 

Encores tried it twice -- and both times were underwhelming.  Unfortunately it's one of those shows with a great score, but a book that hasn't held up (and it is just as dated as HOW TO SUCCEED now).

[uncageg]

Posted: 6/19/25 at 3:30pm

OrchardAndRivington said: "uncageg said: "I would love to see a revival of "A Class Act" also. I have listened to the Cast Recording a lot since it's release. I never saw it but I think it is a smaller show and would love to see it play a smaller theater like The Booth or Jones."

Daniel Radcliffe would be a great Ed Kleban in A Class Act who could sell the tickets needed to make this profitable.. Hudson would be a good size house for it.."

Totally forgot about The Hudson but yeah, that would be a good house also. I think Radcliffe would be a good choice also, but I would not pay an astronomical ticket price to see it. 

 

[halfhourcheckwithmerman]

Posted: 6/19/25 at 8:41pm

WindyNewYorker said: "Jack Black doing A Gentlemen’s guide to love and murder..or Alex Brightman."

YES!
 

 

[jagman106]

Posted: 6/19/25 at 9:45pm

Grand Hotel

City of Angels

Nine

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Any Shakespeare Play 

Who's Afraid... with Laurie Metchalf

Brigadoon (I'm surprised Bartlett Sher didn't attempt it at LCT, but after Camelot, I guess he won't go near the property)

Strange Interlude

Barnum

 

[Ke3]

Posted: 6/20/25 at 4:40pm

fosterfan2 said: "Katrina Lenk in Kiss of the Spider Woman. Yes,I know she's 50,but Chita was 62 when she played Aurora. Katrina has a background in dance and she has a great sultry-sounding voice that she uses when a part or song calls for it."

Due to Aurora's function in the story I think you can cast it with any age really. And perhaps controversially, I don't even think dance is essential to making Spider Woman work. Aurora's star power was portrayed through dance because Chita was Chita. While I would prefer a high kicking Aurora, I wouldn't storm out of the theater if faced with a different interpretation. 

[pmensky]

Posted: 6/20/25 at 5:47pm

Ke3 said: "fosterfan2 said: "Katrina Lenk in Kiss of the Spider Woman. Yes,I know she's 50,but Chita was 62 when she played Aurora. Katrina has a background in dance and she has a great sultry-sounding voice that she uses when a part or song calls for it."

Due to Aurora's function in the story I think you can cast it withany age really. And perhaps controversially, I don't even think dance is essential to making Spider Woman work. Aurora's star power was portrayed through dance because Chita wasChita. While I would prefer a high kicking Aurora, I wouldn't storm out of the theater if faced with a different interpretation."

I respectfully disagree about the dancing. Aurora, as conceived in Kiss of the Spider Woman, is more than just a fantasy, she’s an embodiment of old-Hollywood allure, crafted deliberately for a bona fide triple threat. Her presence is meant to embody the polish of a classic movie star, which includes not just vocal power and acting depth, but undeniable movement, a command of the stage that only dance can provide. Stripping that element away dilutes the theatrical language the show speaks in.

I think part of the reason this revival has taken so long is because the role demands someone who can carry both the artistic weight and the marquee power to make it resonate. Names like Beyoncé and Lady Gaga have floated around, but those were more dream casting than tangible possibilities. It wasn’t until Ariana DeBose’s Oscar win that people started to sense a revival might actually be within reach. Nicole Scherzinger, in many ways, is an even more natural fit being technically gifted, theatrically savvy, and finally receiving the recognition that aligns with the magnitude of the role.

[morosco]

Posted: 6/20/25 at 6:13pm

Bryan Cranston in DEATHTRAP

Cherry Jones in AGNES OF GOD