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If you could Revive it...
nycdncr
Leading Actor Joined: 7/25/04
#25re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 1:54pm
i know they would damage it....they actually tried it in the 80's. it's in the book, 'the longest line'. they updated costumes, lyrics, and lines. didn't work, so it was all changed back.
a revival of ACL would be like stepping back into history. nostalgia.
i always say, 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it.'
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says, "I will try again tomorrow."
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#26re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 2:03pm
Nobody said to update it.... lol just revive it.
Y'know, what I would have given to see Vicki Frederick as Cassie!
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If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...
nycdncr
Leading Actor Joined: 7/25/04
#27re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 2:07pm
right, but the trend seems to be to change the show when they revive it.
prime example:
-42nd street - they made it a glossy 2 dimensional show lacking the heart the original version had.
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says, "I will try again tomorrow."
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#28re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 2:13pmThis is very true. I think it's all a matter of getting the right people to handle it....
"You're every gay man's wet dream!" ~ MA
If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...
#29re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 2:15pmA Little Night Music WITHOUT Glenn Close --
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nycdncr
Leading Actor Joined: 7/25/04
#30re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 2:17pmi'd also like to see a PIPPIN revival.
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says, "I will try again tomorrow."
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#31re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 2:39pm
Dreamgirls - with the original cast!!! I want to go back in time to see it again.
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Jersey_Girl
Understudy Joined: 6/10/04
#32re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 2:54pmOnce on this Island - anyone else remember this fabulous show from about 10 years ago?
jayem1968
Stand-by Joined: 6/9/04
#33re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 2:57pmWest Side Story....what's taking so long??
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BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#34re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:14pmI would love to see a revival of ACL. When I first saw ACL at a local theater, I thought the Kristin Chenowith would be a good Val. I love the idea of Hunter and Jen as Al and Kristine. I think Tonya is a little old to be Cassie, but Bebe would be amazing. However I think that Chorus Line should have a cast of unknowns. No one in the original was known, and I think it should be the same for the revival. The show itself would bring people in to see it, so I dont think they would need big names. The show would also be very easy to run because of its minimal sets and costumes and effects.
Elphie6689
Stand-by Joined: 7/24/04
#35re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:20pmI think Funny Girl would be great with Idina as Fanny Brice!!!
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#36re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:30pm
Definitely Pippin---with Gavin Creel as Pippin.
A Chorus Line
West Side Story
And I've recently fallen in love with the "City of Angels" cast recording---I'd love if there was a revival of that in a few years.
#37re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:32pmYou know, it's funny - for years the two shows I wanted to see revived most on Broadway were Fiddler on the Roof and Little Shop of Horrors. And they were both revived this past season, but both were considered blase and not worth it. So now I've stopped wishing for revivals!
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GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#39re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:51pm
I would LOVE a Once on this Island revival. It could be so amazing. The material is all there. 
Also, bring Bat Boy to Broadway! (it wouldn't be a revival, though)
sprokspork101
Chorus Member Joined: 7/25/04
#40re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 6:00pmYES!! bring bat boy back! kaitlin hopkins needs to be in something!
#41re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 6:04pmkaitlin is doing something she is currently in bare (which is getting ready to reopen offbroadway) and is trying to make its way to broadway (give it a few months to a year ti will replace rent)
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"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
#42re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 9:32pmSutton Foster was actually in A Chorus Line at the community theatre I'm really involved with many years ago. I don't remember which part she played but we have a nice little frame with her Millie stuff and Chorus Line stuff that her high school director gave us because he's one of members.
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#43re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 9:43pm
Besides the many shows said, would
Hello Again make a good show for Broadway.
I heard it was done at Lincoln Center awhile ago,
but could it do it again but for Broadway this time?
I am not myself, but i become a character in itself, to only hope that my transformation is not of me, but of whom i characterize myself to be..
PJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#44re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 9:58pm
Funny Girl w/ Idina Menzel
Gypsy w/ Idina Menzel or Sutton Foster
Annie Get Your Gun w/ Kristin Chenoweth
Mame w/ Kristin Chenoweth
skingdom
Broadway Star Joined: 6/29/03
#45re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/28/04 at 1:54am
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Me and My Girl
Into the Woods ( twenty years or so)
Uggh, please nothing with Brian Stokes Mitchell.
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