Posted: 4/6/18 at 12:40am
A History of American Film. What I'd give to see, We're In a Salad, one more time. I don't think I've ever laughed as hard in my entire life.
Posted: 4/6/18 at 1:26am
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Posted: 4/6/18 at 6:03am
ChildofEarth said: "American Psycho for sure - or Groundhog Day. Both of these shows would have been the hits of the season this year."
Bless you...
Posted: 5/7/18 at 10:17pm
Check this out on eBay:
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c. 1965 PICKWICK 54 perf. musical flop HANDBILL Charles Dickens HARRY SECOMBE
Posted: 5/8/18 at 12:01am
Lot666 said: "BuddyStarr said: "I've seen a number of these shows that people want revived because they were a flop, however, they closed for a reason, they weren't good."
That's a bit pompous, don't you think? There are obviously people here whodisagree with your assessment, so what you're basically saying is "My opinion is the only valid one"."
Wasn’t trying to be pompous at all. I was just saying that these shows closed for a reason. I’ve listen to a lot of cast albums that I thought were great but closed early. It seems it’s the rare musical that can come back from the dead unless it’s totally redone.
Posted: 5/8/18 at 10:37am
I would say Carrie as well, but keeping the revised score from 2012 (which I adore) and keeping the revised book as well (though I would revise it a bit further). I would keep it small-ish, maybe like the LA in the round revival, at the Circle in the Square. Maybe even modernize it a bit ala Mean Girls and keep it with a great cast (I could see Carolee Carmelo as Margret, a new comer as Carrie and maybe someone like Alex Finke for Sue), I think the show definitely could work. Also, Jason Gotay playing Billy is totally a dream for me!
Posted: 5/8/18 at 11:23am
PACIFIC OVERTURES
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE...all 3 need to be revived with full scale productions!!~
Posted: 5/8/18 at 11:58am
Definitely agree on Catch Me If You Can; also would love to see Bridges of Madison County revived.
Posted: 5/8/18 at 12:03pm
I think most things can be revived successfully if they're done well. But hear me out
Ten years from now, a Great Comet revival done by someone who knows how to market the damn thing.
Posted: 5/8/18 at 1:45pm
Trust me. There's no reason to ever revive NEVER GONNA DANCE. The same goes for PLATINUM, Charles Strouse's A BROADWAY MUSICAL and THOU SHALL NOT.
Posted: 5/8/18 at 2:42pm
I "third" BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY,
the best score of this century so far. I have
no idea why it closed so quickly on Broadway,
The OBCR is amazing and the national tour
was so moving, I couldn't even talk about the
show for several days.
* Yes, I was alive well before 1990. About 35
years in fact.
** I had purposely avoided the book and film,
assuming them to be chick lit and flick,
respectively. So I was no fan of the "property",
just somebody who was given free tickets
to the musical.
Posted: 5/8/18 at 2:42pm
Wait... nobody wants a Thou Shalt Not revival? Next thing you know people will be clamoring for a Kelly revival.
Posted: 5/8/18 at 5:17pm
Having suffered through the Doyle version at Classic Stage, I'd love to see what Bartlett Sher and his big budget at Lincoln Center could do with Pacific Overtures.
Posted: 5/8/18 at 5:39pm
amaklo said: "Having suffered through the Doyle version at Classic Stage, I'd love to see what Bartlett Sher and his big budget at Lincoln Center could do with Pacific Overture
i am praying to the Theatre Gods to make this happen!!
Posted: 5/8/18 at 6:33pm
Totting things up from this thread, a theoretical "flop rehab" facility would allegedly do great business if it presented (leaving out the one-vote charlies):
American Psycho (13 votes)
Merrily We Roll Along (5 votes)
Groundhog Day, Carrie (tied for 4 votes)
Bright Star, Chess, Dance of the Vampires, The Bridges of Madison County, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (tied for 3 votes)
Caroline, or Change, Catch Me If You Can, Steel Pier, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, The Rink, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Bonnie and Clyde, Pacific Overtures (tied for 2 votes)
...that's one interesting group of shows to assemble into seasons. I can spot some "holiday" / seasonal placements (i.e., American Psycho, Carrie, and Vampires would make great Halloween fare, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is obvious Independence Day programming, Groundhog Day speaks for itself, Madison County would be good for Valentine's Day) right off the bat, and at least two seasons could sustain a "one Sondheim per" rule, but otherwise, it's a tough nut to crack.
Updated On: 5/8/18 at 06:33 PM
Posted: 5/8/18 at 10:21pm
It really is like, a legitimate national artistic tragedy that 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue survives only in neutered (and vocally inappropriate) "cantata" form. Much like Candide it does suffer from the usual dramatic shortfalls of a pageant-style show, but so much of it is so absolutely phenomenal that I can't imagine some flop rehab couldn't fix it up to be narratively robust enough to support the magnificent score. It's also politically ahead of its time (no surprise given Bernstein's fierce leftism), and does a fairly good job of muddling the first wives' roles to prevent outright white saviorness. Someone, somewhere, on this forum at one point messaged me that they had the original script for the show, but sadly I think they've disappeared - if anyone has it I would just die to be able to read it, because it's so close to being a masterpiece.
Posted: 5/8/18 at 10:26pm
Your Arms Too Short to Box with God.
I just wanna see what it's actually about and hear that score since it is never done.
Posted: 5/8/18 at 10:39pm
Posted: 5/8/18 at 10:44pm
QueenAlice said: "I saw CARRIE in Los Angeles at a special midnight performance. It was indeed right around Halloween and was a total gas. I wonder if they would ever do something like that on Broadway. That revival
wouldindeed be a great fit for Circle in the Square."
I’ve never seen any stage production of Carrie, but this has me wondering how this would work as a fully immersive Sleep No More take or semi-immersive Sweeney Todd production.
Posted: 5/8/18 at 11:16pm
Posted: 5/9/18 at 8:56am
I say this all the time, American Psycho.
Posted: 5/9/18 at 4:49pm
No rest for the wicked, huh? Updating the standings shortly. :P
