Lesser Known Shows That Need A Revival
#2
Posted: 8/28/08 at 7:12pm
The Golden Apple
"A coherent existance after so many years of muddle" - Desiree' Armfelt, A Little Night Music
"Life keeps happening everyday, Say Yes" - 70, Girls, 70
"Life is what you do while you're waiting to die" - Zorba
#3
Posted: 8/28/08 at 7:16pm
Ankles Aweigh
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#4
Posted: 8/28/08 at 7:24pm
The Grand Tour (which isn't as much of a lesser known show than most)
Anya
Maggie Flynn
Anya
Maggie Flynn
"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"
#6
Posted: 8/28/08 at 8:42pm
Sondheim's "Saturday Night"
I just started rehearsals for it and it's phenomenal.
I just started rehearsals for it and it's phenomenal.
#7
Posted: 8/28/08 at 10:12pm
70 Girls 70 probably does better Off Broadway.
Maggie Flynn was not to bad as I recall. Nice score & hard to believe one of the scores creators is the author of Flamingo Court.
Maggie Flynn was not to bad as I recall. Nice score & hard to believe one of the scores creators is the author of Flamingo Court.
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#8
Posted: 8/28/08 at 10:14pm
Grease
Oh wait...
Oh wait...
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#9
Posted: 8/28/08 at 10:30pm
The Spitfire Grill (off-bway)
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#10
Posted: 8/28/08 at 10:31pm
Drood!
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#11
Posted: 8/28/08 at 11:35pm
Subways are for Sleeping
"I long-ago realized that this country is a nation of
morons, when it comes to knowledge of anything outside, or beyond, pop culture." Steve Slezak
#12
Posted: 8/28/08 at 11:55pm
I agree with Purlie!
Martin Guerre
Wild Party (Lippa's version)
Martin Guerre
Wild Party (Lippa's version)
"We need people not to come to Broadway shows wearing shorts and flip-flops. We are working hard up here folks. Find a pair of socks."-Joanna Gleason
"I hear L. Ron Hubbard is gonna blow the ladies...and all that jazz! C'mon babe! We're gonna unicorn hug, I bought some NyQuil down....at Wal-Mart?!"-Bebe Neuwirth singing ATJ to Musical Mad Libs at DQYNJ :)
Updated On: 8/29/08 at 11:55 PM
#13
Posted: 8/29/08 at 12:00am
The Happy Time (maybe completely rework the show as well? I've heard plenty of negatives about the book).
-- SDG
#14
Posted: 8/29/08 at 12:10am
There's a reason a few of these shows are "lesser known" (i.e MARTIN GUERRE, SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING, etc).
PURLIE was recently done by Encores! starring the brilliant Anika Noni Rose, Lillias White and Blair Underwood in the title role. Unfortunately, it got a lukewarm reception from the Times and I'm not sure we'll be seeing it on the NY stage anytime soon. I do love Rose's "I Got Love" on the audio and I've heard White gave a brilliant performance, stopping the show with "He Can Do It."
PURLIE was recently done by Encores! starring the brilliant Anika Noni Rose, Lillias White and Blair Underwood in the title role. Unfortunately, it got a lukewarm reception from the Times and I'm not sure we'll be seeing it on the NY stage anytime soon. I do love Rose's "I Got Love" on the audio and I've heard White gave a brilliant performance, stopping the show with "He Can Do It."
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
Updated On: 8/29/08 at 12:10 AM
#15
Posted: 8/29/08 at 12:11am
inner city, maggie flynn , let it ride, good vrabtions.
#17
Posted: 8/29/08 at 12:16am
Sure, they wouldn't stay open long and will doubtfully come back to the stage but it would be nice for the fans of the obscure. :)
"We need people not to come to Broadway shows wearing shorts and flip-flops. We are working hard up here folks. Find a pair of socks."-Joanna Gleason
"I hear L. Ron Hubbard is gonna blow the ladies...and all that jazz! C'mon babe! We're gonna unicorn hug, I bought some NyQuil down....at Wal-Mart?!"-Bebe Neuwirth singing ATJ to Musical Mad Libs at DQYNJ :)
#19
Posted: 8/29/08 at 12:51am
Charles Strouse's MAYOR.
Not a fantastic musical, but it has two fantastically funny songs- "March of the Yuppies" and "Be a New Yorker."
I really only want to see a revival because I want to see Denis O' Hare in the title role. Lenny Wolpe originated, but I know that O' Hare could bring a totally new and exciting take to the role. If only the actual musical was better...
Not a fantastic musical, but it has two fantastically funny songs- "March of the Yuppies" and "Be a New Yorker."
I really only want to see a revival because I want to see Denis O' Hare in the title role. Lenny Wolpe originated, but I know that O' Hare could bring a totally new and exciting take to the role. If only the actual musical was better...
#20
Posted: 8/29/08 at 2:44am
In the case of Subways are for Sleeping, the reason for its obscurity cannot be the song score by Jule Styne, Betty Comden & Adolph Green, which is with few exceptions superior by a wide margin to anything composed for the musical stage the last 25 years or so. "Comes Once in A Lifetime" from Subways is one of musical theater's greatest songs. More likely the book, which was about the homeless in New York, was too controversial for a Broadway musical at the time and would have to be revised for any revival. But it would be worth it just to allow today's audiences to hear that fantastic score.
"I long-ago realized that this country is a nation of
morons, when it comes to knowledge of anything outside, or beyond, pop culture." Steve Slezak
Updated On: 8/29/08 at 02:44 AM
#21
Posted: 8/29/08 at 7:05pm
'Side Show' isn't really too much of a lesser known show is it? I mean outside of the Broadway Community, sure, but inside of the community it's pretty common.
I COMPLETELY agree with 'Subways are for Sleeping'. Wonderful score, wonderful concept.
I COMPLETELY agree with 'Subways are for Sleeping'. Wonderful score, wonderful concept.
"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"
#22
Posted: 8/29/08 at 7:09pm
Rags. With a score that strong they should be able to find a way to make the book work around it.
#23
Posted: 8/29/08 at 7:22pm
Agnes of God!
"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise
#24
Posted: 8/29/08 at 7:26pm
Agreed about Drood! Alice Ripley for the title role, please.
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