London GUYS AND DOLLS Broadway Bound

"The much-buzzed-about London revival of GUYS AND DOLLS, starring Ewan McGregor and Jane Krakowski, has recouped its $5.24 million investment in a speedy 17 weeks, Variety reported.

The staging has been a huge box-office success, no doubt partly due to the presence of its stars. The show opened June 1 at the Piccadilly. Michael Grandage directs.

GUYS AND DOLLS is produced by Howard Panter for Ambassador Theatre Group and David Ian for Clear Channel Entertainment. Another producer is American Arielle Tepper. According to the Variety article, the backers plan to open the show on Broadway in fall of 2006."

WOW...they would need big names to sell this.


http://www.playbill.com/news/article/95663.html

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Updated On: 10/13/05 at 07:31 PM

EDIT: Double-post.

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Updated On: 10/13/05 at 07:38 PM

I wonder how well this would fair now? The last revival ended only ten years ago.

It would need names to sell it and I doubt Ewan has time to do it on Broadway. I could see Krakowski signing on, however.

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This is an overall satisfying production, except for the mediocre Ewan Mcgregor. 'Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat' had some of the finest choreography i've seen in recent memory.

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Updated On: 10/13/05 at 08:09 PM

Jeez, the '92 revival made a huge impression here, and really touched off the general revival craze that is still with us. Seems too soon for me.

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They announced a revival of Night Music with Glenn Close for 2006 awhile ago, Plum, but I haven't heard anything about it in ages.

Hmm, it seems like the revival was too recent. It's got the history though! I love the show, I'd see it if it transfers.

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Ahh Jane was so good as Adelaide...it would be great to have her back on Broadway. Ewan does have other plans though..I do doubt he'd do it. I wonder who would be Skye then...

It would be great if Douglas Hodge signed on too....he was brilliant as Nathan Detroit.


But..can anyone else see Sutton Foster as Adelaide? I just always thought she could do that part really well...

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"Jeez, the '92 revival made a huge impression here, and really touched off the general revival craze that is still with us."

No it didn't.

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Wasn't seeing McGregor onstage the main selling point of this production? Who on earth will they get to replace him? I mean, Jane Krakowski's great, but she can't carry a show box office-wise.

Namo, can you elaborate? I really don't know much about this topic.

I thought Jane Krakowski and Douglas Hodge were the highlights of this show. Ewan was fun to see but his performance was weak in comparison to the others. It was a great production of G&D and I think it would do well on Broadway. I truly hope that Jane, and especially, Douglas will be considered for the NY run.

Surely they realize that the show recouped so quickly because of McGregor's presence? Without him, I can't imagine there is much demand for another Broadway production of this right now, unless they can line up Matt Damon or Hugh Jackman...

Oh and Best12, SWEENEY didn't play the Donmar. It's from the Watermill...

Re: Nathan Lane being a bigger star than Peter Gallagher, I don't think that Peter Gallagher's career is exactly chopped liver... since the 1992 revival, he *has* been doing projects like "The Player" (dir. by Robert Altman), "The Hudsucker Proxy" (dir. by the Coen brothers), "American Beauty" (dir. by Sam Mendes) and "The O.C." (created by Josh Schwartz). Just because he hasn't been on Broadway much since then doesn't mean he's dropped off the face of the earth.