Long needed revivals- Page 2

[emilyfaye48]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 10:45pm

puuuulease Cats

[madbrian]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 10:48pm

I suggested Mame before, but I should have included my cast:

Mame: Andrea McArdle
Vera: Beth Leavel
Gooch: Rachel Dratch
Beau: Boyd Gaines

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 10:55pm

My Fair Lady
Into the Woods
Anything Goes
Camelot
City of Angels
Follies
Godspell
Secret Garden

[Eris0303]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 10:56pm

I would love to see How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying starring Aaron Tveit as Finch (I know he's a bit young for the role, but I really think he'd be great) and Leigh Ann Larkin as Rosemary.

When I was in college there was some discussion of doing the feminist version of H2$ with Ponty as a woman and all of the secretaries would be men. It never got past the discussion phase and I don't think anyone ever even contacted the rights holders to see if these sort of changes would be feasible.

[vfd88]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 10:59pm

Some of these might have been on Broadway too recently to warrant a revival, but I don't care.

Urinetown
Passion
Parade
Merrily We Roll Along
Carousel
My Fair Lady (With either Audra McDonald, although she may be too old, or Laura Benanti as someone previously mentioned).

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 11:12pm

Eris, the feminist version of How to Succeed could be very, very funny, I like that one!

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 11:16pm

vfd, Laura Benanti mentioned wanting to play Fosca in Passion, and I for one think she'd be fabulous.

[little_sally]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 11:22pm

Edwin Drood
How to Succeed... (with Hunter Foster as Finch)
Pippin

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 11:24pm

I should mention my cast for Virginia Woolf:

Glenn Close and Alec Baldwin, as George and Martha
Christian Slater and Anna Paquin, as Nick and Honey
Updated On: 7/23/09 at 11:24 PM

[Eris0303]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 11:26pm

Eris, the feminist version of How to Succeed could be very, very funny, I like that one!

Thanks...I had the idea when the revival opened when I was in high school. Listening to the cast recording I wondered why a guy couldn't be happy to keep HER dinner warm? I went to a womens college so I broached the idea to them and it was well-received but our department was so small that it never really went anywhere. As I said - I don't think they even looked into it. I don't think it would be overly hard to do. Most of the cast are referred to by their last names so that wouldn't be an issue. The only person who needed a new name would be Rosemary. And anything with three syllables would work. Chris-to-pher. Jon-a-thon.

[Dre2387]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 11:28pm

Eris0303, I so agree with you on the Crazy For You revival. We need some Gershwin in our lives right now, in this time of turmoil. It was the first show I saw when I was 5 or 6 and it so needs to be revised. I mean, Chorus Line was gone for about the same amount of time before it was brought back.

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 11:30pm

Or how about

Robe-spierre?

[Eris0303]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 11:33pm

We need some Gershwin in our lives right now, in this time of turmoil.

That's one of the reasons why I would like it revived. I think we need it. It's such a happy and fun show. A great place to forget your troubles for just a short time.

[singtopher]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 11:46pm

Drood and Once on This Island please.

[claudioislove]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 11:52pm

Ahh yes, it would be awesome to have a Drood revival. And Jesus Christ Superstar. Gavin Creel actually got cast as Jesus in said revival, but it's still in Broadway abyss, which is sad.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:03am

That was Godspell. Not Jesus Christ Superstar.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:24am

Drood would be wonderful to have revived again. It's a terrific, underrated show.

[dayao]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 3:51am

I would love to see a revival of FIORELLO! with my dream cast:
Fiorello LaGuardia: Raul Esparza
Ben Marino: Barry Bostwick
Morris: Gregg Edelman
Thea: Tammy Blanchard
Marie: Rachel York

[axelsrose]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 9:28am

I'd take either a Godspell or Jesus Christ Superstar if Gavin Creel was cast!

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:19pm

Lady in the Dark -- It's a show that all theatre devotees know about but that relatively few of us have seen.
Brigadoon
On the Town -- Full-staged production, please.
The Golden Apple
Little Me -- with Nathan Lane
Camino Real
Sweet Bird of Youth
Mourning Becomes Electra

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:24pm

I so wish they would get over the rights problems with PIPE DREAM so someone could rewrite the book.

Oh, and--once again--THE GOLDEN APPLE.

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:28pm

On the Twentieth century - Actors Fund Cast: Mazzie, Sills,Worley

Dracula(the play) with the designs by Gorey

The Royal Family with Rosemary Harris this time playing Fannie Cavendish - actually I would like to see anything with Ms. Harris

Amadeus

Hello Dolly (just not the same production)

[Eris0303]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:31pm

Mourning Becomes Electra

That just closed.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:31pm

Totally agree, Borstal. I never saw the show, but I really like Pipe Dream's score and feel that it's better than Allegro or Me and Juliet. I mean, there are some shows that admittedly suffered from bad books from the get-go but that people have been tinkering with over and over (Candide, Mack and Mabel, St. Louis Woman, etc.). Let someone try to fix Pipe Dream -- at least theatregoers would be hearing a much-above-average score.

[AvenueQResident]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:34pm

PIPPIN!