Musical Revivals of the 2016-2017 Season

What musicals are being revived this upcoming season? Here's what comes to my mind so far. Please add if I've forgotten anything:

Confirmed

• Cats in the Neil Simon – summer 2016 opening
• Falsettos in the Walter Kerr – fall 2016 opening
• Hello, Dolly! in Theatre TBD – spring 2017 opening
• Miss Saigon in Theatre TBD – spring 2017 opening

TBD/Rumored/Potential

• Smokey Joe's Café
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• The Wiz

Updated On: 5/7/16 at 07:06 PM

Do we have an updates on Miss Saigon. Unless Great Comet of 1812 tanks, it is going to have to go to a different Shubert Theatre. So that means it is either going to the Broadway, Winter Garden, or Shubert. Which one do you think?

School of Rock seems to be doing well, so I'm not sure they'll give up the Winter Garden so soon. I think it'll be either The Broadway or The Shubert.

Even if The Great Comet flops, it seems like it may take a bit to change the seating layout back to normal. Then again, it's starting previews pretty soon after Les Mis closes, so who knows?

Updated On: 5/7/16 at 08:40 PM

Is Sondheim still working a new show? Also is the Wiz even happening still? I get the feeling it's not. We would've heard something by now.

My guess is the Wiz will go forward if Paramour ends

Is CIRQUE still buying that theatre? Because the talk was that they were purchasing it to solely house CIRQUE shows in from here on out.

yes

Is Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close or Donna Murphy? (or someone else :P)?

What is replacing King and I this fall?

LightsOut90 said: "Jordan Catalano said: "Is CIRQUE still buying that theatre? Because the talk was that they were purchasing it to solely house CIRQUE shows in from here on out.



No Cirque entered into a 10 year deal with ATG to program the theater, ATG aint giving up a house anytime soon, they very much want to be in the Broadway game to the effect they are reviving the Hudson to have another theater in their portfolio



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Correct me if I heard you wrong. So Cirque has the rights to put their shows into the Lyric for the next 10 years?

Petrichor said: "Is RENT coming back to Broadway in the fall or is it just a tour?



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It's just a 20th anniversary non-equity tour.

Looking forward to Falsettos.

Hello Dolly? I think I I'll take a pass. I like the show, but I've seen it with Carol Channing, and while I really like Bette Midler, her persona is so big that I'd feel like I was watching Better Midler play a character named Dolly Levi. Not sure I could suspend disbelief enough with her.

As big as Carol Channing was in the theater world, and as connected as she had become to the role, I was still able to connect with the character rather than drift back to who was playing her. If that makes sense.

Midler is hugely talented and I consider myself a fan. But she's almost so big that it would be hard to lose her in the character. Again, if that makes sense.

I really excited for the CATS revival, but I do hope that Rum Tum Tugger does not rap like he did in the British nearly revived version, apparently people did not like the new number. Hopefully they return the song to its original glam rock form.