Musical Revivals of the 2016-2017 Season

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 7:06pm

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

[¿Macavity?]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 7:20pm

Motown is coming back, but not as a revival.  Also there's Singin' in the Rain, and I think I heard something about a Children of a Lesser God revival.

EDIT: Sorry, I forgot that you asked about what musicals will be revived next season, not plays.

Updated On: 5/7/16 at 07:20 PM

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 7:54pm

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?

[¿Macavity?]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 8:30pm

^^^I'd say the Broadway, sorry Fiddler...

[Dysquith13]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 8:40pm

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

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 8:47pm

There's still rumors of SUNSET BOULEVARD coming back.

 

and GYPSY at Studio 54. 

 

But it there's no other Sondheim...  

Updated On: 5/7/16 at 08:47 PM

[broadwayboy223]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 8:49pm

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.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 8:49pm

Wait, is anything going into the Longacre? That's a Shubert house, no?

[AnnieBlack]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 9:19pm

My guess is the Wiz will go forward if Paramour ends

[JVJ93]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 9:49pm

Miss Saigon will take the Broadway either in November or Feb/March, depending on Fiddlers ticket sales. I heard Smokey Joes is going into the Belasco this summer. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 10:26pm

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.

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 10:38pm

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.

 

"

Which theater do you mean? The Lyric? 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 10:45pm

yes

[RW3]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 11:54pm

broadwayboy223 said: "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.


I think "The Wiz" is still going to happen. The only problem is that Kenny Leon is directing "Hairspray Live" and that is going to take up time from August-December. Thus, pushing "The Wiz" to a possible late spring opening.

 

[binau]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 11:56pm

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

[Mike66]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 12:15am

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

 

We just saw Glenn Close in London -- and while she was fabulous, I cant see her doing an extended run of 8/week.  Maybe she and Murphy can split the shows?  Now THAT would be interesting.

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 1:25am

What is replacing King and I this fall?

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 1:35am

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 

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 10:35am

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 

 

"

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]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 10:45am

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

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 12:04pm

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

 

"

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

[BroadMagTech]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 1:19pm

SmoothLover said: "What is replacing King and I this fall?

 

King and I is closing?

 

[theatreguy12]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 3:05pm

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. 

[Petrichor]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 5:50pm

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

 

"

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

 

"

Ahh, bummer...

Also, is King and I really closing?! If so, that's yet another show I'll need to hurry up and see.

[NewsiesForever]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 6:29pm

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.