Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 4:41pm

There have been over the years many musicals that were announced & were never heard from again

Some I can remember were Lionel Barts Hunchback & Pocketful Of Miracles

[Gavin Rehfeldt]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 5:01pm

I was reading about Michael Bennett's SCANDAL last night. The conception and subsequent workshops have such a fascinating story I wish a film would be made. Maybe I should take a stab at the screenplay? I mean Michael was right, how do you sell an audience on a musical about sexual freedom when the director is sick as a result of being diagnosed with AIDS?

Of course, there is Steinman's Batman, but we've talked about that recently enough.

[markypoo]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 5:30pm

There was one called RIVIERA RENDEZVOUS that had casting notices on a regular basis in Variety back in about 1977.
Then, nothing.
Wonder who the creators were?

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 5:41pm

The musical adaptation of Sunset Boulevard that Gloria Swanson tried to get mounted.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 5:56pm

THE MAMBO KINGS. Artwork was already up at the Broadway Theatre in NYC. The show closed quickly out-of-town.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 6:05pm

LONE STAR.

[sweetTb'way]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 6:11pm

Angels?

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 6:11pm

First show I thought of was LONE STAR LOVE

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 7:36pm

I was thinking more along the lines of those never produced

[Justin_Hall]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 7:46pm

Wasn't there supposed to be a musical version of Here Comes Mr. Jordan?

[strummergirl]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 9:27pm

I read in Time Magazine in 2005 that there was something in the works called Monica The Musical. It featured Frenchie Davis as Clinton's Secretary. Yes, it was a musical about that Monica that also had a Hillary-Reno affair. This definitely felt like it belonged in the crazy ideas for a musical thread.

Here's the website for the show with much press before the NYMF performance but absolutely nothing afterward.

http://www.monicathemusical.com/press/clippings.html

Did it even go through with its date? Did it even have any ambition to move beyond the NYMF?

[AvenueQResident]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 9:57pm

I remember an article about a year ago saying a 'Flintstones' musical was in the works. Haven't heard about that since.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 10:46pm

Ever After, if that counts.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 11:00pm

Didn't Jerry Mitchell get asked to take over direction for The Mambo Kings?

[Eris0303]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 11:03pm

Last I heard Angels was going to tour Australia but that was back in March and one member of the cast is in the Legally Blonde tour.

[onedaymore]

Posted: 12/21/09 at 11:19pm

Wasn't Merrily We Roll Along only open on Bway for 15 performances?

[lull89]

Posted: 12/22/09 at 12:30am

Remember when Donald Trump was doing all sorts of stuff right after the first season of The Apprentice started because it was a breakout hit and he announced that they were developing The Apprentice: The Musical? Nothing ever happened there, did it?
Updated On: 12/22/09 at 12:30 AM

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 12/22/09 at 1:18am

The Mambo Kings came to mind for me as well. Man, I really wanted to see it too.

[degrassifan]

Posted: 12/22/09 at 2:15am

Lizzie, I was going to put Ever After too, but I think it's still being aimed for Broadway according to Marcy Heisler. I hope it does make it because I love the movie and I've heard three songs from it, and they are simply beautiful. I've been listening to them non-stop for about a month or two.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/22/09 at 2:25am

[Act4ever]

Posted: 12/22/09 at 9:29am

SPIDER-MAN hasn't vanished so quickly... I feel like it's been on the radar forever... even if it never happens, at this point, people will feel like it did happen just because of all the hullabaloo about it

[Trekkie2]

Posted: 12/22/09 at 9:43am

Princess Bride, Urinetown prequel, and a Muppet musical (I believe plans were halted after Jim Henson died).

Posted: 12/22/09 at 10:51am

Anyone know what happened to the Houdini Musical that Hugh Jackman was supposedly working on? Is that dead, or merely put on hold?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/22/09 at 11:02am

I attended the Urinetown prequel, Yeast Nation, at the Chicago premiere a few months ago. It's still in the works.

These are a few I remember being announced that have yet to surface:

Broom Hilda
Betty Boop
A Little Princess
Leap of Faith
Pure Country

[strummergirl]

Posted: 12/22/09 at 11:07am

Once Around The Sun