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Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
#25re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 5:43pm
Bryan had little-to-no life after Cry-Baby's original production...
Anyway, there have been surprisingly few productions of Fiorello! after its original Broadway staging, at least in my area. Not to say there haven't been any, of course, but I know that no high schools in the DC metropolitan area put it on in the last ten years, and I haven't heard of any recent regional productions.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#26re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 5:45pm
COCO
Is BARNUM is done?
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#27re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 5:46pmI saw a dinner theatre production of Barnum once. Only because a friend was in it.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#28re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 5:48pmWhat about Timbuktu? No Strings? Pipe Dream? Me and Juliet? Hallelujah, Baby?
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#29re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 5:57pmThe Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall. There's about 1 production of it every 5-10 years.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#30re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 6:11pmAnyone know of any regional theaters doing a production of Baby. I really like the music and would love to see the show.
#31re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 6:12pmIf you go to mtishows.com and go to Baby's page, you can find any regional productions happening.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
bwaylvsong
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#32re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 6:26pm
Kismet!
I wish I could've caught it at Encores, but I love the recording. How different is Timbuktu?
BDrischBDemented
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/05
#33re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 6:57pmHas there ever been a regional production of "The Magic Show"? How could you do it without the original illusions? Or rather, why would you...
"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!"
#34re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 7:00pmThanks wickedfan!!
#35re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 8:08pmThere was a pretty well recieved production in chicago a year or two ago of Fiorello. I think the little life shows now are Kismet and Applause.
<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
husk_charmer
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#36re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 8:14pm
Yea, a production of Fiorello was done last fall here in Texas.
My first thought was "Hallelujah, Baby" followed by "Passion."
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#37re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 8:14pmThey did Kismet in England about two years ago... it was a horrible, painful flop, though.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#38re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 8:21pm
How about that Tony-winning Best Musical REDHEAD.
And here's a list for you:
ARI
1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
UTTER GLORY OF MORRISEY HALL
PLATINUM
SARAVA
GRIND
A DOLL'S LIFE
MERLIN
TIMBUKTU
LEGS DIAMOND
ILLYA DARLING
A JOYFUL NOISE
I'M SOLOMON
RUGANTINO
There are others that could be added to that list - their common factor is that they ALL were at the Mark Hellinger!
2016 These Paper Bullets (1/02) Our Mother's Brief Affair (1/06), Dragon Boat Racing (1/08), Howard - reading (1/28), Shear Madness (2/10), Fun Home (2/17), Women Without Men (2/18), Trip Of Love (2/21), The First Gentleman -reading (2/22), Southern Comfort (2/23), The Robber Bridegroom (2/24), She Loves Me (3/11), Shuffle Along (4/12), Shear Madness (4/14), Dear Evan Hansen (4/16), American Psycho (4/23), Tuck Everlasting (5/10), Indian Summer (5/15), Peer Gynt (5/18), Broadway's Rising Stars (7/11), Trip of Love (7/27), CATS (7/31), The Layover (8/17), An Act Of God (8/31), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (8/24), Heisenberg (10/12), Fiddler On The Roof (11/02), Othello (11/23), Dear Evan Hansen (11/26), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (12/21) 2017 In Transit (2/01), Groundhog Day (4/04), Ring Twice For Miranda (4/07), Church And State (4/10), The Lucky One (4/19), Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (5/16), Building The Wall (5/19), Indecent (6/01), Six Degrees of Separation (6/09), Marvin's Room (6/28), A Doll's House Pt 2 (7/25) Curvy Widow (8/01)
#39re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 10:23pm
LA STRADA
Someone please hire Bernadette Peters to do a studio recording soon!! She needs to record "Starfish, Seagull, Pebble" and "Belonging" officially.
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#40re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 10:40pm
Redhead
Dangerous Games
Buturrio Square (or whatever it was called)
Destry Rides Again
Whoop-Up
Pipe Dream
Me and Juliet (altough I hate the show)
The Vamp -- has anyone ever found a copy of that?
BroadwayEd
#41re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 11:09pmWe're planning on doing THE STORY OF MY LIFE at my local theater the second the rights open up to it. I can't wait!!!!!
<-- Tevye, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, March 2018
#42re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 11:14pmIm glad that Grey Gardens has had alot of life after it closed. Why do the creators of Carrie not allow it to be produced. I am sure lots of theatres would kill to do it.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#43re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 11:30pm
Nick and Nora
The Life
Whorehouse Goes Public
Cyrano The Musical ( Thank someone that this piece of crap has been lost!!)
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
Tazber's: Reply to
Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian
#44re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 11:42pm
I believe High FIdelity is having a sit-down "local" production for a while in Chicago.
The Dead was performed for a few Xmas' in a row at the Court in Chicago.
And didn't Northlight Theatre (again, Chicago area) recently do Grey Gardens?
wally
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#45re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/4/09 at 11:59pmThere was a production of Raisin a few years ago, in Chicago.
#46re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/5/09 at 12:02amI really do not hear much about Piazza anymore, the latest I heard is that the closest regional theatre to me is going to put it on soon...anyone else have LITP near them?
Whoever says money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to shop. - Bo Derek
#47re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/5/09 at 12:12amA major regional company in Boston did Light in the Piazza last winter.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#48re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/5/09 at 12:13amSHERRY!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#49re: Musicals that had little-to-no-life after their original production?
Posted: 7/5/09 at 12:34am
Buttrio Square was the title.
Some of the shows mentioned in previous threads were presented at the Musicals in Mufti series: Darling of the Day (twice), A Doll's Life, Me and Juliette, Grind.
Encores presented No Strings and Applause.
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