Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Musicals that should've had a longer run...
AKarp2013
Broadway Star Joined: 7/25/11
#1Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 6:05pm
I'm not sure if this topic has been posted or not but anyway... what are some musicals you feel should've gotten a longer run and closed way too quickly?
For me, the top one is without a doubt Caroline, or Change.
#2Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 6:12pmBonnie & Clyde. I love that score.
#2Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 6:14pm
Bonnie and Clyde
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Jekyll & Hyde (revival)
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#3Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 6:20pm
Bonnie and Clyde
Good Vibrations (with a whole new book, less songs and better sets 
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#4Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 6:25pmThe Mystery of Edwin Drood. I would've loved to see it run through at least May or June so they could pick up the awards and get the performance on the Tonys they deserved.
"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell
#6Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 6:45pm
Off the top of my head?
GREY GARDENS
BONNIE & CLYDE
BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON
RAGTIME (Revival)
SIDE SHOW
PARADE
But this is all subjective.
oh and obviously BOMBSHELL.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#7Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 6:45pm
Scottsboro Boys
Ragtime(revival & original)
The Full Monty
A Chorus Line(revival)
Chicago(original)
Movin' Out
Xanadu
Company(original & '06 revival)
Anything Goes(revival)
Thoroughly Modern Millie
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#8Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 6:52pm
Curtains
Bonnie & Clyde
Scottsboro Boys (I am still bitter I missed this one)
Ragtime (revival)
Sunday in the Park with George (revival)
Also, Mary Poppins and Beauty and the Beast (by no means a short run for either, but both closed pre-maturely)
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#9Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 6:56pm
Ragtime [Original]
Side Show
Gypsy [LuPone]
Drowsy Chaperone
#10Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:02pm
Ragtime (original)
Grey Gardens
Drowsy Chaperone
Smile
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Thparkaly
Stand-by Joined: 9/11/12
#11Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:05pm
Drowsy Chaperone
Closer Than Ever (Revival)
Priscilla Queen of The Desert
#12Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:16pmI'll add [title of show] to the list. (Not least because it closed the weekend before my trip to NYC so I missed it by only six days!)
#13Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:19pm
City of Angels immediately springs to mind.
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KathyNYC2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/2/10
#15Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:36pmOh and the FOLLIES revival... I am still bitter that it started previews the day after I left the city.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#16Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:48pm
Jekyll & Hyde
I would have liked to see Bonnie & Clyde again too.
"Forget regret or life is yours to miss."
#17Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:50pm
Curtains
Bonnie & Clyde
Grey Gardens
The Scottsboro Boys
madlibrarian
Broadway Star Joined: 8/15/06
ARTc
Stand-by Joined: 11/4/11
#19Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:55pm
Big Deal
Chess (original Broadway)
Is There Life After High School
and those that have already been listed.
#20Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 8:04pmI'll speak to a production that deserved a longer run outside of pure personal reasons or artistic merit but straight-up practical business matters: URINETOWN, which was essentially evicted from Broadway when Henry Miller's Theatre was demolished for the Bank of America Tower.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
jennaisjamazing
Chorus Member Joined: 2/17/09
#21Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 8:35pmbonnie and clyde!! I would love a national tour. But only with Laura and Jeremy...
#22Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 8:56pm
CATS
Seriously, CITY OF ANGELS
URINETOWN
RAGTIME
and for me personally, the revival of 1776. I was living in LA at the time and had booked a flight to NY for the last week of June, but the show ended up closing mid-June. I was sure it would have lasted until Independence Day week.
Huge musical fan ever since seeing SHENANDOAH at age 8 on B'way, followed by the '76 the revival of FIDDLER with Zero Mostel.
Working on my own Musical Comedy.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#23Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 9:00pm
Bonnie & Clyde
Civil War
Sideshow
The Scottsboro Boys
Women On The Verge
Inner City
Poster Emeritus
#24Musicals that should've had a longer run...
Posted: 5/19/13 at 9:01pm
Did no one here like Catch Me If You Can?
Chaplin looks interesting, but it ended too soon. I wonder why it didn't do well. Rob McClure is great.
Updated On: 5/19/13 at 09:01 PM
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