Musicals that should've had a longer run...

[AKarp2013]

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.

[gstrus2]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 6:12pm

Bonnie & Clyde. I love that score.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 6:14pm

Bonnie and Clyde
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Jekyll & Hyde (revival)

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 6:20pm

Bonnie and Clyde

Good Vibrations (with a whole new book, less songs and better sets

[Kelly2]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 6:25pm

The 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.

[undercoveractor]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 6:37pm

The Scottsboro Boys

[IdinaBellFoster]

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.

[ACL2006]

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

[Wishing Only Wounds]

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)

[theatredk]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 6:56pm

Ragtime [Original]
Side Show
Gypsy [LuPone]
Drowsy Chaperone

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:02pm

Ragtime (original)
Grey Gardens
Drowsy Chaperone
Smile

[Thparkaly]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:05pm

Drowsy Chaperone
Closer Than Ever (Revival)
Priscilla Queen of The Desert

[LuminousBeing]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:16pm

I'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!)

[Theatrical Landladies]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:19pm

City of Angels immediately springs to mind.

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:21pm

Ragtime...original only.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:36pm

Oh and the FOLLIES revival... I am still bitter that it started previews the day after I left the city.

[Jersey Girl2]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:48pm

Jekyll & Hyde
I would have liked to see Bonnie & Clyde again too.

[BroadwayBound115]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:50pm

Curtains
Bonnie & Clyde
Grey Gardens
The Scottsboro Boys

[madlibrarian]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 7:51pm

Triumph of Love.

[ARTc]

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.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 8:04pm

I'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.

[jennaisjamazing]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 8:35pm

bonnie and clyde!! I would love a national tour. But only with Laura and Jeremy...

[PlainMushroomWit']

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.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/19/13 at 9:00pm

Bonnie & Clyde
Civil War
Sideshow
The Scottsboro Boys
Women On The Verge
Inner City

[BroadwayStar4]

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