My Dream Broadway

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 11:19am

· Spelling Bee-Circle in the Square Theatre 
· Apple Tree-Studio 54 
· Avenue Q-John Golden Theatre 
· Beauty and the Beast-Palace Theatre
· Aida-Ambassador Theatre 
· A Chorus Line-Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
· Color Purple-Broadway Theatre 
· Porgy and Bess-Ethel Barrymore Theatre 
· Drowsy Chaperone-Marquis Theatre 
· The Last 5 Years-Walter Kerr Theatre 
· Evita-Neil Simon Theatre 
· See What I Wanna See-American Airlines Theatre 
· Dirty Dancing-Imperial Theatre 
· Chicago-Helen Hayes Theatre 
· Jersey Boys-August Wilson Theatre
· West Side Story-Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 
· Les Miserables-Broadhurst Theater 
· Funny Girl-Minskoff Theatre 
· Into The Woods-Cort Theatre 
· Mamma Mia!-Winter Garden Theatre 
· Hairspray-Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
· Mame New Amsterdam Theatre 
· The Light In the Piazza-Shubert Theatre
· Shrek-Majestic Theatre 
· Legally Blonde-Hilton Theatre 
· Mary Poppins-St. James Theatre 
· Rent-Nederlander Theatre 
· Spring Awakening-Eugene O'Neill Theatre 
· The Little Mermaid-Richard Rodgers Theatre 
· Sister Act-Brooks Atkinson Theatre 
· Hair -Biltmore Theatre 
· Fosse-Music Box Theatre 
· Curtains-Al Hirschfield Theatre 
· Wicked-Gershwin Theatre    
· Noises Off-Booth Theatre    
· Dirty Rotten Scoundrels-Vivian Beaumont Theatre 

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 11:24am

Your "Dream Broadway" only has ONE non-musical play?

Sounds like my definition of a Nightmare Broadway.

[Piercemn]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 2:27pm

I agree completely, Margo. It's so sad that Broadway is all about musicals and plays can't seem to survive there. Over the years I've seen some terrific plays on Broadway:
Angels in America, Long Day's Journey into Night, Take Me Out, An Ideal Husband,
Master Class, and Dinner at Eight, but the bulk of plays I've seen have been Off-Broadway. Last Spring I saw Tryst and this summer I saw Room Service.

Why we need so many musicals is a mystery.

[Broadway Baby4]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 7:26pm

I'm gonna give this a try
· Avenue Q-John Golden Theatre
· Beauty and the Beast-Lunt Fontine Theatre
· Aida-Ambassador Theatre
· Les Miserables-Broadway Theatre
· The Last 5 Years-Cort Theatre
· Evita-Neil Simon Theatre
· Jekyll and Hyde-Broadhurst Theater
· Mamma Mia!-Winter Garden Theatre
· Hairspray-Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
· The Light In the Piazza-Shubert Theatre
· Phantom of the Opera-Majestic Theatre
· Thoroughly Modern Millie-Hilton Theatre
· Mary Poppins-St. James Theatre
· Rent-Nederlander Theatre
· The Secret Garden-Eugene O'Neill Theatre
· Tarzan - Richard Rodgers Theatre
· The Who's Tommy-Music Box Theatre
· Lestat - Palace Theater
· Wicked-Gershwin Theatre
· Light In The Piazza-Vivian Beaumont Theatre

That's my dream Broadway

[Dibbledl01]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:21pm

i agree...where the hell are the plays!?!?!?

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:23pm

BB4 - You have Light in the Piazza playing at two different theaters in your dream broadway???

[CapnHook]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:23pm

Agreed.

And why is SHREK on there? And LEGALLY BLONDE? You haven't even seen those shows yet. How can that be your "dream Broadway" if there is a possibility you'll HATE those shows?

Delete those shows right now, mister (or ma'am) and replace them with some straight plays!

[Dibbledl01]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:26pm

or atleast put shrek on the long and winding road and get phantom back in at the majestic....

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:30pm

Good point Capn. This fits the "I'm going to like it even if it's a pile of steaming crap, just because it was a good movie" category.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:53pm

MY BROADWAY '36':

AIDA
ANGELS IN AMERICA
AVENUE Q
BAT BOY
CABARET
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
CHICAGO
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
DREAMGIRLS
ENCHANTED APRIL
FUNNY GIRL
GYPSY
HAMLET
HELLO, DOLLY!
INTO THE WOODS
JERSEY BOYS
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
LES MISERABLES
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
PETER PAN
PARADE
PUTTING IT TOGETHER
RAGTIME - THE MUSICAL
SEUSSICAL
SPRING AWAKENING
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
THE LAST 5 YEARS
THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
THE OPPOSITE OF SEX (Doug Cohen musical)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
THE VISIT
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
URINETOWN - THE MUSICAL
WICKED
WEST SIDE STORY

Updated On: 1/20/07 at 09:53 PM

[uncageg]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:54pm

Without theatres:

Caroline Or Change
BENT
Doubt
The Pillowman
The Fantastiks
Merrily We Roll Along
Into The Woods
Sweeny Todd
Death of a Salesman
Spring Awakening
The Wiz
Dorian
Sunset Blvd.
Angels in America
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide....
Stuff Happens
Platinum
Company (Original)
Purlie
Find Your Way Home
Stop! You're Killing Me!

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 10:03pm

Death of a Salesman-Circle in the Square Theatre
· Landscape of the Body-Studio 54
· Amadeus-John Golden Theatre
· Arcadia-Palace Theatre
· Alls Well that Ends Well-Ambassador Theatre
· Peer Gynt-Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
· Raisin in the Sun-Broadway Theatre
· Hay Fever-Ethel Barrymore Theatre
· No Exit-Marquis Theatre
· Miss Julie-Walter Kerr Theatre
· Brighton Beach Memoirs-Neil Simon Theatre
· Private Lives-American Airlines Theatre
· Les Liasions Dangereuse-Imperial Theatre
· Marat/Sade-Helen Hayes Theatre
· The Foreigner-August Wilson Theatre
· Proof-Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
· Oleanna-Broadhurst Theater
· Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?-Minskoff Theatre
· Fences-Cort Theatre
· Up the Down Staircase-Winter Garden Theatre
· The Skin of Our Teeth-Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
· Pygmalion- New Amsterdam Theatre
· Night Mother-Shubert Theatre
· Macbeth-Majestic Theatre
· An Inspector Calls-Hilton Theatre
· The Pillowman-St. James Theatre
· Summer and Smoke-Nederlander Theatre
· The Miracle Worker-Eugene O'Neill Theatre
· The Glass Menagerie-Richard Rodgers Theatre
· For Colored Girls...-Brooks Atkinson Theatre
· Plenty -Biltmore Theatre
· Noises Off-Music Box Theatre
· Streetcar Named Desire-Al Hirschfield Theatre
· Nicholas Nickleby-Gershwin Theatre
· Angels in America-Booth Theatre
· Equus-Vivian Beaumont Theatre

[CapnHook]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 10:06pm

Michael Bennett, nice list. I had to take PRIVATE LIVES and PEER GYNT off of my list, though. Not enough Broadway houses. Those can go off-Broadway.

BUT WHERE ARE THE MUSICALS?

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 10:06pm

I like CapnHook's list.

[OOTI2004]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 10:13pm

Al Hirschfeld-Once on this Island
Ambassador-Chicago
American Airlines-Assassins
August Wilson-Hairspray
Belasco-Deathtrap
Bernard Jacobs-Grease
Biltmore- a season that alternates Les Liasons Dangeruese, The Birthday Party, Hedda Gabbler, and Death of a Salesman
Booth-Cactus Flower
Broadhurst-West Side Story
Broadway-Gypsy
Brooks Atkinson-Noises Off
Circle in the Square-Spelling Bee
Cort-Avenue Q
Ethel Barrymore-Pippin
Eugene O'Neill-Nine
Gerald Schoenfeld-Jekyll and Hyde
Gershwin-Candide
Helen Hayes-You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Hilton-Ragtime
Imperial-Les Miserables
John Golden-Little Shop Of Horrors
Longacre-Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Lunt-Fontanne-City of Angels
Lyceum-A Streetcar Named Desire
Majestic-Show Boat
Marquis-Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Minskoff-The King and I
Music Box-Tell Me On a Sunday
Nederlander-Rent
Neil Simon-Plaza Suite
New Amsterdam-Beauty and the Beast
Palace-Aida
Richard Rodgers-A Funny thing happened on the way to the forum
Shubert-A Chorus Line
St. James-The Producers
Studio 54-Promises, Promises
Vivian Beaumont-Carousel
Walter Kerr-Grey Gardens
Winter Garden-Sunset Boulevard



I almost forgot:
The re-opening of the Mark Hellinger with How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying
Updated On: 1/20/07 at 10:13 PM

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 1/21/07 at 10:54am

My Thirty-Six:

·A Flea in Her Ear
·A Midsummer Night's Dream
·A Raisin in the Sun
·Aida
·Angels in America
·Candide
·Caroline, or Change
·Carousel
·City of Angels
·Company
·Dessa Rose
·Dinner at Eight
·Doubt
·Floyd Collins
·For Colored Girls..
·Gypsy
·Into The Woods
·Mame
·Master Class
·Noises Off
·Oleanna
·Our Town
·Proof
·Rabbit Hole
·Ragtime
·See What I Wanna See
·Show Boat
·Sunday in the Park With George
·The Exonerated
·The Last Five Years
·The Scarlett Pimpernel
·The Sound of Music
·The Wild Party (LaChiusa)
·This Is How It Goes
·tick...tick...BOOM
·West Side Story

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 1/21/07 at 12:22pm

Michael Bennett, i love your list.


Updated On: 6/4/07 at 12:22 PM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/21/07 at 12:50pm

Martin Beck-Al Hirschfeld?

Interseting choice. Only 5 shows to see...

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 1/21/07 at 2:11pm

allentown, "Chicago-Helen Hayes Theatre"

weird but i kind of agree

[CapnHook]

Posted: 1/21/07 at 2:43pm

purpleprince - I find it hilarious that your "Dream Broadway" can be achieved by visiting your local Blockbuster.

[ahmelie]

Posted: 1/21/07 at 3:04pm

I'm sure this is wrong, as it is just off the top of my head but from what I can think of, my dream Broadway would be:

Follies
Evita
Master Class
Company
A Little Night Music
The Light In The Piazza
The Last Five Years
Grey Gardens
Oleanna
A Perfect Ganesh
Angels In America
Sunday In The Park With George
West Side Story
Candide
Sweeney Todd
Gypsy
Carousel
Hedda Gabler
Ragtime
The Heidi Chronicles
Applause
Noises Off
Funny Girl
Chicago
Sweet Charity
The Elephant Man
Fences
I Am My Own Wife
Cabaret
Side Show
Redhead
Mame
La Cage aux Folles
Anything Goes
The Iceman Cometh
Assassins

As to where they would go? I'm not familiar enough with the theaters of NYC to know

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 1/21/07 at 3:36pm

I like your list ahmelie.


I would post a list, but I am not familar with enough plays to have a balanced list.

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 1/21/07 at 8:42pm

MY DREAM MUSICALS




The wiz- Broadhurst
HONK!- Golden
You’re a good man Charlie brown- Helen Hayes
beauty and the Beast -the Lunt Fontanne
lion king - palace
Mary Poppins- new Amsterdam
Little Mermaid- Minskoff
hairspray- brooks Akinston
rent - nederlander
into the woods- Bernard b Jacobs
wicked- Gershwin
legally blonde- al hirsfield
gypsy- music box
curtains- belasco
Aida- ambassador
Chorus line- cort
apple tree- Gerard shoenfeld
chitty chitty bang bang- Hilton
Spamalot- August Wilson
Jekyll And Hyde- Vivian Beaumont
Millie- Broadway
Sunday in the Park With George- circle in the square
Little Shop Of Horrors-Walter Kerr
pajama game- lyceum
Les Miz- Ethel Barrymore
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels- Neil Simon
Chicago- Richard Rodgers
Aida- imperial
peter pan- Shubert
guys and dolls- winter garden
Suessical- Longarce
The Wild Party- Biltmore
Dreamgirls- Marquis
Titanic-Majestic
Booth- Sweeney Todd
Color Purple- St. James
Xanadu - Eugene O’Neil
Kiss off The Spider Women- American Airlines
110 in the shade- Studio 54













Updated On: 6/4/07 at 08:42 PM

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 1/28/07 at 5:48pm

Bump

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 1/28/07 at 9:15pm

i like your list michael bennett's and capnhook's list