Next Rodgers & Hammerstein show on Broadway?

[brdwybound04]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 1:34am

I'm trying to figure out the next logical R & H show that is due for a Broadway bow, based on the last time they were seen from their cannon of major works. Any thoughts?

Carousel (LCT 1994 Revival)
King & I (1996)
State Fair (1997)
Sound of Music (199
Oklahoma! (2002)
South Pacific (200

Personally, I'd love to see a reworked State Fair in a limited engagement at either LCT or Roundabout... What do u think it the most likely choice?

~Ben

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 1:35am

I'd love to see Sher and LCT try The King and I.
Updated On: 6/20/10 at 01:35 AM

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 1:37am

I'd actually love to see Sher (or any competent director) tackle Allegro. It really needs a bigger life. Anyone who doesn't have the recent studio disc must pick it up ASAP.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 1:42am

I would love The King and I at Lincoln Center! That's a brilliant idea. It wouldn't surprise me if they are looking at other R&H musicals to produce since South Pacific was so well received.

[Gypsy9]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 6:46am

I think ALLEGRO is a dog, totally forgettable. There is a reason it had a short run.

[mamaleh]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 7:56am

Maybe with a reworked book? "So Far" and "The Gentleman is a Dope" deserve to be heard again, gloriously sung on a stage.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 9:05am

I don't think a re-worked book could help it. It's an interesting show, definitely, but it doesn't work. In my opinion, all the R&H shows where they started off writing with a concept (Allegro: chronicling a man's whole life; Me and Juliet: writing a show that's in one location the entire time) instead of a story, just aren't up to snuff.

There was also a revival of Flower Drum Song in 2002 with a totally new book. However, I don't think we're going to see a revival of that show for a long time, if ever.

I would love to see a total remount of the '94 Carousel, but realisticallt I think that sometime in the next five years we might see a revival of The King and I. I think it's the most revived R&H show.

[AC126748]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 9:10am

If we get a revival of The King and I soon, they'd probably get Sutton Foster for Anna and someone like BD Wong for the King. I'd rather it go unrevived in that case.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 9:23am

Really? Sutton Foster? I'd have a lot more faith in producers and in Foster herself that she wouldn't be cast. If anyone, I would think Kelli O'Hara. Or, if they go for color blind casting (ala Carousel or 110 in the Shade), Audra McDonald.

[slmlbl]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 9:31am

Cinderella...
... would love to see lea as cinderella on b'way.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 9:33am

If KING & I were revived, I would love to see Kate Baldwin get a shot at it.

[desiree armfeldt]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 9:43am

I was just going to suggest Kelli O'Hara and Kate Baldwin! I am a huge Sutton fan, but vocally she's not right for Anna. Laura Benanti would sound beautiful although I can't see her as much as O'Hara and Baldwin.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 9:53am

It seems like Kelli O'Hara and Kate Baldwin are the current go-to girls for traditional musical revivals. I'm not complaining; I love every opportunity to hear them show off their classically trained voices. I just wish someone would write a show for them.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 9:57am

Marin us first in line for the "someone needs to write a show for them" line

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 10:17am

Love the idea of a Beaumont King and I helmed by Sher. CRAZY IN LOVE with the idea of Kate Baldwin as Anna.

Also love the idea of Audra!

[AC126748]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 10:20am

Kate Baldwin as Anna is a brilliant choice. I also wouldn't mind seeing Christiane Noll or Jennifer Laura Thompson in the role.

And if Sutton got someone to cast her as Reno Sweeney, I'd say she can get cast in anything.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 10:26am

Exactly! Why isn't anyone asking who SHE slept with to get that part?

[adamgreer]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 10:42am

Exactly! Why isn't anyone asking who SHE slept with to get that part?

Because she's a BROADWAY actress and her mafiosa brother would kill anyone who dares to question her talent.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 10:45am

Well I see Hunter nearly every day.

Bring it.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 10:59am

Ugh, anything but The King and I. That show makes me wish I were Vietnamese so it would be banned from the country.

[SondheimFan5]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 11:34am

Marin Mazie as Anna? anyone? Though Kelli, Christiane, and Kate would also be excellent.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 11:38am

I'd love it to be Cinderella.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 12:04pm

LORD, Cinderella ia an increcdibly bad show with incredibly awful music.

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 12:49pm

I would love to see new reworked productions of Allegro, Me & Juliet, and Pipe Dream. MAYBE, Encores should do a tribute to R&H, and do these 3 shows.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/20/10 at 12:51pm

Wait, how is Kate Baldwin the new "go-to" girl? She did ONE show. Isn't that like saying Levi Kreis is the new "go-to" guy?