Only 1 revival for sound of music
Only 1 revival for sound of music
Minadnan
Understudy Joined: 8/6/13
#1Only 1 revival for sound of music
Posted: 8/15/13 at 12:33amWhy hasn't Sound of Music had a Revival for ages?
#2Only 1 revival for sound of music
Posted: 8/15/13 at 12:39amit just isn't that good.
#2Only 1 revival for sound of music
Posted: 8/15/13 at 12:39amI'd hardly call 14 years since the revival closed "ages"
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#3Only 1 revival for sound of music
Posted: 8/15/13 at 12:50am
That really depends on the age of the poster.
But truly, there are gads of shows that haven't been produced in 14 years and even longer.
#4Only 1 revival for sound of music
Posted: 8/15/13 at 12:51amI'm 18 and don't consider 14 years "ages."
Minadnan
Understudy Joined: 8/6/13
#5Only 1 revival for sound of music
Posted: 8/15/13 at 4:10amI love the show and hoping that the UK revival will come
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#6Only 1 revival for sound of music
Posted: 8/15/13 at 7:55amIt's also one of those shows that is constantly being produced. So why have a revival when everyone has already seen a production, etc. Same with Hello, Dolly.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#7Only 1 revival for sound of music
Posted: 8/15/13 at 8:00am
Hell, even South Pacific, a much better show than Sound of Music has had only one Broadway revival, and that was over 50 years after the original.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#8Only 1 revival for sound of music
Posted: 8/15/13 at 9:46am
That didn't stop Annie!
I think the hard thing here, is that the film of SOM is better than the stage version, and it is also beloved.
BTW....I've been involved with theater since 1967 and have been involved (as an actor, director or choreographer) with any production of South Pacific (although it was my daughter's first show and the very first show I ever saw on stage), Annie, OR The Sound of Music.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#9Only 1 revival for sound of music
Posted: 8/15/13 at 12:12pm
1. The stage version will always be compared to the much superior movie vesion.
2. Every high school, college, community theater, church, synogogue and mosque performs this show. I think it may be the most performed musical ever.
3. It's really not that interesting of a show. There's not much real conflict in the show. If they had made the Baroness more of a bitch or made the Nazi threat more real, it may have been a more interesting show. But the struggle of a woman to be a nun or a governess just isn't that interesting. What's at stake?
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