POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?

[Rob]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#1

Posted: 6/24/11 at 6:40pm

Testing a new poll feature...

[broadwaydevil]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#2

Posted: 6/24/11 at 6:49pm

Rob - some of the alignmet on the poll is a bit off, so I'm not sure if the links for the bottom two link to the correct place. It's a cool looking poll feature though!

Scratch and claw for every day you're worth! Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming You'll live forever here on earth.

[CATSNYrevival]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#2

Posted: 6/24/11 at 6:58pm

Where the hell is The King and I? I want a Lincoln Center King and I directed by Bartlett Sher.

[gvendo2005]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#3

Posted: 6/24/11 at 7:08pm

^ I'm with him. Who picked the choices for this poll?

"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from." ~ Charles M. Schulz

[Rob]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#4

Posted: 6/24/11 at 7:12pm

broadwaydevil - can you tell me what browser/version you're using and/or send me a screenshot and I'll pass it along? thx!

[Mr Roxy]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#5

Posted: 6/24/11 at 7:58pm

Lil Abner

Poster Emeritus

[nomdeplume]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#6

Posted: 6/24/11 at 8:10pm

Are there only eight choices? The last two are cut in half.

How about My Fair Lady? But only with Kelli O'Hara. Updated On: 6/24/11 at 08:10 PM

[egghumor]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#7

Posted: 6/24/11 at 8:18pm

I think many of us would agree that most musicals deserving of Broadway revival have been mounted in the past 20-25 years (if not on Bdwy then via Encores! or York or Musicals in Mufti, etc.).

I'd like to see directors and producers consider reviving:
A NEW BRAIN
CHESS
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN
LADY IN THE DARK
OF THEE I SING


Updated On: 6/24/11 at 08:18 PM

[CapnHook]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#8

Posted: 6/24/11 at 8:43pm

BAT BOY!

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[nomdeplume]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#9

Posted: 6/24/11 at 8:47pm

Bat Boy played Off Broadway.

[alterego]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#10

Posted: 6/24/11 at 8:48pm

NO, NO, NANETTE.

[Jon]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#11

Posted: 6/24/11 at 8:51pm

Only a fool would revive Crazy for You without Stroman's choreography.

Jeez - I just realized that C4U opened nearly 20 years ago!

[twinbelters]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#12

Posted: 6/24/11 at 8:54pm

I second Li'l Abner.

With Irma you gotta do something!

[blaxx]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#13

Posted: 6/24/11 at 9:36pm

City of Angels, yes please!

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

[tazber]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#14

Posted: 6/24/11 at 9:40pm

^^^^

I voted for City Of Angels too.

It is a remarkable show. One of the best written musicals I've ever seen.

....but the world goes 'round

[Jay Lerner-Z]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#15

Posted: 6/24/11 at 9:52pm

On the Town!

Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$

[broadwaydevil]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#16

Posted: 6/24/11 at 11:16pm

Sorry Rob I responded to the poll so you can't see the choices anymore. I'm using the latest version of internet explorer. (8 I think?)

Scratch and claw for every day you're worth! Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming You'll live forever here on earth.

[Owen22]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#17

Posted: 6/24/11 at 11:48pm

"Pippin" has a STUPID great score. Some may think it too much of its time but I believe its almost modern in its protagonist's search for fulfillment and fame. I vote "Pippin"!

[charlesjguiteau]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#18

Posted: 6/25/11 at 12:45am

egghumor-- several nice suggestions. Especially approve LADY IN THE DARK, after seeing the National Theater nearly do it justice back in '97 or so.

But OF THEE I SING? Reprise in LA tried to prop that show up a few years ago and boy was it limp!

LI'L ABNER has a great score, and is owed a revisit for sure. But does anybody under 50 even remember the comic strip it's based on?

[TheatreDiva90016]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#19

Posted: 6/25/11 at 1:04am

Overhaul KISMET and bring it back!

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[Gypsy9]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#20

Posted: 6/25/11 at 8:09am

Li'L ABNER, for its great score, it's choreography (Michael Kidd was the original choreographer), and it's satiric humor. It has never been revived if you exclude a tepid ENCORES presentation.

I would also welcome Kurt Weill's brilliant LADY IN THE DARK.

"Madam Rose...and her daughter...Gypsy!"

[Jay94]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#21

Posted: 6/25/11 at 8:18am

Dreamgirls

[Musical Director 109]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#22

Posted: 6/25/11 at 8:22am

"Lil Abner", "The Secret Garden" and "Pippin"

[Jordan Catalano]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#23

Posted: 6/25/11 at 8:37am

I still like my ONCE UPIN A MATTRESS with Sutton Foster idea.

[alterego]

POLL: What Hit Musical of Old Should Next be Revived on Broadway?#24

Posted: 6/25/11 at 10:15am

Not her again.