PiraguaGuy2's Best Broadway Revivals of the Decade

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PiraguaGuy2's Best Broadway Revivals of the Decade

Posted: 12/9/09 at 11:30am

In no particular order:

Assassins (2004)
A Chorus Line (2007)
Company (2007)
Gypsy (200

Hair (2009)
Little Shop of Horrors (2004)
South Pacific (200

Sweeney Todd (2005)
Sunday in the Park with George (200

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re: PiraguaGuy2's Best Broadway Revivals of the Decade

Posted: 12/9/09 at 11:46am

That's a pretty strong list.

I'd have KISS ME, KATE on mine.

re: PiraguaGuy2's Best Broadway Revivals of the Decade

Posted: 12/9/09 at 11:49am

Replace Little Shop with Ragtime.

"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert

re: PiraguaGuy2's Best Broadway Revivals of the Decade

Posted: 12/9/09 at 11:57am

I almost feel like this one would be tougher for me to choose than new productions.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

re: PiraguaGuy2's Best Broadway Revivals of the Decade

Posted: 12/9/09 at 12:48pm

^^me too. Which is really sad when you think about it.

My Top 10(in random order)

Assassins
A Chorus Line
Sweeney Todd
Company
Ragtime
Gypsy
Hair
South Pacific
Big River
Nine

NOTE: edited to include Big River.

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

Updated On: 12/9/09 at 12:48 PM

re: PiraguaGuy2's Best Broadway Revivals of the Decade

Posted: 12/9/09 at 12:53pm

I totally agree, luvtheEmcee. Here's my list, anyway, in no particular order:

1. Sweeney Todd
2. Gypsy (Patti LuPone)
3. Hair
4. Sunday in the Park With George
5. Ragtime
6. Company
7. Finian's Rainbow
8. Nine
9. Assassins
10. South Pacific

Runner-ups: A Chorus Line, Man of La Mancha, Kiss Me, Kate! (though I think that one opened in late 1999?)

Also I totally took your comment as being about yourself haha...it's definitely harder for me to choose as well because I've fallen in love with many of my favorite shows through the revivals and there have been some truly amazing ones this decade.

Updated On: 12/9/09 at 12:53 PM

re: PiraguaGuy2's Best Broadway Revivals of the Decade

Posted: 12/9/09 at 12:59pm

Well, I wasn't staying it so much as a comment on the state of the art as I was on myself. I've loved more revivals lately. I guess I would say (assuming we're only dealing with musicals) not really in order, with the exception of the first one, which may be forever unbeatable for me.

Company
Hair
Sunday in the Park With George
Ragtime
Sweeney Todd
Gypsy (Patti)
South Pacific
Finian's Rainbow
Oklahoma!
And then either Kiss Me, Kate or Man of La Mancha.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

Updated On: 12/9/09 at 12:59 PM

re: PiraguaGuy2's Best Broadway Revivals of the Decade

Posted: 12/9/09 at 1:02pm

HAIR takes the cake for me, without a doubt.

RAGTIME, LITTLE SHOP, GYPSY (Patti), and COMPANY are also at the top of my list.

re: PiraguaGuy2's Best Broadway Revivals of the Decade

Posted: 12/9/09 at 3:04pm

I feel like none of the other revivals this decade really should be mentioned in the same breath with ASSASSINS so I will just leave it at that, though SWEENEY and GYPSY had their good points.

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re: PiraguaGuy2's Best Broadway Revivals of the Decade

Posted: 12/9/09 at 3:13pm

In no particular order:

Assassins
Gypsy (Bernadette Peters)
Finian's Rainbow
Ragtime
South Pacific
Company
42nd Street (for Christine Ebersole alone)
Nine
Fiddler On The Roof
Hair
Big River

So, that's eleven, but oh well.

"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"

Updated On: 12/9/09 at 03:13 PM

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re: PiraguaGuy2's Best Broadway Revivals of the Decade

Posted: 12/9/09 at 3:16pm

I loved 42nd STREET. I thought it was totally unabashed fun and Broadway glitz...but it worked. I also liked the last revival of FIDDLER a lot.

#12

re: PiraguaGuy2's Best Broadway Revivals of the Decade

Posted: 12/9/09 at 3:24pm

Ooh I forgot about 42nd Street, I loved that revival!

I saw the Fiddler revival with 2 different casts and while I thought it was aesthetically really lovely, the 2nd cast (with Harvey Fierstein and Andrea Martin) was far and away better than the first. The first cast, to me, felt very...not Jewish, for lack of a better word, and it took away from the production as a whole.

#13

re: PiraguaGuy2's Best Broadway Revivals of the Decade

Posted: 12/9/09 at 3:27pm

And yes...the revival of Kiss Me, Kate opening in November of 1999.

"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"

#14

re: PiraguaGuy2's Best Broadway Revivals of the Decade

Posted: 12/9/09 at 6:44pm

In chronological order:

42nd Street (2001)
Flower Drum Song (2002)
Nine (2003)
Gypsy (2003 - Bernadette Peters)
Wonderful Town (2003)
Assassins (2004)
Pacific Overtures (2004)
A Chorus Line (2006)
South Pacific (200

West Side Story (2009)

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