Revivals

[timote316]

Posted: 10/23/04 at 3:17pm

I'm listening to AccuBroadway, and saw the listing for the revivals channel.

"Shows so excellent they got a second (or even third) life!"

Other than Fiddler, which shows have been revived more than once? Maybe I'm having a brain cramp, because I cant think of any right now lol

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 10/23/04 at 3:19pm

Cabaret

[Plum]

Posted: 10/23/04 at 3:20pm

Gypsy
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A Streetcar Named Desire
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
My Fair Lady

And lots and lots of others, I assure you. Updated On: 10/23/04 at 03:20 PM

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 10/23/04 at 3:26pm

Gypsy
Oklahoma
Carousel
The King and I
The Sound of Music
Peter Pan
Man of La Mancha
Showboat
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To The Forum
Guys and Dolls
West Side Story
Annie Get Your Gun
Anything Goes

[timote316]

Posted: 10/23/04 at 3:44pm

Thanks! I knew I wasnt thinking straight

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 10/23/04 at 8:26pm

HELLO, DOLLY!

MAN OF LA MANCHA

GREASE

CANDIDE

THE MOST HAPPY FELLA

PAL JOEY

[pab]

Posted: 10/23/04 at 9:21pm

Show Boat was revived four different times. It first played in 1929.

It was revived in:
1932
1947
1983
1994

[wickedfan]

Posted: 10/23/04 at 9:25pm

Oklahoma. And if Encores counts than HAIR. it had a revival not long after it closed that closed like after a month or something. than was done at encores.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/23/04 at 9:27pm

my great auntie saw west side story way back in the 50's! we were at a high school production, and she says " i havenn't seen this since it was on broadway in the 50's!" yay!

[wickedfan]

Posted: 10/23/04 at 9:29pm

Also by the end of the Broadway season SWEET CHARITY will be living it's third life on Broadway.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 10/23/04 at 9:29pm

damn double post

Updated On: 10/23/04 at 09:29 PM

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 10/23/04 at 9:37pm

I think we have a couple of the dates for SHOW BOAT productions a little off.

The first production was in 1927.

The 1940s revival was in 1946.

But, good detective work in tracking down ALL four major revivals! :)


For anyone interested in learning more about SHOW BOAT, I heavily endorse the Book SHOW BOAT: THE STORY OF A CLASSIC AMERICAN MUSICAL, by theater historian Miles Krueger.

[pab]

Posted: 10/23/04 at 9:48pm

I was looking at the closing dates. Show Boat did run in those years. The last revival opened in 1994.
From IBDB

Updated On: 10/23/04 at 09:48 PM

[timote316]

Posted: 10/24/04 at 12:24am

my great auntie saw west side story way back in the 50's! we were at a high school production, and she says " i havenn't seen this since it was on broadway in the 50's!" yay!

My grandmother said the same thing about Fiddler (only in subsitute in 60s lol)

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 10/24/04 at 12:28am

I think Hair counts cause it was revived 2 years after its inital run, then there was the benefit concert a little more than a month ago, so if you counted encores, that would be 4!