Revivals You'd Like To See- Page 2

[DefyingGravity2]

Posted: 1/8/04 at 7:46pm

I'm all about Evita w/ idina (or julia murney!!)

I agree with all of the ones MISTERMATT says... and i'd like to add GRAND HOTEL and Blood Brothers... although they AREN'T actually old... i'd like to see new productions (w/ sutton as flamechenne, sp??) and a BROADWAY version of Children of Eden w/ the recent in concert cast!

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 1/8/04 at 8:03pm

I could have SWORN i posted in this thread. Oh well, here's my list:

JCSuperstar
Joseph...Dreamcoat
Pippin
Godspell
Miss Saigon
Evita
Starlight Express (though I heard it's coming back..)
Chorus Line
Les Miz (couldn't catch it the first time!)

[mebice]

Posted: 1/8/04 at 8:09pm

yeah i would like songs for a new world...and i agree with funny girl.

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 1/8/04 at 8:18pm

I agree with everything BroadwayDiva said plus Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, and Jekyll and Hyde. Especially Jekyll and Hyde/Les Miserables/Sweeney. Hahaha!

[shermanslave]

Posted: 1/8/04 at 9:10pm

Robber Bridegroom

[newyorkuniq]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 1:26am

I know it was on Broadway not long ago but I think
Sunset Boulevard with Elizabeth Taylor

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 7:50am

"I know it was on Broadway not long ago but I think
Sunset Boulevard with Elizabeth Taylor"

AAAAAHHHH!!! Did you see the film version of A Little Night Music??? Sunset Boulevard requires SINGING.

[Cadriel]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 8:43am

Let's see. Most of my favorite old-school musicals (Cabaret, Gypsy, Man of La Mancha) have had revivals in the last few years...while the newer stuff is, well, newer.

Musicals:
-My Fair Lady. It's just due.
-Lady in the Dark. I'd like to see this one, perhaps in a bit of a revisal.
-Merrily We Roll Along. There needs to be a definitive good production of the show.
-The Threepenny Opera. There was a pretty radical revision of the show done at the Donmar Warehouse ten years ago; I think that it could be a really interesting show. 'course, I love the Weill score.

Plays:
-Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead. It's just the funniest play this side of Aristophanes, 'sall.
-Knights, Peace, Wealth, Lysistrata, Thesmophoriazusae, Ecclisiazusae, The Birds, The Wasps, The Clouds, The Acharnians, and/or The Frogs. Speaking of Aristophanes, why doesn't someone bring good old Low Comedy back? Lysistrata is the only play of his that's shown on Broadway; seriously, these are some of the funniest things ever written. And they're just as vital social commentary today as they were in the 5th century BC.
-I am a Camera. Who says Sally Bowles has to stay off Broadway? John Van Druten's play is very different from Cabaret (much closer to the film than the stage show) but still brilliant.
-The Children's Hour. I'd probably say The Little Foxes edges it out as Hellman's overall best play, but the character portraits in Children's Hour are just as compelling, and it's more of a naturalistic work. Plus, it's downright unjust that a play as good as The Children's Hour has never been revived.

I think that's a pretty healthy list.

-Wayne

[Cadriel]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 8:45am

Correction to myself: The Children's Hour has been revived, but it was over 50 years ago.

-Wayne

[newyorkuniq]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 12:15pm

They should make it a play just like the movie ala Gloria Swanson nothing can beat that.

[TheatreGuy06]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 1:43pm

DEF Brigadoon! some amazing tunes...also lets bring in the London My Fair Lady! I would also love to see South Pacific revived.

[TheatreGuy06]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 1:43pm

DEF Brigadoon! some amazing tunes...also lets bring in the London My Fair Lady! I would also love to see South Pacific revived.

[WSS2]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 2:09pm

Love to see a revival of "Look, this is a new original show with originial music".

Yeah. Never gonna happen.

[Deena Jones2]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 2:12pm

The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 3:39pm

WSS2 - Do you mean like Urinetown, Avenue Q, Caroline or Change, Bombay Dreams or Assassins? Original stuff happens, but it's not always successful.

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 3:45pm

Westside Story

[MisterRussell]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 6:30pm

AMEN to Robber Bridegroom!

[Etcy]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 6:36pm

Victor/Victoira.....and I wish it could happen but never in a million years would: with the original cast! muhahaha...I need to go back in time for that one.

~*Etcy*~

[WSS2]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 7:18pm

I'm saying that we rely so much on reviving what has already been done.No one wants to take a chance on anything new.

That's the real issue. Nothing wrong with revivals. Just not five or six a year. Especially when there are many works out there just waiting.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 7:22pm

Wow. That's the first time I've ever heard anybody say that. Thank you, THANK YOU, WSS2 for that groundbreaking analysis.

[WSS2]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 10:13pm

Ummm.....

can someone please tell me what's wrong with sharing an opinion here?

At least I have one to share Namo instead of always making rude, off topic comments.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/9/04 at 10:17pm

Golly, you can't even praise genius without it being misconstrued.

[Dude]

Posted: 1/10/04 at 3:06am

praise? from you?

your're a mean bitter queen.

[GottaGimmick]

Posted: 1/10/04 at 5:39pm

CATS! Sorry, just had to say it...

[JoizeyActor]

Posted: 1/10/04 at 5:45pm

I wonder what will happen when CATS is revived. Do you think it will be revived?

I mean, its the longest running Broadway musical and all that jazz, so why wouldn't they revive it?

I personally am terrified of that show and its SO strange, but I've never seen it on stage. I've been in a version of it and I've seen videos, but I'm not sure if I would see a revival. Maybe just to say I did.