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!
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!)
yeah i would like songs for a new world...and i agree with funny girl.
"Hold up your head. Never be afraid to shine. Viva la difference in my body and my mind. All out with loneliness Such a waste of time. Come in from the outside" ~ Taboo
I agree with everything BroadwayDiva said plus Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, and Jekyll and Hyde. Especially Jekyll and Hyde/Les Miserables/Sweeney. Hahaha!
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
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.
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.
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.
