Shows In Need of A Revival

[Mr Roxy]

Shows In Need of A Revival#1

Posted: 7/9/14 at 4:30pm

Purlie
Lil Abner
High Spirits
I Had A Ball

Poster Emeritus

[ShakinBaconGirl]

Shows In Need of A Revival#2

Posted: 7/9/14 at 4:32pm

Cats.
Funny Girl
Into the Woods

[newintown]

Shows In Need of A Revival#2

Posted: 7/9/14 at 4:33pm

I'm somewhat surprised that this topic has never been discussed here before.

[GavestonPS]

Shows In Need of A Revival#3

Posted: 7/9/14 at 4:37pm

Mr. Roxy, I fear PURLIE will seem awfully dated, if not racist nowadays. Not because the show is racist or because racism has been conquered, but because the show is about a Jim Crow system which has almost been eradicated. (None of this is to call YOU racist. I love that score, myself.)

And i fear for LI'L ABNER. All that Cold War and Atomic Age humor will fall flat I fear (though the score sounds as fresh as ever). Even a major plot point like there being only one day each year when a woman can propose to a man is awfully "Methuselated".

This is one show that seems to cry out for a revisal, but I'm not sure whom I would trust to do it. Is Larry Gelbart still writing? (Again one of my favorite shows and one of the best all-time comedy scores.)

[GavestonPS]

Shows In Need of A Revival#4

Posted: 7/9/14 at 4:40pm

STREET SCENE
GOLDEN APPLE
MOST HAPPY FELLA

[Elfuhbuh]

Shows In Need of A Revival#5

Posted: 7/9/14 at 4:44pm

My Fair Lady

"Was uns befreit, das muss stärker sein als wir es sind." -Tanz der Vampire

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Shows In Need of A Revival#6

Posted: 7/9/14 at 4:45pm

Xanadu

"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)

[Sutton Ross]

Shows In Need of A Revival#7

Posted: 7/9/14 at 4:46pm

Carnival
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

[FANtomFollies]

Shows In Need of A Revival#8

Posted: 7/9/14 at 4:47pm

Candide
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Sunset Boulevard

[gleek4114]

Shows In Need of A Revival#9

Posted: 7/9/14 at 4:47pm

Parade
Little Me
Guys and Dolls (I want it to be good this time)
Little Shop (off broadway)
Bye Bye Birdie
The Wiz
Dreamgirls

[Gothampc]

Shows In Need of A Revival#10

Posted: 7/9/14 at 4:51pm

City of Angels (why hasn't someone jumped on this, it's a great show)

Grand Hotel

Crimes of the Heart (done with a director that understands Southern eccentricity)

Da

The Dresser

Dancing at Lughnasa

Mass Appeal

Deathtrap

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

Updated On: 7/9/14 at 04:51 PM

[henrikegerman]

Shows In Need of A Revival#11

Posted: 7/9/14 at 4:54pm

Ernest in Love
High Spirits
Pardon My English

[dreaming]

Shows In Need of A Revival#12

Posted: 7/9/14 at 4:57pm

Rags (maybe with a re-worked book???)
Kiss of the Spider Woman

[Gothampc]

Shows In Need of A Revival#13

Posted: 7/9/14 at 4:57pm

"I fear PURLIE will seem awfully dated, if not racist nowadays."

I saw it when Encores did it and it was embarrassing. It came across as very anti-white

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[wyo2ny]

Shows In Need of A Revival#14

Posted: 7/9/14 at 4:58pm

Falsettos
The Secret Garden


Updated On: 7/9/14 at 04:58 PM

[Gothampc]

Shows In Need of A Revival#15

Posted: 7/9/14 at 5:02pm

The thing about Kiss of the Spiderwoman is that it needs an alluring song and dance woman. And it needs to be real dancing, not the Madonna shake your boobs and call it dancing.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[Littleshopofcarrie]

Shows In Need of A Revival#16

Posted: 7/9/14 at 5:02pm

Rags (I second the re-worked book, love the score)
Little Shop
Into the Woods (Sutton Foster as Bakers Wife)
My Fair Lady (Laura Benanti)
The Wiz
Seussical

[Gothampc]

Shows In Need of A Revival#17

Posted: 7/9/14 at 5:05pm

"Into the Woods (Sutton Foster as Bakers Wife)"

Roundabout is doing a revival in the winter. And Sutton is more of a Witch these days.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[Mr Roxy]

Shows In Need of A Revival#18

Posted: 7/9/14 at 5:07pm

Hey Goth

Anti white is OK

If Annie Get Your Gun can be reworked so can Purlie. I saw the original and it was the same way re the white characters. I just watched the shows and enjoyed it pre PC days

Poster Emeritus

[Littleshopofcarrie]

Shows In Need of A Revival#19

Posted: 7/9/14 at 5:10pm

"Roundabout is doing a revival in the winter."

I know about the Roundabout, it sounds very interesting. But I was talking about a full-scale revival.

"And Sutton is more of a Witch these days."

And I guess by the time it's time for a full-scale revival, she will be more suited for the Witch.

I guess one can only dream!

[SweetLips]

Shows In Need of A Revival#20

Posted: 7/9/14 at 5:13pm

Robert and Elizabeth

[Showface]

Shows In Need of A Revival#21

Posted: 7/9/14 at 5:14pm

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Megan Hilty!

She needs a Tony!

[Gothampc]

Shows In Need of A Revival#22

Posted: 7/9/14 at 5:15pm

"And I guess by the time it's time for a full-scale revival, she will be more suited for the Witch."

Sutton is Leading Lady now. And even though many believe the Baker's Wife is Leading Lady, they would ditch the Baker's Wife to Supporting in a nano-second if they had a star witch.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Shows In Need of A Revival#23

Posted: 7/9/14 at 5:26pm

42nd Street
*Directed By Kathleen Marhsall

1776
*Directed By Darko Tresnjak

Cats
*Directed By Laurence Connor

Dreamgirls
*Directed By Jerry Mitchell

Nine
*Directed By Francesca Zambello

The Producers
*Directed By Casey Nicholaw

Rent
*Directed By Michael Mayer

Seussical
*Directed By Diane Paulus

Singin' in the Rain
*Directed By Warren Carlyle

Sweeney Todd
*Directed By John Tiffany

[Showface]

Shows In Need of A Revival#24

Posted: 7/9/14 at 5:29pm

I'd rather see an ITW revival in 7 years, starring Megan Hilty as the Witch.

Then three years after that I want her to do Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd.