Shows In Need of A Revival

[Mr Roxy]

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

Purlie
Lil Abner
High Spirits
I Had A Ball

[ShakinBaconGirl]

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

Cats.
Funny Girl
Into the Woods

[newintown]

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

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

[GavestonPS]

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]

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

STREET SCENE
GOLDEN APPLE
MOST HAPPY FELLA

[Elfuhbuh]

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

My Fair Lady

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

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

Xanadu

[Sutton Ross]

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

Carnival
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

[FANtomFollies]

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

Candide
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Sunset Boulevard

[gleek4114]

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]

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

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

[henrikegerman]

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

Ernest in Love
High Spirits
Pardon My English

[dreaming]

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

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

[Gothampc]

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

[wyo2ny]

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

Falsettos
The Secret Garden


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

[Gothampc]

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.

[Littleshopofcarrie]

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]

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.

[Mr Roxy]

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

[Littleshopofcarrie]

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]

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

Robert and Elizabeth

[Showface]

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

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Megan Hilty!

She needs a Tony!

[Gothampc]

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.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

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]

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.