Shows In Need of A Revival- Page 2

[CoreyRyan3]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 5:44pm

Grand Hotel and City of Angels, please.

[Showface]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 5:55pm

We need Sutton Foster to star in the next annual revival of Gypsy!




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[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 5:57pm

I am surprised no one mentioned that old chestnut Man of La Mancha

[Sally Durant Plummer]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 6:07pm

Sutton has quite a few more years to star in Gypsy - at least if it is to be at all believable or good. The only reason Gypsy needs to be revived anytime soon is for Tonya Pinkins to do a star turn as Rose - and hopefully we can get Anika Noni Rose as Louise!

I would love for some LaChuisa works to be revived - most especially The Wild Party and Marie Christine, so more people could hear the ravishing scores. But perhaps they are more viable for Encores! than a full-scall revival.

Most recently I've been dreaming of a Broadway Passion revival with Laura Benanti as Fosca, Kelli O'Hara as Clara, and Steven Pasquale as Giorgio.

[gleek4114]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 6:09pm

Reefer Madness (off broadway) at second stage or New World Stages with Megan Hilty as Sally. Also she needs to be Audrey in Little Shop.

[broadwaybelter]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 6:13pm

Caroline, or Change

[morosco]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 6:20pm

My One And Only
They're Playing Our Song

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 6:24pm

Updated On: 5/28/16 at 06:24 PM

[Jarethan]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 6:26pm

1. MAME...but they have to get a great lead and Vera, or it will suck like the DC version a few years ago
2. Over Here...one of the most enjoyable, I.e., smile on your face the entire time, shows I have ever seen
3. Purlie...great score, funny
4. The Great White Hope...assuming they can get a great Lead
5. Bells are Ringing...assuming they can get the right lead and director...and please get rid of The Midas Touch
6. The Happy Time in a scaled down production, a la what the Signature in Va did a few years back
7. Hello, Dolly...but only if it is a re-thought production. We have already had two revivals of the Original
8. Hallelujah Baby...with a re-written book
9. She Loves Me...needs a great leading man, which the original did not have...that is actually the lead role
10. Sweet Bird of Youth...it has been at least 35 years since the Irene Worth revival...don't think there was one since

We don't need another Into the Woods...please!!!

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 6:44pm

THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND

THE RINK

All great shows with exceptional scores that haven't been back on Broadway since their premieres. And none of them depends on giant production values, just great performers who believe in the material.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 8:12pm

Grand Hotel

The Secret Garden

City of Angels

The Rink - Maybe with Patti LuPone and Laura Benanti?

Passion - Laura Benanti and Kelli O'Hara, as mentioned before, would be fantastic.

Gypsy - Donna Murphy would kill as Rose, as would Tonya Pinkins. I think Jessie Mueller would be a great Louise opposite Donna.

The Wild Party (either version, though I'd love to see the LaChiusa version) - I'd love to see Megan Hilty as Queenie!

Once On This Island - Nikki M. James would make a fantastic Ti Moune.

I wonder if Anika Noni Rose could handle an Encores production of Marie Christine? She's sung everything from "Dreamgirls" to "Pirates of Penzance," so I'd be curious to hear it!

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 8:31pm

Of course what we need is another revival of Gypsy! Goes without saying that one Broadway revival per decade since the show premiered isn't NEARLY enough. Sheesh!

[skylight2]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 8:41pm

Me and My Girl
City of Angels

[madbrian]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 8:50pm

Mame

[trentsketch]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 8:56pm

I'd love to see a tweaked version of Lil Abner happen. The show is packed with fantastic music, but some of the humor does fall flat at this point. It doesn't even need a major overhaul, just a little tuck here and there to smooth everything out.

I think Greenwillow could make for an interesting revival. Another show with a great score that might just need a little adjustment to work in 2014+.

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 9:08pm

How about a revival of "Mame" with Christine Ebersol?

[beltingbaritone]

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

Once Upon a Mattress, though if it is revived, I fear my dream of seeing Sutton as Winifred won't ever happen.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

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

I'd love a revival of Lil' Abner! I don't think we NEED a revival of Gypsy, but one within the next ten years in inevitable.

[Showface]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 9:24pm

Yes one Gypsy revival per decade...


I want Mame with Bernadette Peters and Patti Lupone

[qafgenius122]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 10:03pm

As a big fan of the 90s on Broadway, just based on my collection of cast recordings... Side Show (yes I know it's kinda in the works), Titanic (yes, I know it was gonna happen, but not anymore, but it still needs to sooner rather than later), Starmites (cuz I live the score, and think sci fi/superheroes is really in), The Life (just cuz!), Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (yes, not 90s but I just thought of it) Will Rogers Follies, and I second Dreamgirls and Grand Hotel.

[RW3]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 10:12pm

Carousel
Oklahoma

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 10:16pm

City of Angels (I hope Donmar Warehouse's version is a success!)
1776
Once on This Island
Mack & Mabel

[imdreamingbig]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 10:19pm

She Loves Me. It's been more than 20 years, it's time for it to be seen again on Broadway. People forget what a lovely score it has. I think Warren Carlyle could do something really charming with it.

[metropolis10111]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 10:29pm

Big River- one of my favorite Best Musical scores

Grey Gardens-

Applause- Please sometime before I die

Good News

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 7/9/14 at 10:31pm

A Pacific Overtures broadway revival would be great. I don't know if Merrily We Roll Along has been revived recently but I would like to see that.