Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

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Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 8:56am

What are some shows that you'd like to see be revived on Broadway for the very first time? Who would you like to direct them? Here are my choices:

*Barnum
Directed By Jeff Calhoun

*Beauty & the Beast
Directed By Laurence Connor

*Dreamgirls
Directed By Jerry Mitchell

*Funny Girl
Directed By Kathleen Marshall

*Once on This Island
Directed By Julie Taymor

*Passion
Directed By John Tiffany

*Rent
Directed By Alex Timbers

*Singin' in the Rain
Directed By Rob Ashford

#2

Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 9:07am

City of Angels
(Hal Prince)

#3

Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 9:56am

Technically, Dreamgirls has already been revived. (Yes, the 1987 run was for all intents and purposes a return engagement, but the touring production was substantially different.)

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Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 11:43am

I'll second Barnum and add the oft-discussed but still nebulous On The Twentieth Century.

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Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 11:45am

Rent was also revived, albeit Off-Broadway.

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Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 11:46am

Spring Awakening directed by John Doyle. They're sexually frustrated AND they play guitar!
Roo McGoo: Stories that Sing

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Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 11:56am

A Day In Hollywood/A Night In The Ukraine

What's the deal with not reviving this? It's a fun show.

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Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 12:21pm

Barnum seems to be a perfect vehicle for Neil Patrick Harris. I'd like to see that.

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Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 12:26pm

Rent was also revived, albeit Off-Broadway.

As was PASSION, this year alone.

A revival of Grand Hotel is past due.

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Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 12:31pm

Lil Abner
High Spirits
Superman

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Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 1:21pm

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
* directed by Alex Timbers

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Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 1:34pm

I think you need a Walter Bobbie type of director/choreographer. The show is very dance heavy and as much as I love Alex Timbers I'm not inclined to believe he's the right director for this property.

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Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 3:20pm

NO STRINGS

and THE REAL PROMISES, PROMISES not that pushed back to 1962 version that played a couple of years ago.

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Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 3:38pm

Not every show is a musical.

Life With Father (the longest running play in Broadway history)
Les Blancs - by Lorraine Hansberry
Once in a Lifetime - by Kaufman and Hart

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#15

Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 3:45pm

"Not every show is a musical"

But every show has the potential to be a musical.

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Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 5:29pm

I really want to so see CARNIVAL! I think this show could be a beautiful revival.

#17

Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 6:14pm

I would love to see Forum or Crazy for You revived... not quite sure what directors.

#18

Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 6:46pm

Forum has been revived on Broadway twice once with Phil Silvers and then Nathan Lane, Crazy for you was basically Girl Crazy with a revised Book and song list, Would love to see Grand Hotel again

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Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 7:06pm

PARADE

#20

Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 7:49pm

You're right, theatredk, I wasn't thinking.

#21

Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 7:54pm

I'd fly to New York to see LI'L ABNER again, but then I remember the politics of the 50s and 60s. Somebody's going to have to do a major "revisal" to make the show comprehensible to anyone under the age of 50.

But still one of the great, all-time musical comedy scores!

#22

Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 8:01pm

^^ Carnival!! What a great idea. I would vote for that over my original choice.

#23

Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 8:24pm

Kismet!

#24

Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 10:47pm

There was a Kismet "revisal" of sorts called Timbuktu, starring Eartha Kitt. Gilbert Price was the romantic lead (and had one of the most glorious voices I've ever heard).

#25

Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time

Posted: 11/26/13 at 10:58pm

The Secret Garden!!!
Diane Paulus or Bart Sher