Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time
Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time
#1Shows 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
#2Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time
Posted: 11/26/13 at 9:07am
City of Angels
(Hal Prince)
#2Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time
Posted: 11/26/13 at 9:56amTechnically, 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.)
Broadway Legend
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#3Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time
Posted: 11/26/13 at 11:43amI'll second Barnum and add the oft-discussed but still nebulous On The Twentieth Century.
rorschach37
Broadway Star Joined: 4/3/10
#4Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time
Posted: 11/26/13 at 11:45amRent was also revived, albeit Off-Broadway.
#5Shows 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
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#6Shows 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.
#7Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time
Posted: 11/26/13 at 12:21pmBarnum seems to be a perfect vehicle for Neil Patrick Harris. I'd like to see that.
#8Shows 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.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#9Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time
Posted: 11/26/13 at 12:31pm
Lil Abner
High Spirits
Superman
#10Shows 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
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#11Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time
Posted: 11/26/13 at 1:34pmI 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.
#12Shows 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.
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#13Shows 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
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#14Shows 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.
Noel&Cole
Leading Actor Joined: 11/10/07
#15Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time
Posted: 11/26/13 at 5:29pmI really want to so see CARNIVAL! I think this show could be a beautiful revival.
NoHSMisNotAMusical
Stand-by Joined: 10/21/11
#16Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time
Posted: 11/26/13 at 6:14pmI would love to see Forum or Crazy for You revived... not quite sure what directors.
#17Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time
Posted: 11/26/13 at 6:46pmForum 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
NoHSMisNotAMusical
Stand-by Joined: 10/21/11
#19Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time
Posted: 11/26/13 at 7:49pmYou're right, theatredk, I wasn't thinking.
#20Shows 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!
KathyNYC2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/2/10
#21Shows 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.
chewy5000
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
#23Shows You Want to See Revived for the Very First Time
Posted: 11/26/13 at 10:47pmThere 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).
matineeidol2591
Stand-by Joined: 6/10/09
#24Shows 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
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