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
City of Angels
(Hal Prince)
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.)
I'll second Barnum and add the oft-discussed but still nebulous On The Twentieth Century.
Broadway Star Joined: 4/3/10
Rent was also revived, albeit Off-Broadway.
Spring Awakening directed by John Doyle. They're sexually frustrated AND they play guitar!
Roo McGoo: Stories that Sing
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
A Day In Hollywood/A Night In The Ukraine
What's the deal with not reviving this? It's a fun show.
Barnum seems to be a perfect vehicle for Neil Patrick Harris. I'd like to see that.
Rent was also revived, albeit Off-Broadway.
As was PASSION, this year alone.
A revival of Grand Hotel is past due.
Lil Abner
High Spirits
Superman
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
* directed by Alex Timbers
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.
NO STRINGS
and THE REAL PROMISES, PROMISES not that pushed back to 1962 version that played a couple of years ago.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
"Not every show is a musical"
But every show has the potential to be a musical.
Leading Actor Joined: 11/10/07
I really want to so see CARNIVAL! I think this show could be a beautiful revival.
Stand-by Joined: 10/21/11
I would love to see Forum or Crazy for You revived... not quite sure what directors.
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
Stand-by Joined: 10/21/11
You're right, theatredk, I wasn't thinking.
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!
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/2/10
^^ Carnival!! What a great idea. I would vote for that over my original choice.
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).
Stand-by Joined: 6/10/09
The Secret Garden!!!
Diane Paulus or Bart Sher
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