Shows/productions that should’ve made it to broadway

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 8:03pm

Are there any shows or revival productions that seemed like they were bound for broadway, but never made it and that you wish had?

Updated On: 5/21/18 at 08:03 PM

[BwayLB]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 8:25pm

One I can think of those plans to bring the Wiz back to Broadway in the wake of the NBC production three years ago.

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 9:05pm

Sweet Charity with Sutton Foster.

[steven22]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 9:15pm

I wish the Lauren Ambrose production of FUNNY GIRL actually happened...

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 10:01pm

A Room With a View. It was at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in 2012. Music and lyrics by Jeffrey Stock book by Marc Acito. A gorgeous production. I really thought it would go straight to Broadway. It would have been perfect for Lincoln Center at the Vivian Beaumont.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8EgOukGmlo

[Cat Guy]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 10:22pm

I have hoped the London production of "Top Hat" would make it west across the Atlantic.  The last I read, it's a few seasons away (if at all).

 

 

[BwayLB]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 11:02pm

Cat Guy said: "I have hoped the London production of "Top Hat" would make it west across the Atlantic. The last I read, it's a few seasons away (if at all).
 

I would have loved to see that

"

 

[SomethingPeculiar]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 11:11pm

BwayLB said: "One I can think of those plans to bring the Wiz back to Broadway in the wake of the NBC production three years ago."

There was also that Encores summer production of THE WIZ that the In The Heights team did pre-Hamilton (with Ashanti, LaChanze, Colman Domingo, and then-newcomers James Monroe Iglehart, Josh Henry, and Christian Dante White)

[BwayLB]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 11:15pm

I'm surprised Paul Tazwell did the costumes for both productions

[Emmaloucbway]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 11:31pm

I loved the Barrington Stage production of Pirates of Penzance a few years ago; I remember there were rumors of a New York/Broadway transfer at the time. I wish it happened! 

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 11:33pm

I wish the pre-Broadway tour of Jekyll & Hyde had been the version that opened on Broadway.

[BalconyClub]

Posted: 5/21/18 at 11:46pm

AEA AGMA SM said: "I wish the pre-Broadway tour ofJekyll & Hydehad been the version that opened on Broadway."

Agreed!  The pre-Broadway tour had two memorable scenes.

1.  During "This is the Moment", a large laboratory crept down to the stage from the fly space.  It was mesmerizing.

2. Late in Act 2, when Lucy is wearing white on a white bed, with just the perfect amount of bright red blood appearing as she is lovingly and gently stabbed to death.

Updated On: 5/21/18 at 11:46 PM

[usher2]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 12:13am

Nothing could save Jekyll and Hyde even if God came down from heaven in that scene.  I have been going to musicals for 45 years and that was among the two or three worst ever.

Updated On: 5/22/18 at 12:13 AM

[uncageg]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 12:25am

AEA AGMA SM said: "I wish the pre-Broadway tour ofJekyll & Hydehad been the version that opened on Broadway."

Me too. It was far superior to what opemed on Broadway. JMO

Updated On: 5/22/18 at 12:25 AM

[Ravenclaw]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 12:30am

David Cromer's Sweet Bird of Youth. It was supposed to come to Broadway with Nicole Kidman and James Franco, but it was scrapped when his Neil Simon plays and House of Blue Leaves both flopped in a short amount of time. He then mounted his production at the Goodman in Chicago with Diane Lane and Finn Wittrock, and it was just spectacular.

The Old Globe/Broadway Playhouse/59E59 production/revision of Working was a fantastic production that was aimed at Broadway for years before doing a limited, sell-out run off-Broadway. I absolutely loved the production.

And, lastly, Mary Zimmerman's Candide, which played the Goodman in Chicago, the Shakespeare Theatre in DC, and the Huntington in Boston, remains one of the most stunning pieces of theatre I have ever seen. I think New York audiences would really appreciate it, and the production deserves a big, long commercial run that could afford to hire a bigger orchestra.

[markypoo]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 9:33am

The Iceman Cometh with Nathan Lane.
Practically perfect in every way.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 11:10am

Musicals:
Lord of the Rings (London)
The Witches of Eastwick (London)
Zorro (London)
White Noise (Royal George)
Sense and Sensibility (Shakespeare Theatre)
Emma (TheatreWorks)
Wonderful Town (Goodman)
Brigadoon (Goodman)
Jesus Christ Superstar (Lyric Opera)
Candide (RNT)
London Road (RNT)
Elmer Gantry (La Jolla)

Plays:
Cloudstreet (RNT)
Frankenstein (RNT)
The Truth (London)
Gloria (Vineyard)
A Flea in Her Ear (Alley Theatre)

I wish the pre-Broadway tour of Jekyll & Hyde had been the version that opened on Broadway.

Agreed, though the first tour was better than the second, but what ended up on Broadway was a completely different show.

And, lastly, Mary Zimmerman's Candide, which played the Goodman in Chicago, the Shakespeare Theatre in DC, and the Huntington in Boston, remains one of the most stunning pieces of theatre I have ever seen.

Really?  I saw it at the Goodman and was underwhelmed.  A few fun scenes amid the sea of Zimmermanisms, but to me, it felt very disjointed and even oddly amateurish at times.  I loved the Light Opera Works production in Chicago, however.

The Old Globe/Broadway Playhouse/59E59 production/revision of Working was a fantastic production that was aimed at Broadway for years before doing a limited, sell-out run off-Broadway.

Another puzzlement.  Saw it at Broadway Playhouse and enjoyed 3-4 numbers, but it looked like something meant for community theatres.  I like the revised score with Millwork being the highlight of the show, but I was mostly bored by the staging.  The choreography was especially uneven, with some numbers working out okay, but others overly ambitious for the space and poorly executed.  I remember wincing at watching one of the new Miranda numbers that attempted to knock-off Blankenbuehler's In the Heights stylized choreography and it was jarringly out of place within the show and with that cast.

 

Updated On: 5/22/18 at 11:10 AM

[bandit964]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 11:15am

Hangmen.

[kingfan011]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 12:59pm

bandit964 said: "Hangmen."

 

 

I'm surprised Hangmen didn't got to Broadway.

 

[JSquared2]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 3:05pm

kingfan011 said: "bandit964 said: "Hangmen."

I'm surprised Hangmen didn't got to Broadway.

It's coming in next season (2018-2019).

 

[Oak2]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 3:11pm

Nathan Lane just standing there on a stage and showing a slide show of his most recent vacation. Why this never made it to Broadway where it belongs I will never know. The state of theatre today is just shameful if something like this can't make it.

[R. GreenFinch]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 3:20pm

I'd really love for the Encores Grand Hotel to transfer-- it's been a few months, and I weirdly can't stop thinking about it.

[CollegeDreamer]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 4:35pm

If Mamma Mia was ever to be revived, I would hope they’d do the 5th Avenue Theatre production! I enjoyed it, I personally thought it was a better time than the original staging they had for Broadway and tours.

https://youtu.be/B4TpxCjQbtU

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 5:42pm

There are lots of productions from the RNT that I thought would potentially transfer, including the above mentioned production of Frankenstein, but I recognize that most of the shows they produce would be very expensive to do on Broadway in a commercial production.

I’m a little surprised the Maria Friedman production of Merrily We Roll Along never came to New York. I also thought after the reviews and the buzz, the Los Angeles production of Carrie would make an appearance in New York.

And though I didn’t care for it personally, I thought for sure the Donmar production of Parade would end up on Broadway.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 5:49pm

Amazed The Witches Of Eastwick never opened on Broadway , would have preferred that over the new awful Les Mis