Shows that deserved a longer run....

[KMF_NYC]

Shows that deserved a longer run....#0

Posted: 7/22/04 at 8:50am

OK -- which shows do you think closed too early and were never allowed to build an audience -- to the top of my list would be Jane Eyre

"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie

[FinnFanatic]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#1

Posted: 7/22/04 at 8:55am

There are so many. Some may not necessarily have built are larger audiences, but in my opinion, they are great shows that didn't deserve to close (not taking into account any economic factors). Here are a few (on and off-Broadway):

Parade
Last Five Years
Assassins
Jane Eyre

There are more, but it's much too early for me to be able to think of them.

[Jamie Hat]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#2

Posted: 7/22/04 at 9:13am

Amen:
Assassins
Parade
Last Five Years

and...
BAT BOY
RAGTIME

[LittleFish8386]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#3

Posted: 7/22/04 at 9:17am

URINETOWN!!!!!

[starlyricist]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#4

Posted: 7/22/04 at 9:26am

Most definitely Parade
Assassins

And don't kill me for sayin' it...
The Rocky Horror Show

There are some people in the world who say that writing stories, or composing music or dancing sparkly dances is easy for them. Nothing interferes with their ability to create. While I celebrate their creative freedom, a little part of me just wants to punch those motherf*ckers in the teeth...[tos]

[Rathnait62]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#5

Posted: 7/22/04 at 9:27am

Sideshow

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

[CherylA928]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#6

Posted: 7/22/04 at 9:30am

THE NORMAL HEART
The Normal Heart

It's never too late to live happily ever after!

[Unknown User]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#7

Posted: 7/22/04 at 9:35am

THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS

[mominator]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#8

Posted: 7/22/04 at 9:45am

Assassins
Urinetown
Big River

"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen." Conan O'Brien

[jayem1968]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#9

Posted: 7/22/04 at 9:54am

Don't get me started!

Assassins
Side Show

Everybody goes down well with beer.

[Corine2]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#10

Posted: 7/22/04 at 9:57am

The Normal Heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Last Five Years
Zanna Don't
Millie
Urinetown
Cabaret- It ran a long time but i miss it! Updated On: 7/22/04 at 09:57 AM

[Unknown User]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#11

Posted: 7/22/04 at 9:58am

Side Show
Bat Boy
Ragtime
Carrie- just so I could see it!
Dreamgirls- should have run forever!!

[NativeNewYorker]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#12

Posted: 7/22/04 at 10:21am

La Boheme

[azeller]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#13

Posted: 7/22/04 at 10:24am

Gypsy (at least through the summer!)
Millie

"Let's admit one thing right upfront: With the possible exception of Bernadette Peters, not everyone stays young and cute forever." (NYPost 2/2/05)

Updated On: 7/22/04 at 10:24 AM

[Ruffian]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#14

Posted: 7/22/04 at 10:27am

TABOO
THE NORMAL HEART
ASSASSINS

[TheTruth2]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#15

Posted: 7/22/04 at 10:55am

GYPSY, ASSASSINS, MACK & MABEL, CATS (Haha, jk!), ASSASSINS, THE GOODBYE GIRL, NOISES OFF (revival), ASSASSINS, NINE (revival), PRIVATE LIVES (revival), ASSASSINS, and last but not least, URINETOWN!!!!!!

[JohnPopa]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#16

Posted: 7/22/04 at 10:58am

Moose Murders

[Unknown User]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#17

Posted: 7/22/04 at 11:05am

assassins,
Taboo

~off the top of my head~

Millie!
Revival of Into the Woods, (All Sondhiem)

[Matt_G]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#18

Posted: 7/22/04 at 11:16am

ROCKY HORROR.

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

[TheQuibbler]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#19

Posted: 7/22/04 at 11:18am

Thank you for mentioning Into the Woods.

Nine was prematurely killed by bad casting.

[Ruffian]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#20

Posted: 7/22/04 at 11:18am

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh yes ROCKY HORROR

[ponine24601]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#21

Posted: 7/22/04 at 11:19am

millie
bat boy
cabaret
urinetown
(don't kill me) never gonna dance. noah racey needs to star in something!

"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon

[Unknown User]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#22

Posted: 7/22/04 at 11:24am

yeah! Never gonna dance was a really good show!

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#23

Posted: 7/22/04 at 11:26am

Millie
Cabaret
Taboo
Assassins
Aida

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[Matt_G]

re: Shows that deserved a longer run....#24

Posted: 7/22/04 at 11:28am

Emcee, besides TABOO all those shows had very healthy runs. While some of them were fantastic shows, it will be good to get some new shows on those stages. It's no fun to only have the same things playing. It's kind of like going to the movies and them always showing the same things.

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."