Shows that deserved a longer run....- Page 2
Shows that deserved a longer run....
Alix7272
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/04
#25re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 11:34amdefinately jayne eyre and the revival of big river!!!
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#26re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 11:40am
Assassins
Parade
Bat Boy
Urinetown
Jane Eyre
Merrily We Roll Along (all versions)
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
sean martin
Broadway Star Joined: 7/4/04
#27re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 11:43am
110 in the Shade, which unfortunately opened the same season as Hello Dolly and Funny Girl and got lost in the process.
She Loves Me -- the original production.
Anyone Can Whistle, which, had it been allowed to, could have found its own devoted audience.
Ben Franklin in Paris, which closed because of the critics' own ignorance of US history.
"That duck was a sexual toy, and it was on display!" -- an unknown Nashville town leader
#28re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 12:00pm
I know Matt, I just wish they'd been around longer (or in the case of Aida, wouldn't close so soon).
And I could kick myself for forgetting The Normal Heart. THAT wasn't fair.
#29re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 12:02pmparade, ragtime, and assassins
"Did you know that if you take the first two vowels in Olive and rearrange them it spells I-Love?"-Spelling Bee
"It's night like this that hotel bars were specifically made." Light In The Piazza
#30re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 12:04pm
Forgive me first for being both redundant and predictable!
THE NORMAL HEART!!
Millie..I know it had a decent run but not nearly good enough!
AIDA!
The Last 5 Years...just so I could have seen it 
#31re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 12:06pm
SEUSSICAL
RAGTIME
URINETOWN
PARADE
LES MISERABLES
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#32re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 12:14pm
Taboo
Big River revival
I think that Les Mis should of ran longer than Cats.
#33re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 12:17pmExactly
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#34re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 12:30pm
Les Miz- it should run as long as Phantom
Assassins
Ragtime (what a great show and fabulous OBC)
#35re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 12:38pm
The Normal Heart - I was devestated when it closed prematurely.
Les Miserables - Sure it ran 16 years, but it's a seminal classic, and the best of the Big 4 (Cats, Les Miz, Phantom, Miss Saigon). I had hoped it would surpass Cats, and by some miracle outlive Phantom.
BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner
HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#36re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 1:02pm
Despite the topic line, the question is which shows closed early and didn't have a chance to build an audience. I liked Les Mis, but it hardly qualifies just because it didn't go as long as Cats. If musicals' runs were in proportion to their quality, the original run of Sweeney Todd would still be going. :) Urinetown, on the other hand, had other circumstances contribute to its closing. And thinking about Assassins and The Normal Heart just depresses me.
FinnFanatic
Stand-by Joined: 6/21/04
#37re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 1:11pmWhat were the circumstances for Urinetown closing? I totally missed the whole closing of that show. I had seen in last year with Carolee Carmello as Ms. Pennyswise, and then I went back a few months later and it had closed. I never even got the news that it was closing.
Bwaydreams01
Stand-by Joined: 5/10/04
#38re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 1:16pm
JANE EYRE!!!!
The Wild Party (both)
Assassins
Nine (with better replacement casting, I think Eartha Kitt was a good choice, but JOHN STAMOS AS GUIDO come on now!)
Kiss of the Spiderwoman
Shows I think overstayed or are still overstaying their welcome~Aida, Phantom, Lil Shop, Lion King,
JakeB
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#39re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 1:36pmWitches of Eastwick (Drury Lane run)
#40re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 1:37pmUrinetown? Wasn't the theatre being torn down or something?
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#41re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 1:37pm
Hollywood Arms
The Dinner Party
Bells Are Ringing
Noises Off
Urinetown
The Rocky Horror Show
"You're every gay man's wet dream!" ~ MA
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#42re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 1:42pm
Despite the topic line, the question is which shows closed early and didn't have a chance to build an audience.
Duely noted. Yeah, I forgot about that.
In that case, I nominate MARTIN GUERRE. This troubled production kept running into bad luck; I had hoped the developmental tour would make its way to Broadway, but all the Broadway theatres were booked solid that year, so the tour just fizzled out and died. It wasn't as good as Les Miz or Miss Saigon, but it was still a great musical. Needed some work, but there was golden material there. It would have been ideal off-Broadway.
BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner
HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
FinnFanatic
Stand-by Joined: 6/21/04
#43re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 1:51pmI forgot about Martin Guerre! That is definitely one, in my opinion. It had its similarities to Les Miz and Miss Saigon, but it was also very different. It's too bad it didn't get a longer run. How long WAS the run? I know it was extremely short...at least, if I'm remembering correctly...
bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
#44re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 2:30pmPARADE ran too long! THE CIVIL WAR needed to run longer.
#45re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 5:56pm
"PARADE ran too long! THE CIVIL WAR needed to run longer."
LOL That was funny!
Jane Eyre
Urinetown
Parade
Once on This Island
The Secret Garden
Big River (revival)
She Loves Me (revival)
Passion
Titanic
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Tenderloin
Goldilocks
Sail Away
The Golden Apple
Aspects of Love
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
Rockette_Blondie
Swing Joined: 7/22/04
#47re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 6:00pmpassion and the scarlet pimpernel-good choices Mister Matt
"Did you know that if you take the first two vowels in Olive and rearrange them it spells I-Love?"-Spelling Bee
"It's night like this that hotel bars were specifically made." Light In The Piazza
#48re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 6:03pmAssassins and Thoroughly Modern Millie.
#49re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 6:22pm"Ragtime" should have gone on forever !!!
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