Shows that deserved a longer run....- Page 3

[zepka102]

Posted: 7/22/04 at 6:32pm

I really was starting to get more interested in seeing Millie... too bad the tour was here almost a year ago and i missed it.

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 7/22/04 at 6:37pm

Yeah, almost forgot about the Big River revival. That was one production I would have killed to see. (I didn't hear about it until it was closed.)

[mallardo]

Posted: 7/22/04 at 6:39pm

Never Gonna Dance!!!

[AnothaPartofMe]

Posted: 7/22/04 at 7:07pm

SMILE

[bwaybabe85]

Posted: 7/22/04 at 7:16pm

Les Mis, La Boheme, Scarlet Pimpernel, Jane Eyre, Assassins, Urinetown, Big River

[daynite]

Posted: 7/22/04 at 7:58pm

Gypsy ... (what an F'in shame it closed - I mean come on its 'Bernadette' !)
Millie could have run longer ...

Many of you put Assassins, which I saw & liked, but it was never meant for a long run - it was always scheduled for a limited run - they just extended it a bit due to the Tony wins

[Hank]

Posted: 7/22/04 at 8:35pm

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, ok, I'm a big fan and I've posted lots of stuff about Millie before so, here are my other choices:
NEVER GONNA DANCE, ok again, Noah Racey, a Millie alum, gotta give him a plug, but I liked it a lot, too.
Also, SIDESHOW, and URINETOWN.
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[ChristineDaae]

Posted: 7/22/04 at 10:18pm

Millie
Les Miz
La Boheme
Dance of the Vampires =-D

[Jamie Hat]

Posted: 7/22/04 at 10:22pm

Don't know if any one answered you, URINETOWN got "evicted" from their theatre (being torn down) and instead of forking out the money to move, they closed instead.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 7/22/04 at 10:56pm

Aspects of Love??? Ran WAY too long as it was. Horrible show.

[MadeofGold]

Posted: 7/23/04 at 12:15am

The Normal Heart
The Last Five Years
Urinetown
And did Once on this Island have a long run? I only got to see it once but I loved it so much and was so upset when it closed!

[bythesword84]

Posted: 7/23/04 at 12:22am

Urinetown (!!!!!)
Assassins
Jane Eyre
Taboo
The Last 5 Years
By Jeeves (wouldnt have built an audience but I liked it)

[BWayBoy88]

Posted: 7/23/04 at 12:24am

I think Once on this Island ran for about a year. I may be wrong.

Luckily Big River is going on tour. I want to see it but I dont think its coming to the NYC area.

[musicaltheatreman]

Posted: 7/23/04 at 12:34am

SIDESHOW!!!!
the wild party!!

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 7/23/04 at 12:52am

Why were the theatre-owners in such a rush to tear down Urinetown's theatre?

[JO125]

Posted: 7/23/04 at 1:02am

The Normal Heart
Taboo
Assassins
BatBoy
Tick Tick Boom

[JAZ94]

Posted: 7/23/04 at 1:03am

NORMAL HEART
TABOO
ASSASSINS
ZANNA DON'T
TICK, TICK BOOM
URINETOWN - Just because I would have liked to see it again
ROCKY HORROR
BAT BOY

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 7/23/04 at 1:12am

Rags

Definitely deserved to run longer than 4 perfomances.
I'm sad that it's the 3rd page and I'm the first to mention it.

[bythesword84]

Posted: 7/23/04 at 1:27am

I don't know anything about Rags so I can't really comment on that.

I would like to add though that I think the recent revival of Follies should have lasted longer, as should have Noises Off although I don't know how good the replacement cast was for that show.

[magruder]

Posted: 7/23/04 at 3:23am

Hey, Urinetown ran 965 performances and 25 previews on Broadway. If you factor in three months it played Off-Broadway, that's over 1000 performances and more than two and a half years in New York, which is pretty damn good, especially for a show with a famously unappealing title.

BlueWizard asked about the theatre owners - a new Bank of America building has been planned for the plot of land east of Henry Miller's Theatre for years now and Urinetown was always living on borrowed time in that theatre. The good news is that the owners of the theatre are moving the facade down the street (where the Dallas BBQ building is now), and building a new Henry Miller's Theatre behind it that will look like a newfangled version of the old one. So, Broadway will get a new theatre, opening around 2008.

[hortonhearsasam]

Posted: 7/23/04 at 3:47am

Rags definitely deserved more than it got. It's got great music, and the book is not that bad. (I was in a production of it this past February.)

I also say Side Show and Triumph Of Love.

[Eastwickian]

Posted: 7/23/04 at 5:39am

Taboo (in London & Broadway)
Witches of Eastwick
Martin Guerre
Our House (it won the Olivier Award!!)
Ragtime - was the closing a result of poor ticket sales or Livent's fraud troubles?

[Al Dente]

Posted: 7/23/04 at 8:45am

As I've said time and again, Fascinating Rhythm should have had a far more decent run. If only for the talent on the stage and the material they were singing. Gershwin is great to hear, no matter what. And in the case of this show, I feel the talent did it justice. Side Show should have run longer as well.

How about shows that ran longer than they should have. My vote goes to Footloose.

[taboo17]

Posted: 7/23/04 at 9:01am

Taboo
The Normal Heart
The Rocky Horror Show
Assassins

.....at least I got to see them.

[futurebroadwaystar1]

Posted: 7/23/04 at 9:11am

Urinetown!!!
Big River