Shows that deserved a longer run....- Page 3
Shows that deserved a longer run....
#50re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 6:32pmI really was starting to get more interested in seeing Millie... too bad the tour was here almost a year ago and i missed it.
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#51re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 6:37pmYeah, 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.)
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#52re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 6:39pmNever Gonna Dance!!!
Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!
AnothaPartofMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/04
#53re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 7:07pmSMILE
And if she'll say, "My darling, I'm yours!" I'll throw away my striped tie and my best pressed tweed, all I really need is the girl...
#54re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 7:16pmLes Mis, La Boheme, Scarlet Pimpernel, Jane Eyre, Assassins, Urinetown, Big River
#55re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
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
And the most important rule to be popular, always keep your beautiful smile ...
Hank
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#56re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
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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#57re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 10:18pm
Millie
Les Miz
La Boheme
Dance of the Vampires =-D
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Jamie Hat
Broadway Star Joined: 4/5/04
#58re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 10:22pmDon'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.
#59re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/22/04 at 10:56pmAspects of Love??? Ran WAY too long as it was. Horrible show.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#60re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
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!
"... Still a little bit of your taste in my mouth.
Still a little bit of you laced with my doubt. Still a little hard to say what's going on..." Damien Rice
#61re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
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)
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
BWayBoy88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
#62re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
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
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/03
#63re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/23/04 at 12:34am
SIDESHOW!!!!
the wild party!!
#64re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/23/04 at 12:52amWhy were the theatre-owners in such a rush to tear down Urinetown's theatre?
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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."
JO125
Featured Actor Joined: 7/16/03
#65re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/23/04 at 1:02am
The Normal Heart
Taboo
Assassins
BatBoy
Tick Tick Boom
JAZ94
Swing Joined: 5/14/03
#66re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
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
#67re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
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.
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#68re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
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.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#69re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
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.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
hortonhearsasam
Featured Actor Joined: 7/12/04
#70re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
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.
#71re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#72re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
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
Stand-by Joined: 6/4/04
#73re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/23/04 at 9:01am
Taboo
The Normal Heart
The Rocky Horror Show
Assassins
.....at least I got to see them.
#74re: Shows that deserved a longer run....
Posted: 7/23/04 at 9:11am
Urinetown!!!
Big River
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