Shows that deserved a longer run....- Page 4

[Rathnait62]

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

In response to Al Dente - Starlight Express!!

[DoReMi]

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

CATS

[bythesword84]

Posted: 7/23/04 at 1:40pm

Shows that ran longer than they should have?

Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Millie, Rent

Posted: 7/26/04 at 11:18pm

Flower Drum Song!!

Posted: 7/26/04 at 11:25pm

Once On This Island

[NYCbabe3789]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 11:32pm

Urinetown
Aida (if they managed to get rid of the popstars)
Taboo
Assassins
Big River
The Wild Party (off-Broadway)

[musicalfandukie]

Posted: 7/26/04 at 11:44pm

i can think of alot of shows that did like

Side Show
Passion
Assassins
Anyone Can Whistle
Last Five Years

[Mr. TN]

Posted: 7/27/04 at 12:29am

I actually wish that Amour would have run longer than its 7 performances (not sure on that number). I heard it was an intimate little show with a lot of feeling. Just wishing I could have seen it.

[Sheri]

Posted: 7/27/04 at 4:25am

I have to agree with everyone:

Side Show
Parade
Assassins

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:39am

Notice how it's the boring and badly-written shows that tend to succeed these days? All of those others that had good runs were quality material, but crushed. Anyone Can Whistle RULZ! I love it as much as Dream Engine. Carrie was a monster, but it was gorgeous. If it had of succeeded, ANYTHING would be possible. But alas... Dance of the Vampires was slaughtered. It should've been how it was in Stuttgart. No one had any right to turn an opera into a musical comedy that made no sense. That was deplorable. Yes, all the good shows die young these days in Broadway.

Updated On: 7/27/04 at 05:39 AM

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:48am

I have never seen a show on Broadway, but by the status of the cast recordings, I have to say:

PARADE
THE WILD PARTY (Lippa version)
SECRET GARDEN (GORGEOUS!!!!!)
RAGTIME
HEDWIG (Needed to be on Broadway in the first place)
SWEENEY TODD (There needs to be a revival)


And so on, and so forth

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:50am

Sweeney Todd should be in Broadway, yes. It's awesome

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:03am

Thoroughly Modern Millie
Urinetown
Gypsy (revival)
Oklahoma (revival)
And soon to be, 42nd Street (revival)

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:25pm

Assassins! I miss this show already!

[thirdrowcenter]

Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:33pm

Assassins
The Normal Heart
Match

[MegGiry]

Posted: 7/27/04 at 10:11pm

Thoroughly Modern Millie
Dance of the Vampires
Side Show
Jane Eyre
Ragtime
The Last Five Years
Taboo
Annie Warbucks
Seussical
Thou Shalt Not
Urinetown
The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Songs for a New World
Parade JRB version
The Witches of Eastwick
Passion
Anyone Can Whistle
The Full Monty
The Rocky Horror Show
Once on this Island
Bat Boy
Swing!
The Normal Heart
The Women
The Secret Garden
Big River
Tom Sawyer: The Musical

Revivals:
Annie Get Your Gun
42nd Street
Little Shop of Horrors *soon*
Into the Woods
Cabaret

Meg

[Michelleruth2]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 8:50am

LSOH