Shows that should get a second chance

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Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 11:51am

There are so many flops out there that I think if they were rewritten and/or reworked could actually be successful. One of these for me was "Little Women" it had some good songs but it was just not a good show and I was very dissapointed with how it was put together since I loved the orignally story.

Any other shows that need a second chance?

re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 11:58am

high fidelity
dance of the vampires

re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 12:03pm

I've said it before. I really loved The Sweet Smell of Success.

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re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 12:03pm

i also loved the sweet smell of success

re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 12:04pm

Jane Eyre

re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 12:21pm

The Fix

Updated On: 2/16/07 at 12:21 PM

re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 12:22pm

Ragtime! I'm not sure if it counts as a flop, but it deserved a much longer run.

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Posted: 2/16/07 at 12:24pm

Side Show!

re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 12:27pm

Yeah I would love to see Little Women done again with a much improved book and better score.

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re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 12:32pm

All Shook Up.
It was so great, it just never got the chance to shine.

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#11

re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 1:20pm

Sunset Boulevard. It didn't recoup, so I guess it was a flop. I think you just need to keep plugging in a dynamic Norma with some star appeal and the show will sell well.

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#12

re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 1:32pm

The Rink. If it was well-planned and stuff, maybe it'd have a longer run.

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#13

re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 1:43pm

"Chess." I really hope Tim Rice can come up with the definitive version, in his heart, and bring that to Broadway and the West End. It's a very personal work to him and we all knew he was hurt by the Broadway failure. However, I think it should be completely through-sung in the style of the original concept album. "Chess" should be like a contemporary OPERA on Broadway

"Whistle Down The Wind." All it needed was another small re-write. It should have transferred after 1998. "No Matter What" was ALW's first No. 1 since "Any Dream Will Do" and "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina". Such a beautiful show, IMO

"Jekyll & Hyde." Something like a cross between the production in Bremen and the original tour / Alley production. Perhaps if the movie is made and sparks some interest, a revival *may* happen somewhere? I also wish Frank and Leslie could get the definitive version of this, instead of changing it all the time, but it'll never happen since B'way seems to have no interest in horror / gothic stuff

"The Scarlet Pimpernel." This should have had out-of-town try-outs. It should have worked out as many of its problems as it could, in advance. It was a fun, great show. I think that it deserves longevity with "Phantom" etc.

"Camille Claudel." Well, this never made it. It never got beyond the production at Goodspeed Musicals, CT. I feel that this is such a shame. Frank and Nan did some of their best stuff for this but I guess no one wants to see a musical about a female sculpturer (sp?)

I know I had more, but I can't think right now.

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Updated On: 2/16/07 at 01:43 PM

#14

re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 2:05pm

I'm most likely gonna get alot of rolled eyes on this one, but I think that Wedding Singer deserved a longer run. It was a really fun show, that maybe with a bit of reworking could have lasted longer.

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#15

re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 2:18pm

"Caroline or Change" also deserved a longer run.

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#16

re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 2:19pm

I'm most likely gonna get alot of rolled eyes on this one, but I think that Wedding Singer deserved a longer run.

Agreed!

I also think that Ragtime should have stayed around longer.

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#17

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Posted: 2/16/07 at 2:20pm

Parade.

#18

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Posted: 2/16/07 at 2:24pm

Seussical, Assassins, and Boy From Oz(I know it wasn't a flop, but I'd like to see it run longer.)

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#19

re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 2:58pm

Caroline, or Change
Parade
Side Show
Ragtime
The Full Monty
Urinetown (should've lasted longer)

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#20

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Posted: 2/16/07 at 3:03pm

caroline or change
suessical
your a good man charlie brown revival- it had an amazing cast but it was in a too big of a theatre. cheno was amazing!

#21

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Posted: 2/16/07 at 3:04pm

I agree about Urinetown

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#22

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Posted: 2/16/07 at 3:08pm

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#23

re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 3:16pm

Jane Eyre, Seussical, and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown are three of my favorite shows and I think they all should have deserved longer runs.

Shows that I haven't seen, but would love to, based on what I've heard from recordings (and the fact that I'm a Truman Capote fan):
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Grass Harp

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Updated On: 2/16/07 at 03:16 PM

#24

re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 3:33pm

Definitely "Caroline, or Change"

#25

re: Shows that should get a second chance

Posted: 2/16/07 at 3:43pm

Off the top of my head, High Fidelity and Lennon.

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