Shows that shouldn't/won't be revived — Page 2

Even though they did the ANYONE CAN WHISTLE concert in the 90's.

Encores! never did the show..did they? I would love if they did.

My perfect Encores! season would be..

Anyone Can Whistle
Redhead
New Girl In Town

I don't think those 2 Gwen Verdon shows would have a chance of being revived. Encores! needs to do them.

I think ANYONE CAN WHISTLE will only be revived in concerts. It is definitely the kind of show that should go into Encores! with an all-star cast.

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No! After Phantom closes, it'll be revived, with very similar sets, and CRAPTASTIC orchestrations by Christopher Jahnke. Mark my words...

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I strongly disagree with istillbelieve and basically this thread

I just saw Les Miz for the first time, I never had the chance to see it before and I absolutely loved it. Just want to say that Megan McGinnis (or however it is spelled)was simply heartbreaking.

Anyway my point is I love revivals because they give me, and countless others, the chance to see shows that we didn't have the opportunity to catch. I would love for them to revive Miss Saigon eventually, and I would love for all shows to be revived for short runs at least so I could see ones that I never got to witness onstage.

And I am all for completely reworking shows that didn't succeed the first time around or returning exact copies of originals that were great successes, just as long as they don't run forever.

Never: State Fair (can anyone say dull?)

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Lestat
Dance of the Vampires
Rent (already dated)
Hair
Baby
Coco
The Wedding Singer
Cats (if there is a god, it will never return)
Got Tu Go Disco

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IN MY LIFE. It was bad enough the first time around.

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CATS It's become such a joke

HAIR It is so set in its era, but there will probably be many more concerts/Encores because it has a great score

MAMMA MIA

I'm not sure Aida will. I wish Taboo would, but I'd say it's a tad unlikely. As in it doesnt have a snowball's chance in hell.

I REALLY want them to do Little Night Music. Thinking about the first two minutes of that show gives me goosebumps.

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re: Big Band is cute and nostalgic.

i dunno... nostalgic, maybe, but cute? Is "Sing, Sing, Sing" cute? All in the staging, I think.

Here's a musical that probably won't be revived, Rogers & Hart's HIGHER AND HIGHER (it came to mind listening to Julie Andrews singing "It Never Entered My Mind").

Looked it up, and there's a great anecdote attributed to Hart:

"HIGHER AND HIGHER opened at the Shubert in New York on Thursday, April 4, 1940. Backstage Josh Logan sensed the audience's reaction was less than enthusiastic, although everyone seemed to love the performing seal. After the show, as the audience crowded the center aisle to leave, there was a small but perfect silence. Then into that silence, Logan said, an enthusiastic voice rang out. "Darleeng, zat was zee muss vonderful f_ck in zee world!" Many people turned to see who was talking. It was the young French wife of an American lawyer. She was using the French word for "seal" which is "phoque". Her husband tried to keep her quiet, but she protested, "I deed not say zee show was good-I shuzz say zee f_ck was good-zee f_ck, only zee f_ck, and oh, how I loved zat f_ck" By this time the whole aisle was laughing. I stood in my box saying to myself, "At last, a funny scene but it's not onstage" Next morning the notices were as gruesome as I knew they would be. The show ran as long as the advance sale lasted, a few months."

Updated On: 7/13/07 at 05:26 AM

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However, The Vamp SHOULD be revived. Right?

posted twice!

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Updated On: 7/13/07 at 08:48 AM

if the draft were reinstated, HAIR would sell out through the duration of the 'war on terror.'