Shows that will NOT get revived — Page 3

#51

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/18/04 at 9:38pm

Annie Warbucks. It was apparently a flop (although I still like the music).

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#52

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/18/04 at 9:50pm

Also, I know there's been a lot of talk about reviving Chess...and while I would love for it to happen, I don't see it being revived any time soon. They'd have to do some MAJOR work on it.

#53

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/18/04 at 9:53pm

Annie Warbucks never made it to Broadway. It got fairly mediocre reviews and ran a few months off-Broadway in the early 90's. The creative team (the same folks who put together the original "Annie") spent years reworking the material and producing various versions of it around the country, but never seemed to get it right.

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"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

#54

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/18/04 at 11:21pm

I think all shows no matter how good or bad should get a second, third or even fourth time to shine. As we all know: great musicals are not written - they're rewritten, and all of these shows mentioned have the potential of becoming hits. And like it or not, CATS will be back! It should have never left. So stop complaining and grow up. If you don't wanna go see it, then don't go see it. But, don't wish ill upon something you do not understand.

#55

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/18/04 at 11:26pm

I'm not sure I could ever see both parts of ANGELS IN AMERICA being revived. I would love to see them performed live, but that just seems like the kind of thing that just wouldn't happen anymore. I hope I'm wrong.

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"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#56

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/18/04 at 11:35pm

"But, don't wish ill upon something you do not understand."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

HA.

#57

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/18/04 at 11:53pm

Sorry, this is a bit off-topic, but StickToPriest, I just finished listening to my Sweeney recording, and I noticed something. That line from A Little Priest you use for your signature is different on the OBCR. During the "Poet" line, instead of saying "stick to priest" Mrs. Lovett says "try the priest", and she says "stick to priest" later. Correct me if I'm wrong, because I usually am.

#58

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/19/04 at 12:02am

Angels In America may never come back to commercial Broadway. The original run lost $1.4 million despite the Tonys and the Pulitzer -- union overtime for Broadway made the weekly running costs too expensive for the two three-and-a-half hour pieces to ever break even, though it eventually turned a profit on tour. I imagine we'll see it again in a limited engagement somewhere in the not-for-profit realm -- Lincoln Center, MTC, BAM, etc... could do it because of their large subscriber bases.

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"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

#59

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/19/04 at 10:20am

Starlight Express

I would LOVE to Aspects of Love Revived ANYWHERE, though.

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#60

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/19/04 at 10:33am

Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Unless they changed the title to Jaques Brel is Dead and Gone and Burined in Taihiti

#61

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/19/04 at 10:36am

Musical sequels never work
Falsettos is the only exception

#62

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/19/04 at 4:37pm

I don't think CONTACT, FOSSE, SWING will get revived. Also any DISNEY musical that is currently running......don't think a revival will happen for them!

#63

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/19/04 at 4:38pm

When Cathy Rigby dies, Peter Pan might die with her...

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#64

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/19/04 at 5:18pm

Peter Pan will never die...
Peter Pan

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"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#65

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/19/04 at 5:20pm

That is one scary wbesite.

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"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#66

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/19/04 at 5:21pm

It deserves to be posted every once in a while so people will spread the word about that pixie

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"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#67

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/19/04 at 5:25pm

I never knew that "All you need is faith and trust... and a little bit of pixie dust!"
That changes my whole outlook on life.

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"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#68

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/19/04 at 5:34pm

That page is really scary. I thought I'd seen everything...

#69

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/19/04 at 5:35pm

Something scared CATS????
Now I'VE seen everything.

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"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#70

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/20/04 at 8:24am

No, No, Nanette should be back on Broadway, with the 1970's Raoul Pene Du Bois sets and costumes and Donald Saddler's choreography it was pure joy.

I think we can live without Irene though.

#71

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/20/04 at 9:13am

I doubt "Shennendoah" will be revived.

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#72

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/20/04 at 11:24am

oh god, i have seen that website before....soooo scary...thanks matt_g for reinstating the nightmares... ;0P

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#73

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/20/04 at 12:39pm

Prince of Pilsen
It Happened in Nordland
Orange Blossoms
Apple Blossoms
Babette
The Fortune Teller
Lucky
The Bunch and Judy
Passing Show of 1915
Miss 1917
Artists and Models of 1922
The Gingham Girl
The Calico Girl
Show Girl
Hello, Daddy
Helen of Troy, NY
She's My Baby
Betsy
Simple Simeon
My Lady's Glove
Yankee Princess
My Maryland
Riquette
Dainty Maid
Treasure Girl
Florida Girl
Adrienne
City Chap
Bombo
Sinbad
Over The Top
Smiles
Gang's All Here
See America First
Walk A Little Faster
East Wind
My Maryland
May Wine
Great Lady
Lady Comes Across
What's Up
Follow The Girls
Early To Bed
Barefoot Boy With Cheek
Toplitzky of Notre Dame
My Romance
Miss Liberty
That's The Ticket
Sleepy Hollow
Seven Lively Arts

Oh, for those days of yore!!!!!!!!!!!!

Miriam

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#74

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/20/04 at 1:30pm

If HAPPY HUNTING (which possessed some of the most amateurish music and lyrics ever written for a Broadway show) ever get revived, it will surely mean that Broadway doesn't exist anymore. What can you say about lyrics that rhyme "...but the kitchen sink went" with "juvenile delinquent"?!

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Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!

#75

re: Shows that will NOT get revived

Posted: 6/20/04 at 1:40pm

PAINT YOUR WAGON
LI'L ABNER
IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S SUPERMAN
CATS
THE LION KING (after it closes, of course)
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND
THE TAP DANCE KID
I just don't think BABY is going to make it.
THE RINK
STARMITES
BALLROOM
At one point someone will try A CHORUS LINE but I don't think it will be successful
ON A CLEAR DAY... (Too bad, lovely score)
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
THE HUMAN COMEDY
THE MAGIC SHOW
BIG
TABOO
THE APPLE TREE
THE BOY FROM OZ

Didn't I hear that someone was going to do "PASSION" with Michael Ceveris, Patti LuPone, and Audra McDonald...or was that one of the bazillion concerts that's going on now. Sondheim was apparently crazy about the DC version with Cerveris.

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Updated On: 6/20/04 at 01:40 PM