#1
Posted: 5/10/08 at 11:20pm
Does anyone know of any shows that had sequels that were equally as successful?
Shows with successful sequels?
#2
Posted: 5/10/08 at 11:38pm
No Broadway musical sequel has ever been successful.
Off-Broadway, there have been several NUNSENSE sequels that are very popular.
Non-musical sequels that were hits include Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound (sequels to Brighton Beach Memoirs). O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten is a sequel of sorts to A Long Day's Journey into Night. Lilian Hellman's Another Part of the Forerst is a "pre-quel" to The Little Foxes.
Off-Broadway, there have been several NUNSENSE sequels that are very popular.
Non-musical sequels that were hits include Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound (sequels to Brighton Beach Memoirs). O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten is a sequel of sorts to A Long Day's Journey into Night. Lilian Hellman's Another Part of the Forerst is a "pre-quel" to The Little Foxes.
#3
Posted: 5/10/08 at 11:44pm
Yeah, can't think of a successful Broadway musical sequel. Only plays come to mind.
Does ANGELS IN AMERICA: PERESTROIKA count as a sequel or just the 2nd part of the full play?
I believe FIFTH OF JULY and TALLEY'S FOLLY were both successful. There was a third play in that cycle - TALLEY AND SON (previously titled A TALE TOLD) but I don't know how well received it was.
Does ANGELS IN AMERICA: PERESTROIKA count as a sequel or just the 2nd part of the full play?
I believe FIFTH OF JULY and TALLEY'S FOLLY were both successful. There was a third play in that cycle - TALLEY AND SON (previously titled A TALE TOLD) but I don't know how well received it was.
#4
Posted: 5/10/08 at 11:46pm
LuPwned, Again!
Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
#5
Posted: 5/11/08 at 12:20am
no one was LUPWNED...
there has never been a successful sequel musical. ever.
there has never been a successful sequel musical. ever.
#6
Posted: 5/11/08 at 12:23am
I wonder... could you count all the Forbidden Broadways as sequels? They're successful.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#7
Posted: 5/11/08 at 12:24am
no. that's a series... not seperate shows.
when you say musical "sequels", we're talking shows like BIRDIE'S BACK! and ANNIE WARBUCKS
when you say musical "sequels", we're talking shows like BIRDIE'S BACK! and ANNIE WARBUCKS
#8
Posted: 5/11/08 at 12:25am
That's Bring Back Birdie.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#9
Posted: 5/11/08 at 12:27am
there was another one, Smaxie, titled Birdie's Back!
not sure if you will find anything on Google but I've seen both sequels. Birdie's Back! was written by an entirely different team.
not sure if you will find anything on Google but I've seen both sequels. Birdie's Back! was written by an entirely different team.
#11
Posted: 5/11/08 at 12:27am
Yes, I do understand what a sequel is. I was half-kidding. I think it's the closest you'd get.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#12
Posted: 5/11/08 at 12:34am
Kill me now if there is going to be a "Rent 2"
and it would only be successful because of all the crazy Rentheads.
and it would only be successful because of all the crazy Rentheads.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I?
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
#14
Posted: 5/11/08 at 12:36am
there have only been 5 sequels that have made it to New York OR into full development... none of them have been successful. some middle schools do Annie Warbucks but that's about it.
Show (Sequel to)
Let 'Em Eat Cake (Of Thee I Sing)
Bring Back Birdie (Bye Bye Birdie)
Annie Warbucks (Annie)
Divorce Me, Darling (The Boyfriend)
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas)
Show (Sequel to)
Let 'Em Eat Cake (Of Thee I Sing)
Bring Back Birdie (Bye Bye Birdie)
Annie Warbucks (Annie)
Divorce Me, Darling (The Boyfriend)
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas)
#15
Posted: 5/11/08 at 12:50am
a moon for the misbegotten?
Well it didn't do nearly as well as ALDJIN but it did pretty well compared to most sequels, yes?
Well it didn't do nearly as well as ALDJIN but it did pretty well compared to most sequels, yes?
<-- Gwen Stewart, SOLoist at the last show of RENT
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds. Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words. (Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
#16
Posted: 5/11/08 at 3:39am
March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland were both successful sequels.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
#17
Posted: 5/11/08 at 4:42am
Did no one see The Simpsons episode with Rent 2 starring Homer at the Landlord?
Come one, I would pay to see it.
Come one, I would pay to see it.
#19
Posted: 5/11/08 at 9:49am
WHERE IS THE RENT?
I MUST HAVE THE RENT!
DOLLARS, DIMES AND NICKELS,
I NEED THEM ALL RIGHT NOW...
There was also that episode where Lisa was class president that was one big homage to Evita, and that "My Fair Laddie" thing.
I MUST HAVE THE RENT!
DOLLARS, DIMES AND NICKELS,
I NEED THEM ALL RIGHT NOW...
There was also that episode where Lisa was class president that was one big homage to Evita, and that "My Fair Laddie" thing.
#20
Posted: 5/11/08 at 12:33pm
plus of course The Music Man one (with the monorail)and the Pinafore(?)one as they career towards the rapids..
#21
Posted: 5/11/08 at 1:12pm
TooDarnHot, It was a joke. I was trying to make the insinuation that there was a musical called LuPwned, and its sequel, Lupwned had a very healthy Broadway run.
Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
#22
Posted: 5/11/08 at 1:51pm
MARCH OF THE FALSETTOS and FALSETTOLAND were Off-Broadway.
#23
Posted: 5/11/08 at 2:58pm
correct.
we're talking about BROADWAY, Whizzer.
and I wouldn't exactly consider the Falsettos a "sequel"... more like a series. but let's just not get into this - it's so open for interpretation.
the OP was referring to Broadway musicals anyway.
we're talking about BROADWAY, Whizzer.
and I wouldn't exactly consider the Falsettos a "sequel"... more like a series. but let's just not get into this - it's so open for interpretation.
the OP was referring to Broadway musicals anyway.
#25
Posted: 5/11/08 at 4:21pm
this thread made my day. YAY for Simpsons musical spoofs.
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