The Broadway Graveyard

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 11:29pm

This thread is a memorial thread for all the shows that were "planned" for Broadway but never seemed to materialize.

"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots", with a planned book by Aaron Sorkin and music by one of my favorite bands, The Flaming Lips...we barely knew ye.

"The Apprentice", a musical based on Trumpie's hit reality show - I can't say I'm mournin' ya.

"The Wiz", a transfer of Des McAnuff's La Jolla revival...looks like you might get another shot. Say, do you like Ashanti?

[MrSweetNAwful]

Posted: 5/1/09 at 11:49pm

holy crap I almost forgot about the Yoshimi adaptation, wtf ever happened to that!?

[JazzSquare55]

Posted: 5/2/09 at 12:17am

a slow Friday night it seems..
Updated On: 5/2/09 at 12:17 AM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 1:51pm

Mambo Kings!

[Calvin]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 2:00pm

That idea where they were going to reunite the cast of "Designing Women" to play out the next chapter of their lives on the Broadway stage.

Link, if ya don't remember! Updated On: 5/5/09 at 02:00 PM

[little_sally]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 2:02pm

Whatever happened to Pink Floyd's The Wall?

[The8re phan]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 2:03pm

wasn't there also talk a while back about a musical of "Tales of the City" with score by the Scissor Sisters?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 2:04pm

Masada, Harmony, Lolita My Love, Whistle Down the Wind, Gone With the Wind, Prettybelle, Ninfa!, Selena...

[Tom's Cat]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 2:14pm

"Letters From Nam" I saw workshopped and LOVED it. I always hoped...

[Kad]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 3:19pm

"wasn't there also talk a while back about a musical of "Tales of the City" with score by the Scissor Sisters? "


That is still happening. It's premiering this summer at the O'Neill Theater Center, in fact.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002416.html?categoryid=15&cs=1

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 3:26pm

How about "Senator Joe?" The McCarthy musical?

Well, in all fairness, it DID have three or so previews on Broadway-- but it never actually opened.

How about that Princess Bride musical Adam Guettel was supposed to do and decided not to?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 3:28pm

And Martin Guerre.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 4:37pm

Does Brigadoon and Godspell count?

[Weez]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 5:15pm

The Princess Bride. I still weep genuine tears for the best musical I will never see. ;_;

[Scripps2]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 5:57pm

"Masada,..."

Masada, much rewritten, had a major production in London last year under the title Imagine This.

It raised a lot of highly emotive controversy and is now in the West End graveyard too.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 5:59pm

good thread

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 7:21pm

Princesses

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 7:46pm

Paper Moon

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/6/09 at 2:21pm

Yeah, I knew about Imagine This (and actually like the CD). I remember when the tryout was announced for Chicago a few years ago and was included in the subscription series, but then it just vanished without a trace.

Oh! I had tickets to Paper Moon on Broadway. I was so upset when it was canceled.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 5/6/09 at 2:36pm

Wasn't Arthur: The Musical slated to open as well?

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 5/6/09 at 3:02pm

The Visit with Chita.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 5/6/09 at 3:09pm

"Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge" with Dorothy

[markypoo]

Posted: 5/6/09 at 4:29pm

The Rhythm Club

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/6/09 at 6:34pm

A Mothers Kisses with Bea Arthur

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 5/6/09 at 7:13pm

speaking of Mambo Kings... what shows actually booked a theater and then it fell through as well as what actually booked a theater AND put up advertisements and then it fell through... that happened to Mambo Kings, right? signs and posters were up on the Broadway Theater (i took pictures of it on my trip to new york that year)... but i don't recall it ever opening at all...