West End Productions That Were Suppose To Come To Broadway

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West End Productions That Were Suppose To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 1:01am

Just was reading something about Keira Knightly and it got me thinking to whatever happened to the production of The Children's Hour with Elizabeth Moss that was rumored to be coming to Broadway?

What about the Neil Simon revival of Prisoner Of Second Avenue (Jeff Goldblum and Mercedes Ruhel?)

What other productions never made their way across the Atlantic?

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West End Productions That Were Suppose To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 1:56am

Love Never Dies

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West End Productions That Were Suppose To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 2:15am

Was the mildly successful Gale Edwards production of Whistle Down the Wind which ran three years in London (and I saw expecting to hate but rather enjoyed) ever aimed at Broadway? I know the Hal Prince original ws a massive flop and never made it there, and then the toned down, cheapo production by Bill Kenwright had a not too successful small American tour and he claimed he was aiming for Broadway but it never seemed a possibility...

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West End Productions That Were Suppose To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 5:40am

Love Never Dies
Donmar's Guys & Dolls with Jane Krakowski
Jerry Springer the musical

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#5

West End Productions That Were Suppose To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 6:42am

Actually, Jerry Springer did play a limited run at Carnegie Hall.

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 8:04am

*Supposed To

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 8:55am

Guys and Dolls Donmar would have ran on Broadway so much longer than the other production Broadway got.

Anything Goes and My Fair Lady from the NT were expected to transfer to Broadway

Cameron said he would transferred Witches to Broadway if it wasnt for 9/11

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 10:40am

Wasn't Honk supposed to transfer?

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 10:41am

Witches Of Eastwick

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 10:45am

Never understodd why Guys and Dolls from the UK did not go to Broadway, it was far better then that disaster that ended up there.

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 10:45am

Was the mildly successful Gale Edwards production of Whistle Down the Wind which ran three years in London (and I saw expecting to hate but rather enjoyed) ever aimed at Broadway?

Yes! I remember seeing the posters for the show all over NYC. It was a bit different from the London design as it was just the motorcycle without the man. I tried to find an image of it on Google, but couldn't find anything.

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 10:54am

Didn't WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND have several engagements in the States that were billed as "pre-Broadway"? I seem to remember one at The Kennedy Center.

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 11:09am

"Didn't WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND have several engagements in the States that were billed as "pre-Broadway"? I seem to remember one at The Kennedy Center."

Yes it did.

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 12:02pm

If I remember correctly the Michael Grandage production was indefinitely postponed after the WGA strike and before we knew it, the dreadful revival by McAnuff was announced. Such a shame!

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 12:23pm

Poppy.......in the 70's

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 7:59pm

AC that was the apparently disastrous Hal Prince production of Whistle which, much like his production of Bounce had plans for Broadway but they quickly realized they needed to retool the whole thing (I've never even been able to find images of Prince's production).

After Edwards' production became a modest hit in London I think there were more talks of bringing it to Broadway which seems to correspond with the posters Matt remembers seeing. I actually think it could have managed a modest run in New York--longer than Woman in White did or Jeaves--or Bill Kenwright's later campy/"more family friendly" production of Whistle he also planned to bring to New York.

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 8:12pm

Updated On: 2/20/18 at 08:12 PM

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 8:33pm

Eastwick definitely needs more exposure. It was almost a hit in the UK (and I think if tourists hadn't died off after 9/11 would have ran longer)... I actually didn't know rights weren't available anymore--did Signature get it because Eric Shaeffer also directed the original London one? I also didn't know the composers were American, I guess because so much of their stuff seems to only be seen in Britain.

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 8:45pm

Updated On: 2/20/18 at 08:45 PM

#20

West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 10:40pm

Witches had a production in Sao Paolo Brazil.

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/26/12 at 11:20pm

In situations like that it's always frustrating, because it seemns like a "what do they have to lose" thing. If more people did it, the better exposure it would get.

Has more than that first 10 minute clip, or whatever, of Zombie Prom ever been released? From the little I've seen it looks fun--and better than recent similar musicals (Toxic Avenger, etc).

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/27/12 at 12:36am

Updated On: 2/20/18 at 12:36 AM

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/27/12 at 12:52am

I guess it's been a while since I've checked--all 35 mins or so of the short feature seem to have been up on youtube for over a year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFbz5DEZiT0

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/27/12 at 6:04am

The original London production of Follies was announced to transfer to Broadway on it's closure in the West End.

Maybe it's time for a revival on Broadway....

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West End Productions That Were Supposed To Come To Broadway

Posted: 1/27/12 at 10:56am

Also the London revival of Sunset a few year ago was announced for Broadway but just never happened.