What Broadway Musical do you think could thrive with a John Doyle-esque revival?- Page 2

[JVJ93]

Posted: 12/9/17 at 10:54am

Doyle should direct a Parade revival. Also curious to see what he would do with Ragtime

[MarkBearSF]

Posted: 12/9/17 at 11:59am

I was going to jokingly say 42nd St - but now I think of it, a darker version with a smaller cast could be interesting. (There still would need to be a hard working -albeit ragged- chorus tap dancing their hearts out. And no play-your-own-instruments staging.)

I love the idea of Parade.

(NOT anything by Brecht - I found the video of his Mahagonny to be deadly boring. His often cold touch combined with Brechtian distancing was not a good combination, IMHO)



 

Updated On: 12/9/17 at 11:59 AM

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 12/9/17 at 12:10pm

I'd give a kidney to see a John Doyle Dogfight

[darquegk]

Posted: 12/9/17 at 12:11pm

I did a partially actor-muso Godspell in 2012 and have always wondered what a director who specializes in that concept could have contributed.

[Demitri2]

Posted: 12/9/17 at 12:33pm

I second KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN. Having seen it on Broadway and on tour, I was curious to see it produced by a regional theatre on a vacation in Hawaii. On a very small stage, the book worked beautifully centering more on the two major characters. I'd like to see how it would play in a Doyle-esque revival. 

[GeorgeandDot]

Posted: 12/9/17 at 1:13pm

Why did I not think of Kiss of the Spiderwoman? He's absolutely perfect for it.

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 12/9/17 at 1:30pm

I've been impressed with the Doyle approach as often as I've been depressed by it. THE COLOR PURPLE is definitely exhibit A-- but PACIFIC OVERTURES might be the dreadful exhibit B.

It saddens me greatly to pick any show whose original Broadway production had a full stage of gorgeous scenery, costumes, orchestra and cast of dozens and try to imagine it in an empty box with a cast of 8. I know financials may demand such thinking, but I'd rather dream in the opposite direction-- give the impoverished original MAN OF LA MANCHA a full Metropolitan Opera staging. Let's see THE FANTASTICKS as produced by Radio City Music Hall. (Ok, maybe that's a step too far...) 

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 12/9/17 at 2:03pm

Just brainstorming, some of these might not be good ideas at all, but:

A Little Night Music - alternatively if the musicianship were limited to the vocal quintet
Music Man
Marat/Sade - so similar in setting to his Sweeney
Nine
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