What does Broadway need?

[Zebra]

What does Broadway need?#0

Posted: 10/27/04 at 11:34pm

If you could produce exactly what broadway needs today what would it be?

[shlamdiddly]

re: What does Broadway need?#1

Posted: 10/27/04 at 11:35pm

ME!

You aren't feeling overwhelmed are you?

[bronxboundexpress]

re: What does Broadway need?#2

Posted: 10/27/04 at 11:36pm

a revival of THE CIVIL WAR!

[Mattio98]

re: What does Broadway need?#3

Posted: 10/27/04 at 11:55pm

Swing your razor wide....

[Matt_G]

re: What does Broadway need?#4

Posted: 10/27/04 at 11:56pm

And I am telling you...

"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..."

[Mattio98]

re: What does Broadway need?#5

Posted: 10/27/04 at 11:57pm

Yes, that too.

[DickonDefysGravity]

re: What does Broadway need?#6

Posted: 10/28/04 at 12:02am

Revival of WEST SIDE STORY and SECRET GARDEN and
HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before... After the Sky. -Into the Woods (Jack)

[CapnHook]

re: What does Broadway need?#7

Posted: 10/28/04 at 12:04am

Mary Poppins!

Revival of FUNNY GIRL (now right now, but in a few years).

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[pab]

re: What does Broadway need?#8

Posted: 10/28/04 at 12:04am

You could drive a person crazy

"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"

[Unknown User]

re: What does Broadway need?#9

Posted: 10/28/04 at 12:05am

RAGTIME. It needs to bring RAGTIME back!

[CapnHook]

re: What does Broadway need?#10

Posted: 10/28/04 at 12:14am

Amen!

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[nycdncr]

re: What does Broadway need?#11

Posted: 10/28/04 at 12:28am

more revivals!!!

j/k

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says, "I will try again tomorrow."

[RobbO]

re: What does Broadway need?#12

Posted: 10/28/04 at 12:31am

love! sweet love!

XING
PED

[musicalmjk]

re: What does Broadway need?#13

Posted: 10/28/04 at 12:52am

some new stuff from old people
new writers/lyricists
no more pop music shows (mamma mia, etc.)
and some revivals

need to defrag my brain.

[J-Pill]

re: What does Broadway need?#14

Posted: 10/28/04 at 1:40am

A really dark, twisted tale of distortion.

and Bernadette, pleasekaythanks.

[feinstein9]

re: What does Broadway need?#15

Posted: 10/28/04 at 2:25am

broadway needs...

a score written by ME
starring ME
book by ME
directed by ME

and i'll go on mtv and promote my show
and on jon stewart
and dave chappel
and you know what?
i'll make theatre "cool" again
because *i'm* cool.
eat it.

on second thought, maybe broadway just needs a big hug.

[B.B. Wolf]

re: What does Broadway need?#16

Posted: 10/28/04 at 2:36am

A modern equivalent of Ethel Merman!
Dynamic, force-of-nature type leading actors.
Musicals based on substance over spectacle...
thus lowering the price of producing the shows...
thus lowering the price of tickets...
thus bringing a new audience into the theatre that years of inflation have priced themselves out of.
Two cents, tossed.

Word. Word, indeed.

[sean martin]

re: What does Broadway need?#17

Posted: 10/28/04 at 3:30am

It's not a question of "need", really, but "want". Broadway doesn't "need" anything, but its "wants" are as cyclical as any other business. Right now, the trend is to big, mindless musical spectaculars, and if I had the opportunity and the talent available, I'd do something like a big, splashy musical adaptation of material that's just familiar enough to have potential: a musical based on PILLOW TALK, maybe.

"That duck was a sexual toy, and it was on display!" -- an unknown Nashville town leader

[Jon]

re: What does Broadway need?#18

Posted: 10/28/04 at 7:58am

Broadway needs some new musicals that can combine wit, genuine emotion, and a little showmanship. Lately we seem to have to settle for one out of three. If we get two out of three, we feel blessed.

Broadway also needs a genuinely funny comedy - like Neil Simon USED TO to write. There hasn't been a hit comedy since Tale of the Allergist's Wife.

[AbsolutKnight]

re: What does Broadway need?#19

Posted: 10/28/04 at 8:03am

A good production of Martin Guerre!

[Chrysanthemum62001]

re: What does Broadway need?#20

Posted: 10/28/04 at 9:55am

I think it needs a darn good revival of Sunday in the Park.

I don't think you were looking for a specific show, so I would say it needs people who are involved with projects because they believe in what they are doing, NOT because they are looking for a way to make money. *sigh*

"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

[Matt_G]

re: What does Broadway need?#21

Posted: 10/28/04 at 10:19am

I would love to see a revival of SUNDAY IN THE PARK. I don't think it would do well, but I would still love to see it!

"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..."

[bdwybug55]

re: What does Broadway need?#22

Posted: 10/28/04 at 10:43am

B.B.Wolf...love your answer! My thoughts exactly!

[robbiej]

re: What does Broadway need?#23

Posted: 10/28/04 at 11:03am

Broadway truly needs the vision and showmanship of Michael Bennett.

Would that another could come along.

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

[Matt_G]

re: What does Broadway need?#24

Posted: 10/28/04 at 11:19am

Robbie baby, I'm right here.

"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..."