#51
Posted: 5/15/18 at 11:16pm
I'd like to see My One and Only with Tony Yazbeck in the Tommy Tune role.
What should the next Encores! musical be? — Page 3
#52
Posted: 5/15/18 at 11:48pm
I just said it in the "Dream Revivals" thread, but I'd love to see them mount Fade Out-Fade In with Leslie Kritzer as Hope Springfield/Lila Tremaine. She has the comedic skills needed for the portions of the score that were tailored to Burnett's personal style such as "Call Me Savage," and would certainly have no problems bringing the more dramatic moments like "Go Home Train."
#53
Posted: 5/16/18 at 12:00am
missthemountains said: "Smile is an obvious choice. That would be fantastic.
Kiss Of The Spiderwoman, The Scottsboro Boys, Urinetown, It's A Bird It's A Plane, The Grass Harp are the ones I'd love to see the most.
In my dreams, Lolita My Love. But that will never happen."
Its A Bird.. was done in 2013.
#54
Posted: 5/16/18 at 12:33am
After her stunning performance of “Chain of Love” on her new love album, I’d love to see Audra do Grass Harp.
Henry, Sweet Henry has a magnificent score that far outweighs any flaws in the book.
The Rink would also be killer with some top notch casting. LuPone and Benanti are ideal casting.
If they could get a powerhouse lead, Seesaw would be fun to see.
I’m sure City of Angels is on their radar. People always claim it’s an expensive show to produce, but I think a creative director could handle it.
Hey, Look Me Over felt like a test for some possible fully staged shows. Mack and Mabel is long overdue.
Henry, Sweet Henry has a magnificent score that far outweighs any flaws in the book.
The Rink would also be killer with some top notch casting. LuPone and Benanti are ideal casting.
If they could get a powerhouse lead, Seesaw would be fun to see.
I’m sure City of Angels is on their radar. People always claim it’s an expensive show to produce, but I think a creative director could handle it.
Hey, Look Me Over felt like a test for some possible fully staged shows. Mack and Mabel is long overdue.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
#55
Posted: 5/16/18 at 5:36am
At Saturday’s talkback for Me and My Girl, Jack Viertel mentioned that the 2018-19 season will also be celebrating City Center’s 75th anniversary, and EVERYTHING being done in the building somehow has to reflect the history of the building (or something like that). He said it had made planning the Encores! season a little challenging.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#56
Posted: 5/16/18 at 8:44am
I could never see this happening, but I would LOVE to see Off-center do the 2004 version of Bare.
“6 AM. The sky glows. Somewhere a bird chirps. I want to shoot it.” ~ Jonathan Larson, Tick...Tick..BOOM
#57
Posted: 5/16/18 at 9:44am
Taboo w/ Keala or Florrie Bagel as Big Sue, Norbert as Philip, Titus as Leigh Bowery, Margo Seibert as Nicola/Kim and Sean Patrick Doyle as Marilyn, and Jo Lampert as George.
#58
Posted: 5/16/18 at 10:17am
The question, if they ever did Smile, would be this: will they perform the much-maligned original Broadway version with "The Horny Dermatologist?" Or will they finally give a major production to the more critically acclaimed licensing version, which more accurately reflects the show the creators had wanted to write in the first place?
I'd hope they would do the licensing version- a big portion of the show's ongoing mystique comes not from the mostly-forgotten Broadway draft, but from the synth-heavy reference recording. (Honestly, at this point, hearing the show with an orchestra would be jarring- I'd almost like to see it performed with a drum and three eighties keyboards, because that's the "sound" of the show to a great extent.)
#59
Posted: 5/16/18 at 11:23am
North2009 said: "Well if revivals of these shows are not on for the near future then I suggest:
OF THEE I SING
CITY ON ANGELS
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS
LOVE LIFE (1949) - Kurt Weil + Alan Jay Lerner"
They did Of Thee I Sing with Victor Garber in 2006
#60
Posted: 5/16/18 at 11:25am
Urinetown would be nice!
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#61
Posted: 5/16/18 at 11:36am
Urinetown, Bat Boy, and Taboo are all super underrated and NEVER performed, but all have great scores and would love to see them mounted, but doubt we will see that.
#62
Posted: 5/16/18 at 12:00pm
I would love to see:
Caroline or Change
Funny Girl
Sondheim's Saturday Night
Parade
#63
Posted: 5/16/18 at 12:07pm
THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN.....Kristin Chenoweth as Molly Brown.
#64
Posted: 5/16/18 at 12:17pm
I DO I DO......Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker in the Robert Preston and Mary Martin roles. They are a real married couple and very talented to pull it off.
#65
Posted: 5/16/18 at 12:25pm
MILK AND HONEY,,,,,Mandy Patinkin/Robert Weede Rebecca Luker/Mimi Benzel, Fran Dresher/Molly Picon.
#66
Posted: 5/16/18 at 12:25pm
Re the I Do, I Do casting above, you found the two performers in the whole world I would LEAST like to be stuck watching in a 2-hander with no-one else onstage for 2 Acts. Kill me now.
Updated On: 5/16/18 at 12:25 PM
#67
Posted: 2/18/19 at 9:35pm
I would do unspeakable things for a production of George M! starring Charlie Stemp directed by Joel Grey.
"Life is already so dark. If you have got the talent to make it brighter and bring people hope & joy, why would you withhold that?"
#68
Posted: 2/21/19 at 2:05pm
THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN with Kristin Chenoweth as Molly. She'd be great.
MILK AND HONEY with Mandy Pitankin and Rebecca Lucre.
SUGAR BABIES with Robert Morse and Michelle Lee.
#69
Posted: 2/21/19 at 3:35pm
StardustsChild said: "I would do unspeakable things for a production of George M! starring Charlie Stemp directed by Joel Grey."
Omg I am SO into this, please make it happen!
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