What show would YOU put up with a $65 million budget?

I'd put up Dumbo: THE MUSICAL!
Full orchestra, real elephant, and the original black crows.

And I won't take none of this "we can't make an elephant fly" BS. We've had multiple flying people on Broadway, I think it's time for an actual elephant.


To be honest, I'd really like to see something original. fully orchestrated, all-star cast, tear-jerker, funny, thrilling, action packed...

I think I'd mount a production of Cats... in space.

I'd do Starlight Express with actual trains.

Pompei: the musical. I honestly think there could be a really great story in there and some great visuals, and with $65Million, I bet I could have some great stage craft!

Love this! ^

I would really like to see a production of COMPANY that is NOT done minimally. My production would actually take place in the 1970's (since my opinion is that the material dates itself even though Sondheim wanted it to be timeless). I would have six or seven giant apartments that would rotate on hydraulics and a New York City skyline in the background that would blow everyone's mind and do tricks and stuff lol. I'd also do it with a huge cast and chorus of singers/dancers to be the new yorkers that are getting on and off the trains and planes A real subway? A fantastic disco? AND I'd pay off Stephen Sondheim to rewrite the ending so that something actually happens.... that way the show wouldn't close in 3 months as COMPANY usually does. Oh yeah and some of that money would be used to pay A-list hollywood actors to come do it... Renee Zellweger, Nicole Kidman, etc.... and I'd put John Barrowman or Matthew Morrison in the lead.

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I'd use that 65 million to redo Little Mermaid... the original was so horrid with it's community theatre stage effects and set and costumes that looked like an elementary school teacher threw them together. My version would be crazy like Spiderman and have just as much bad buzz, but when it opened with the entire cast flying around the stage as if under water and a giant TV screen in the back (like in the rockettes show) with under water images I think we'd have a show that would run for 20 years.... and actually make back the 65 million.

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I'd revive my favorite show of all time: Miss Saigon

shoot with 65 million maybe I'd redo the Liberty Theatre or something like that and start my own theatre company that ONLY produced completely original musicals

[title of show]!

hahaha I love the idea of doing TITLE OF SHOW with $65 million dollars.... 4 chairs and a keyboard

It would have to be 4 vintage chairs that belonged to the Pope or Queen Elizabeth 1 that are worth like 17 million each lol.

I'd just bring back A Chorus Line, force Ms Lee to actually let the actor's not be carbon copies of the original cast, and have enough left over that it could run longer than the stupid Chicago revival, and Phantom. Cause really, it takes all of what? $100,000 to produce it?

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Sunday in the Park with George. With a real park onstage.

Brigadoon. That way, you have the budget to leave the actors in rehearsal period long enough to get them all dancing and singing well enough with accurate accents to properly do the music. Throw in a full orchestra and true period costuming and you might finally get a production of the show that works on stage. Everyone must dance and all but two must sing and speak in a proper highland accent.

Amour. The technology exists to make this show look awesome now. And by technology, I mean steal the louvered projection screen from Brief Encounter, cover a ton of wooden frames with it, and let Dusoleil/Passepartout pass through any part of the set he needs to with no issues.

The Vagina Monologues with real vaginas.

Don't scare me like that! I've always assumed that they had teeth, but if they can actually talk as well, that's just horrifying.

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