What shows are due for a revival?

[Trytodefy]

Posted: 8/9/14 at 8:11pm

Here are my top...

The Secret Garden with Ramin Karimloo, Steven Pasquale , and Betsy Wolfe.
Once on This Island
Funny Girl with Jessie Mueller
Children of Eden (kind of a revival)
Lippa's Wild Party ( A boy can dream right?)
TICK...TICK... BOOM
Little Shop of Horrors











Updated On: 8/9/14 at 08:11 PM

[binau]

Posted: 8/9/14 at 8:14pm

Kiss of the Spider Woman

[CoreyRyan3]

Posted: 8/9/14 at 8:20pm

I'm pretty sure I just saw a thread dedicated to this a few days ago. My bids were for City of Angels and Grand Hotel.

[Timmer]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 12:33am

The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd
Stop the World -- I Want to Get Off
Carnival!



Updated On: 8/10/14 at 12:33 AM

[brdway411]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 12:39am

I would love to see Merrily We Roll Along revived. I saw the Encores version and I saw the Fathom Event of the one they did in the West End.

[mjohnson2]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 12:45am

If they can do them properly:

MY FAIR LADY
MAME
DEAR WORLD
HELLO, DOLLY!
ALLEGRO
THE MOST HAPPY FELLA
MILK AND HONEY
BEN FRANKLIN IN PARIS
BIG RIVER
DO I HEAR A WALTZ?
THE GOLDEN APPLE
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
ALLEGRO
SEESAW
TENDERLOIN

And I know I put ALLEGRO twice, but I want to see a revival twice as badly.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 12:47am

^I agree, a revival of ALLEGRO is way overdue.

[ShakinBaconGirl]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 12:50am

DREAMGIRLS
HELLO DOLLY
FUNNY GIRL
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
ASSASAINS
CATS
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR...
MY FAIR LADY
SEUSICAL
CAROUSEL
SUNSET BOULEVARD
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE

[Gomez3]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 12:59am

Little Shop of Horrors with Megan Hilty as Audrey.

Dreamgirls with Nikki M. James, Patina Miller, and an unknown for Effie.

[jdavisinaustin]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 1:30am

Love some of these listed on here, particularly SECRET GARDEN, Lippa's WILD PARTY, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, CITY OF ANGELS, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, and SUNSET BLVD.

Kind of shocked that TOMMY isn't on here, though that's partially because I just saw a company in Austin do it with an Alice in Wonderland look to it. It sounds weird, I know, but it worked remarkably well and actually enhanced the story.

There's no doubt that the music from TOMMY has staying power, and the show's now about 20 years old. I think it could do well if revived, especially if a director does something different with it (the Alice in Wonderland idea would translate very well to NY) and if they got a music star (ie Adam Lambert) as Tommy.

Updated On: 8/10/14 at 01:30 AM

[mjohnson2]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 1:33am

Lippa's WILD PARTY should certainly not be revived. The only thing that made the show tolerable were the performances by the (admittedly great) cast. If any WILD PARTY should be revived, it should be the LaChiusa Wolfe one, but it just wouldn't be successful in today's or any day's market, so I don't even think that should be revived.

[Charley Kringas Inc]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 1:49am

Excitedly seconding Roar of the Greasepaint.

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 2:43am

Singin I'm the rain and hello dolly!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 2:46am

The Scarlet Pimpernel? *runs away and hides*

[mjohnson2]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 2:55am

THE SCARLETT PIMPERNEL, while far from a great musical (IMO) features Frank Wildhorn's best score, and it was actually the book that ruined the musical, and if that could be fixed, the show could have its own merit, so a revival could work.

[Elfuhbuh]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 3:32am

My Fair Lady needs a revival badly.

Updated On: 10/6/14 at 03:32 AM

[Trytodefy]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 7:57pm

You know my biggest pet peeve about this message board? Its the fact that some people talk about shows in facts. "It was only the cast that made it tolerable." or "Frank Wildhorn's best score, and it was actually the book that ruined the musical." THESE AREN'T FACTS. This entire industry is OPINION BASED and I have no problem with people's opinions but when you present them as fact it just shows your ignorance.

THE END.



Updated On: 8/10/14 at 07:57 PM

[dreaming]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 8:01pm

Rags
The Secret Gard
Kiss of the Spiderwoman (with Catherine Zeta-Jones as Aurora/Spiderwoman)

PS-Allegro is having a production at Classic Stage this season.
Updated On: 8/10/14 at 08:01 PM

[mjohnson2]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 8:02pm

Trytodefy, well, that just, like, your opinion, man.

Also, I know that my opinion is no more valid than yours or anybody else's, but I present them as facts because in my mind they present themselves as facts. If you want me to say "in my own personal opinion" before every judgement I make about a show I certainly am capable of doing so, but I figured that was unnecessary as the fact that it is my opinion is implied.

Updated On: 8/10/14 at 08:02 PM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 8:06pm

If love to see Kiss Me, Kate.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 8:07pm

I actually like the book for Scarlet Pimpernel 3.0. The version that they ended up with on Broadway and on tour was far improved in my opinion. I'd like to see the show get a fair shake at opening on Broadway with that version instead of what happened the first time around which was to open cold in New York with that first version, get terrible reviews, revise it and get slightly better reviews but still have to fight the uphill battle of negative press and word of mouth from people who only saw the first version. I know we can't go back in time and change it but I'd like to see how a revival would do opening with that final improved version and starting out (hopefully) with positive press and word of mouth from audiences from the get go.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 8:23pm

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING.....
CHARLIE BROWN
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
SEUSSICAL
THROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
SOUND OF MUSIC
CARNIVAL

[mjohnson2]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 8:40pm

Oh, I forgot about CARNIVAL!, which I would love to see a revival of, as well as LADY IN THE DARK

[cknick]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 9:29pm

I'd love an ALLEGRO revival with the cast from that gorgeous studio recording. Maybe not entirely possible now, a few years later.

[Glittergrrl]

Posted: 8/10/14 at 9:33pm

One show I regret missing out on is Bat Boy.