What shows are due for a revival? — Page 3

OlBlueEyes, Perry Como had a (minor) hit with Pipe Dream's All At Once You Love Her which he recorded during the run of the show... (Although it wasn't the huge hit Como's No Other Love from Me and Juliet was. Actually, I think even all of the flop R&H shows had at least a minor radio hit, even if forgotten now--Allegro had The Gentleman is a Dope of course.

I would love to see Two Gentlemen. I never saw the Delacorte, so I'd like the opportunity to see it on stage.

I still think Rags should be done...please...

Once on this Island
City of Angels
The Secret Garden
any Gilbert and Sullivan
Brigadoon
Damn Yankees
Sweet Charity
Bye Bye Birdie
Amadeus
The Elephant Man
Torch Song Trilogy
Tobacco Road

Jack Jones is the son of singer-actor Allen Jones. The senior Jones was the star of the first SHOW BOAT talkie and other musicals, including FIREFLY WITH Jeanette McDonald. (I worked with Allen and he often spoke with very obvious pride of his son, Jack.)

So dull or not, great vocalist or not, Jack came by his name in the usual way.

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The 50s and early 60s were still the period in which multiple covers of hit songs were recorded and released. So Jack Jones' recording of "Impossible Dream" didn't, for example, stop Robert Goulet from also releasing the song.

The 50s were just a dull period, musically (except in the theater): people were exhausted from the Depression and WWII, and ready to listen to more "mellow" songs.

I agree with you that "Impossible Dream" isn't really a crooner's number, but I blame the era, not Jack Jones.

Updated On: 10/7/14 at 07:40 PM

(MY OPINION)
Seussical
42nd Street
Will Roger's Follies
The Wedding Singer
The Secret Garden
(NOT WITH MOVIE CAST MAYBE A FEW YEARS FROM NOW) Into the Woods
Little Shop of Horrors

House of Flowers

I would like to see Patina Miller's take on the Pearl Bailey numbers.

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Loving the two votes for Two Gentlemen of Verona. A vastly underrated show that roundly deserves a return. Consider this my third vote. In fact, I might even explore the option for the revival myself (as a "B" plan to the originals currently in development). Let me talk to some people and get back to this thread.

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Arsenic and Old Lace with Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, and Will Smith!

GavestonPS: I'm impressed by the people that you were fortunate enough to know. My 93 year old mother's teen heroes were Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald. I managed to scrounge up DVDs of many of their films by ordering from Brazil. Eventually Turner started producing them. I developed a great respect for Jeanette McDonald. I saw her in a few other films including San Francisco and the forgotten little gem Love Me Tonight, which featured Maurice Chevalier and a young Myrna Loy playing, well, let's say a woman who was very fond of men. This film also had a Rodgers and Hart score that introduced "Lover," "Mimi," and "Isn't it Romantic," in a very original way. But I'll bet that you already know all this.

I don't mean to put down Como and Williams. They had TV shows that provided a platform for many of the great vocalists of the time. Although the 50s was a slow decade in which the torch was passed from swing to rock, great vocalists like Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Jo Stafford, Nat King Cole and Louis Armstrong made the transition less painful.

Charles Strouse talks about "Rags" on the NY City Center Blog. Maybe we will see it at Encores! soon.


Strouse on Rags

Updated On: 12/15/14 at 01:02 PM

The Wiz, Little Shop of Horrors, and Ragtime.

Am I crazy for wanting another Sweeney Todd revival?

IMHO for those who say Little Shop... I think it is too intimate a show for a Broadway House even a small one. This past revival sort of proved it. Yes revive it but do it Off Broadway, bring back the drop boxes!

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