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What shows should be given another chance?
Joined: 12/31/69
#75re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 12/14/04 at 2:44am
Two Gentlemen of Verona was really of its time. the John Guarre script and lyrics are quite good though and the score is energetic--if nowhere as good as Galt's previous Hair score.
Follies I think can't be seen as a flop as it did get a revival (albeit not a great one) and the original went thru multiple cast changes and had a limited second engagement in LA--hardly a flop. It didn't make back its profits--but that's cuz it was outrageously expensive for its time, and had a *massive* original cast--if it had been Company, say, it woulda made a small profit.
Company ran for 2 and a bit years (it ran while FOllies was running) and is the third longest running sondheim show (after Forum and Into the Woods)--made a profit, had a London production withthe same production and a very successful tour. Hardly a flop. And a midly successful revival.
I'm in agreement with LaChiusa's Wild Party, as I mentioned I think. I don't care for Lippa's--some fun performances and songs but it misses the whole feel and tone IMHO. LaChiusa's is GREAT, had a killer cast, his most accessible score, and is spot on in its atmosphere. It was probably too much for audiences--there was hope it'd win the some Tonys and run longer but it was shut out largely (poor LaChiusa was up 4 times that year--for book and score for both marie Christine and Wild Party--brilliant brilliant scores and lost to... Aida. UGH)
Shame more of LaChiusa's work at the least hasn't all been recorded...
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Updated On: 12/14/04 at 02:44 AM
Joined: 12/31/69
#76re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 12/14/04 at 5:58am
Gotta agree with Dream true--sounded fascinating--I almost wish it was recorded instead of Gordon's other show Life with Albertine--though I do love that score (mostly)
As for Marie Christine and LaCHiusa's Wild Party I think they just needed a bit more revision. Both have thrilling scores--Marie Cristine, dramatically does have problems though, but not unsalvageable ones.
Here's a choice that's prob not gonna be popular--Whistle Down the Wind. I'm not a huge ALW fan (though I have a soft spot for Steinman), btu I saw this in London and was so happily surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Surely it deserves some life on Broadway or at least a tour, if the Wildhorn messes can make it here.
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Updated On: 12/14/04 at 05:58 AM
#77re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 12/14/04 at 10:59am
AMEN to dance of the vampires I LOVE THAT SHOW!!!!!!!! I defiantely think if it went on tour it would have a chance.
Also, Side Show! The Wild Party - Andrew Lippa I personally perfer it
Our camp did an off-broadway show of this group called "Our Time Cabaret" at one point...it really is great music...I would love to see it and I thnk that it COULD work if publisized right :)
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#78re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 12/14/04 at 11:53amI think Marie Christine. The character of Dante wasn't strong enough and Marie got lost in the second act. If they fixed those problems, I think it should be given another chance.
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Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#79re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 12/14/04 at 1:18pmSUNSET BOULEVARD. Great score and a brilliant story. Should be made without focusing so much on getting a real-life star to lead the cast or on 'we have the biggest set on Broadway'. Of course a big name sells the show better, but it can also turn out to be "a dead end".
sanda
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/10/04
#80re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 12/14/04 at 1:28pm
Chess
it gets one of the best score. BB's music is charming and Rice's lyrics is wonderful.
The roles are interesting. The script gets problem but can be fixed. The stage scene would be a big chanllenge .
twogaab2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/03
#82re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 12/14/04 at 2:52pmDo I Hear a Waltz.
TWOGAAB
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misterchoi
Stand-by Joined: 9/5/04
#83re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 12/14/04 at 2:55pm
Seussical
MErrily we roll along
Caroline, or change...poor thing.
"Yesterday is done. See the pretty countryside. Merrily we roll along, roll along- catching at dreams."- Merrily we roll along
"The living was the prize, the ending's not the story."- Elegies, a song cycle
rmposey
Stand-by Joined: 5/13/04
#84re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 12/15/04 at 1:47pmAmour!!!!
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#85re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 12/15/04 at 2:14pmWith some MAJOR reworking of the book, Chess. I just love the music so much...it could work!
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#86re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 1/5/05 at 8:34amOh, yes. The Grass Harp.. PULEEEEEEZEEE!!!!!!
#87re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 1/5/05 at 8:53am
<------ I agree with Chess obviously. hehe
I would LOVE to see a production that comes closest to the original London production (not the concept album). I am a bit obsessed with the Danish recording. With of course the much needed changes to the book, but leave the music the way it is for the most part.
#88re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 1/5/05 at 10:20am
Side Show
Ragtime
Dance of the Vampires
Carrie
Wild Party
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Life is like a patio door, you never know which side is open... and then you run into the glass.... ~Connie and Carla
#89re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 1/5/05 at 10:21am
Side Show
Ragtime
Dance of the Vampires
Carrie
Wild Party
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
I am sure there are others !!!
Life is like a patio door, you never know which side is open... and then you run into the glass.... ~Connie and Carla
#90re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 1/5/05 at 12:23pmJekyll & Hyde and Candide (because if Candide came back I'd have a job!)
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Leading Actor Joined: 5/22/03
#91re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 1/6/05 at 11:38am
ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. I saw the original and loved it. Yes, there were some long stretches, but overall it was an inspired production. And Coleman's music, parodying parody and actually getting away with it. By the way, if anyone is thinking of casting a new production I would be an outstanding Mrs. Primrose.
Miriam
Every movement has a meaning--but what the hell does it mean!
#92re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 1/6/05 at 2:11pm
I second "Chess", keep it in 1984/1985 as a "period" piece and do some tweaking to the book. The whole "updating" of the show is what brought it down.
"Taboo"... from friends who saw it both in London and NYC... they should've kept it more like the London production, more intimate. Maybe at Studio 54?
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twogaab2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/03
#93re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 1/6/05 at 4:02pm
How about somethings that hasn't already been produced in the last 10 years.
Allegro
70 Girls 70
Both were shows that deserved better than they got on the first go-round
TWOGAAB
"A Class Act" will never die!
#94re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 1/6/05 at 5:01pmJane Eyre....love that one!!!!
"Where are we headed?
Judy- "Over the god-damn rainbow"- Boy from Oz
#95re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 1/6/05 at 5:04pm
ZANNA DON'T!!!!!!!!!!
Dance of Death
Triumph Of Love
YAGMCB
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Nothing, if you don't believe in them. But she did, you see. She believed in enchanted evenings, and she believed that a small cloud passed overhead and cried down on a flower bed, and she even believed there was breakfast to be had...
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#96re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 1/6/05 at 5:44pmSide Show....if the book got fixed such a great show with awesome music....I also think Amour hads a special something about it..and the wild party...both versions :)
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#97re: What shows should be given another chance?
Posted: 1/6/05 at 5:49pm
Hollywood Arms
I loved that show
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