What shows truly deserve another chance?

[Unmasked05]

What shows truly deserve another chance?#0

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:21pm

In your opinion what show TRULY deserves another chance and why?

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[My Fair Lady]

re: What shows truly deserve another chance?#1

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:22pm

I think that Anyone Can Whistle, with a lot of work, should have another chance .And Taboo.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

re: What shows truly deserve another chance?#2

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:23pm

taboo- get someone to rework the book and get rid of Rosie, you have a great show.
and Amour
and Caroline orChange

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[StickToPriest]

re: What shows truly deserve another chance?#3

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:24pm

Anyone Can Whistle
Brilliant Score. Misunderstood Book.

Merrily We Roll Along
It was too ahead of its time, I think.

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re: What shows truly deserve another chance?#4

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:24pm

Taboo!

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[BreakingTheCircle07]

re: What shows truly deserve another chance?#5

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:25pm

Bat Boy
The Last 5 Years
Caroline or Change

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my obvious answers#6

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:26pm

Carrie-What else!??!! If Debbi Allen would have really choreographed her numbers and not done the same ol' routines that she's always done the dancing would have been wonderful. If the rest of the show was as powerful as the mother daughter scenes it would have been amazing.

Annie Warbucks-the little show that could. After all the bad press that Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge caused Annie Warbucks came in with preconcieved notions about what it was. It was a wonderfuly cute show.

Dance of the Vampires-they should have killed Michale Crawford off from that production from DAY ONE!!! the original version is already magnificent. I think that if no one had ever heard Total Eclipse of the Heart before that song would have worked.

[Gothampc]

my obvious answers#7

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:27pm

The Kentucky Cycle

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my obvious answers#8

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:28pm

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS! Without Jerry Zaks! Bring in a director who isn't afraid to go for as much of a realistic approach as possible, as opposed to playing the entire show for laughs. And bring back Alice Ripley! It's truly a good show; it has good bones, but the Broadway revival production just wasn't up to par, and it is unfortunate that it had to close.

[La Vie Boheme]

my obvious answers#9

Posted: 1/30/05 at 9:29pm

I honestly don't think Last 5 Years would do any better because people just simply like bigger casts better...

The music is great but i get sick of it half way through cuz its always the same people

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my obvious answers#10

Posted: 1/30/05 at 10:07pm

THE GOLDEN APPLE
MACK AND MABEL
BABY

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my obvious answers#11

Posted: 1/30/05 at 10:15pm

i dunno if l5y would do anybetter, but id like to see it again with nlb and srs!

awkward.

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my obvious answers#12

Posted: 1/30/05 at 10:24pm

Caroline, or Change
Amour

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my obvious answers#13

Posted: 1/30/05 at 10:25pm

AIDA AIDA AIDAAAAAA

cause i never got to see it! *sobs*

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my obvious answers#14

Posted: 1/30/05 at 10:27pm

Dracula

No, I'm not joking....

[leefowler]

my obvious answers#15

Posted: 1/30/05 at 10:35pm

How come everyone always talks about doing The Golden Apple, but nobody ever actually does it?

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my obvious answers#16

Posted: 1/30/05 at 10:37pm

For the same reason it's in a thread of shows that shouldn't have closed....

[muscle23ftl]

my obvious answers#17

Posted: 1/30/05 at 10:40pm

"bombay dreams" was the best show i have ever seen.....it was a hit in london...but didnt do as well in NYC and "dracula" was attacked by the press..it had terrific performers

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my obvious answers#18

Posted: 1/30/05 at 10:41pm

TABOO!!

[BSoBW2]

my obvious answers#19

Posted: 1/30/05 at 10:43pm

muscle -

don't get me started on Dracula LOL

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my obvious answers#20

Posted: 1/30/05 at 11:05pm

Caroline or Change and the soon to be departed, Gem of the Ocean. Both gone too soon.

[BroadwayDiva]

my obvious answers#21

Posted: 1/30/05 at 11:10pm

Taboo. Definitely.

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[gherbert]

my obvious answers#22

Posted: 1/30/05 at 11:12pm

I gotta say that I'm not in the game of thinking about revising shows until they work on the Broadway stage because you only get one shot and if you screw it up you move onto the next project. No one ever got anywhere by reworking the same project forever.

That said, I think that shows that deserve a second chance at Encores! perhaps are:

Plain and Fancy
Love Life
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Golden Apple
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
High Spirits
Fade Out -- Fade In

and countless others that are slipping my mind . . .

[Feodor Sverdlov]

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn#23

Posted: 1/30/05 at 11:21pm

I did a production of "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn", in 1969 (the first since its Broadway run), and it was a very elaborate, first-rate production, which generated a lot of buzz, at the time (Broadway showed interest, and PBS wanted to record it, but negotiations fell through). I know Encores is doing it; but I would love to see a full-blown production on a Broadway stage, of the version that we did, which included the song "Tuscaloosa", which was cut from the Broadway production.

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[SallyBrown]

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn#24

Posted: 1/30/05 at 11:27pm

Amour
and
YAGMCB <--it was just so great for little kids and for umm..cheno lovers! lol and Roger and Anthony were soo good!

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