#76
Posted: 2/1/05 at 9:25pm
MACK AND MABEL
VIOLET
sONG & DANCE
VIOLET
sONG & DANCE
What shows truly deserve another chance? — Page 4
#77
Posted: 2/1/05 at 9:32pm
CHESS!!!! ( was so surprised this thread had 3 pages before someone mentioned it!
The Last 5 Years with Sherie and Norbert...LOVED IT
The Last 5 Years with Sherie and Norbert...LOVED IT
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#78
Posted: 2/1/05 at 9:45pm
Although I love the music to CHESS, the show is just so bad and bloody painfully boring. I can't imagine it succeeding unless they reconceive the entire show, which I would love.
Definitely SONG AND DANCE!!!! As long as they don't bring over the crap TELL ME ON A SUNDAY revival from london.
Definitely SONG AND DANCE!!!! As long as they don't bring over the crap TELL ME ON A SUNDAY revival from london.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#79
Posted: 2/1/05 at 9:47pm
What happened to Master Class - it did so well when it opened...was it a limited run or something?
#80
Posted: 2/1/05 at 9:48pm
I think they kept changing casts and it just lost steam. Am i wrong?
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#81
Posted: 2/1/05 at 10:07pm
Side Show- The music is amazing and it really deserves to run again.. A wonderful show!!!
Life is like a patio door, you never know which side is open... and then you run into the glass.... ~Connie and Carla
#82
Posted: 2/1/05 at 10:07pm
Do we know about Three Sisters and, mainly, Dreams and Nightmares...?
#83
Posted: 2/1/05 at 10:12pm
"Parade" What an amazing story with so much to say to people out there. Fanominal. Really deserving of another run. A successful one at that!
#84
Posted: 2/1/05 at 10:28pm
The Scarlet Pimpernel...it had the potential to be really great.
#85
Posted: 2/2/05 at 12:04am
In regards to the Chess story being boring I agree when that statement is applied to teh painfully long Broadway version. The original london version moved quite rapidly and was an incredible production. A few alterations need to be made to the story in the second act but i feel the original version of Chess was the best incarnation thus far(It seems everyone rewrites the show, everytime it is performed). The recent swedish production while incredibly moving in some parts departed way too much from teh original source material ( I loved some of the new music though...especially the stuff with Florence's flashback to tehm taking her father...brilliant). With the right reworking Chess could be spectacular
#86
Posted: 2/2/05 at 12:30am
Master Class? The Terrence McNally play about Maria Callas? It was a huge profitable long-running Tony-winning hit. It ran 20 months which is a very long time for a straight play on Broadway (one of the longest runs for a straight play in the 90s).
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#87
Posted: 2/2/05 at 12:33am
Caroline or Change, Frozen, The Diviners
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#88
Posted: 2/2/05 at 2:04am
Sixteen Wounded, definitely.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#89
Posted: 2/2/05 at 2:34am
Violet 
Carrie
Side Show
Martin Guere
Ragtime
Bare
Taboo
Parade
Carrie
Side Show
Martin Guere
Ragtime
Bare
Taboo
Parade
#90
Posted: 2/2/05 at 3:25am
Thanks GOD someone finally named Violet!
Others (off the top of my head)
Unsinkable Molly Brown
Do I Hear a Waltz?
Merrily We Roll Along
Bounce
Parade (!!)
Floyd Collins
The Wild Party (LaChiusa)
A Man of No Importance
Caroline, or Change (though it's doing just lovely now!)
My Favorite Year
Sweet Smell of Success
Tap Dance Kid (love me some Henry Krieger)
No Strings
Mack and Mabel (probably Herman's best IMHO)
I couldn't even begin with plays: there are FAR too many!
Some of these shows being mentioned are ridiculous - many being quite and often overappreciated!
Others (off the top of my head)
Unsinkable Molly Brown
Do I Hear a Waltz?
Merrily We Roll Along
Bounce
Parade (!!)
Floyd Collins
The Wild Party (LaChiusa)
A Man of No Importance
Caroline, or Change (though it's doing just lovely now!)
My Favorite Year
Sweet Smell of Success
Tap Dance Kid (love me some Henry Krieger)
No Strings
Mack and Mabel (probably Herman's best IMHO)
I couldn't even begin with plays: there are FAR too many!
Some of these shows being mentioned are ridiculous - many being quite and often overappreciated!
But I won't live alone in a house of regret.
#91
Posted: 2/2/05 at 5:48pm
Definitely agree with Carrie and Martin Guerre!
#92
Posted: 2/2/05 at 6:00pm
Side Show
Caroline or Change
Parade
Lippa's Wild Party---it needs to have a broadway run...the other one sucked!--although I loved toni collette.
Caroline or Change
Parade
Lippa's Wild Party---it needs to have a broadway run...the other one sucked!--although I loved toni collette.
