Which Other Musicals Should Lincoln Center/Bart Sher Revive?- Page 3

[MCfan2]

Posted: 3/18/18 at 9:33am

I'd very much like to see what he could do with Camelot.

[JudyDenmark]

Posted: 3/19/18 at 12:38am

Oklahoma seems too obvious, but... Oklahoma!

I'd also love to see Man of La Mancha brought back to that theatre, and he would do a gorgeous production for sure. 

(Runner up votes for Kiss Me Kate and Once Upon a Mattress!)

[GeorgeandDot]

Posted: 3/19/18 at 6:47am

Man of La Mancha with Paulo Szot would be glorious. Bart seems like such a great choice for that show and I think the Vivian Beaumont was it's original home actually.

[Playbill_Trash]

Posted: 3/19/18 at 7:04am

Something Rotten!

I think enough time has passed for us to take another look at this remarkable piece of american musical theatre. And Bartlett Sher is the perfect visionary that could give the introspective journey that Eggbert has about his relationship with his father the earnest sincerity that it very much deserves. 

Lincoln Center / Bartlett Sher now have a history of reimagining musicals that are already perfect, so naturally Something Rotten deserves to be on this list. 

[mar6411]

Posted: 3/19/18 at 7:29am

Camelot, Oliver and Brigadoon - in that order.

Updated On: 3/19/18 at 07:29 AM

[After Eight]

Posted: 3/19/18 at 7:50am

"and I think the Vivian Beaumont was it's original home actually."

It was not. It was the ANTA Washington Square. 

[The Other One]

Posted: 3/19/18 at 7:53am

^ True, After Eight, but it would still be great to see Man of La Mancha at the Beaumont, directed by Sher.

[After Eight]

Posted: 3/19/18 at 7:56am

^

Maybe you think so, but I sure don't.

[GeorgeandDot]

Posted: 3/19/18 at 8:05am

My mistake, Man of La Mancha's 72' revival was at the VB. I don't know why I have to defend myself here considering that A8 is a fake troll account.

[After Eight]

Posted: 3/19/18 at 8:12am

^

If you make erroneous statements, you should expect that they will be corrected.

Indeed, you should thank the person who corrects you.

That person has helped you not repeat the same mistake in the future.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 3/19/18 at 8:38am

Man of La Mancha directed by Bartlett Sher is so perfect that I didn't realize that sooner. Plus I do know the fact that the ANTA Washington Square was built as the prototype theater for the  Vivian Beaumont, very interesting stuff.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 10/21/21 at 8:22am

When Bartlett Sher was interviewed by Playbill on June 22nd, 2020, I submitted in a question asking him "Are there any other classic musicals that you have not directed that you'd love to direct one day?". Bart said "there are many" and that one of them was Man of La Mancha. (@5:13)
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=2700670860262345 Updated On: 10/21/21 at 08:22 AM

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 10/21/21 at 8:32am

I would love to see what Sher could do with The Sound of Music at the Beaumont.

[sinister teashop]

Posted: 10/22/21 at 3:48pm

A Lincoln Center/Bart Sher SHOW BOAT is a great idea. 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 10/22/21 at 3:55pm

FUNNY GIRL. Oh, how magical his 2012 Broadway revival would have been had it not be scrapped.

[degrassifan]

Posted: 10/22/21 at 9:22pm

I vote for The Sound of Music. I've always been curious on what his take would be like. 

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 10/22/21 at 11:10pm

sinister teashop said: "A Lincoln Center/Bart Sher SHOW BOAT is a great idea."

Show Boat would be wonderful - a somewhat lesser-known work that would still fit within their recent pattern of finding ways to infuse modern sensibilities into a lavish production.

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 10/22/21 at 11:21pm

Follies. 

[sassylash3s]

Posted: 10/22/21 at 11:28pm

Legally Blonde with Kelli O'Hara as Elle Woods

[JasonC3]

Posted: 10/23/21 at 7:21am

Floyd Collins, a show the really deserves to be seen by a much wider audience.

And while we don't need another production of it for some time, I'd be curious to see what Sher might do with Sweeney. Updated On: 10/23/21 at 07:21 AM

[tomwsjr]

Posted: 10/23/21 at 7:43am

Brigadoon

[OlBlueEyes]

Posted: 10/23/21 at 8:08am

When I saw the title of this thread I assumed that we were looking for another musical of the same genre as the preceding three.

South Pacific, The King and I and My Fair Lady are among the goldest of the Golden Age musicals. They have soaring scores of often covered songs, and they have subtle but important messages about race, class and gender. There are not a lot of musical that fit that description, and a number are off limits because they have been recently done or are about to be done. But I give you a musical approaching it’s Centennial in 27: Show Boat. It hasn’t been revived since the famous Hal Prince revival in the 80s that earned Rebecca Luker her Tony nomination. The Jerome Kern Oscar Hammerstein score has songs that soar and songs full of pathos. Show Boat set many rules about the depiction of race on stage both in cast and content. And for a director looking for a challenge, so much extra material has been written for stage revival and film that the director can take the second act almost anyplace he’d like to go.

[binau]

Posted: 10/23/21 at 8:09am

Follies with Audra or Kelli and Laura Benanti would be amazing. LuPone should play Carlotta. Only about 5 years of gestation left needed.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 10/23/21 at 8:16am

sassylash3s said: "Legally Blonde with Kelli O'Hara as Elle Woods"

Because Broadway is ready for a 45 year old college Freshman.  Ben Platt… WATCH OUT!