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#26

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 7/13/15 at 3:27pm

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND?

RAISIN?

DREAMGIRLS??

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#27

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 7/13/15 at 5:16pm

Hello Dolly, Sunset Boulevard, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Music Man, Little Shop of Horrors, Annie Get Your Gun, Brigadoon, Mame, Sweet Charity, Kiss me Kate, 1776, Show Boat, Man of La Mancha, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Candide

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#28

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 7/14/15 at 1:54pm

I'd really like to see Mame on stage again.

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#29

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 7/14/15 at 2:10pm

Little Shop at Studio 54

#30

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 7/15/15 at 12:07am

I would like to see City of Angels.

#31

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 7/15/15 at 12:12am

If the City Center Annie Get Your Gun is successful, do you think that Roundabout may look into a revival?

#32

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 7/15/15 at 12:16am

It does not seem that long ago when Ms. Peters did it (Annie Get Your Gun) but maybe.....I would like to see Closer Than Ever as part of the summer Encores for next year but perhaps that is a new thread all together.

#33

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 7/15/15 at 2:25am

Just read that Oliver hasn't had a Broadway revival since 1984. It's time.

#34

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 7/15/15 at 7:31am

I second Oliver! and 1776, though I'd personally like to see them get Bartlett Sher/Lincoln Center style revivals.

I realize it's more of an Encores! or Musicals in Mufti kind of show, but I'don't like to see Over Here get a production.

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#35

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 7/15/15 at 7:45am

I would like to see Closer Than Ever as part of the summer Encores for next year but perhaps that is a new thread all together.

Closer Than Ever just had a fairly long-running Off Broadway revival that spawned a new cast recording less than two years ago. I doubt we'll see another production -- at Encores Off-Center, through Roundabout, or anywhere in NYC -- any time soon.

#36

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 7/15/15 at 8:36am

Once on this Island, I'm Getting my Act Together and Taking it on the Road, Candide, Lil Abner.

#37

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 7/15/15 at 9:39am

I worked with the local promoter when the national tour or RAISIN came to money. I could never sit through the entire show, but it is basically A RAISIN IN THE SUN with the drama cut off at the knees by the insertion of seemingly random songs. The characters of "Mama" has a good gospel-inspired tune in each act, but otherwise I can't recall a single song. I just found them annoying when they arrived.

The tour played to empty houses in Miami, at least.

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#38

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 7/15/15 at 9:58am

Two Gentlemen of Verona.

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#39

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 7/15/15 at 10:06am

Some of these are shows I would definitely want to see revived, but not necessarily by Roundabout.

#40

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 7/15/15 at 10:17am

Yes, ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY was done successfully at a smaller scale. But I'm not interested in a DREAMGIRLS revival that doesn't make use of the innovative staging that makes the show vibrate so much (I'd argue that the material itself is strong, but not strong enough to forgo the spectacle).

Something like LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, KISS ME KATE, THE WILD PARTY...those are the kinds of show the Roundabout should be looking at. Things like DREAMGIRLS and KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN--stories where the spectacle is intertwined with the narrative--are better suited to Lincoln Center or commercial productions.

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#41

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 8/3/15 at 4:35pm

Sorry for bringing back an old thread... but has Roundabout announced all of its shows for the upcoming season?

#42

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 8/3/15 at 5:25pm

I know all their broadway shows are announced. Not sure about their off broadway shows

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#43

Which musical should Roundabout revive next?

Posted: 8/3/15 at 5:27pm

Seeing as how the city is going back to the old days, how about The Life or Inner City or maybe Seesaw?

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