FUNNY GIRL is impossible to cast -- you need a 20-something, not terribly attractive actress (preferably Jewish) with a gift for physical and verbal comedy, a multi-octave voice and who is also a big enough "NAME" to head $8 to 10 million revival. Not a lot of names spring to mind.
MAME should be back sometime in the next two or three seasons according to Jerry Herman.
There have been talks of DREAMGIRLS revival for years, but they're probably on hold now until sometime after the film comes out. Perhaps Bob Avian will helm it if his A CHORUS LINE revival is well-received in 2006 (while he wasn't the official co-choreographer of DREAMGIRLS with Bennett -- the late Michael Peters was -- he was there for every moment of the rehearsals and knows the show well).
PAJAMA GAME may be back this season or next (Kathleen Marshall is signed to direct and choreograph)
Isn't it a little soon for CITY OF ANGELS, KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN and GRAND HOTEL? Their original productions were all less than 15 years ago.
I can't imagine that DO RE MI, CARNIVAL or DESTRY RIDES AGAIN could ever be successfully revived (they were only modest hits the first time around).
No one of the last generation or two knows anything about LIL ABNER at this point and I can't imagine it would find much of a Broadway audience.
I guess GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES might work as a vehicle for a couple of major stars.
PROMISES PROMISES is terrific, but I wonder if it would come off as dated at this point.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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