Will The Color Purple be the first revival of a musical from the 2000's? — Page 2

The 2007 revival of Grease was a critical flop but a financial hit.

The UK revival that opened in 2006 ran over 1100 performances and had a successsful national tour in the UK, and sounded very profitable...

And that was a return of the 1993 revival that ran for 6 years.

As long as they heavily promote the casting of Danny and Sandy, there is no reason to think another Grease revival would flop.

"Oh, Calcutta" opened June 17, 1969 and played for just over 3 years. The revival opened September 24, 1976 and ran for almost 13 yrs.

So, the bar is set at just over 7 years for a revival and only 4 yrs between closing and revival.

Updated On: 5/18/15 at 11:13 AM

I totally feel like a Bat Boy Broadway revival would be successful

I believe that revival was the tour coming in to do a sit-down before closing, similar to the first revival of Les Mis in 2006, or the return engagements of Hair and Fela.

Ain't Misbehavin' opened May 1978. Revival: August 1988, just a bit over 10 years.

The original Ain't closed February 1982, so end of original to revival about 6.5 years.