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

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/18/15 at 10:52am

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.

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 5/18/15 at 10:58am

agreed mrmatt-grease has timeless appeal and appeal multi-generationally (Fox picked it for good reasons) 

The casting of sandy and danny is crucial to a more successful next  broadway revival 

[ErinDillyFan]

Posted: 5/18/15 at 11:13am

"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

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 5/18/15 at 1:25pm

thats very interesting about oh. calcutta

a lot of people dont consider that a musical, but a review, so perhaps it

wins with an asterisk?

[rattleNwoolypenguin]

Posted: 5/18/15 at 2:25pm

 

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

[TheBoyFromNC]

Posted: 5/18/15 at 2:30pm

What about Dreamgirls? Originally opened on Broadway in December 1981 and closed August 1985. IBDB says there was a revival that opened June 1987 - less than a 2 year gap from original closing to revival opening, and 5.5 years between the productions opening. Though the very fact that no one's mentioned it here paired with its run of only 5 months makes me think there was something atypical about the revival that disqualifies it from this discussion...?

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[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 5/18/15 at 2:52pm

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.

[anmiller07]

Posted: 5/18/15 at 2:52pm

NYT says the '87 revival of Dreamgirls was "a bus-and-truck touring company, stripped down by its director two years ago for fleet and economical travel on the road."  Not sure if that counts here.

THEATER: 'DREAMGIRLS,' A MUSICAL, IS REVIVED

Updated On: 5/18/15 at 02:52 PM

[eperkins]

Posted: 5/18/15 at 3:36pm

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.