Posted: 9/1/18 at 9:53am
What do you think? I'd love to see Marin Mazzie take on Little Edie, but, given the financial flop of the original, they'd probably need a major name for any producers to take that risk.
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Roundabout considered bringing in the Rachel York/Betty Buckley production for a limited run at the Pels, but they ultimately passed.
The show is only 12 years old. I'm sure it will be seen again in New York at some point, but how many people can really be itching for a major-scale Broadway revival already?
Posted: 9/1/18 at 11:20am
We've already had a Spring Awakening revival, and that was the same season.
(Edit: of course, Spring Awakening was big hit...)
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GlindatheGood22 said: "We've already had a Spring Awakening revival, and that was the same season.
(Edit: of course, Spring Awakening was big hit...)"
That production also had a fundamentally different concept than the original. It also wasn't terribly successful -- perhaps because there wasn't a huge audience for such a recent Broadway show.
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Posted: 9/1/18 at 1:23pm
Love for CSC to take a stab at this. Keep it very small.
Posted: 9/1/18 at 2:00pm
That original production was incredible and, for me, will not be topped. I saw the lovely production in Sag Harbor, but I kept thinking how much I missed how it was done originally.
My god. It's been 12 years! I guess it wouldn't hurt to revive it.
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fb1123 said: "I saw it twice and watch this often.
https://youtu.be/rhshJfGBJ2s"
Thanks for the link. That was awesome. STAUNCH!!!!!!
Posted: 9/2/18 at 2:29am
GeorgeandDot said: "Let's wait ten years or so when Laura Benanti is age appropriate for the Big Edie/Little Edie role."
that would be wonderful
i also recently thought of possibly Kristin Chen in the role, anyone think that maybe could work?
Posted: 9/2/18 at 2:37am
Kristin Chenoweth should do it in the next 6-7 years. I think the show could be revived many many years later without a big name to sell it given natural artistic interest in revamping/revisioning the show.
Posted: 9/2/18 at 11:13am
Couldn't be Cheno for a couple of reasons, not the least of which is physical. Neither Big or Little Edie was that short!
Posted: 9/2/18 at 11:20am
I think it will be revived in New York at some point. It's too good a show to not warrant that but I think the right venue would matter. It's almost a chamber musical so it wouldn't require a huge theater, but with the right creative team I think it's very revive-able.
Posted: 9/2/18 at 11:25am
I saw the original with Ebersole, and it was an incredible evening of theatre. I hear so many people dog on the first act, as if it is boring. I think it's a glorious pastiche musical with tuneful melodies and a strong plot. The laughs really come in the second act, and I think the whole piece works wonderfully together.
I love the idea of Laura Benanti.
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