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magictodo123
#1Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/7/19 at 11:15am

A big Broadway producer calls you. He says the skies the limit for your budget (read: you have endless amounts of money to spend on a production), you have any theater at your disposal. What would be your dream revival, adaptation, or completely new work??

 

I'd like to see one of Jodi Piccoult's novels adapted for the stage, maybe 19 Minutes, My Sisters Keeper or Sing You Home. Or I'd like to star in an adaptation of The Princess Diaries. 

Dragon Eye
#2Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/7/19 at 11:19am

Broadway's CatF cast but with London's staging, sets, and songs

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#3Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/7/19 at 12:02pm

Rent out a theatre for 25 years, and keep the original production of Les Miserables there for the rest of time.

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#4Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/7/19 at 12:35pm

Into the Woods at the Vivian Beaumont.


"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "

Balcony Bill
#5Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/7/19 at 12:43pm

Jake Gyllenhaal and Raoul Esparza in Brokeback Mountain: the Musical.

Jake Gyllenhaal in Take me Out: The Musical

Jake Gyllenhaal, Neil Patrick Harris and Raoul Esparza in Love! Valour! Compassion! The Musical

Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman and Raoul Esparza in Naked Boys Singing.

 

Updated On: 8/7/19 at 12:43 PM

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#6Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/7/19 at 1:13pm

Step 1: Add a single seat to Stage 42.

Step 2: Re-negotiate contracts with the unions accordingly.

Step 3: We have a new 500-seat, Tony-eligible Broadway theater to which productions with a smaller capitalization can be diverted. Things that would work better in an Off-Broadway venue of similar size don't have to lose their intimacy and can possibly enjoy a healthy run in Midtown; a lot of transfers will immediately fill the waiting list.

Step 4: (Hopefully) profit.


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#7Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/7/19 at 2:16pm

Alternate (more costly) plan, heavily abridged:

Step 1: Obtain the lease on the former Liberty Diner within the Dave & Buster's / Applebees complex on West 42nd St.

Step 2: Convert into suitable box office / lounge area for...

Step 3: ...the restored Liberty Theatre (which would be a considerable job, but would preserve the ornamented balconies, proscenium stage, and box seats, and would ensure better access to the balcony and gallery levels from the main floor than the ladder that's presently there).

Given its general placement in the Times Square area and the establishments in the same building, this could pay for itself by being the place for one-person shows like the Springsteen or Manilow concerts, or for whatever visiting comic, tribute band, or magic act wishes to grace the scene with a summer show.


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joined: 5/1/05

Blocked: After Eight, suestorm, david_fick, emlodik, lovebwy, Dave28282, joevitus, BorisTomashevsky

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#8Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/7/19 at 2:39pm

FUNNY GIRL starring Lady Gaga and Jake Gyllenthal
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Produced by Scott Rudin
also starring Barbra Streisand as Mrs. Brice and Ben Platt as Eddie Ryan
Choreography by Paul McGill and costumes by William Ivey Long

Performance schedule: Wednesday thru Saturday at 8pm (no matinees Wednesday or Saturday).  Only matinee is Sunday at 3pm.  No alternates; principals perform all scheduled performances.   


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#9Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/7/19 at 3:10pm

I’d obviously put Cats back at the Winter Garden where it belongs. I don’t really care how many people would hate me for it. Sorry. Not sorry.

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#10Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/7/19 at 3:13pm

Bernadette Peters & Mandy Patinkin in The Visit

Patti LuPone & Mandy Patinkin in The Visit

Bernadette Peters in Dear World

Bernadette Peters & Mandy Patinkin in Sweeney Todd

Marin Mazzie & Jason Danieley in Bridges of Madison County (crying)

A reunion concert of Sunday in the Park with Bernadette & Mandy

Mandy Patinkin in The Great Comet

However, instead of day dreaming about these I want to acknowledge that sometimes dreams do come true. Bernadette Peters in Hello, Dolly! being one. 


"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022) "Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009) "Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000

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#11Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/7/19 at 3:44pm

Cate Blanchett and Julie Andrews in A Little Night Music, please.

What an event that would be.

Madison7
#12Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/7/19 at 7:34pm

Reviving Light in the Piazza at Circle in the Square with Kelli O’Hara as Margaret Johnson is actually my dream.

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#13Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/7/19 at 7:53pm

Sweeney Todd starring me

tomwsjr
#15Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/7/19 at 9:58pm

Agnes of God with Laura Linney, Tyne Daly and a newcomer as Agnes

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Elfuhbuh
#16Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/7/19 at 10:04pm

Dance of the Vampires revival with a proper script/translation of the original German lyrics, with a lusciously grand and gothic set/costumes.


"Was uns befreit, das muss stärker sein als wir es sind." -Tanz der Vampire

Dollypop
#17Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/7/19 at 10:49pm

The recent revival of HELLO, DOLLY! was an answer to my prayers. I will always be grateful for it.


"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

Theatrefanboy1
#18Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/8/19 at 2:51am

Gorlois said: "Cate Blanchett and Julie Andrews in A Little Night Music, please.

What an event that would be.
"

I’m glad you’re on board for that as well!

 

also

Cher in Mame

aaron tveit Cynthia Erivo and Megan hilty. Ooo or Eva nobelzada in Aida 

A revival of Ghost

kristin chenoweth in Dolly Parton bio musical

some sort of show for Leonardo DiCaprio. And a show to give Julia Roberts another chance and something for Meryl.   Honestly I wonder if Julia and Meryl (without sounding too August Osage County) could do  Nighy Mother

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#19Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/8/19 at 3:16am

Donna Murphy in Gypsy, Jane Krakowski in Mame, Laura Benanti and Kelli O’Hara in Passion, Nicole Kidman in Streetcar.

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#20Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/11/19 at 1:07pm

bwayphreak234 said: "Into the Woods at the Vivian Beaumont."

I second a Lincoln Center production of Into the Woods at the Vivian Beaumont! Starring Jake Gyllenhaal or Lin Manuel Miranda as The Baker and Laura Benanti as The Baker's Wife.

Cesare2
#21Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/11/19 at 1:14pm

Disney's Beauty and the Beast or Newsies staged by Daniel Fish

MollyJeanneMusic
#22Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/11/19 at 2:13pm

I would love for there to be a Deaf West Matilda, if only because School Song would be SO COOL in ASL.


"I think that when a movie says it was 'based on a true story,' oh, it happened - just with uglier people." - Peanut Walker, Shucked

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#23Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/11/19 at 3:53pm

Elfuhbuh said: "Dance of the Vampires revival with a proper script/translation of the original German lyrics, with a lusciously grand and gothic set/costumes."

Believe it or not, still working on this (though admittedly luscious production values aren't my first priority -- keeping costs tight returns the money much more quickly, and reverses the flop stench).


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#24Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/14/19 at 12:54am

I know Rocky Horror didn't do well in it's last revival, but Alex Brightman would kill it as Eddie. My SO mentioned this and I really cannot stop thinking about it.

magictodo123
#25Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/14/19 at 2:10am

DoTheDood said: "I know Rocky Horror didn't do well in it's last revival, but Alex Brightman would kill it as Eddie. My SO mentioned this and I really cannot stop thinking about it."

Oh my gosh I LOVE that casting idea!! 

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#26Your Dream Production
Posted: 8/14/19 at 3:36am

Here's a little bit more of my dream cast

Frank N' Furter- Max von Essen/Taylor Mac/Neil Patrick Harris (or David Bedella, but he's been in the role before, still he's fantastic)

Brad- Noah Galvin/Rob McClure (or Ben Forster, but like Bedella, has done the role before. I adore the 2015 production obviously)

Janet- Renée Rapp/Jessica Keenan Wynn (if McClure reads too old with Rapp, then Kerry Butler too. Butler was my first choice but I want to avoid this just being a Beetlejuice reunion haha)

Magenta/Usherette- Jasmine Cephas Jones

Riff Raff- Damon Daunno

Columbia- Sarah Stiles

Eddie/Everett Scott- Alex Brightman

Rocky- Literally any hunk from any recent BroadwayBares

The Criminologist- Richard O'Brien (or Tim Curry pre-stroke. I guess now would still be cool, but I don't know if he could handle 8 times a week sadly)

To make this perfect, it would open in the Belasco Theater around March 2025 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the original Broadway production/movie.

Updated On: 8/14/19 at 03:36 AM


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