Your Dream Production

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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