good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
bigbelterbaby
Broadway Star Joined: 7/5/10
#1good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 3:21pm
what are some musicals that got good reviews that still never made the jump to Broadway? (not this year)
for example, didn't Giant and Far From Heaven get good reviews ? and they are based on well-known movies. Wish those had come to Broadway. Still waiting on Top Hat and The Bodyguard from the UK as well. Mrs. Henderson Presents closed on the West End and I guess nothing is happening with that. I know it's not "mainstream" enough but oh how I wish Heathers would have been on Broadway. Would also like to see an official Broadway production of BAT BOY.
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Cfried
Broadway Star Joined: 9/15/16
#2good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 3:23pm
HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME! Bodyguard is launching US national tour beginning at Paper Mill Playhouse this Fall, and a Bat Boy Broadway production is apparently in the works.
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#4good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 3:46pm
Top Hat was workshopped here but seems to have totally fallen apart- the fact that Holiday Inn came along doesn't help its chances.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#5good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 3:52pm
I'm glad that Bat Boy never moved to Broadway. Even the Union Square Theatre felt a bit too big for it. I really liked it there, but I've since fallen in love with it seeing it in more intimate spaces. In the smaller spaces it doesn't have to be overplayed. When the cast doesn't have to start the show already playing to the rafters it lets them build that hilarity over the evening and ramp it up to a fever pitch. It's harder to build up to a 10 when you have to start the show at an 8.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#6good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 3:52pm
I'm glad that Bat Boy never moved to Broadway. Even the Union Square Theatre felt a bit too big for it. I really liked it there, but I've since fallen in love with it seeing it in more intimate spaces. In the smaller spaces it doesn't have to be overplayed. When the cast doesn't have to start the show already playing to the rafters it lets them build that hilarity over the evening and ramp it up to a fever pitch. It's harder to build up to a 10 when you have to start the show at an 8.
asmith0307
Broadway Star Joined: 8/5/14
#7good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 3:56pm
I was a Dogfight and Fly By Night fan. They had their flaws, but no more than other shows that did actually make it to Broadway.
#8good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 4:01pm
Heathers the musical and Dogfight for sure
#9good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 4:02pm
asmith0307 said: "I was a Dogfight and Fly By Night fan. They had their flaws, but no more than other shows that did actually make it to Broadway."
Did either show actually ever have Broadway aspirations?
Shows don't need to make the jump to Broadway- some are never intended to be in such large theatres.
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asmith0307
Broadway Star Joined: 8/5/14
#10good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 4:19pm
No clue. Dogfight did have a commercial producer tied to it I think. (And for the record, I totally agree that some shows aren't meant to be on Broadway. Just stating that I loved those shows, and while they had problems, they weren't the type of problems that people should immediately discredit them for)
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/21/06
#12good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 4:51pm
Harmony was not Broadway-ready at its last incarnation.
Far From Heaven is a good show although it works best in a smaller setting.
The "big" shows I would have wanted to see on Broadway are Martin Guerre, Whistle Down the Wind, and the German Hunchback of Notre Dame
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#14good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 5:00pm
The Witches Of Eastwick, was one the surprised me.
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Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
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#15good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 5:34pm
Ditto Witches of Eastwick. Also, Zorro and Lord of the Rings from London. I thought the Mackintosh revivals of Oliver and My Fair Lady would transfer, but they never went to Broadway.
Didn't Camille Claudel receive good reviews Off-Broadway?
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#16good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 6:06pm
I second Martin Guerre. I'd love a complete recording of the score. The revised version they did at the Watermill Theatre was pretty great but probably a little too small for Broadway.
mamaleh
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#17good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 6:16pm
DOGFIGHT and THE BAKER'S WIFE come to mind.
#18good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 8:17pm
Two of my favorite musicals never made it from the West End to Broadway:
1) THE CARD - Great score and script, starred Jim Dale, Marti Webb and Millicent Martin. (Alec Guiness did the non-musical film sometimes retitled as The Promoter.)
2) WINDY CITY - terrific fast-paced and tuneful adaptation of The Front Page - all the fun of the original with a great score.)
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#19good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 9:46pm
I would like to see ALW's THE BEAUTIFUL GAME make it to Broadway; perhaps Off-Broadway first. It's a small show, production-wise, with a beautiful score. Saw it in London years ago...
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#21good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 10:15pm
Witches
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#22good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 10:18pm
Hunchback, Heathers and Clinton.
Updated On: 9/16/16 at 10:18 PM
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#23good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 10:34pm
Saw Heathers and Clinton. Both were slight but at least Clinton was funny . Heathers was absolute torture to sit thru.
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#24good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 11:45pm
Ditto Witches of Eastwick. Also, Zorro and Lord of the Rings from London. I thought the Mackintosh revivals of Oliver and My Fair Lady would transfer, but they never went to Broadway.
Didn't Camille Claudel receive good reviews Off-Broadway?
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#25good musicals that never made it to Broadway?
Posted: 9/16/16 at 11:50pm
Zorro. Played all over the world. Never made it to Broadway. I enjoyed it at a local theater.
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