off-broadway transfers

#1

off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/10/05 at 12:26pm

What off broadway shows do you think should have transfered to broadway and were never given a chance?

my top few:
Small Tragedy by craig lucas
Bare a pop opera


i also think fame would have had a better chance of running longer on a broadway stage then offbroadway.

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"Judy Garland, Jimmy Dean, You tragedy Queen" ~ Taboo

"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q

"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical

#2

re: off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/10/05 at 12:39pm

No, I think FAME was lucky to get as close to Broadway as it did...

#3

re: off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/10/05 at 12:44pm

I found it much better then saturday night fever, and footlose both which had broadway runs.

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"Judy Garland, Jimmy Dean, You tragedy Queen" ~ Taboo

"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q

"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical

#4

re: off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/10/05 at 12:54pm

The NYT mixed review of "Violet" made me sad, because I thought it deserved to transfer to Broadway so more people could discover it and the NYT review pretty much killed that idea. I'm happy to see that "Violet" eventually has been discovered by as many as it has.

#5

re: off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/10/05 at 1:25pm

Violet
Return to the Forbidden Planet
Saturday Night
A New Brain

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"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

#6

re: off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/10/05 at 1:27pm

Dinah Was

Lillias would have won yet another Tony...

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"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive. "Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot." "No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one." Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.

#7

re: off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/10/05 at 4:17pm

The Last 5 Years
Kimberly Akimbo
Yellowman
Wonder of the World
A New Brain
A Man of No Importance
A Bad Friend
The Carpetbagger's Children
How I Learned to Drive

#8

re: off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/10/05 at 4:30pm

REEFER MADNESS!!!

#9

re: off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/10/05 at 4:51pm

More:

My Life with Albertine
Homebody/Kabul
The Shape of Things
The Mercy Seat
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Elegies: A Song Cycle

#10

re: off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/10/05 at 5:16pm

Wit
How I Learned to Drive
Floyd Collins
Lobby Hero
Dublin Carol
Hedwig (but it felt so Jane Street)

Updated On: 2/10/05 at 05:16 PM

#11

re: off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/10/05 at 8:20pm

As much as I love L5Y, I dont think it would of worked on Broadway.

#12

re: off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/10/05 at 9:05pm

wit.

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"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!

#13

re: off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/10/05 at 9:13pm

"The Last Five Years" would have worked in a small Broadway house, like the Helen Hayes or Circle in the Square.

#14

re: off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/11/05 at 10:51am

i forgot she stoops to comedy by richard greenburg a very very funny play.

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"Judy Garland, Jimmy Dean, You tragedy Queen" ~ Taboo

"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q

"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical

#15

re: off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/11/05 at 3:40pm

Also, "Eastern Standard" by Greenburg

#16

re: off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/11/05 at 3:41pm

i love most of his work that i know. It's always a bit out there. But fun none-the-less.

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"Judy Garland, Jimmy Dean, You tragedy Queen" ~ Taboo

"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q

"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical

#17

re: off-broadway transfers

Posted: 2/11/05 at 4:34pm

BATBOY!!! Definitely should be given a chance on Broadway.