short lived shows?

#1

short lived shows?

Posted: 11/10/08 at 9:26am

are there any shows that only ran for a short period of time that you think should be revived??

for me, its DEF. Side Show :)
i recently have fallen in love with this, and with such great music, its a shame it didnt run very long :/

#2

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 11:33am

Parade and [title of show]!

#3

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 11:36am

Side Show
Saw it twice on a Saturday after discovering it was closing the following day.

#4

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 11:41am

I agree with enroutetothesky, I'd love to see Parade revived. I'd also like to see The Wild Party revived.

#5

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 11:45am

I don't know how short-lived it was considering it was a play, not a musical, but I really loved "Hollywood Arms"

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#6

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 11:49am

'Parade' The Donmar production is being presented at the Amhanson Theatre in LA in 2009 from 24th Sept thru 15th Nov. I don't know if it will make it's way to New York later that year or early 2010, early days.
The production is being directed by Rob Ashford again as it was in London last year.
The CD of the production is a true classic.

Updated On: 11/10/08 at 11:49 AM

#7

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 12:14pm

you saw side show?!
see, i had never heard of it, but i recently was listening to xm radio and they played Love Me The Way I Am, and i fell in love with it!
I like dreamgirls, but I find Side Show has stronger music than dreamgirls, but it sucks that it was so shortlived!!!

yeah, i havent really heard much from parade, but everything I have has been good :)

#8

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 12:51pm

High Fidelity!!!

#9

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 2:06pm

Well... it looks like enroutetothesky beat me to it, but Parade and [title of show] are def two that closed to soon. And I'll add Passion. And not sure how long the original production lasted, but if anything needs a revival pronto it's A Little Night Music.

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#10

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 2:30pm

I would say Big but only for two reasons. The first off is that I think that it might do better in today's Broadway with more and more movies being turned musicals. And, the second reason is because it was my first Broadway show and I want to see it again on Broadway for purely selfish reasons.

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#11

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 2:38pm

On the 20th Century was a sshortlived, but I just want a ****ing revival.

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#12

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 2:44pm

what are we considering short-lived? I'd love to see Side Show and Parade, sure, but I'd also love a revival of Passion.

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#13

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 2:46pm

I would like to see a production of Rags. The book may need to be revised, but I'd like to see it. Perhaps off-Broadway?

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#14

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 2:50pm

i also forgot!!!
Brooklyn
i really loved that musical, but not with diano degarmo... i saw videos of her, and she just did not cut it... Eden on the otherhand was amazing.. but I def. want to see Brooklyn in the future

#15

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 2:50pm

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Scroll down the list of this most famous impresario for his numerous flops!
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#16

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 2:55pm

Short lived maybe but with 280 performances 'Passion' was a long runner compared to 'Side Show', 'Parade' and 'Big'.
'On The 20th Century' ran just over a year, not too bad a run back then.

#17

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 4:05pm

I think if it didn't have so much bad press surrounding it because of Rosie O'Donnell, "Taboo" should have stayed around longer. It had an interesting story, music, costumes, sets.

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Updated On: 11/10/08 at 04:05 PM

#18

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 5:57pm

[tos] and The Rink.

#19

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Posted: 11/10/08 at 11:44pm

I'm surprised Parade closed so soon. Wasn't it presented by Lincoln Center? So it didn't even fill out its intended run?

#20

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Posted: 11/11/08 at 7:06am

[TOS] and I can't say this enough.... SPELLING BEE!!!! <3

#21

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Posted: 11/11/08 at 7:43am

Side show, [Title of Show], Brooklyn anddd. Smile (I know some people probably hate the music, but I think it's really cute ) Shame they all closed so soon.

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#22

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Posted: 11/11/08 at 8:28am

Taboo was amazing in the UK and i like the Broadway production (though the book fell apart a bit) but the show had one of the best scores in a LONG time

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#23

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Posted: 11/11/08 at 8:56am

I'm with ya on Side show!!! That show rocked!!! Also, I know it's not that short lived, but i really really want them to revive Ragtime!!! But in a big theatre so it could be huge again like it was!!!