what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive back?
what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive back?
#0what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive back?
Posted: 8/20/05 at 1:45amsame question as above. cause I was thinking about Chorus Line and how it is coming back after only 15 years. Most people have been saying that revivals shouldn't come back for like 20 years. it still feels like Chorus Line closed.
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Kringas
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#1re: what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive back?
Posted: 8/20/05 at 1:53am
I have no idea what the shortest time span is, but Into the Woods closed in 1989 and came back in 2002. so that's shorter than ACL.
timote316
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#2re: what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive
Posted: 8/20/05 at 1:55amI don't know the "record", but its definately less than 15 years. I know Dreamgirls' first revival was like 2 years after it closed. I'm sure there are shorter, but that one came to mind because its playing in my CD player right now lol
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#3re: what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive
Posted: 8/20/05 at 1:57am
Oh yeah, totally forgot about Dreamgirls.
Original- Dec 20, 1981 - Aug 11, 1985
Revival - Jun 28, 1987 - Nov 29, 1987
#4re: what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive
Posted: 8/20/05 at 2:02amOklahoma was revived the first time after only 3 years.
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#5re: what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive
Posted: 8/20/05 at 2:10amwhy do people do that? that makes no sense.
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#6re: what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive
Posted: 8/20/05 at 2:14am
In some cases, like Dreamgirls and some earlier shows (Oliver! and West Side Story, that I know of) have 'return engagments' of the original productions. They're basicily the same production, just a couple of years later. They usually don't run too long, but that's life, I guess.
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#7re: what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive
Posted: 8/20/05 at 2:22am
Jam_Man, I don't think Dreamgirls was considered a return engagement of the original production. I belive it was a scaled-down version that came straight from the national tour.
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#8re: what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive
Posted: 8/20/05 at 3:45am
SHOW BOAT
The original production opened in 1927 and closed in 1929. The first major revival opened in 1932. There were subsequent revivals in 1946, 1983 and 1994 plust limited run revivals in 1955 and 1966.
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#9re: what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive
Posted: 8/20/05 at 6:33am
The Scarlet Pimpernel was interesting...
Minskoff Theatre, (11/9/1997 - 10/1/199
Minskoff Theatre, (10/10/1998 - 5/30/1999) Scarlet Pimpernel 2.0 (revised version)
Neil Simon Theatre, (9/10/1999 - 1/2/2000) Scarlet Pimpernel 3.0 (revised version)
Yankeefan007
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#10re: what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive
Posted: 8/20/05 at 7:16amguys and dolls every 10 or so years.
#11re: what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive
Posted: 8/20/05 at 8:15am
THE BOY FRIEND closed on November 26, 1955 after 465 performances. Is was revived Off-Broadway three years later in 1958 and ran for 763 performances.
#12re: what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive
Posted: 8/20/05 at 8:41am
PETER PAN:
Nov 23, 1998 - Jan 3, 1999
Apr 7, 1999 - Aug 29, 1999
ONLY THREE MONTHS!!
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wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#13re: what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive
Posted: 8/20/05 at 10:19am
OH CALCUTTA! 1969-1972 Eden Theatre/Belasco Theatre
revived four years later
1976-1989 Edison Theatre
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#14re: what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive
Posted: 8/20/05 at 11:21am
Sweeney Todd didn't have as fast a turn around as some of the others listed, but it does fall into that category.
Sweeney Todd 1979-1980
Sweeney Todd 1989-1990 (scaled down version at Circle in the Square)
#15re: what has been the shortest time ever for a show to close then to revive
Posted: 8/20/05 at 12:21pmThe Gypsy revival in the late 80s, early 90s. I believe Linda Lavin closed the show and the show re-opened a few months later with Tyne Daly returning as Mama Rose.
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