Shows that won't be revived
Shows that won't be revived
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#1Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:04pm
What shows do you think will never be revived? I know it's kind of weird saying a show will NEVER be revived but...u know.
Seussical
Merlin
The Magic Show
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#1re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:05pm
All Shook Up
Good Vibrations
Ring of Fire
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Lennon
Hot Feet
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#2re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:08pmIn My Life, sadly, cause that was a masterpiece of modern theatre.
#3re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:10pmLestat
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
LuPonatic
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#4re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:11pm
I think somewhere down the road Seussical may have a chance...I hope anyway. After it flopped on broadway, it was revamped A LOT. It changed the context of JoJo and some songs were changed, with one being completely dropped. The tour I thought was quite successful, and high school after high school is doing it or will do it. These things are building a larger and larger fan base, they just have to wait for the memory of the original broadway production to fade (even though I am still a fan of it).
Anyway, shows that probably won't be revived:
Bring Back Birdie
Taboo
Fame Becomes Me
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#5re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:14pmI hate the new Seussical. It's stupid. I LOVE the broadway version though!
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#6re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:15pmThe "new" Seussical?
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#7re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:16pmThe school and tour productions.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
punk ballerina
Understudy Joined: 10/14/06
#8re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:16pm
Shows that have a name attachted to them like
Martin Short:Fame Becomes Me
or
Jay Johnson: The 2 and Only
wow thats pretty deep...did ya get that off a bumper sticker?
LuPonatic
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/06
#9re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:17pmI prefer the broadway Seussical as well
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#11re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:21pmIs that on tour?
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#13re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:23pmThe Wedding Singer
"Not everyone can come and go by bubble"
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#14re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:25pm
^I was just gonna say.
unfortunately 
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#15re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 3:30pm
Senator Joe
The Little Prince & The Aviator
Into the Light
Kelly
Poster Emeritus
Junior
Stand-by Joined: 4/12/06
#16re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 4:02pm
As sad as it makes me to say it, once RENT closes (shudder) I don't think it will ever be revived. On Broadway at least.
I can't see Hair getting a broadway revival anytime either. Both of these shows relate to a certain time period and generation, that people who weren't a part of that generation just can't really relate to.
Don't get me wrong, I ADORE both of these shows, but even though they both have great messages, I just dont see them working in the future.
#17re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 4:26pm
Two Tony winners for Best Musical will probably never be revived anywhere, ever -- Fosse and Jerome Robbins' Broadway. As for the others, I don't think Contact, Hallelujah Baby, or Redhead would ever be revived on Broadway, although they might be re-mounted elsewhere.
Of the currently running Tony winners, I think that Avenue Q is the one that is least likely to be revived in years to come -- the book is very of-the-moment and would have to be dramatically re-written to not be too dated twenty years from now.
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NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#18re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 5:07pm
The Goodbye Girl
Dose anyone think that The Producers will be revived after it closes?
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#19re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 5:12pmDoes anyone remember the Broadway musical version of "The Wind in the Willows" that bombed in the 80's? That won't be revived.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#20re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 9:51pm
Hair? HAIR? Hair will never be revived? What the hell are you talking about! While I am no fan of the show, it's been spectacularly popular for over 30 years and gets produced all the time. There have been two very successful Chicago productions in the last 10 years. There was a restaging in London in 1993 and it was the Actor's Fund show last year. It will absolutely be revived- probably repeatedly. It being "Dated" will never be a hindrance. It can be staged as a "Period" piece or as a commentary on any future (or current) war.
And Rent? Of course it will get revived. Repeatedly.
And as long as I'm ranting, Producers will be revived within 10 years of it closing.
mattnyc2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/27/06
#21re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 9:57pm
Swinging on a Star
Dream
Chronicle of a Death Fortold
The Green Bird
Big
The Civil War
The Scarlet Pimpernail
actor
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/06
#22re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 9:59pmI can see the Producers being revived but not Avenue Q or Rent - the messages are current and people 30 years from now may not be able to relate to them.
#23re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 10:00pmI pray everyday that Side Show will be revived, but I just don't know...
...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...
#24re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 10:05pm
"All Shook Up
Good Vibrations
Ring of Fire
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Lennon
Hot Feet"
Thanks, Munk. Seeing this made me happy...and I'll add Jersey Boys to that list as well (if it ever closes).
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#25re: Shows that won't be revived
Posted: 11/23/06 at 10:19pm
"I can see the Producers being revived but not Avenue Q or Rent - the messages are current and people 30 years from now may not be able to relate to them."
Yeah, kinda like Shakespeare-- his stuff is all dated!
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