west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
#1west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 12:04amWhich shows that are here would never make it in London or are in London and would never make it here?
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#2re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 12:06am
Jerry Springer, the Opera will probably never make it to Broadway, unfortunately. I also doubt that we'll ever get We Will Rock You in a Broadway theatre.
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#2re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 12:10amDADDY COOL will never play here since few Americans know the music of Boney M. Same with OUR HOUSE (based on the music of Madness).
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#3re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 12:26amWhen I was in London in the summer, I saw a hilarious production of a 40s British farce called SEE HOW THEY RUN. I absolutely loved it, and wondered why I'd never even heard of the play before. I looked on IBDB and other web sites to see if it had been staged in NY before and far as I can tell it hasn't, despite being considered by critics there to be one of the finest of all English farces and being a perennial favorite all over the UK, receiving hundreds of productions in the past 60 years. In trying to figure out why it's not been done here before, I've heard from several people that it's considered "too English" in its humor to appeal to American audiences. I don't know -- I thought it was hysterical, but I take it we may never see it staged here over on this side of the Atlantic.
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#4re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 12:32amMargo, have you ever seen any of Ben Elton's comedies while in London? I've seen two: GASPING and POPCORN, which were hilarious. Unfortunately, they've never transferred. They're probably considered too dark and too smart for the "American" audience. I'd be interested in your thoughts.
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#5re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 12:48amI unfortunately don't get to London NEARLY as much as I'd really like to (I wish I could afford to come over every couple of months), so I haven't seen either of those. However, I am a HUGE fan of Elton's Black Adder series (I have most of the episodes on DVD) and look forward to seeing whatever he comes up with next.
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#6re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 12:52am
Margo-
Are you familiar with Ray Cooney's British farces?
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#7re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 12:57amI saw a fairly mediocre production of RUN FOR YOUR WIFE several years ago, but other than that I haven't seen his work.
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#8re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 12:59amI've seen a couple of his shows at a local regional theatre, Craig. I saw Funny Money and Move Over Mrs. Markham. Ireally enjoyed both, and though they were quite funny.
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#9re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 1:02amI love SEE HOW THEY RUN. I think its been done by a few regional theatres in the U.S. but certainly never on Broadway or in a major staging.
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#10re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 2:06am
i would've that that AIDA would've already played the west end already... maybe i'm thinking that because elton john is based in the UK, right? or am i wrong in that thinking that...
although we got the other version... i would've loved to have seen the original production of Martin Guerre in the US... but oh well
#11re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 9:13am
Aida has, thankfully, never played the West End. Never say never, but it missed it's prime chance whilst the show was on Broadway.
I don't think the new London production of Cabaret will transfer so soon after the Broadway incarnation closed, and because it's style is a little more . . . peculiar than audiences may be prepared for.
Jerry Springer the Opera will never make it Broadway - the religious right just wouldn't allow it - but is opening somewhere in the US this year.
You only get the 'best' of our plays - there are many more good plays in London that won't make the leap simply because Broadway is not really the right market (not without star power behind them, anyway)
So when are we getting The Light in the Piazza then? 
Updated On: 2/19/07 at 09:13 AM
#12re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 9:34amWe did See How They Run at my high school last November. I think that it would do well enough in New York.
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#13re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 9:39amIt seems like we're still not getting Hairspray in the UK! And shows like Sweet Charity, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Little Shop of Horrors... I hope they do come to WE even they're now closed on Broadway.
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#14re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 10:26amJerry Springer would never come to broadway.
#15re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 11:42am
Anyway, Dady cool, far from being a musical masterpiece is a real piece of crap !
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#16re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 11:48ami am surprised Aida never made it to the west end
#17re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 11:57amAny of the great mystery plays by Anthony Armstrong, such as "Ten Minute Alibi" and "Mile Away Murder" have never made it. Ten Minute was on broadway for about ten minutes - 89 performances in the 30's. They are clever pieces a la Agatha Christie. In Mile AWay Murderer, the killer TELLS the hero he comitted the crime and challenges him to prove it as his alibi is airtight (he does prove it, BTW) and in Ten Minue Murder, the killer is the hero. He comitts the seemingly perfect crime, then we have to watch him evade discovery and arrest.
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#18re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 1:15pmThe only reason the recent of Sweet Charity never made it to the West End is because of its lackluster quality. Fosse's Sweet Charity did transfer back in the days starring Juliet Prowse and produced a cast recording.
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#19re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 1:19pmWell, BLOOD BROTHERS has been running in London for 20 years. It ran, what, a year in New York. What's that about?
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#20re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 1:26pmI saw Blood Brothers at the Music Box with Kerry Butler in her broadway debut. I actually liked it more than the london production.
#21re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 3:42pm
Re. Aida: The producers tried to bring it to the West End but couldn't because of some sort of run-in with the unions.
And, if we're talking about shows that did well in one country but poorly in another, Rent has been playing on Broadway for 10 years and is one of the most successful shows there. It was in the West End for 18 months and considered a flop.
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#22re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 4:01pm
I also believe that most of Neil Simon's biggest Broadway hits have been greeted rather indifferently in the West End. While he's had over two dozen long-running plays here, none of them lasted even a year in London (except for the musicals he's written the books for -- They're Playing Our Song, Promises Promises, Sweet Charity, Little Me).
Similarly, Alan Ayckbourn who's had dozens successful plays in the UK, has only scored one big success in America (with Absurd Person Singular, though, his plays Bedroom Farce and The Norman Conquests did have modest runs).
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#23re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 4:03pmWell, Piazza, Hairspray, and Aida must not come, I guess.
#24re: west end shows that would never make it on broadway, and vice-versa.
Posted: 2/19/07 at 4:10pmDonkeys' Years.
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