42nd Street

[Jonwo]

Posted: 5/4/12 at 1:10pm

Been listening and watching old clips of this show and it does surprise me that despite debuting in the decade dominated by megamusicals like Cats, Les Miserables and Phantom, it managed to have a great run both on Broadway and in the West End.

I wasn't old enough to see the original production at the Drury Lane but my parents did and loved it. It's a shame that there has yet to a revival in the West End, I'm sure it would do quite well.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/4/12 at 1:22pm

The Broadway revival was breathtaking. It's a shame it closed just before recouping. One of the few revivals I felt outshone the original.

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 5/4/12 at 1:41pm

I haven't seen it, but grappling whether to see the UK tour?

Yeap the revival won the Tony, run for 1541 performances in the second largest theatre on Broadway at the time and still lost money!!! So what went wrong

[Princeton Returns]

Posted: 5/4/12 at 1:54pm

The UK tour is most definitely not the broadway show standard. It might have a bit of the set. Not a favourite of mine but if you like old fashioned musicals with a thin plot but good tunes it's worth a look

[AnythingGoes2]

Posted: 5/4/12 at 3:52pm

The new tour heading out has more of the set and costumes from the broadway revival alongside the director of the revival. Let's hope it's better than the previous!

The Broadway revival nearly came to the Apollo Victoria but it fell apart.

The new tour heading out is hoping to come in for a run...

[Jonwo]

Posted: 5/4/12 at 3:59pm

I wonder if the fact that the Broadway revival didn't recoup will prevent producers doing a full scale revival again, it's been done regionally in Chichester and Leceister but on a smaller scale.

[Princeton Returns]

Posted: 5/4/12 at 4:05pm

Anythinggoes they said that about the last tour,

[AnythingGoes2]

Posted: 5/4/12 at 5:13pm

The revival on broadway was huge! Even huger than the original. It will get revived again almost certainly on broadway, it's 42nd street!

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 5/4/12 at 9:04pm

The revival on Broadway was hugely boring! A dreadful dead on arrival production.

[mallardo]

Posted: 5/5/12 at 3:54am

Whoa! I can't go along with that. I thought the Broadway revival was sensational. As someone noted it was huge - the biggest cast since Ragtime which it followed into the cavernous Ford Theatre (as it was then known) right on 42nd Street. That it filled the place for so long is testament to its popularity.

[dave2]

Posted: 5/5/12 at 5:42am

Broadway was phenomenal the UK productions tour was a poor comparison last time. Cheap and second rate cast.

[dave2]

Posted: 5/5/12 at 5:42am

Broadway was phenomenal the UK productions tour was a poor comparison last time. Cheap and second rate cast.