The Secret Garden with Ramin Karimloo, Steven Pasquale , and Betsy Wolfe. Once on This Island Funny Girl with Jessie Mueller Children of Eden (kind of a revival) Lippa's Wild Party ( A boy can dream right?) TICK...TICK... BOOM Little Shop of Horrors
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
MY FAIR LADY MAME DEAR WORLD HELLO, DOLLY! ALLEGRO THE MOST HAPPY FELLA MILK AND HONEY BEN FRANKLIN IN PARIS BIG RIVER DO I HEAR A WALTZ? THE GOLDEN APPLE KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN ALLEGRO SEESAW TENDERLOIN
And I know I put ALLEGRO twice, but I want to see a revival twice as badly.
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DREAMGIRLS HELLO DOLLY FUNNY GIRL ANNIE GET YOUR GUN ASSASAINS CATS JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR... MY FAIR LADY SEUSICAL CAROUSEL SUNSET BOULEVARD THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
Love some of these listed on here, particularly SECRET GARDEN, Lippa's WILD PARTY, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, CITY OF ANGELS, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, and SUNSET BLVD.
Kind of shocked that TOMMY isn't on here, though that's partially because I just saw a company in Austin do it with an Alice in Wonderland look to it. It sounds weird, I know, but it worked remarkably well and actually enhanced the story.
There's no doubt that the music from TOMMY has staying power, and the show's now about 20 years old. I think it could do well if revived, especially if a director does something different with it (the Alice in Wonderland idea would translate very well to NY) and if they got a music star (ie Adam Lambert) as Tommy.
Lippa's WILD PARTY should certainly not be revived. The only thing that made the show tolerable were the performances by the (admittedly great) cast. If any WILD PARTY should be revived, it should be the LaChiusa Wolfe one, but it just wouldn't be successful in today's or any day's market, so I don't even think that should be revived.
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THE SCARLETT PIMPERNEL, while far from a great musical (IMO) features Frank Wildhorn's best score, and it was actually the book that ruined the musical, and if that could be fixed, the show could have its own merit, so a revival could work.
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You know my biggest pet peeve about this message board? Its the fact that some people talk about shows in facts. "It was only the cast that made it tolerable." or "Frank Wildhorn's best score, and it was actually the book that ruined the musical." THESE AREN'T FACTS. This entire industry is OPINION BASED and I have no problem with people's opinions but when you present them as fact it just shows your ignorance.
Trytodefy, well, that just, like, your opinion, man.
Also, I know that my opinion is no more valid than yours or anybody else's, but I present them as facts because in my mind they present themselves as facts. If you want me to say "in my own personal opinion" before every judgement I make about a show I certainly am capable of doing so, but I figured that was unnecessary as the fact that it is my opinion is implied.
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I actually like the book for Scarlet Pimpernel 3.0. The version that they ended up with on Broadway and on tour was far improved in my opinion. I'd like to see the show get a fair shake at opening on Broadway with that version instead of what happened the first time around which was to open cold in New York with that first version, get terrible reviews, revise it and get slightly better reviews but still have to fight the uphill battle of negative press and word of mouth from people who only saw the first version. I know we can't go back in time and change it but I'd like to see how a revival would do opening with that final improved version and starting out (hopefully) with positive press and word of mouth from audiences from the get go.