Oliver! was a big hit back in the 60s and spawned an Oscar winning movie. But it has only been revived once on Broadway, back in the mid 80s, and was basically the same show that played Broadway 20 years earlier. Same director, same set designer. As I recall, it got negative reviews and closed very quickly.
It has been revived numerous times in the UK and the 94 revival resulted in a non-equity US tour in 2000 (which was quite good actually). But aside from that brief revival in the 80s with Ron Moody and Patti Lupone, it has never been revived on Broadway.
I would like to see some more of the newer musicals face their first revivals since we've seen The Color Purple and Spring Awakening this season. I'd love to see solid revivals of stuff like Light in the Piazza or Spelling Bee
The thing is, besides being an utter toad of a human being, Riedel usually has the least knowledge of the topic in the room. He doesn't usually understand the content or approach of a show, and is always completely and unfailingly socially ignorant, which makes it really infuriating when Susan can't get a word in edgewise. A definitive mansplainer; it's always painful when he has female guests. I watch the show sporadically when I really want to see a guest, because it's the only theatre talkshow we have, but it would be so much better without this hateful clown in a dadcoat. (thanks ScaryWarhol)
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"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
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The thing is, besides being an utter toad of a human being, Riedel usually has the least knowledge of the topic in the room. He doesn't usually understand the content or approach of a show, and is always completely and unfailingly socially ignorant, which makes it really infuriating when Susan can't get a word in edgewise. A definitive mansplainer; it's always painful when he has female guests. I watch the show sporadically when I really want to see a guest, because it's the only theatre talkshow we have, but it would be so much better without this hateful clown in a dadcoat. (thanks ScaryWarhol)