I was just listening to demos from Beaches and it got me thinking about other musicals that might still be in "Limbo". A few off the top of my head:
- Beaches: The Musical
- First Wives Club
- Little Dancer
- Minsky's
Any others? Also does any one know of any new developments with shows that still might be waiting in the wings or raising money? Which shows are dead at this point?
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Amelie comes to mind, though they have another run scheduled for LA coming up, so they're not dead in the water.
Another is Tales of the City. I saw it in San Francisco in 2011, and enjoyed it a lot. I've talked to more than one of its cast members since the SF run, and they assured me, "they're still working on it!" But I think at this point it's pretty unlikely to go forward.
First Wives Club is dead, Beaches most likely too. Saw both in Chicago tryouts and both were quite underwhelming (Beaches more so than FWC). And I love their source material (both book and movie!) just my 2 cents
Maybe "Ever After"? Would be a shame. I adored the score when I saw it at Paper Mill last year. I still have some of them in my head. Wish they had a cast album produced.
King Kong. I personally hope it gets off the ground because I really enjoyed the show!
I don't know if any of you heard of it because it was only in Melbourne and had a fairly short run, but there was a Cat Stevens musical called Moonshadow. It definitively had a lot of flaws, but was quite a fun show with great music of course. It was a few years ago now so I'd say it's definitely dead.
I don't mean to sound crude, what would happen in the event William Goldman were to pass away? would we finally be able to hear The Princess Bride? What would the deal be with that?
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gypsy101 said: "I don't mean to sound crude, what would happen in the event William Goldman were to pass away? would we finally be able to hear The Princess Bride? What would the deal be with that?"
Not for another 70 years I believe, unless his Estate permits it. Theoretically though, some of the songs could be released/used in a different project, provided none of Goldman's work is included.
In a way, I wonder whether Mr Goldman actually had doubts about the quality of his work on the musical- if he was so proud of it, surely he would want it out there?
Given that Hamilton took 9 years to be finished (I think) maybe some of those other projects still have time to get to Broadway?
I have no idea why this isn't more popular , but they really do need to stick the London production book and score, a joyously fun musical
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First one that comes to mind is the Betty Hoop musical. It was aimed for the 2010-2011 season and while a plot was teased and a song was performed at some event (might still be able to find it on YouTube), it never arrived and has not been heard from in years.
Witches of Eastwick has had numerous incarnations in the UK. Like Martin Guerre, We Will Rock You and Flashdance, it's just not up to Broadway standards and producers have wisely steered clear.