Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Alex Kulak2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/16
#1Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/14/16 at 7:04pm
With all that's going on in the United States, do you think it's time for a Broadway revival of Parade?
#2Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/14/16 at 7:15pm
I love the score but I can't imagine there's an audience for it. That being said, it would be great for CSC or the Signature to mount it as part of their seasons.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#3Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/14/16 at 7:18pm
I think so. But I'm not holding my breath. I'd love to see a production starring josh Radnor.
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#4Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/14/16 at 7:20pm
Not at all. I saw the original 4 times to empty audiences. Is a very dark piece of musical theater that is impossible to sell.
After Eight
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#5Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/14/16 at 7:34pm
Alex,
How much punishment do you expect us to take?
I long for the day you'll posit the notion of revivals of Leave It to Jane, Good News, or Peggy-Ann.
#6Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/14/16 at 7:36pm
Beautiful show, but far too dark and depressing for it to ever find an audience. I don't think we'll ever see a full scale revival unless a huge star wanted to do it.
#7Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/14/16 at 7:41pm
If something is getting revived due to the political climate, I'd much rather see the return of Angels in America.
I do think this score is beautiful, but the chances of it even getting a non-commercial revival are just non-existent.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#8Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/15/16 at 9:56am
If Jake G ever wanted to do this, his star power would draw audiences. Carmen Cusack as Lucille is pretty much a given at this point.
#9Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/15/16 at 10:03am
TFMH18 said: "Carmen Cusack as Lucille is pretty much a given at this point. "
That's a bit of a strong statement, don't you think? 
#10Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/15/16 at 10:18am
It might be a strong statement if this video of her singing "You Don't Know This Man" didn't exist. There is simply no other option.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUz-2Dsn-lo
#11Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/15/16 at 10:22am
It seems unlikely, but who knows? Reviving flops is sort of becoming a thing, isn't it? What with Side Show, Gigi, Carrie, Sunset Boulevard, Jekyll & Hyde, Ragtime, etc.
#12Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/15/16 at 10:30am
I believe it could be successful if it were completely re-imagined, in the same vein as the current Color Purple revival. How about a star for Lucille? Amy Adams?
#14Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/15/16 at 10:49am
Carmen Cusack would be an excellent Lucille, but she'd sell about 6 tickets. The show is an extremely tough sell to begin with given the subject matter. Without two MAJOR stars in the leads, I just don't see this happening.
#15Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/15/16 at 10:55am
"I believe it could be successful if it were completely re-imagined, in the same vein as the current Color Purple revival."
I'm sure that's what was thought about every flop revival. And the original Color Purple production recouped, didn't it? I don't recall it being thought of as a flop (although a two-year run isn't much of a big deal these days).
"Carmen Cusack would be an excellent Lucille, but she'd sell about 6 tickets."
That's probably true; musical theatre fans tend to have a highly exaggerated impression of the actual fame of musical theatre actors.
#16Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/15/16 at 11:02am
I never once said Cusack would be a ticket draw, nor implied anything about her level of "fame." She would be the most excellent choice for Lucille, that's just true. To sell the show, however, she would need to star opposite someone as actually famous as Gyllenhaal.
#17Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/15/16 at 11:15am
A brilliant show that is insanely depressing (much more so than the likes of Hamilton or Cabaret). Even The Color Purple has a lift to its ending. As much as I love the show, I can't see it ever being a commercial hit on Broadway unless it cast a major Hollywood star name that would guarantee a box office draw who would agree to perform the run until it recoups.
How much punishment do you expect us to take?
Why do you pretend to be so stupid? If you feel you're being punished, I'm totally okay with that.
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#18Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/15/16 at 11:23am
I can only imagine AfterEight back in 1875 as he and his friends fretted over the salacious events taking place in Act IV of that new opera Carmen.
#19Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/15/16 at 11:26am
markypoo said: "Daniel Radcliffe as Leo"
Talented as he is, there's no way he has the voice to sing this score.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#20Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/15/16 at 11:27am
newintown said: ""I believe it could be successful if it were completely re-imagined, in the same vein as the current Color Purple revival."
I'm sure that's what was thought about every flop revival. And the original Color Purple production recouped, didn't it? I don't recall it being thought of as a flop (although a two-year run isn't much of a big deal these days)."
I think what HenryTDobson meant was how the original production of The Color Purple wasn't so well-received the first time around, but John Doyle's production really made a difference.
Maybe Roundabout could produce a revival.
#21Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/15/16 at 12:48pm
"I think what HenryTDobson meant was how the original production of The Color Purple wasn't so well-received the first time around..."
The reviews may have been better (I still think it's one of the worst scores written in years), but the show itself certainly wasn't commercially better received, running a year shorter and in a much smaller house.
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Broadway Star Joined: 2/11/16
#22Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/15/16 at 1:13pm
I think John Doyle and CSC would be a FANTASTIC match for the material. I really hope they do it
#23Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/15/16 at 2:12pm
Relevance81491 said: "I think John Doyle and CSC would be a FANTASTIC match for the material. I really hope they do it
Definitely. I can see this working as a scaled down production at CSC.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#24Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/15/16 at 6:52pm
After Eight said: "Alex,
How much punishment do you expect us to take?
I long for the day you'll posit the notion of revivals of Leave It to Jane, Good News, or Peggy-Ann.
"
LEAVE IT TO JANE was revived off-Broadway, I believe, and a studio recording was made. I have it. GOOD NEWS was revived in the 1970s and a new OCR was made. I have it, too.
"Where's That Rainbow" is a great song, but I've never read any historian who thinks the book of PEGGY-ANN has any value whatsoever. Perhaps a Rodgers & Hart revue would better serve.
Updated On: 12/15/16 at 06:52 PM
#25Is Parade due for a Broadway revival?
Posted: 12/16/16 at 5:48pm
Daniel can do anything! He could even play King Lear!
