Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#1Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/21/09 at 4:41pm
There have been over the years many musicals that were announced & were never heard from again
Some I can remember were Lionel Barts Hunchback & Pocketful Of Miracles
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#2re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/21/09 at 5:01pm
I was reading about Michael Bennett's SCANDAL last night. The conception and subsequent workshops have such a fascinating story I wish a film would be made. Maybe I should take a stab at the screenplay? I mean Michael was right, how do you sell an audience on a musical about sexual freedom when the director is sick as a result of being diagnosed with AIDS?
Of course, there is Steinman's Batman, but we've talked about that recently enough.
Bought my Pee-wee Herman Show tickets! Yahoooo!
#2re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/21/09 at 5:30pm
There was one called RIVIERA RENDEZVOUS that had casting notices on a regular basis in Variety back in about 1977.
Then, nothing.
Wonder who the creators were?
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#3re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/21/09 at 5:41pmThe musical adaptation of Sunset Boulevard that Gloria Swanson tried to get mounted.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#4re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/21/09 at 5:56pm
THE MAMBO KINGS. Artwork was already up at the Broadway Theatre in NYC. The show closed quickly out-of-town.
#5re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/21/09 at 6:05pm
LONE STAR.
sweetTb'way
Stand-by Joined: 7/27/09
#7re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/21/09 at 6:11pmFirst show I thought of was LONE STAR LOVE
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#8re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/21/09 at 7:36pmI was thinking more along the lines of those never produced
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#9re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/21/09 at 7:46pm
Wasn't there supposed to be a musical version of Here Comes Mr. Jordan?
Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored. - Alexander Chase
#10re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/21/09 at 9:27pm
I read in Time Magazine in 2005 that there was something in the works called Monica The Musical. It featured Frenchie Davis as Clinton's Secretary. Yes, it was a musical about that Monica that also had a Hillary-Reno affair. This definitely felt like it belonged in the crazy ideas for a musical thread.
Here's the website for the show with much press before the NYMF performance but absolutely nothing afterward.
http://www.monicathemusical.com/press/clippings.html
Did it even go through with its date? Did it even have any ambition to move beyond the NYMF?
#11re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/21/09 at 9:57pmI remember an article about a year ago saying a 'Flintstones' musical was in the works. Haven't heard about that since.
Everything in life...is only for now.
#12re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/21/09 at 10:46pmEver After, if that counts.
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#13re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/21/09 at 11:00pmDidn't Jerry Mitchell get asked to take over direction for The Mambo Kings?
#14re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/21/09 at 11:03pmLast I heard Angels was going to tour Australia but that was back in March and one member of the cast is in the Legally Blonde tour.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
#15re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/21/09 at 11:19pmWasn't Merrily We Roll Along only open on Bway for 15 performances?
Whoever says money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to shop. - Bo Derek
#16re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/22/09 at 12:30am
Remember when Donald Trump was doing all sorts of stuff right after the first season of The Apprentice started because it was a breakout hit and he announced that they were developing The Apprentice: The Musical? Nothing ever happened there, did it?
Updated On: 12/22/09 at 12:30 AM
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#17re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/22/09 at 1:18am
The Mambo Kings came to mind for me as well. Man, I really wanted to see it too.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
degrassifan
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/23/08
#18re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/22/09 at 2:15amLizzie, I was going to put Ever After too, but I think it's still being aimed for Broadway according to Marcy Heisler. I hope it does make it because I love the movie and I've heard three songs from it, and they are simply beautiful. I've been listening to them non-stop for about a month or two.
Act4ever
Broadway Star Joined: 4/12/04
#20re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/22/09 at 9:29amSPIDER-MAN hasn't vanished so quickly... I feel like it's been on the radar forever... even if it never happens, at this point, people will feel like it did happen just because of all the hullabaloo about it
Trekkie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/06
#21re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/22/09 at 9:43amPrincess Bride, Urinetown prequel, and a Muppet musical (I believe plans were halted after Jim Henson died).
"I think of avant-garde as downtown shows where you rub waffles and chocolate on yourself."- Hunter Bell
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#22re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/22/09 at 10:51amAnyone know what happened to the Houdini Musical that Hugh Jackman was supposedly working on? Is that dead, or merely put on hold?
#23re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/22/09 at 11:02am
I attended the Urinetown prequel, Yeast Nation, at the Chicago premiere a few months ago. It's still in the works.
These are a few I remember being announced that have yet to surface:
Broom Hilda
Betty Boop
A Little Princess
Leap of Faith
Pure Country
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#24re: Musicals That Vanished As Quickly As They Were Announced
Posted: 12/22/09 at 11:07am
Once Around The Sun
