I wouldn't be particularly shocked. As these live broadcasts realize the income they expected from media sales dries up faster in the new climate of such purchases, they'll turn to other means of ancillary product marketing, such as a live run. Just because The Wiz hasn't happened (yet), doesn't mean there won't eventually be a transfer of one of these live broadcasts, to Broadway or elsewhere.
maybe a slightly scaled down version? The show's been done everywhere, so I can't imagine there'd be huge interest to see this again on Broadway.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
BroadwayConcierge said: "John Doyle's Hairspray would be... somethin'.
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Oh my. I want that.
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Sunny11 said: "There are already 2 major movies, the original broadway show and now the upcoming tv movie. Wouldn't a broadway revival now be overkill?
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I think so.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
yankeefan7 said: "I am one of those that thinks a revival should come only after show has been closed for at least 10 years.
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Well Hairspray has been closed for just about 8. By the time they got financing in place and a theater for a revival it would probably be 9 years at the earliest. It's hard to believe it's been that long since Hairspray closed, but it has.
That said, I do think a revival is a bad idea for all the other reasons mentioned.
Sunny11 said: "There are already 2 major movies, the original broadway show and now the upcoming tv movie. Wouldn't a broadway revival now be overkill?
I guess here's the thing with the possibility of reviving any of these LIVE shows....I think there are a whole lot of people that wouldn't want to pay for a ticket, for something that they just saw on tv for FREE. Pretty sure I wouldn't be interested.
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“I’ve heard some of those rumors, too—that they have been thinking about a revival for the last couple of years or so,” he says, adding that the December 7 broadcast will “put the property up in another big way and [make Hairspray] very visible. He continued, “I think in the next year or so, that might happen, but I don’t know anything about it. I’ve just heard those same kinds of rumblings.” - Robert Greenblatt