Revivals playing the same theatre as the original productions
Revivals playing the same theatre as the original productions
#1Revivals playing the same theatre as the original productions
Posted: 5/10/20 at 2:43pmOff the top of my head I could only think of Miss Saigon, Les Miserables (the original productions second home was the Imperial and the 2014 revival was at the Imperial), and the 1998 and 2014 revivals of Cabaret were both at Studio 54. Any other notable examples?
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#2Revivals playing the same theatre as the original productions
Posted: 5/10/20 at 4:10pm
Both How to Succeed... (original and 95 revival) and Chicago at the Richard Rodgers
American Buffalo and Golden Boy at the Belasco
I'm Not Rappaport at the Booth
Noises Off at the Brooks Atkinson
Torch Song Trilogy at the Hayes
(Some of these theatres had different names between the originals and revivals, of course, but the same theatres)
#3Revivals playing the same theatre as the original productions
Posted: 5/10/20 at 4:29pm
The original West Side Story planed the Broadway for a bit in between runs at the Winter Garden. Not sure why it transferred for a short while and then transferred back
Gypsy on the other hand seems to have the opposite problem. The show seems to have played every major music house in its many revivals, but never repeats.
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#4Revivals playing the same theatre as the original productions
Posted: 5/10/20 at 5:06pm
BroadwayNYC2 said: "The original West Side Story planed the Broadway for a bit in between runs at the Winter Garden. Not sure why it transferred for a short while and then transferred back
Gypsy on the other hand seems to have the opposite problem. The show seems to have played every major music house in its many revivals, but never repeats."
Gypsy has indeed repeated theatres, both the '89 revival with Tyne Daly and the '08 revival with Patti LuPone ran at the St. James (the '89 revival did transfer to the Marquis for a few months when Tyne Daly returned to the role after Linda Lavin concluded her run at the St. James in early '91).
#5Revivals playing the same theatre as the original productions
Posted: 5/10/20 at 10:42pmAh, I was under the impression the Tyne revival opened and stayed at the Marquis
#6Revivals playing the same theatre as the original productions
Posted: 5/10/20 at 10:44pm
The original production of Awake and Sing! and the 2006 LCT revival both played the Belasco.
The original production of The Elephant Man and the recent Bradley Cooper revival played the Booth.
The original production of A Streetcar Named Desire and the Alec Baldwin/Jessica Lange revival in the early 90s both played the Barrymore.
The original production of The Gin Game and the most recent James Earl Jones/Cicely Tyson revival played the Golden.
Had it officially opened, the Laurie Metcalf revival of ...Virginia Woolf? would have played the Booth as did the recent Tracey Letts/Amy Morton revival (although the original played the Rose, which is now the Nederlander).
#7Revivals playing the same theatre as the original productions
Posted: 5/11/20 at 10:57am
jagman1062 said: "Had it officially opened, the Laurie Metcalf revival of ...Virginia Woolf? would have played the Booth"
For the sake of this discussion, I think it's fair to say that this recent revival did in fact play the Booth - no hypotheticals necessary. It had 9 whole performances after all, so thousands of people saw it (regrettably - I was not one of them. When will I stop bringing up how sad I am about this fact, you ask? Who knows! I need to vent somewhere...)
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#8Revivals playing the same theatre as the original productions
Posted: 5/11/20 at 11:10amdidnt Mornings at Seven play the Lyceum twice?
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#9Revivals playing the same theatre as the original productions
Posted: 5/11/20 at 3:28pm
"West Side Story" played the Winter Garden for about 750 performances in its original run, then went on tour, then returned to New York and played about 250 more performances at the Broadway.
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#10Revivals playing the same theatre as the original productions
Posted: 5/11/20 at 10:55pm
Hair's original Broadway run (1968-1972) and the short-lived revival (1977) both played at the Biltmore.
#11Revivals playing the same theatre as the original productions
Posted: 5/12/20 at 1:25am
Michael19 said: "didnt Mornings at Seven play the Lyceum twice?"
Yes, the last two revivals circa 1981 and about 18 years ago circa 2002.
#12Revivals playing the same theatre as the original productions
Posted: 5/12/20 at 1:31am
JBroadway said: "jagman1062 said: "Had it officially opened, the Laurie Metcalf revival of ...Virginia Woolf? would have played the Booth"
For the sake of this discussion, I think it's fair to say that this recent revival did in fact play the Booth- no hypotheticals necessary. It had9 whole performances after all, so thousands of people saw it (regrettably - I was not one of them. When will I stop bringing up how sad I am about this fact, you ask? Who knows! I need to vent somewhere...)"
I always thought that a show had to have an official opening night to be considered to have actually played on Broadway, but for the sake of this thread, I agree that it qualifies. I, too, am disappointed that I didn't get to see this production - my tickets were for April 26. I can only hope that it will be remounted some time in the future with Metcalf reprising Martha.
#13Revivals playing the same theatre as the original productions
Posted: 5/12/20 at 4:15pmThe original Broadway production of Torch Song Trilogy opened at the Little Theater in 1982, and the condensed/revised 2019 production opened at the same theater (now named The Hayes Theater). I believe it was the third production after the renaming and renovations.
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#14Revivals playing the same theatre as the original productions
Posted: 5/12/20 at 4:37pm
jagman1062 said: "I always thought that a show had to have an official opening night to be considered to have actually played on Broadway"
I think it sort of depends on who you ask, and what exactly they're measuring. Some don't count previews as "real performances," but of course, they quite literally are - in the sense that it is a literal performance in a Broadway theatre. Especially these days, when previews are barely any different from performances after opening, and the tickets cost the same.
Speaking as someone who sees most Broadway shows in previews, it's hard for me to imagine saying that a show didn't play Broadway if it only played previews. I can see why they might not be eligible for awards, and why they wouldn't be reviewed, but I think it's fair to say that they played Broadway.
For example, I saw The Minutes in previews, and if someone wanted to know, they might ask me "Where did you see The Minutes? At Steppenwolf, or on Broadway?" And it would be fair and accurate for me to say "I saw it on Broadway" - because that's where it was playing: on Broadway. And the fact that they haven't had (and may never have) an official opening night doesn't change that.
