Musical Flops Revived With New Casts
Musical Flops Revived With New Casts
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#0Musical Flops Revived With New Casts
Posted: 2/21/04 at 1:09pm
Some flops I'd like to see revived are:
1. What Makes Sammy Run - Matthew Broderick
2. Sherry - Nathan Lane
3. Mack & Mabel - Douglas Sills & Kristin Chenewith
4. I Had A Ball - Nathan Lane & Brian Stokes Mitchell
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Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#1re: Musical Flops Revived With New Casts
Posted: 2/21/04 at 1:12pm
Golden Apple Golden Apple Golden Apple!!!! With ANYBODY!
"Promises, Promises" was hardly a flop, but it does need a new cast recording badly. Brian D'Arcy James and Idina Menzel...?
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
MasterLcZ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#2re: re: Musical Flops Revived With New Casts
Posted: 2/21/04 at 1:20pm
Some years ago, I had heard a rumor that an all star-CD of THE GOLDEN APPLE was in the planning stages and the producers had "hoped to get" Bette Midler to perform "By Goona-Goona Lagoon".
It sounds like one of those 'an idea too good to ever happen' scenarios.
"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"
Updated On: 2/21/04 at 01:20 PM
#3re: re: re: Musical Flops Revived With New Casts
Posted: 2/21/04 at 1:21pm
On a Clear Day you can See forever.
or
I Can get it for you Wholesale.
with anyone.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
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Posted: 2/21/04 at 6:31pm
Bette recorded "Goona-Goona" in the 70s, as some of you may know.
THE GOLDEN APPLE is superb. I've seen one/two productions but not the original. The quality of the work surpasses anything produced these days except for Sondheim I'd have to say. As much as I support GOLDEN APPLE I don't think theatre audiences today would be willing and able to digest something that is original, sophisticated, intelligent and accessible. I would jump for joy to be proven wrong.
Not to mention today's unimaginative producers' idea of "star" casting for the revival. I shudder.
Broadway Bulldog.
Updated On: 2/21/04 at 06:31 PM
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
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Posted: 2/21/04 at 6:53pm
DEAR WORLD with Patti LuPone (Imagine her rendition of "I Don't Want To Know")
SKYSCRAPER with Kristen Chenowith
ON A CLEAR DAY with Kristen
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
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Posted: 2/21/04 at 7:34pmI agree with you Roxy about Mack and Mabel. I would love to see that!
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
newyorkuniq
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/03
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Posted: 2/21/04 at 7:43pm
Taboo with Dame Edna
:)
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
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Posted: 2/22/04 at 12:51amI think Dear World with Patti LuPone is inspired casting Dollypop. I would love to see Golden Apple, but who could do it? No, please NOT Kristen Chenowith.
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Posted: 2/22/04 at 3:00amTABOO!!
"Take a breath. Take a step. Take a chance. Take your time." -L5Y
LouW95
Leading Actor Joined: 9/27/03
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Posted: 2/22/04 at 1:37pmA full scale production of Mack and Mabel will be done in Nov/Dec at the Goodspeed in CT. Enjoy!
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Posted: 2/22/04 at 5:58pmI see Sutton more than Kristen for the role of Mabel.
"They hear drums. We hear music."
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Posted: 2/22/04 at 6:21pmDance of the Vampires with someone under 125 playing Count Von Krolock, who is'nt washed up.
broadwaysweetheart
Featured Actor Joined: 2/3/04
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Posted: 2/22/04 at 9:15pmI agree wit Elphie on the Mabel thing, Douglas would be greatas Mack
musicaltheatreman
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/03
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Posted: 2/23/04 at 5:56pmwhat about jane k. as mabel in mack in mabel i know she was going to be in it awhile back
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Posted: 2/23/04 at 6:02pm
ditto with "On A clear Day You Can See Forever"
I'm not too sure, but was "Stop The World I Want To Get Off" ever a broadway musical?
You've gotta have heart AND music
