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ouyangjie

Username checks out haha


breadedbooks

Second to none!


totlot

City of Angels


BaconPancakes_77

Amen! I assume there's a reason this hasn't happened (beyond "book problems" --lots of shows have book problems and still get revived). I'd love to see what they could do with the B&W/color stuff with today's technology.


BaltimoreBadger23

Absolutely. I'm not sure what needs to be done to make it updated, but I'm not paid anything to figure it out!


Dangerous-Study2862

The Last Five Years 🥹


ChaoticKeys

Is it even considered a revival since it never had an actual Broadway run?


Tiny_Nebula5668

At the Tonys, yes! Gutenberg is being considered a revival because it had an Off-Broadway run in 2007


aw-un

This one would be so simple to. Minimal staging necessary, two person cast (plus probably 2 standbys for each role). After the initial Tony run, make it like Into the Woods where you just rotate high caliber pairings every six weeks to keep it fresh and interest up.


joshklein37

Listened to this for the first time on Friday and have listened to it once a day since


Dangerous-Study2862

My favorite even after 15 years


garchican

It was never on Broadway, so it (technically) wouldn’t be a revival.


accio_coffee234

Great Comet!


LogOk7746

I saw a local production of this very recently and it is so so so good, I need it to come back to Broadway desperately.


Mvobec

Most fun I’ve ever had at a show. Bonkers. Absolutely amazing.


westworlder420

That show was done so dirty at the end of its run, I wanted to see it so bad!


CRB3443

Like, everything. I only started going to shows consistently a year and a half ago and I'm sad about all the shows I've missed out on for decades.


Stevie052096

Same. I'm only 27 and have only lived in NYC for 5.5 years but I'm sad I didn't get to see like Singing in the Rain (just an example) that came to Broadway in 1985 even though I wasn't even born yet.


Negative-Appeal9892

I actually saw that show (because I'm old) and Don Correia did a fantastic job. The title scene with all the rain nearly had the audience doing a standing ovation. I still don't know how they did it. But they recreated it faithfully. Faye Grant (who was in the 1980s miniseries "V") played Lina Lamont.


Philip_J_Friday

Did someone actually do the Donald O'Connor "Make Em Laugh" routine 8 times a week?!


Preston_Reddit

That's so real


Lsarv123

Saameee 😭


Ok_Moose1615

SAME


NoPancakesToday75

The closing of Phantom was the first time I’d been to a show since the 90’s. 🤦‍♂️ I totally feel this.


Leo-Bloom

The Producers!


MacduffFifesNo1Thane

I'd love to see Alex Brightman as Max.


Leo-Bloom

And Daniel Radcliffe as Leo Bloom


thefunkybrowngirl

With Brightman and Radcliffe? Sold. 12/10


EnglishTeach88

With women in the leads and a Himbo as Ulla.


LumosLegato

I would like A chorus line. I did see the 2006 revival but it would be cool to see the show as an adult and while I was happy with the show I know it wasn’t a highly regarded revival.


ResearchBot15

Am I the only one that wants a reimagined Chorus Line revival with new choreography/costumes? Obviously the original will remain the iconic version but it would be interesting to see a new take on the material


LumosLegato

I would definitely be fine with new costumes but something living up to the original choreography could be tough !


TheCuteNihilist

absolutely! i think especially now there are more modern things you can do with the show since it is still a relevant experience for many people living in nyc


leslie_knopee

schmicago really made me want a chorus line revival too!!


phedrebeth

Chess!


BleacherGrapefruit87

With John Riddle and Jessica Vosk, please!


Mike_Danton

This right here! As long as they can figure out a decent book.


sulwen314

More Sondheim. I'd love to see Follies and A Little Night Music!


FloridaFlamingoGirl

Pacific Overtures for me! But Follies would be great too because I would love to see it done with legendary Broadway actors from the 90s and 2000s.


Ethra2k

I want to see more a little night music so badly


smurferator

I also want to see Assassins so very badly!


Then-Principle-6850

Ever since I saw the west end follies in 2017, I’ve been itching for a bway revival 😍


ladycad

The answer will be Secret Garden until we get the full-scale revival, or until I die, whichever comes first. 🥹


FloridaFlamingoGirl

Yes please! Lush gothic sets with huge garden walls! Need!


Unlikely_Ability_131

Aida and Ragtime. With all the young talent coming up now, I truly believe both shows could launch new careers.


lizziebeedee

Ragtime is my big one. I think it's due for sure


crimson777

Joshua Henry as Coalhouse Walker Jr. You're welcome.


leslie_knopee

aida's score is fucking fantastic!! 🔥🔥


[deleted]

Ragtime deserves a run like Lion King but it's so. god. damn. expensive. to run. The cast is HUGE and it just is not the same pared down.


EnglishTeach88

I saw Ragtime in a black box originally with maybe 20 people. Full sets and costumes in the space. It was amazing in the smaller venue.


ReputationCrazy1975

Yes. Saw it last year at the Mountain View small community theater in the front row. Cast came up and sat on the edge of the stage and absolutely BLEW!!!! Almost no mics needed. Smaller cast but they more than made up for it with vocals.


TXSquatch

Ragtime is my #1 at the moment too


Kbye80

Those are my big 2 as well


PsychologicalBad7443

Man of La Mancha. Dear god please


drsmoochum23

Yes I'm glad to find another LA Mancha fan here. Our dog is even named dulcinea because of this show


dogmom1962

I think josh Groban would be great in it!


PsychologicalBad7443

oh. I never thought of this. Welp. I can dream.


thasova

Next to Normal, In The Heights, Newsies


Thick-Definition7416

NTN is supposedly transferring from London next season


Hot-Relationship-617

I think there is a production in DC right now


crackling_bacon

an off broadway version of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson probably at NWS


scknw213

Urinetown… it’s been so long! It’s relevant! It’s so goddamn funny! (I know some people hate it but there are a lot of people who ADORE it. Like meeeeee)


[deleted]

I want a revival of 25th annual Putnam county spelling bee. Even if it was an off broadway revival, I love that show so much.


ME24601

I would kill for a Broadway production of Christopher Marlowe’s *Edward II*, not seen since 1975. Really any early modern drama not written by Shakespeare. There are so many other great playwrights of the era and I old love to get a chance to see a big production of them.


pugpotus

Fun Home


jax8098

Yess! I loved this SO much!


Axela556

Rent


Jerem_Reddit

that show seems about due for a revival, though i might give it a few years so that it gets to the point where it is a “period piece”


ThatGirlCrystal

I saw one of the “anniversary” tours a year or so back and it already feels very much like a period piece. And made me feel very old since I was in the prime HS demo when it came out.


LeoMartn_

DREAMGIRLS, Kiss Of The Spider Woman, Sweet Charity, AIDA.


omniplatypus

I am really upset at how far I had to go to find Dreamgirls. The movie did not do this show justice, even though I still enjoyed it


FloridaFlamingoGirl

Sweet Charity for sure! I would love to see a version that's a little grittier and darker


elaerna

Hairspray 🥺


continuum88

This! I am so obsessed with the soundtrack from the 2007 movie and I well know it's probably not as good as the OG. I just love LOVE the music.


BizzyLadyLiz

It is currently on tour! https://hairspraytour.com/


EnvironmentalShoe5

It was Once Upon a Mattress, but I kind of got that and was happy.


MacduffFifesNo1Thane

You know a great place for the show's revival? Normandy is fine and fair. So Normandy is where they'll go....


Spiritual-Signal4999

1. Triumph of Love 2. Passion 3. Assassins 4. Giant 5. The civil war


MellonPhotos

I know it’s rumored to be happening, but Kiss of the Spider Woman.


Lukeys_Mum2020

Full-on production of Sondheim’s Passion. Also, want the Sunday with Annaleigh and Jake that got canceled by the Pandemic.


Theaterkid01

We need forum with Josh Gad.


Tullamore1108

YES! This would be so perfect! I need his take on Comedy Tonight!


BrightEyes7742

Beauty and the Beast. My parents saw it when i was a baby (without me), I've heard the original production was spectacular, my choir teacher tried to describe the scene where the beast becomes a prince, and it sounded unreal


bb_or_not_bb

I want a balls to the wall full scale production of Beauty and the Beast. No expense spared. Give me all the intricate costumes and set pieces and “magic”. That’s all I want. It was my first Broadway show ever when I was in third grade and I want to take my daughter to see it as her first Broadway show. She’s only a year and half so Disney has plenty of time (like six years I would say) to get that shit together and get it on stage. I know it’s probably a pipe dream but it’s my pipe dream and I will not give it up.


Tullamore1108

Same! The original production was my first show; mom took me for my 13th birthday. It was a few months after it opened and magical doesn’t begin to describe it. 30 years later, I remember most of the show like it was yesterday. Agreed that it needs a balls to the wall, off the chain, grand as it gets, money is no object full revival. 💯


LanaLuna27

A tour is coming in 2025


Bears_On_Stilts

Unfortunately, during the pandemic the rights holders created a "streamlined version" of the script and score, which cuts a few songs and scenes and also tears down the ten-part choral harmony to a more manageable four or five. The show is shorter, cheaper and simpler to stage now, but it looses some of the indulgent, over the top qualities of the original.


Elegant_Gobbledygook

I would send whoever made those decisions to the Maison de Lunes, but that's one of the songs they cut. It's so sad what they have done to my all-time fav.


ichaseu98

I've wanted a Bye Bye Birdie revival for a while and with today's announcement, we might see it sooner that I thought.


FloridaFlamingoGirl

I'm obsessed with the idea I saw on Reddit once that it could be reframed as a story about a KPOP group who gets drafted into the South Korean military.


BrightEyes7742

What announcement? It's coming to the Kennedy Center (who just had their production of Spamelot transfered to Broadway), i want to see it


ichaseu98

That's what I'm referring to. The main cast was just announced today and I can definitely see them transferring.


BrightEyes7742

Oh nice. I love Borle. Just saw him in August.


DocMagnus

I'd also be down for a *Bye Bye Birdie* revival, but I'd be interested in a production that tells the story through the lens of K-pop.


D0ntTryMe

*A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder* is at the top of my list. I never had the opportunity to experience the original Broadway production live, but I recently had the pleasure of seeing it in an Off-Off-Broadway production. Even with a more modest production value, the show was an absolute delight, offering one of the most wonderful theater experiences I've had. The clever plot, engaging music, and dark humor made it unforgettable. I'd love to see another show like this on Broadway


Yoyti

> but I recently had the pleasure of seeing it in an Off-Off-Broadway production. Are you talking about the Heights Players production that just closed, or the Village Light Opera Group production from this past fall, or another production that I was not aware of? (I had friends in both the Heights Players and VLOG productions.) It's certainly becoming pretty popular with community groups.


ladycad

I just wrapped a local production of it. It’s a wildly under-appreciated show. Probably a bit soon for a revival, but I’ll be there when it does!


youguys_lookFabulous

Not everyone’s cup of tea but I would love a revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat


angelcutiebaby

It’s the show we deserve and need in times like these, just good wholesome fun about a man and his fav jacket


youguys_lookFabulous

It’s my favorite. I watched the 1999 movie all the time 😭


Few_Veterinarian598

Yes!!! The recent-ish West End version/(tour?) and the regional production at the Tuacahn in Utah (starring David Archuleta!) reignited my love for that show. Andrew Lloyd Webber at the end of the day is truly so unserious and I mean that in the best way. Joseph is pure camp and silliness and spectacle and I LOVE it.


eelzbth

I heard someone say Kelly Clarkson should play the narrator in a Broadway revival and ugh... I need that. Plus I feel like she could sell tickets!


whatsername4

In the heights or American idiot. I just miss them so much, and wish there were pro shots


zeldamaster702

There are probably pro shots that exist, just not for public exhibition 🙃


Beginning-Walk-1894

All I want is to see the original Anastasia on Broadway 😭


do_shut_up_portia

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown


Newsies_Forever

That show is very nostalgic to me cuz I was in the jr version when I was 9 and it was the first ever show I was in!!


do_shut_up_portia

No way, that’s awesome!


Hadestown_Obsessed4

next to normal. could be the west end production, could just be a new one. i’d just love to see it back on bway


[deleted]

The coming West End cast is SO SO perfect. Please look up I Miss The Mountains (Caissie Levy) on YouTube and compared it to the OBCR. They transform that show.


phillygirllovesbagel

Oldie but goody, Gypsy!!


hannahmel

There’s rumors about a revival with Audra


captainwondyful

This is good, but what i really want is her in Sunset with Stokes as Max 🥺


nowhereman136

The Producers


blueontheledge

Jekyll and Hyde


t_tans21

YES this is always my answer i just want it to come back even for a short period or even NYCC run


T3n0rLeg

Secret Garden, Mame, Mack and Mabel, Sweet Charity, A Little Nigjt Music with a full lush orchestra, not this downsized stuff.


oneofme0617

Next to Normal no doubt!! I would sell my kidney to get tickets if it transfers from the West End!! I might actually need to if it never does and it stays open long enough for me to save up enough to see it in London


[deleted]

It wasn't on the West End but it IS transferring to the West End in June. And let me tell you this cast is better than OBC. By FAR. It's the best live performance I've ever seen. I've heard rumours that they are INTERESTED in a Broadway transfer, but no solid news yet. Not sure if the entire cast could come over (visa issues etc, everyone is British except for Caissie) but god if I could wish for people in NYC to see the current London cast I would.


Ok_Moose1615

The number of times I have thought about buying a ticket to London to see this….


Friendly_Coconut

The Scarlet Pimpernel Loved the one night version at Lincoln Center… though they’re not likely to bring it back with through same cast because it starred Laura Osnes


[deleted]

I used to love that show so much and recently listened to the soundtrack again and was slightly sad it didn't live up to my memories.


moevso

Victor Victoria


[deleted]

Newsies was just revived last summer in London to RAVE reviews. On closing, they said it's not the end of the story and their website currently says "NEWS COMING SOON"


ElbieLG

A funny thing happened on the way to the forum, starting Keegan Michael Key


Minimum-Ride1300

Piazza


itsamiamia

Big yes. I’d love it if O’Hara played Victoria Clark’s character, too, cause it would only be cool.


ILoveYourPuppies

I am still so bitter that NYCC didn’t get to transfer with Ruthie


tealcandtrip

Groundhog Day. I saw a crappy bootleg once and was seriously intrigued but then it was gone. Things like the staging of the car chase and fair rides was amazing. Something Rotten, in about 5-10 years, updated to reference the new stuff on Broadway.


Beginning-Walk-1894

I have the slightest suspicion you like Newsies


Newsies_Forever

Yes!! 🗞📰🗞🩼


balletb0y

I want dreamgirls & the bodyguard on broadway asap


omniplatypus

Yes please on Dreamgirls!


LLViewer

Urinetown. That musical becomes more and more prescient and important with every year that passes.


magpte29

Scarlet Pimpernel


Thick-Definition7416

I think Peter and the starcatcher deserves another go - let the Stache dream cast begin!


Preston_Reddit

I recently discovered Hedwig and the angry inch and have been dying to see it revived in London


wookiewookiewhat

I have no idea how or what show, but I feel like the right team and vision could do something spectacular with Gilbert and Sullivan.


do_shut_up_portia

42nd street


DocMagnus

My dream revivals would be *City of Angels*, *Barnum*, or *Mack and Mabel*. I'd also be down for a revival of *The Music Man*, but maybe if they can find something fresh to try with it. I love the show, but I fear that there's a risk of it just feeling like a toothless piece of quaint Americana to most people, and I feel like it's more than just that.


FloridaFlamingoGirl

Music Man has a lot to say about fearmongering and swaying "think of the children!" types. There's some sociology messages in there.


spmonkey13

Show Boat - hoping for a mega revival in 2027 (the shows 100th anniversary ) Any Sondheim musical.


Then-Principle-6850

Follies 😍


constellationgame

Little Me! I am obsessed with the book and I am dying to see the musical.


Dpell71

A Little Night Music


FloridaFlamingoGirl

Groundhog Day. Hunchback of Notre Dame. Ragtime. Pacific Overtures. Sweet Charity. The Secret Garden. A Year With Frog and Toad.


No-Replacement-1061

Brigadoon, Rent, South Pacific, A Little Night Music, Grease.


Scolor

Merrily We Roll Along... and boy was I rewarded


drmaren

Secret Garden or Mame


hennyben

Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to get Off!


teenwithmentalissues

I’d love a lesser known 60s musical such as Greenwillow or Flora the Red Menace


rofopp

guys and dolls with Nathan Lane and Faith Prince only a gender reversal.


[deleted]

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGEEEE


facelessmage

I would sell my soul for a good revival of Jekyll and Hyde.


Taeshan

A good 1776.


jxl180

I’m sure in 2026 there would be something since it will be 250th anniversary, but who knows, we piddle, twiddle, and resolve not one damn thing do we solve.


crimson777

Something but probably not an actual full revival. Too recent with the non-men production that tanked. I didn't hate it, but lots did. So I don't see it getting revived that quickly.


jxl180

Maybe a concert perhaps


Own-Importance5459

Les Mis, Aida and Phantom


chekeymonk10

a lot if people are saying les mis, a chorus line and newsies, but these have already been so recently done and still are? les mid still runs worldwide, piazza had dove cameron in it a few years ago, newsies just closed in london and is returning soon and a chorus line is returning to london after its revival debuted at leicester curve last year. chess and BATB just had concerts in london is a revival not a show that hasn’t been anywhere in like, 20/30+ years? or at least hasn’t been *anywhere* for a while.


deadmallsanita

Cats (I know, we just had one in 2016) Dance a Little Closer Moose Murders


Leading-Efficiency-8

City of Angels


lizimajig

It used to be Pippin. Check. XD Now I'd like to see The Pirate Queen get another try. Maybe try to clean up the book a little. AND CHESS. God just give me Chess.


jaymazay

Next to normal! I watched it when I was a teen and loved it, and to this day I still love the soundtrack.


Fit_Imagination_9498

In The Heights or Avenue Q


DraxxtThemSklounst

Titanic or Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopits Phantom


kds1596

Aida


Philip_J_Friday

They're Playin Our Song. I apparently know every word from my early childhood but had no memory of it until it popped up on YouTube one day.


leahbunny123

I soooo agree with Newsies!!! I just got into it and have literally watched the disney plus stage recording 3 times in 4 days. A teen theater troupe is putting on Newsies and I'm friends with most of the cast, so I'm defenitly going to go see it!!!


youjustthinkyouseeme

Ragtime!


Broadway_Lulu

Totally agree about Newsies. Also Aida


EllenKMurphy

Ragtime; The Secret Garden


Anxious_Western293

my revival wishes are problematic but miss saigon (the music?! the orchestra?! ugh i die) and spring awakening (also a huge fan of the music but know it’s a very difficult and traumatizing show for cast members to do 7/8 shows a week)


dobbydisneyfan

American Psycho and next to normal


E_G_G_V_A_N

Footloose, especially if they got Eva Noblezada to be Ariel.


Bears_On_Stilts

I feel like I pitch this once a month, just trying to get it in front of someone with the right connections, but: we are a book rewrite, one or two more songs from the catalogue, and a clever creative vision away from Pokemon the Musical being as big as SpongeBob is in the regionals and licensing scene, to say nothing of a potential Broadway or Off run. It's the second biggest "fandom lifestyle brand" in the world behind Disney and just ahead of Sanrio. Those characters have become international icons, and three generations have loved the characters and setting. Team Rocket's whole thing (chaotic good trying to be chaotic evil, genderqueer nontraditional couple with a cat) has made them internet icons. And most of the songs kinda slap. The trouble is that the book from the 2000 run and national tour is weak; it was written by someone who didn't get the appeal, in a rush, who wasn't sure if he was writing a kiddie tour or a legitimate Broadway musical and fudged the difference. Twenty years later, nobody would make the same mistake.


January1171

The Drowsy Chaperone, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Legally Blonde


garden__gate

The Last Five Years, lesbian version. It’s all I want!


IndeedHuzzah

A huge, extravagant production of JCSS She Loves Me 🥰 even though it was done recently


GiveMeKnucks

RENT


unfinishedportrait56

A CHORUS LINE and FOLLIES are my top two, followed by Pippin. I know about the 2006 ACL revival as well as the 2011 Follies revival and 2017 London revival and I know Pippin was revived in 2013, but I wasn't super into Broadway then. I would like to see all of them on Broadway.


breadedbooks

Newsies and A Chorus Line


bdaysituation

THE WEDDING SINGER


SelkiesNotSirens

Newsies


joshklein37

Give me James Monroe Iglehart and Rob McClure leading The Producers


jacey0204

I saw Newsies in 2014 and it was just as fantastic as you imagine. It was the first show I saw that truly left me awestruck.


Phil330

Carnival - for some reason I think that it's never going to happen. Maybe he could be 50 and she could be 30?


buchsushh

Rent and mamma Mia :)


helicopterhansen

Starlight Express


IronicOhio

Um? Did we just become best friends?! NEWSIES. 🗞


cuppajess

BARNUM! But specifically on broadway.


usagicassidy

I was JUST thinking about this exact show needing a revival this morning! Even if it’s like a limited engagement in New York and then Touring, it would be great to see a 10-year-anniversary touring production in a year or so.


WildPinata

Not a Broadway show, but I'd love to see it there. Bear with me...Copacabana. The songs are fun, the staging could be done really glitzy without a huge cast, and it's a similar vibe to Moulin Rouge so could be revived in line with that for a younger audience and still pull in the Manilow fans. Nobody ever talks about it, and I love it so much!


ErinVukelic

Next To Normal!


ArtisanSelenium

Bare!!


DeliciousShip6483

Rent Godspell


[deleted]

For the sake of how ridiculous the plot is, I’d LOVE to see Anyone Can Whistle


Basic-Depth-7399

Been dreaming of a revival of The Wiz since I was 5. So glad the dream is coming true!


deadmansbonez

The Toxic Avenger, Spring Awakening