647 posts
|
Post by ptwest on Aug 17, 2022 13:48:29 GMT
I’ve been lucky enough to see so many including lots of the ones mentioned on here. The one that sticks in my mind is the NT production of Anything Goes at Drury Lane. I wanted to see that and my wife wanted Bombay Dreams. We tossed a count and she won!
|
|
309 posts
|
Post by barrowside on Aug 17, 2022 14:01:51 GMT
Billy must have been huge in its day to run in Drury Lane for two years. Is it badly dated or is there any other reason it doesn't get revived?
|
|
|
Post by Matt on Aug 17, 2022 14:09:35 GMT
I saw Bombay Dreams, I didn't particularly care for it at all. I can just about remember 1 line from 2 songs.
I really wish I had seen the off west end In The Heights, so if anyone wants to revive that it would be great.
Also, I am a massive Elvis fan and I went to New York the first time about 20 years ago to see 1-2 shows a day for 10 days and I had booked All Shook Up, but it had closed by the time my holiday came around and I was GUTTED.
|
|
865 posts
|
Post by karloscar on Aug 17, 2022 14:30:04 GMT
I regret not seeing the Tommy Tune production of Grand Hotel which played London for less than three months, and the Hal Prince Kiss of the Spiderwoman before it went to Broadway.
|
|
232 posts
|
Post by singingbird on Aug 17, 2022 14:34:15 GMT
Billy must have been huge in its day to run in Drury Lane for two years. Is it badly dated or is there any other reason it doesn't get revived? I've no idea. I guess it's sort of a period piece, but no more so than the novel, play and film it's based on. I saw the film again recently and it's still a classic, and holds up brilliantly. The Drury lane production is just before my time, unfortunately. I have a vague feeling there was a low-key revival at the Union a few years back. I have no idea why I didn't go and see it, because I really love the score and I was always at the Union around that time. So that would be another show I never got to see and really should have done. (And, on a side note, what on earth has happened to the Union in recent times? It was losing its mojo pre-pandemic, and post-pandemic it's an absolute shadow of its former self). Sometimes shows just come along at the wrong time, particularly with limited runs. Equally, unlimited run shows can suddenly announce their closing dates and I find that I've no chance to get to them in time. Unlike some people on here, I'm not sadly in a position to go out more than about two or three evenings a month, so if I've already got lots booked then there can be things I really want to see that I just don't make it to! I imagine lots of people find themselves in that situation.
|
|
4,158 posts
|
Post by HereForTheatre on Aug 17, 2022 14:39:38 GMT
I regret not seeing Hadestown when it was on, both times. Also I wish i saw the OAT Into The Woods in person rather than just on film, but it was before my time of even going to London for theatre, so.
|
|
|
Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 17, 2022 14:48:28 GMT
I regret not seeing the Tommy Tune production of Grand Hotel which played London for less than three months, and the Hal Prince Kiss of the Spiderwoman before it went to Broadway. The original London Spiderwoman was utterly mesmerising One of the best shows I have ever seen
|
|
232 posts
|
Post by singingbird on Aug 17, 2022 14:54:48 GMT
I regret not seeing the Tommy Tune production of Grand Hotel which played London for less than three months, and the Hal Prince Kiss of the Spiderwoman before it went to Broadway. The original London Spiderwoman was utterly mesmerising One of the best shows I have ever seen Totally agree. Another show that really ought to have had a proper revival by now.
|
|
|
Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 17, 2022 15:02:15 GMT
It would be so hard to imagine anyone being as captivating as Chita. The simplicity and power of the way the title number was staged cannot be eclipsed.
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2022 15:06:08 GMT
Also I wish I'd seen Heathcliff, not for cliff Richard but I think it's got some great songs and I enjoyed the vhs when it was released.
I'm surprised it's not been revived and reworked a little with a more appropriate leading man. Ramin Karimloo seems a natural to be Heathcliff
|
|
|
Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 17, 2022 15:07:33 GMT
I think this is my favourite number. But tomorrow it might be The Day after that. Or She's a Woman... Or something else!
|
|
4,593 posts
Member is Online
|
Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 17, 2022 15:09:09 GMT
Also I wish I'd seen Heathcliff, not for cliff Richard but I think it's got some great songs and I enjoyed the vhs when it was released. I'm surprised it's not been revived and reworked a little with a more appropriate leading man. Ramin Karimloo seems a natural to be Heathcliff Poor Helen Hobson who went from Michael Ball's Passion to Cliff's Heathcliff ...
|
|
594 posts
|
Post by og on Aug 17, 2022 15:28:15 GMT
Some of the big defining broadway shows, before my time; West Side Story, A Chorus Line etc. The original London cast of Phantom would have been a treat! And to be in the Royal Albert Hall for the 25th must have been special. Also retrospectively it would have been good to see Barnum with it's original London cast inc Crawford.
Thinking about more recent years, I've seen a lot of what I think I'd want to have seen if answering this question in 20 years time; OG Groundhog Day, Bat out of Hell, the gender swapped Company etc. Preludes is one I wish I'd seen actually.
|
|
|
Post by crabtree on Aug 17, 2022 15:28:57 GMT
ah Metropolis was pretty extraordinary, spectacular in so many ways. You also missed a treat with Mutiny! and The Hired Man.
|
|
232 posts
|
Post by singingbird on Aug 17, 2022 15:30:40 GMT
ah Metropolis was pretty extraordinary, spectacular in so many ways. You also missed a treat with Mutiny! and The Hired Man. Two more I'd have loved to have seen, indeed. And I wish I'd seen the Hunting of the Snark, just out of curiosity as much as anything.
|
|
|
Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 17, 2022 15:47:43 GMT
Also retrospectively it would have been good to see Barnum with it's original London cast inc Crawford He was so so good in this. I was a very lucky teenager
|
|
|
Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 17, 2022 16:16:57 GMT
Sounds like the next Chichester vehicle for Charlie S....
|
|
309 posts
|
Post by barrowside on Aug 17, 2022 16:27:23 GMT
I just thought Charlie Stemp also - he's the closest talent to the young Michael Crawford.
|
|
|
Post by dontdreamit on Aug 17, 2022 16:36:28 GMT
Billy must have been huge in its day to run in Drury Lane for two years. Is it badly dated or is there any other reason it doesn't get revived? Random I know, but JD was due to tour in this back in around 1995 but it got cancelled before it even started.
|
|
|
Post by nottobe on Aug 17, 2022 16:42:58 GMT
I would have loved to have seen Betty Blue Eyes, got into theatre a few years after its run.
Also City of Angels at the Garrick, I sadly think a reschedule is unlikely.
|
|
466 posts
|
Post by Deal J on Aug 17, 2022 16:43:36 GMT
I have a vague feeling there was a low-key revival [of Billy] at the Union a few years back. I have no idea why I didn't go and see it, because I really love the score and I was always at the Union around that time. So that would be another show I never got to see and really should have done. There was, in 2013. It was a smashing production, with Keith Ramsay in the lead. I’ve never seen the original, and at the time I hadn’t even heard any of the score, but I found Keith mesmerising, and the show was full of energy. It inspired me to track down the original cast recording. Lovely stuff. Another vote for Kiss of the Spider Woman from me, it’s the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread title!
|
|
594 posts
|
Post by og on Aug 17, 2022 17:02:42 GMT
I saw Bombay Dreams, I didn't particularly care for it at all. I can just about remember 1 line from 2 songs. I really wish I had seen the off west end In The Heights, so if anyone wants to revive that it would be great.Also, I am a massive Elvis fan and I went to New York the first time about 20 years ago to see 1-2 shows a day for 10 days and I had booked All Shook Up, but it had closed by the time my holiday came around and I was GUTTED. It was great, so much energy and loved the thrust presentation. I'm surprised there wasn't a production mounted hot off the back of the movie. Another one for the list I never got to see... Sunday in the Park with Jake Gyllenhaal. weep.
|
|
2,529 posts
|
Post by n1david on Aug 17, 2022 17:50:43 GMT
I've said this before: I was in NYC for business and had a free evening. Choice at tkts was The Boy From Oz with Hugh Jackman, or Thoroughly Modern Millie with Sutton Foster. I still regret not seeing Jackman.
|
|
416 posts
|
Post by schuttep on Aug 17, 2022 19:05:18 GMT
I'm also old enough to have seen many of the shows mentioned.
I saw Bombay Dreams twice: at the first showing a young 13-14 yo Daniel Radcliffe was seated on my row.
I, like many others here, would have liked to see Billy, not least because Michael Crawford and Elaine Paige were both in it!
Stop the World - I Want to Get Off is another because of Anthony Newley, but I did see Anne Quayle (who also starredt) later in The Boyfriend.
|
|
865 posts
|
Post by karloscar on Aug 17, 2022 19:43:57 GMT
Metropolis was remarkable for the amazing set and Judy Kuhn's amazing London debut. The score is pretty uninspiring but she made those songs sound far better than they actually were. Dear Anyone with Jane Lapotaire is one I regret not seeing as I loved Agony as a sitcom, and the concept album with Maggie Moone has some great moments. ( The title song is as good as anything Don Black wrote for Tell Me on a Sunday.)
|
|
1,871 posts
|
Post by distantcousin on Aug 17, 2022 20:35:47 GMT
Billy must have been huge in its day to run in Drury Lane for two years. Is it badly dated or is there any other reason it doesn't get revived? Random I know, but JD was due to tour in this back in around 1995 but it got cancelled before it even started.
Jason Donovan?
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2022 20:37:21 GMT
Billy must have been huge in its day to run in Drury Lane for two years. Is it badly dated or is there any other reason it doesn't get revived? Random I know, but JD was due to tour in this back in around 1995 but it got cancelled before it even started. Yes, I can remember the ads in my local theatres brochure of coming shows.
|
|
|
Post by dontdreamit on Aug 17, 2022 20:37:52 GMT
Random I know, but JD was due to tour in this back in around 1995 but it got cancelled before it even started.
Jason Donovan?
Yep! I remember we’d booked dates for most venues.
|
|
1,871 posts
|
Post by distantcousin on Aug 17, 2022 20:40:19 GMT
Yep! I remember we’d booked dates for most venues.
Interesting! Well that was starting to get into his "tricky" years!! This would have been not long before The Rocky Horror Show, which he wasn't consistent in turning up for!
|
|
232 posts
|
Post by singingbird on Aug 17, 2022 20:47:22 GMT
Metropolis was remarkable for the amazing set and Judy Kuhn's amazing London debut. The score is pretty uninspiring but she made those songs sound far better than they actually were. Dear Anyone with Jane Lapotaire is one I regret not seeing as I loved Agony as a sitcom, and the concept album with Maggie Moone has some great moments. ( The title song is as good as anything Don Black wrote for Tell Me on a Sunday.) Dear Anyone... another good call. Largely (indeed, almost completely) forgotten. A few years back Don Black was talking about reviving it but nothing came of it, sadly.
|
|