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- These Broadway musicals closed way too soon. For this list, we’ll be looking at the shows whose time on the Great White Way was ultimately cut short. Our countdown includes "Side Show," "The Wild Party," "Bonnie & Clyde," and more! Which Broadway musical do YOU want to see revived? Let us know in the comments!
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Bandstand definitely deserves a place on this list! an amazing cast, who played their instruments on stage, a moving story line, tony winning choreography and a unique and wonderful score. Can you tell i'm a little bitter it closed way too soon
It was an absolute snoozefest
I adored "Title of Show." It was hilariously meta, and so creative. It's a very unique way of telling a story about two guys writing a musical, plus it stars the fabulous Heidi Blickenstaff.
Love your profile pic!
I'm sorry...people thought a Broadway musical was "too depressing?" So we're just gonna ignore Cabaret, Les Mis, Phantom of the Opera, Next to Normal, Spring Awakening...
Agreed.
We need a revival if Ragtime with Denee Benton as Sarah. Since she is playing Audra McDonald’s daughter in The Gilded Age it would be perfect casting, and she could pull it off
PARADE!!!!!! My favorite show! Didn't expect it to be first on the list, but I'm _soooo_ pleasantly surprised!!! It's long overdue for a revival
RIP Brent Carver 😢
I always thought that the 2016 revival of falsettos closed far too early - it's easily the best version of the show and it's a shame that it wasn't around for long.
That revival was always planned to have a limited run. Most of these revivals are set that way.
@@alexmeyer5260 I'm perfectly aware that it was set to be a limited run, but that doesn't stop me from thinking it's a shame that it didn't run for long. At least we have the proshot though.
@@abbiepilling8378 At least two of its stars, Brandon Uranowitz and Anthony Rosenthal, will be starring together in Tom Stoppard's new play Leopoldstadt on Broadway this fall.
When i heard the revival of Side Show was closing sooner than expected, my mom and I got tickets for the second last show. It is still one of my favorites Ive ever seen on broadway. Such an amazing show
Fun fact: Christy Carlson Romano played the role of Mary Phagan in Parade, and this was BEFORE she became a Disney Channel star with Even Stevens and Kim Possible.
That is SO cool!
@bicth !!!!!!!! Oh wow! I never knew that!
Tuck Everlasting deserved a longer run. I even bought tickets to see it but then it closed. 😔
Bloody, Bloody, Andrew Jackson was such an incredible and smart musical/critique that didn’t find the audience it deserved when it released. Dare I say it is the best musical about American History👀👀👀
Nah, Assassins is the best musical about American History.
Since... BBAJ is obviously not very accurate at all...
Bloody Bloody was ahead of it's time.
I loved "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Side Show". I also think "The Pirate Queen" should have been on this list.
Same Bonnie and Clyde deserved a much longer run.
Bridges of Madison County.
One of the most beautiful scores in recent memory, spectacular performances...I legitimately don't understand how it failed.
The musical is also SO much better than the movie!
Finally, Mojo recognized the greatness that is Parade!
Side Show (the original 1997? version) was magic. Wish they hadn't messed with the original material so much for the revival.
Parade and side show finally getting the recognition they deserve!!
There is a video of Cheyenne Jackson and Jeremy Jordan singing Who Will Love Me As I Am, and at one point they sing it in the original key. It’s amazing
Parade. That musical still haunts me. I saw a bootleg of TR Knight as Leo some years back; it was amazing.
I agree with "The Bridges of Maddison County." I was lucky enough to see it when it was on Des Moines. I still listen to that album every once in a while.
YES! Parade is an incredible show with a story that needs to be told. What a worthy #1 pick!!
One year after this parade gets a revival
Part of the problem with The Wild Party was that a separate version by a different writing team and cast opened off broadway at the same time as the broadway version.
And was better.
Yeah, the off Broadway one was way better and had a better cast. The LaChiusa version is just meh compared to the Lippa version.
Plus, there were a lot of reports about backstage tension between Mandy Patinkin and Toni Collette that hurt the show's reputation.
Here's the following broadway musicals that closed too soon to me:
.Disney's The Little Mermaid
.The Spongebob Squarepants Musical
.Disney's Newsies the Musical
.The Great Comet musical
.Young Frankenstein the Musical
.Seussical the Musical
Newsies actually ran for two years, which is a long time by Broadway standards.
I actually wanted to see The Little Mermaid on Broadway in New York, my family and I went to see one in Maryland but it wasn’t the same. I’m hoping that they’re come back to it soon. I did find someone posted it on TH-cam so you can find it on here
People are so fcking mean to Seussical and I just don't get it
@@alim.9801 I guess it didn't work on Broadway because critics probably didn't expect the composers of Ragtime to do a children's musical as their follow-up. But Seussical has at least thrived in regional theaters and is a very popular choice for middle and high school stage productions. My own school did a production of it once, but that was after I graduated.
I knew Allegiance wouldn't be on this list but it should be. I've never cried so hard as the conclusion of a musical in my life.
I'm so happy Parade is number one! It's a VERY underrated musical!
RAGS should been here also. Never understood why it didn't play longer or has never been revived. Though it had closed, I think it was nominated for several well deserved Tonys.
I would definitely recommend the cast recording.
Sting’s “The Last Ship” had its flaws, no doubt, but I still loved it when I saw it in Chicago before its all-too-brief Broadway run. The music was beautiful - sometimes achingly so- and the feel of show achieves a sad and poignant rumination on loss and opportunities that have slipped away through passage of time. If the story didn’t always make sense, once you were brought in by the music and the show’s lyricism and poetry, you went with it. It deserved a much better fate on the Great White Way.
yessss love this score
13 the musical closed too soon but at least we’re getting a Netflix movie!
Plus, Jason Robert Brown is apparently writing some new songs for the film. If the film's well received, maybe he gets an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song next year?
After seeing most of these performances, listening to the music composition and the libretto, God I miss Sondheim!
"The Scottsboro Boys" and "The Last Ship"
I feel like most Frank Wildhorne’s musicals (Bonnie and Clyde and Wonderland being one of them) all closed early. I don’t exactly know why but I hope Count of Monte Cristo gets a revival and a script rewrite.
I thought Groundhog Day would run longer.
Not going to lie, I definitely thought that Carrie was going to be on here. The original 80's run was a total disaster, and the off-Broadway revival didn't have a very long life either. It's a very good show that deserves more attention.
Reimagining the revival with less effects and focusing on the bullying aspect was a genius idea. Hopefully it will get a longer life somewhere
The 80s version was awful, and I love it! I wish it ran long enough to have gotten a cast recording. I have the revival, but it lost all the camp and fun.
I think that Legally Blonde and In The Heights also closed too soon, two of my favorites!!
Both of those shows were hits
They both had a long run
JG I vehemently disagree with you. They both had successful runs on Broadway
In the heights ran for 3 years. LoL
I don't think you understood the assignment...
Sondheim’s ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ seems like it should’ve made this list. A fan favorite and popular regional and amateur choice that only had 31 performances on Broadway.
Brightstar should've been on this list.
agreed!
Generation ME. I can’t stop thinking about it. Milo Manheim is great on that show.
One show that I think closed way too early, especially for how progressive it was, was The Prom. It had amazing music, an amazing cast, and amazing dancing 🤩! AND it told a really important story that should have stayed on Broadway for WAY longer.
I am glad it's touring tho, but that's not the same thing 😕
Good choice for number one it’s one of the most important underrated shows of the past 40 years
Tuck Everlasting 100% closed way too soon. That show only got 2 months on Broadway!
What about Anastasia? That was a show that was closed less than two years on Broadway
Still two years is a long time for any Broadway show. Almost all of the shows on this list lasted for less than 100 performances between opening and closing night.
Come From Away
Starlight Express (Never got to Canada)
Come From Away is still running on Broadway.
@@alexmeyer5260 And the West End
"A tale two cities" by Jill Santoriello
Wrong Wild Party. Lippa’s Wild Party is superior lol
Parade has a successful revival with Ben Platt and Michaela Diamond.
Harmony. I love the cast album for that show! It’s a shame it closed so soon.
Big Fish! Super underrated musical
It’s important to acknowledge the difference between these short lived shows that were non-profit runs vs commercial runs. At a non-profit like Lincoln Center Theater, these new musicals have a scheduled short run and “closing” “early” is not always relevant. Parade was produced a LCT, as was Women On the Verge. They may not have been hits in their scheduled runs, they may or may not have extended a few weeks or many months (like Light in the Piazza did, for example)… but it is it not the same as having an open ended commercial run and closing. A scheduled run of 84 performances that doesn’t extend is not the same kind of “closure” as an open-ended run that shutter after 84 (or whatever number), and it’s definitely not the same thing as far as the “investors” are concerned.
Don’t forget Disney’s Broadway adaptations of their films such as The Little Mermaid, Tarzan and Frozen.
no
@@bdcooper93 They did close too soon. It’s a fact.
No. Disney needs to stick to movies and stop trying to take over Broadway. They're one of the reasons that brilliant shows (like many on this list) end up closing too soon...because people just want fluff that they're familiar with, not the actual art of theatre.
@@carr0760 Well, they’re already still working on a Broadway adaptation of The Jungle Book. There’s nothing you can do about it.
Ok, Wonderland was not good, but the song “One Knight” is fantastic (and is my and my fiancé’s (whose last name is Knight) song) 🥰
Thanks for posting these! I saw half of them in their original productions. I thought Side Show was so amazing, I went back on closing night. I think the subject matter is just not appealing to audiences who don't know the show. With Parade, something about the direction of the original made the focus more on Leo whereas I think the show would have worked with the mostly same material but with equal focus on Leo and Lucille. Open to others' thoughts--that was just my initial impression twenty-something years ago...
Loved Bonnie and Clyde. Catch me if you can as well
I would add “Flying Over Sunset”- closed after 63 performances only just this year in the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. It had a wonderfully original story that goes beyond the subject matter (LSD), lush score, wonderful cast. Idk if it was the critics or just the timing, since it closed when Omicron was rampant. Anyways, I hope it will move to another theatre or at least play in the west end.
Based on the critical reception it had, I think it still would've closed early even without Omicron factoring in.
@@alexmeyer5260 I agree, but Flying Over Sunset was only going to have a limited run anyways. I think without Omicron, it would have at least completed it’s planned run.
@@breadway6781 Even without Omicron, word of mouth about the show was pretty bad and I think ticket sales would have suffered anyway.
I knew that Barrett Doss, who plays Vic on Station 19 did Theatre, but I didn't know that Okieriete Onaodowan, who played Dean Miller did theatre also too.
Okieriete is one of the original Hamilton cast members. He’s in the Disney+ recording
@@sionedwyn3994 Nice. How many actors and actresses from both the Dick Wolf and Shonda Rhimes Universe have either worked together in Theatre or have Theatre in common?
Barrett is amazing in Groundhog Day
Have to disagree that Amelie closed 'too soon', in my opinion the Broadway original was uninspiring and lacklustre
If anyone is a fan, I highly encourage you to listen to the London recording (with Audrey Brisson) - they fully re-orchestrated it, with a much folkier sound and atmosphere that's more reminiscent of the film. It has sadly closed on the West End, but the staging and cast were phenomenal, and in my mind is one of the best revivals ever made
Underrated musical: Freaky Friday
I think Big the Musical should be on that list. Still one of my favorite CDs. I didn't see many of the shows on this list but from the clips, I don't think i would have.
Man! How could you not include frozen! That was a bombshell of a musical that got closed down in its prime!
Bandstand deserved a longer run! and Anastasia
Anyone Can Roll Along Whistling Merrily?
Dames at Sea, Disaster the Musical and Anyone Can Whistle
I loved Listening to the soundtrack of Aida the musical; I believed it deserved better
That musical ran for several years on Broadway.
Blasphemy! Tuck Everlasting should be higher ranked! I am in it right now. The music is fantastic. I have seen several of these in community theatre and they are great!
My idea for top 5 new idea for a 5 minutes books
Loved Women on the Verge. Thought Eartha Kitt was the only good performer in Wild Party
Grease is my favorite Musical. Broadway. Very interesting plot line really great songs understand
Have you actually seen the stage show though? Or just the movie? The stage show is crap.
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JRB writes for Broadway but not the commercial side. His shows seem to be doomed to have short runs ;_;
And his shows will always be objectively better than the commercial crap produced by the likes of ALW.
Still, talent is not always equal to commercial success. Jason Robert Brown has three Tonys, and I'm sure he values that more than the commercial success of his shows.
Amelie enjoyed a nice run in London in a gorgeous actor-muso production that was scaled back, heartfelt and very well-directed. The Bridges of Madison County has beautiful music but something about it just doesn't work. I couldn't put my finger on it.
Too long. And, as in all of JRB 's works, although beautifully scored, no memorable melodies.
I haven’t even seen the list yet but Chess better be on there. The music is so beautiful and heart warming.
Lame
[title of show] is one of the best shows ever written.
OJ Simpson: the musical, take the limited OJ series staring Cuba Gooding Junior and turn it into a Broadway musical. I’m sure it would’ve made the list.
You know what’s closing to soon? Phantom of the Opera. 35 years is not enough😫😫
*too
Be More Chill was also a show that closed too soon
Distant future. The Phantom of the Opera has just closed after being open for 100 years.
“MUSICALS THAT CLOSED TOO SOON”
Broadway's my favorite Musical mama mai is my favorite movie ever great songs awesome actress and actor .
Please do Top 10 funniest Swear word stand ins in kids movies.
YESSS THEY PICKED THE OTHER WILD PARTY!!!! THE AWESOME ONE!!!!!
Oak!!!!! I’m such a fan of his
Groundhog Day shouldn't have closed so early, but then again no one seems to remember it.
I do! It definitely should have been here.
Would the musical "Sweet Smell of Success", based on the 1957 Alexander Mackendrick film of the same name starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Martin Milner, count?
A film adaptation of the musical version of "Sweet Smell of Success", filmed in Toronto, directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Dan Aykroyd as JJ Hunsecker and Carrie Underwood as Susan (his daughter, upgraded from his half-sister), should revive mainstream public interest in the stage musical itself. Ryan Gosling would be perfect as Sidney Falco, and Shawn Mendes would shine as Dallas Cochran, as would Fefe Dobson as Sidney's girlfriend Rita. Jack Noseworthy (who originated the role of Dallas on stage in 2002) would be brilliant as rival gossip columnist Otis Elwell, and his Colombian-Canadian husband Sergio Trujillo would take care of choreography.
Legally Blonde deserved an honorary mention at the very least 🥺
Why? Legally Blonde was a hit
Saw Catch Me If You Can. It sucked.
The Scarlet Pimpernel 😭
I will always be upset about bandstand
Musicals that closed too soon which u never mentioned:
Mean Girls
Frozen
West Side Story
The Little Mermaid
Newsies
Drowsy Chaperone
Anything Goes 2011 Revival
Mean Girls and Newsies actually both ran for over 2 years and made their money back, so I don't think they can be counted as having closed too soon.
@@alexmeyer5260 they were also extremely popular and well liked by the fans so they should have had a longer run than what they got
I really wish the great comet would be on broadway
Broadway is a place where all manor of drek by Andrew Lloyd-Webber and juke box musicals scraped without feeling or interest from the bottom of pop music''s barrel, can run for many years, but Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along" vanished in a trace. Musical theatre, at its best, is an inspiring and moving creative act of renewal that happens each night in the magic of live performance before an audience. Its fate, alas, is in the hands of philistines who bus in from New Jersey to 'take in a show" and eat their considerable bodyweight in dunkin' doughnuts
Right?! Cats is a steaming pile of crap, but it just won't go away. Meanwhile, Bridges of Madison County is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen and it was an utter failure at the box office.
The success and failure list would be very different if not for the tourism aspect.
Sometimes it's just a matter of having the right producer. Cameron Mackintosh knew how to market, and produce shows without breaking the bank. If Webber had listened to him, the original Sunset would have ran longer.
Missing: Merrily we roll along and 9to5
Bridges of Madison county explains why the wife would have an affair with a stranger unlike the movie. Music is gorgeous. We went in 3 degree weather
What about Drat the Cat?
What about Anastasia
Amelie on Broadway did not deserve a longer run. It deserved a different production altogether. The Broadway production did not do the material justice, the London version is superior.
Bloody bloody Andrew Jackson
I saw Women On the Verge (and most of the others here). Despite the stellar cast and one great Laura Benanti number, it was TERRIBLE. AWFUL. Worst show I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen thousands. People were walking out in droves the day I saw it; I kept sitting there, thinking that it had to get better - but it never did. The Great Comet played in several different iterations off-Broadway, which is where it belonged, and it was great.
Let me guess…Model Behavior? That song SLAPS
It seems like most of these shows lasted as long as they should've. The reason given for most of these closing is declining ticket sales. That means people didn't want to see it or saw it and didn't like it enough to see it again. Most of them aren't even underrated. They were given a fair chance and just didn't capture the public's attention. Great Comet, for example. I would only be interested in seeing Josh Groban in it. The story, while I'm sure it's well done, doesn't interest me and what's with the ridiculous title? It's not memorable at all.
I LOVE BIG FISH
Annie 2
Ballad For A Firing Squad
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Minnie's Boys
The "Pedro Almodovar" pronounce tho
Carrie?
The Prom!!!!
great comet deserved so much better:(