I think a revival is unlikely, too. Really only a possibility for the Roundabout but perhaps prohibitively expensive for them (given that it's a play, not a musical). Having said that, I did just want to mention that Tilda Swinton has spoken of her desire to play the role onscreen in a version that would be closer to the novel. So I don't think the younger and/or more famous leading ladies would necessarily be completely uninterested in playing the role for a limited run, although Swinton probably doesn't have quite the star power of the other ladies you mention (and even she wanted a new adaptation, not the one we know).
The last time here that I talked about one of my problems with both the play and the musical, I got heavily attacked (mostly by one person), so I'm not bringing the specifics of that up again. Still, I do love the movie. And I think the movie is so good—partly because it's a product of that time period when people knew how to do that sort of material—that any stage production would pale by comparison. (You seem to feel more or less the same way.) And we can watch the movie whenever we want.
The Man Who Came to Dinner, a considerably better play than Auntie Mame, did well for the Roundabout, thanks in part to the star power. I thought that production was not really especially good overall, but it still did bring in people, even if it fell a bit short of being a sell-out for them. |
