| re: is it possible Merrily is in Sondheim's top 5 most produced shows? | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 11:50 am EDT 08/26/22 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 11:31 am EDT 08/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: is it possible Merrily is in Sondheim's top 5 most produced shows? - BroadwayTonyJ 10:18 am EDT 08/26/22 | |
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| Don't worry I know that we are both just working with anecdotal observation and personal intake/memory of that intake of this kind of info. I was definitely speaking mainly about the last 5-10 years, not since 1989, ha. I will say that Assassins seems to be done by nearly every community theater (at least the ones who don't cater to kids and families primarily), and every college (be it a MainStage or a student production), and I seeing casting notices or ads for productions regularly. The hot button topic and the small cast, evenly split in gender, that doesn't require extraordinary singing ability, doesn't use choreography (more what I'd call musical staging), doesn't inherently present a design challenge for sets or costumes, is small and intimate and buzz worthy... has made Assassins extremely popular to produce as far as the shows you wouldn't expect to be popular go (I'm sure it doesn't compare to Seussical or Addams Family or Sound of Music... or even Into the Woods, but it seems to be very firmly in the national theater repertoire now, especially since the 2004 revival -- but we've also had 2 major NYC revivals since the 2004 Broadway, one of which even garnered a cast album). I think for any given person like me who feels like he sees Merrily produced regularly but not ALNM, there's a person like you who has seen the opposite trend. But I think ITW, Sweeney, and Company and in the top 5 without question, and Assassins is very popular - whether it makes top 5 against ALNM and Sunday I don't know. I bet ALNM had a surge after the revival, and then a dip, and I bet it will see a surge now with Sondheim's passing. In the Los Angeles area alone there was already one ALNM production this season (which I hated) and there's a high profile production of it coming up at Pasadena Playhouse in the Spring. That's already double the frequency I'm used to for this show. |
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