Whenever I come across a big Broadway fan, I always like to pin them down with the following question:
Which show do you most wish would return to Broadway?

For me, for many years, that was Assassins, which I first saw (and fell in love with) in a dinky local Princeton production when I was 16. But then I got my wish:



(You can't see his face, but fyi, that's object-of-my-affection Neil Patrick Harris sitting at center stage of the Assassins Broadway revival. This performance was what initially sparked the Love That Speaketh Its Name Way Too Often on This Blog.  And yes, this does mean I got there before the bandwagon.)

So I needed a new show to desperately wish for. (Aside from Oliver, that is, which I've been wanting to see on Broadway ever since I had an absurdly, soul-crushingly small part in a sort-of-if-you-squint-semi-professional production at age12. But it seems that show is never coming back.)

So I wished for Godspell.  I wished, and I wished, and finally, the universe delivered -- or so I thought.

Now it seems that the Broadway production of Godspell has been indefinitely postponed. Thanks to the flailing, failing economy.

Apparently, there's been a whole spate of postponements and cancellations this season (including "Nice Work if You Can Get It," which, as far as I can tell, is a bizarrely unnecessary remake of "Crazy for You" that's already been marred by some serious Broadway geek scandal -- feuding between star Harry Connick Jr's manager and agent, the latter of whom happened to be dating the now-former choreographer, and then there's former Amedeus star / current Broadway impresario, producer Tom Hulce, who -- no, no, don't go anywhere, I'll stop now, I promise!)

Anyway, my point: Godspell is no more. And I am sad.  Because it is awesome. (Except in movie form. Don't watch that. It's brain-scarring.)

Now I inevitably must ask: What do you (anyone out there who cares) wish would come back to Broadway? I need something new on which to pin my hopes.