I really don't think you can say that "Glory Days" was "much anticipated" by the theatre community as a whole.
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Actually B3 I was.
I have a feeling Billy Elliot may be the next one.
Wasn't Taboo expected to be big as well?
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West End.
Hunting of the Snark, some truely lovely performances and songs.
Children of Eden.ditto
Martin Guerre.ditto
Moby Dick. Great fun......
would love to have seen Metropolis.love Judy Kuhn, love the CD
great shame.
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Someone mentioned Cry-Baby, I read producers really expected it to do as well as Hairspray. Also I don't think Young Frankenstein is going to crash and burn even though its not reporting box office, I'm pretty sure it's gonna have a pretty long run and make good money despite the mediocre reviews.
For me, the biggest recent disappointments were:
TARZAN,
PIRATE QUEEN, and
CHITTY
Oh well...
Yeah, I just re-read the title and realized that Little Mermaid didn't crash and burn.
Cry Baby deserved a better fate as did many of those shows listed in this thread.
You think that the worst shows deserved a better fate.
You think that the worst shows deserved a better fate.
The Pirate Queen is definately high on that list
The only way Billy elliot will crash and burn is if they try to dumb it down for American audiences. I think it might do quite well here.
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Big. I was just watching the movie today and wondering how it went so wrong.
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Beatles fan- Producers is the first to come to mind. The anticipation was huge. Spamalot. Wicked- I heard about that a good year before it started rehearsals.
HAIRSPRAY, WICKED, BOY FROM OZ, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, SPAMALOT, JERSEY BOYS, SOUTH PACIFIC revival...all these are shows that opened within the past few years (Save for BEAUTY AND THE BEAST) that were highly anticipated and ended up being a financial success.
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i saw Billy Elliot in the west end and i thought it was fantastic, i'd be suprised if it doesnt do well but then i guess it all depends on how american audiences take it how much they can relate to it as its based alot on british history, but if the movie did well why not the musical?
Updated On: 6/22/08 at 05:05 PM
The Lion King had a lot of hype, pretty much any Disney show did and the only to not be that successful was Tarzan
The Drowsy Chaperone in London, nowhere near as successful as Broadway. Haven't quite a few huge Broadway shows flopped in London?
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Both 'Rent' flops were unavoidable. First they put it in the Shaftesbury, which has only recently had its curse lifted by 'Hairspray', and it would have been an absolute travesty had 'Rent: Remixed' NOT flopped, it was that bad. ^_^
'Glory Days'
I remember the threads predicting that it would take the 4th nom for best musical at the Tony's.
The Pirate Queen. Definitely.
"Maybe it was anticipated until Terry Hands and Debbie Allen signed on"
Ouch!
Lone Star Love anyone?
How about the latin themed musical that didn't even make it to Broadway? I can't remember it's name but it had a solid cast.
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