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#51Screen To Stage Flops
Posted: 4/21/13 at 5:53pmGROVERS CORNERS is a musical version of OUR TOWN, not IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, and it would be difficult to classify it as a flop with only a few regional productions and readings to its credit.
Well-well-well-what-do-you-think-of-that-I-have-nothing-here-to-pay-my-train-fare-with-only-large-bills-fives-and-sevens....
#52Screen To Stage Flops
Posted: 4/21/13 at 9:13pm
One that broke my heart because I so wanted to love it:
KING OF HEARTS
The Other One
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/08
#53Screen To Stage Flops
Posted: 4/22/13 at 4:26am
"GROVERS CORNERS is a musical version of OUR TOWN, not IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, and it would be difficult to classify it as a flop with only a few regional productions and readings to its credit."
Thanks, I'll correct that. But I think it's safe to classify a show that never made it to Broadway as a flop.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#54Screen To Stage Flops
Posted: 4/22/13 at 6:29am^I'm not sure that's fair. There are lots of successful plays that don't play b'way. It is not the goal of every show. (Look at all the wonderful and SUCCESSFUL off B'way shows.)
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#55Screen To Stage Flops
Posted: 4/22/13 at 7:24am
Good point Mama. What about the recent production of GIANT, at the Public Theater? Seems like it would be difficult for a show with a limited run to recoup.
"The price of love is loss, but still we pay; We love anyway."
The Other One
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/08
#56Screen To Stage Flops
Posted: 4/22/13 at 7:54am
I'm not talking about off-Broadway. A show and/or production that is developed for Broadway and closes before it gets there is a flop.
#59Screen To Stage Flops
Posted: 4/22/13 at 9:06am
Sorry, can't post these one at a time, here's a random list:
OH CAPTAIN! - THE CAPTAIN'S PARADISE
RASHOMON - RASHOMON
THE HUMAN COMEDY - THE HUMAN COMEDY
THE CONQUERING HERO - HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO
BIG DEAL - BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET
GEORGY - GEORGY GIRL
CARMELINA - BUONA SERA MRS. CAMPBELL
MY FAVORITE YEAR - MY FAVORITE YEAR
HERE'S LOVE - MIRACLE ON 34TH ST
WALKING HAPPY - HOBSON;S CHOICE
and a few more, that were perhaps based on novels, but perhaps based on their film versions too:
FIRST IMPRESSIONS - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
SARATOGA - SARATOGA TRUNK
MATA HARI - MATA HARI
THE YEARLING - THE YEARLING
CARRIE - CARRIE
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