FAVORITE FLOPS

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Michael Bennett
#50re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 5:17pm

LOLITA MY LOVE. Truly an amazing score.

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MTVMANN
#51re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 5:29pm

If Taboo is a flop, it's mine!!!!!!

trpguyy
#52re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 5:40pm

How could you say that Scarlet Pimpernel was a flop? It ran 722 performances and it most certainly did not lose money.

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ruprecht
#53re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 6:10pm

SEUSSICAL
SIXTEEN WOUNDED
SIDE SHOW
MACK & MABEL
THE LAST FIVE YEARS


I don't know what else. But I adored Seussical.

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thetheatrekook
#54re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 6:17pm

wasn't THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD a flop? i never saw it on broadway...but i'm a huge fan of the show.


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WillParker
#55re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 6:19pm

CARRIE by a landslide...

and re: The Color Purple...based on the Atlanta production...IMO, big ole flop.


"I'll eat some breakfast then change the world." "I hate you, and I hate your ass face!"

#56re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 6:25pm

I love Thou Shalt Not

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Michael Bennett
#57re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 6:28pm

I dont know whether DROOD turned a major profit, but I dont really consider a show that ran for two years and won a handful of Tony Awards to qualify as a flop.

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DickonDefysGravity
#58re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 6:30pm

TWO by TWo
Side Show


And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before... After the Sky. -Into the Woods (Jack)

carlobarlo
#59re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 6:34pm

Parade
Seussical
Jane Eyre

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Rypm25
#60re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 7:02pm

Nick & Nora

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zippyjen
#61re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 7:13pm

YAGMCB revival
caroline or change
last five years


"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!

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luvtheEmcee
#62re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 7:16pm

Taboooooooooo.


A work of art is an invitation to love.

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Matt_G
#63re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 7:17pm

Caroline, or Change
The Human Comedy
Mack & Mable
The Golden Apple


"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

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melissa errico fan
#64re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 8:52pm

I totally forgot THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM.

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Glebb
#65re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 8:55pm

BALLROOM


" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

jjdude2000
#66re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 8:55pm

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (revival)
And...yes...seussical. It was fun re: FAVORITE FLOPS

I'm going to look into some of the lesser known ones that were mentioned here...some of them sound really intriguing.


Grace: I just gave a quarter to a homeless man. I think it was Johnny Depp.

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magruder
#67re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 9:20pm

With its three incarnations, Scarlet Pimpernel is rumored to have lost an estimated $20 million, which may make it the biggest money loser of all time.

And Passion did not make a profit on Broadway.


"Gif me the cobra jool!"

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Corine2
#68re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 9:47pm

I don't consider these flops but I loved them:
Caroline or Change
Millie

tbrady
#69BEST FLOP OF ALL TIME!!!!
Posted: 4/28/05 at 9:59pm

A Doll's Life
Music: Larry Grossmann
Lyrics: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Premiere: Thursday, September 23, 1982
Mark Hellinger Theatre, (New York)
Performances: 5

5 PERFORMANCES?! NOW THAT'S ONE HELLUVA FLOP!!!!





RentBoy86
#70BEST FLOP OF ALL TIME!!!!
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:12pm

The Last 5 Years - Taboo - Urinetown (not sure if that's a flop, but I didn't really run too long)

Parks
#71BEST FLOP OF ALL TIME!!!!
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:29pm

Wicked.


I'm funny.


"If it walks like a Parks, if it wobbles like a Parks, then it's definitely fat and nobody loves it." --MA

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bwaybabe85
#72BEST FLOP OF ALL TIME!!!!
Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:02am

My favorite flop was La Boheme. I miss that show.

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MagicToDo82
#73BEST FLOP OF ALL TIME!!!!
Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:04am

Carrie
Big
Dance of the Vampires


There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.

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magruder
#74BEST FLOP OF ALL TIME!!!!
Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:06am

Urinetown ran 965 performances - two years, four months on Broadway, returned its investment and made a profit. Variety would classify that as a hit.


"Gif me the cobra jool!"


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