Sorry Eponine. ITW or almost every Sondheim show (except original Forum and the current Sweeney) lost it's investment.
They all feel like hits to me too, though...
Any Wildhorn Show
ASU
Lestat
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
CostumeMistress: I recommend the ENTIRE Scarlet Pimpernel series. Just really enjoyable reading.
Anyway...
Parade
Side Show
My Life With Albertine
The Last Five Years
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Jekyll and Hyde
Ragtime (if it counts?)
L5Y
Bare
Merrily
Assassins
...
And probably a lot of other ones mentioned that I haven't really heard yet.
Just goes to show you... the general public wouldn't know good shows/ music if it jumped up and bit them on the derriere. Pardon my french.
Seriously...
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
FOTR Revival
Jekyll & Hyde
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
Taboo
Bare
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Floyd Collins
A New Brain
La Chiusa's Wild Party
L5Y
SFANW
Parade
Pal Joey
Bare
Dessa Rose
Jekyll and Hyde
Last 5 Years
Lennon!
Brooklyn
All Shook Up
Jane Eyre (I wish I had seen this, but I know I would have loved it!)
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
I don't think Footloose got rave reviews, but I loved it. It's one of the most fun shows to watch and to perform, in my opinion.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
She Loves Me
110 in the Shade
"Passion" and "The Secret Garden."
- Dear World
- Every other show that's already been mentioned here.
Understudy Joined: 7/13/04
Good Vibrations
All Shook Up
Little Shop of Horrors (Revial)
Broadway Star Joined: 1/4/06
Carrie (not that I've seen the whole show, but what I have seen and the music I've heard is great).
Stand-by Joined: 11/29/04
Sunset Boulevard
The Threepenny Opera
Into the Woods (revival)
The Last 5 Years
Understudy Joined: 5/2/06
Tick, Tick...Boom!
Reefer Madness
Bat Boy the Musical
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
Never Gonna Dance
Sideshow
Wonderful Town (revival)
and I loved Bombay Dreams too!
Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/06
Passion
Wonderful Town revival
Follies
Gypsy revival with Bernadette Peters
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
Actually, contary to popular belief, several of Sondheim's shows turned a profit:
Forum (OBC & Lane revival)
Company (OBC)
A Little Night Music (OBC)
Side By Side By Sondheim
Into the Woods (OBC)
Sweeney Todd (revival)
Also, Hal Prince said last year that the original production of Sweeney FINALLY recouped to its investors (presumably due to licensing fees, CD and DVD sales).
Assassins (Roundabout) and The Frogs (LCT) were not-for-profit productions (as were the revivals of Company, Follies, and Pacific Overtures from Roundabout) and, as such, none can be classified as being either a "hit" or a "flop."
The same is true of several shows mentioned in this thread: Dessa Rose, A New Brain, Floyd Collins, My Life with Albertine, Violet, A Man of No Importance, Lippa's Wild Party, and the recent Threepenny revival were all not-for-profit productions that played out their scheduled limited engagements -- and some even extended. Several even received cast recordings. The definition of success in the not-for-profit realm is completely different than the commercial model, so it doesn't make any sense to include such shows on these sorts of lists.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
The Woman in White
All Shook Up
Bare
Taboo
Lennon
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