Flops By Theater

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/12/13 at 12:13pm

Starting with the Simon/Alvin

Scandalous
Big Fish
Senator Joe
Little Prince and The Aviator
Superman


A piece of trivia re the original Alvin name. Alvin was an acronymic name for the 2 producers who built it - Alex Aarons & Vinton Freedley

Can anyone think of any others?

Updated On: 11/12/13 at 12:13 PM

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 11/12/13 at 12:24pm

Marquis
The Woman in White
Cry-Baby
9 to 5
Come Fly Away
Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure; Follies
Evita
Jekyll & Hyde

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/12/13 at 12:27pm

Add Shogun and Goodbye Girl to the Marquis list

J/H can also be used for the Plymouth even though it ran for years it never made back its investment.

Updated On: 11/12/13 at 12:27 PM

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 11/12/13 at 12:31pm

Foxwoods
Jesus Christ Superstar
42nd Street (technically a flop, but still did well)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Hot Feet
The Pirate Queen
Young Frankenstein
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (it's gonna be a flop)

[Smaxie]

Posted: 11/12/13 at 12:51pm

Re: Simon/Alvin

These range all over the spectrum in quality, but don't forget:
Ragtime (revival)
Into the Light
Do Black Patent Shoes Really Reflect Up?
Little Johnny Jones
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Merrily We Roll Along
Tricks
The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N
Sherry!
The Yearling
Flora, the Red Menace
Greenwillow
First Impressions
House of Flowers
Two's Company
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Billion Dollar Baby
The Firebrand of Florence

etc...

[After Eight]

Posted: 11/12/13 at 1:23pm

Less common are flop plays at the Alvin/Neil Simon, such as Giants, Sons of Giants and Freedom of the City.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 11/12/13 at 4:01pm

Catch Me If You Can was a flop at the Simon as well.

[blaxx]

Posted: 11/12/13 at 4:06pm

All the shows at the Foxwoods have flopped. The Gershwin was a MAJOR flop house before it went green.

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 11/12/13 at 5:00pm

Thoroughly Modern Millie, in spite of it's Best Musical Tony and relatively long run closed without recouping, it's therefore a flop.

[Jonwo]

Posted: 11/12/13 at 6:22pm

The Minskoff was a flophouse before The Lion King? Fiddler on the Roof, Sunset Boulevard, Saturday Night Fever and Joseph were all flops.

[forgetmenotnyc]

Posted: 12/30/13 at 3:57am

Marquis can add Nick & Nora to its list