Flops By Theater
Flops By Theater
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#1Flops By Theater
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?
Poster Emeritus
Updated On: 11/12/13 at 12:13 PM
#2Flops By Theater
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
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#2Flops By Theater
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.
Poster Emeritus
Updated On: 11/12/13 at 12:27 PM
#3Flops By Theater
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)
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#4Flops By Theater
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...
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#5Flops By Theater
Posted: 11/12/13 at 1:23pmLess common are flop plays at the Alvin/Neil Simon, such as Giants, Sons of Giants and Freedom of the City.
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#7Flops By Theater
Posted: 11/12/13 at 4:06pmAll the shows at the Foxwoods have flopped. The Gershwin was a MAJOR flop house before it went green.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#8Flops By Theater
Posted: 11/12/13 at 5:00pmThoroughly Modern Millie, in spite of it's Best Musical Tony and relatively long run closed without recouping, it's therefore a flop.
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#9Flops By Theater
Posted: 11/12/13 at 6:22pmThe Minskoff was a flophouse before The Lion King? Fiddler on the Roof, Sunset Boulevard, Saturday Night Fever and Joseph were all flops.
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