What "Flop" would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
What "Flop" would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
#0What "Flop" would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 8:10pm
If "you" could choose 5 flops to be given another chance what shows would you pick?
My Picks
1.) Marilyn: An American Fable
2.) Mack and Mable
3.) Breakfast at Tiffanys
4.) Dance of The Vampires
5.) Starlight Express.......hey I would see it.
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MTRBOI24
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#1re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 8:15pm
GOOD VIBRATIONS
j/k...even though I actually liked it.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#2re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 8:16pm
Jimmy
Mack & Mabel
DOTV
Something's Afoot
Baker Street
I Had Ball
A Time For Singing
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Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
#3re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 8:16pmSearch feature. What an amazing, useful show that was.
#4re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 8:40pm
You know what, THANK YOU for starting this thread, LOL!
.....Anyhoo, here is my #1 pick for a flop that should be revivied:
#1) DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES - If the original German creative team is once again brought together to produce an English copy of the Stuttgart verion of Tanz Der Vampire, then I truely believe it would be an amazing piece of theatre, and the critics would have different, less negative, views. It is my opinion the Count von Krolock should be played by an actor with more of a baritone quality to his voice. All of the original design aspects were astounding in Germany, and should definitely be retained. As for Roman Polanksi, who we know can't return to the US freely, I think that a US producer should utilize his assistant director or someone who worked closely with him on the original project. I think the show will be given another chance in a different form eventually.
#2) Taboo - I think that the book from the original London production was far better than the Broadway version.
#3) Dracula - GOD, this show had serious problems. The two most significant people at fault were Don Black an Christopher Hampton. Some of Frank Wildhorn's music was a tad predictable, but overall it was really good. The La Jolla version of Dracula had it's faults, but was far superior to the final Broadway product. To me the broadway design aspects were terrible. Heidi Ettinger went for the curved spanish feel, when in reality that only added to the already obvious cunfusion that the show lends itself to. She stated that she wanted to stay away from the gothic cliche, but when you really think about it, Dracula is a gothic novel. My overall view of Dracula is that as spectacular, full, and grand of a story as it is, it deserves that same treatment onstage (i.e. Large ensemble, large scenic elements in the style of the show, AND A LIVE ORCHESTRA).
......There are more, but these are a few that that popped into my mind first!
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#5re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 8:41pmtaboo amour caroline, or change
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#6re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 8:47pm
Dance of the Vampires and Mack and Mabel(give it a new book)
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#7re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 8:48pm
The Rink
Starlight doesn't need re-vamping it was a huge hit on the West End!
If anyone has seen the Far Pavilions on the West End then that could be given much more of a boost - the dance numbers are screaming bigger dances to make more impact!
#8re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 8:54pmI LOVE STEX........when I saw the show in Vegas cause it was in the hotel I was staying at...I liked it and when the tour came to B'ham....I was sooooo excited to see it.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#9re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 8:55pmDEAR WORLD
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#10re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 8:55pmDance of the Vampires!! I loved it, and the german version was even better.
Ruth Sherwood
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#11re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:12pm
Mack and Mabel (Go back to the original book)
Taboo
Little Women
Hollywood Arms
Caroline or Change
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#12re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:14pmSeussical
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
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#13re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:14pm
STARLIGHT EXPRESS was a flop?? It ran FOREVER. God, I hated that show...
Anyway, my standard answer to this question is SIDE SHOW.
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#14re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:15pm
Little Women!!!!
(forgot to name 5 lol)
with some revisions... Dracula
Eventhough its not yet closed... La Cage was really good.
Little Shop revival (not sure how succesful this was)
and although it did well off BWAY... i wish BARE had pulled through to make their broadway run. I really wanted to see it...
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#15re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:20pm
Smile...I've only heard three songs from it and I'd love to hear the rest. The ones I heard were great. I think it might do well. I just saw the movie on which it was based today.
Caroline or Change...I didn't get to see this, and I'm sad now.
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#16re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:26pm
Little Women
Good Vibrations
Amour.
Does Brooklyn count? I mean it ran for 300 preformances
PJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#17re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:36pm
Caroline, or Change.
I'm still kicking myself for not catching that one.
EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#18re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:38pmDrat! The Cat!
#19re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:44pm
YAGMCB
and now that Anthony Rapp and Kristin Chenoweth and Roger Bart are becoming more well known to well..everybody, it would be a bigger success. Plus it's a great show!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/05
#20re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:44pmWhy was Caroline or Change a flop?
Question: Will Esparza win for The Homecoming?
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#22re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:50pm
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
The Frogs
Taboo
Triumph of Love
Merrily we roll along, roll along...
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#23re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 10:02pm
"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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#24re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 10:03pm
Amour
Mack and Mabel
Dear World
Parade
Caroline, or Change
Taboo (with a new book and director)
Marie Christine
The Wild Party (LaChiusa)
Updated On: 6/10/05 at 10:03 PM
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