Good Shows that floped
Good Shows that floped
#1Good Shows that floped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 1:31pm
What are some shows that are thought of as good, that didn't do well in their original run.
So far I can think of, Side Show, The Secret Garden, Ragtime, Merrily We Roll Along
gustof777
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/8/04
#2re: Good Shows that floped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 1:40pmnot in it's original run but definitley Journey's End!
RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~
#2re: Good Shows that floped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 1:54pm
I loved the BELLS ARE RINGING revival. JANE EYRE was a big one, too. PARADE should have last much longer as well.
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#3re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 1:58pm
Sunday in the Park with George
Sweeney Todd
Follies
Ragtime
And, not an original production, but wasn't the Oklahoma! revival a flop? If, so, I add it to my list.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
WaitingForKathy
Stand-by Joined: 11/26/06
#4re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 1:58pm
I dont you can call Secret garden a flop.
Sussical!!
sondhead
Broadway Star Joined: 10/25/06
#6re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 1:59pm
Secret Garden didn't flop. It ran almost 3 years.
SMILE!!!!!!
#7re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 2:00pm
THE WEDDING SINGER
THE PIRATE QUEEN
yeah
there are more...
My 2007/2008 Season:
Grey Gardens (7/5)
110 in the Shade (7/6)
Mary Poppins (7/7)
Xanadu (7/7)
Deuce (7/8)
Spamalot (7/8)
Jersey Boys (8/25)
The Year of Magical Thinking (8/25)
Mauritius (11/2)
Young Frankenstein (11/3)
Rock 'N' Roll (11/3)
Pygmalion (11/4)
Mauritius (11/10)
Mauritius (11/21) Mauritius (11/21)
Sunday in the Park with George (3/6)
South Pacific (3/7)
Gypsy (3/8)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (3/9)
#8re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 2:02pmIf Secret Garden did not make its money back, it was a flop, regardless of how long it ran.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
galindagirl2
Stand-by Joined: 12/22/06
#9re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 2:14pm
I wholeheartedly agree with The Wedding Singer and The Pirate Queen.
I'd also like to add The Scarlet Pimpernel...one of my favorite cast recordings 
vmlinnie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/06
#10re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 2:32pm
Eh, Hello?!
MACK & MABLE!
Brilliant show! Pity about the 66 show run!
SEUSSICAL
Ran for 6 months, which isn't a complete flop. But still should have done better.
The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
wiggum2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/21/03
#11re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 3:05pmI don't cared what people say but I loved Sunset Blvd(it was my first show and hooked me on broadway) but it still flopped
LostLeander
Broadway Star Joined: 3/18/05
#12re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 3:27pmI would hardly call Side Show a good show. Not terrible, but hardly in the same realm as Ragtime, and Merrily.
Personally, I think I have too much bloom.
vmlinnie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/06
#13re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 3:29pm
Sunset Blvd. is a nice show. Not great, perhaps not even good. But I do like some of the music.
Now, Mack & Mable, that's a GREAT show.
The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
TapTapTapioca
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/07
#15re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 3:33pm
re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted On: 6/9/07 at 02:00:31 PM
THE WEDDING SINGER
THE PIRATE QUEEN
yeah
there are more...
I would not put Pirate Queen on the list, it does fit the criteria for a flop but not the GOOD SHOW part.
I shave me Xanadu every morning!
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#16re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 3:44pm
Zzzzzz....
Another post full of:
How DARE YOU call X a flop??? It ran forever!!!
It wasn't a flop! It was so good! My grandma really enjoyed it!
X could not have been a flop! The time I saw it the audience clapped vey hard! Yeah!
Made investment back = HIT
Did not make it back = FLOOOOOOP
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#17re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 3:46pmTapTapTapioca, its a matter of opinion. :)
My 2007/2008 Season:
Grey Gardens (7/5)
110 in the Shade (7/6)
Mary Poppins (7/7)
Xanadu (7/7)
Deuce (7/8)
Spamalot (7/8)
Jersey Boys (8/25)
The Year of Magical Thinking (8/25)
Mauritius (11/2)
Young Frankenstein (11/3)
Rock 'N' Roll (11/3)
Pygmalion (11/4)
Mauritius (11/10)
Mauritius (11/21) Mauritius (11/21)
Sunday in the Park with George (3/6)
South Pacific (3/7)
Gypsy (3/8)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (3/9)
#18re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 3:51pmAs was mentioned in a recent thread, Neil Simon's hilarious musical LITTLE ME(1962), starring the brilliant comic Sid Caesar, received rave reviews but ultimately flopped with 275 performances because it opened during a NYC newspaper strike and the good word didn't get out until it was too late to do any good.
"Madam Rose...and her daughter...Gypsy!"
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#20re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 4:12pm
I think Secret Garden made a **** load of cash on the tour.
As for Merrily, it wasn't a "good" show on Broadway. Trust me.
What great ones do the less will prattle of
Updated On: 6/9/07 at 04:12 PM
#21re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 4:19pm
Sunday in the Park with George and Ragtime.
mf07
Featured Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#22re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 6:13pm
BFB is right--Secret Garden recouped (and how!) on tour. This always comes up--are we discussing real disastrous flops or shows that merely failed to recoup (ie by Sondheim terms are we discussing Merrily We Roll Along or Whistle--or merely nearly any of his other shows? :P)
#23re: Good Shows that flopped
Posted: 6/9/07 at 6:25pm
All Shook Up. 
The Wedding Singer.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels [if it counts.]
"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we’re all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.” --- Patti LuPone.
Hank
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
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