BROADWAY FLOPS

[west end artist1]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:05am

hey there does anyone know what the biggest financial flops were in broadway history.

I have got the book not since carrie ,but that only goes up to 88

thanks

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:08am

I`m 99.9% positive that it was Merlin. It starred Doug Henning, Chita Rivera, and Nathan Lane. It was a huge financial flop I remember reading.

But then Lord of the Rings was a lot of money to!

[west end artist1]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:12am

thanks nathan lane stalker i will look in to that one

also dont think lord of the rings has flopped YET

we have to put up with it in london for a bit first xx

[west end artist1]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:13am

ps was good vibrations as bad as people on here said or did it have some good moments.What was the problem with it ???

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:22am

LESTAT will most likely go down as a BIG financial flop.

CARRIE, MOOSE MURDERS, NICK & NORA, and there were a few others.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:23am

Dance of the Vampires was, I've heard, $10-15 million.

[west end artist1]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:27am

I knew carrie and dance would be there

The reasson i ask is that me and the rest of the cast of footloose are wanting to do a one night concert(kinda like our xmas treat for the crew and freinds and famaily etc)of songs from broadway flops and we need as many as possible

xx

[picturetaker9211]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:33am

There have been a few threads on Broadway flops:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=773592
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=272339

[west end artist1]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:34am

Thanks picturetaker thats a great help

lol

[picturetaker9211]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:35am

No problem

[Smaxie]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 12:26pm

If you combined the losses of the three Broadway versions of The Scarlet Pimpernel, I think you have your winner. I think it was estimated to have lost over $20 million by the time it closed.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 12:27pm

Doug Henning was in ANOTHER musical?

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 6:30pm

You see how big of a flop it was?!?! People don`t even remember it! lol!

Yes it was another magic show! Here`s an old promo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJd8yWROFpM

Enjoy!

[suzycat]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 7:05pm

that promo is insane!!

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 7:23pm

What do you mean?

[James885]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 7:56pm

I'm pretty sure Chitty was a huge flop. I'm not sure of the exact figure, but I think it's something around 15 million.

[west end artist1]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:31pm

chitty was a big broadway flop but will prob make its money back with the success in london and the current uk tour etc

did s pimpernell really have that many versions ,thats insane

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:51pm

http://marckudisch.freakymartian.com/faq.html#3

[west end artist1]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:57pm

wow bless

it must have really wanted to work

did the tour flop as well

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 12:10am

Merlin was NOT a flop.

It ran for over 200 performances and was nominated for FIVE Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL.

[west end artist1]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 12:17am

was they ever any revivals of merlin or a cast recording ? lol

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 12:19am

Starmites was nominated for Best Musical, too. I'm just sayin'...

[west end artist1]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 12:22am

yeah
i dont think awards nominations really say much when it comes to flops or hits

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 12:26am

A Febuary to August run is not a flop.

[west end artist1]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 12:29am

so did merlin have a revival or cast recording X