Best Flop You Ever Saw- Page 4

[Jarethan]

Posted: 6/3/15 at 11:16pm

"Big Fish and Leap of Faith"

 Just goes to show you...I thought these were probably the two worst musicals I saw in the last decade.  I so wanted to like them because I liked both movies and thought they were under appreciated.  

I also forgot one from a thousand years ago... Cyrano with Christopher Plummer.  Played 10 weeks of empty houses.  I think Plummer gave one of the four or five best musical performances by a male in 5o years of theatre going.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/3/15 at 11:32pm

Disagree re Fish and Leap but agree on Cyrano

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 6/4/15 at 12:29am

Bombay Dreams (it was a hit in London, but a flop in NYC despite a 9 month run), Wonderful Town, The Wedding Singer...

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/4/15 at 12:31am

The team that did the Cyrano score was never heard from again.

[Sushisake]

Posted: 6/4/15 at 7:10am

Honeymoon in Vegas and Legs Diamond

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/4/15 at 8:24am

Forgot about The Wedding Singer, a lot of fun, very underrated 

[Stupifer]

Posted: 6/4/15 at 8:39am

Was lucky enough to catch The Story of My Life during it's one week run on Broadway in 2009 - Will Chase and Malcolm Gets were exceptional. Also loved Labute's Reasons to Be Pretty that season.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 6/4/15 at 8:40am

"The team that did the Cyrano score was never heard from again."

One was a composer of film scores, and the other was Anthony Burgess. We absolutely heard from them again, just not in the theater. Now, the people behind the 1993 Cyrano? We absolutely never heard from them again, at least in America.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/4/15 at 9:58am

I could be wrong but I think Burgess passed away awhile ago.

[jemjeb2]

Posted: 6/4/15 at 11:42am

The first show I saw was not on Broadway, but was in Boston, trying out. I LOVED "Hot September" the musical version of "Picnic". It closed and never went to NYC. I don't know if it was because it was my very first "Broadway" show or if my love was misplaced on a not very good  show, but I still remember how much I enjoyed the songs, dance numbers, performers etc. It  was definitely my favorite flop!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/4/15 at 12:07pm

The composer of Cyrano was Michael J Lewis.

[The Other One]

Posted: 6/4/15 at 12:08pm

Gem of the Ocean

The Bridges of Madison County

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 6/4/15 at 4:51pm

So many: The Performers and Story of My Life are the biggest flops that I loved. I have a hard time considering shows that run a few months a "flop."

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/4/15 at 6:22pm

Follies has to be the most revived & performed flop in Broadway history.

[JoeyEvans1206]

Posted: 6/4/15 at 9:33pm

Both BULLETS OVER BROADWAY and NEVER GONNA DANCE were delightful.

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 6/4/15 at 10:22pm

Lovely to see a mention of LEGS DIAMOND a few posts up. I labored mightily on that show for half a year of my life back in '88. Never imagined it'd be named a best anything.

My picks from years back:

THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM

THE GRAND TOUR

THE RINK

RAGS

and for modern shows, it still pains me that BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY wasn't even up for a Best Musical Tony last year. 

Updated On: 6/4/15 at 10:22 PM

[Glittergrrl]

Posted: 6/4/15 at 10:43pm

Was The Life considered a flop?  At the time, it seemed kind of looked down upon, but I really liked it.  I thought there were great performances.   I still play "my body" when I need a confidence boost.

[AHLiebross]

Posted: 6/5/15 at 1:19am

This isn't technically a Broadway flop, because it never made it that far: "Phantom," the story of you-know-who, by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit. The producers, who included Geoffrey Holder, were raising money for a Broadway run, secure in the knowledge that they had an exclusive license from the Leroux estate to adapt the book. However, when a certain well-known British composer announced plans to open in London (where the copyright had apparently already expired) and then on Broadway when the book entered the public domain, funding for the other production dried up.

The show, which has the structure of a Broadway production (e.g., a key song before the intermission), has lovely music, a less cynical take on the Phantom, and a sweet love story between him and Christine. Carlotta is deliciously villainous. Y&K's "Phantom" plays just about yearly in regional theaters, and is worth seeing.

[MarkBearSF]

Posted: 6/5/15 at 3:35am

"I thought Catch Me If You Can was wonderful and deserved more recognition than it got."

Agreed. It may have even been the same season, but two recordings I listen to again and again are "Women on the Verge..." and "Catch Me..."

In both cases, while sitting in the audience and being totally entertained, my analytical brain kept saying "you know that this really isn't working" - but I enjoyed the songs and show so much it didn't matter.

Updated On: 6/5/15 at 03:35 AM