Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
lvpblues
Broadway Star Joined: 2/18/04
#50re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 6/27/06 at 11:09amI have to say I enjoyed Souvenir and the irrepressible Judy Kaye and also Well, especially for Jayne Houdyshell's remarkable performance.
Derek2
Chorus Member Joined: 4/25/06
#51re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 6/27/06 at 1:09pmI LOVED Dance of The Vampires! I also loved the broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors. Not sure if that was a flop though.
sharon1
Broadway Star Joined: 6/3/03
icantbelive
Featured Actor Joined: 5/5/06
#53re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 6/27/06 at 1:17pm
Chitty Mostly because of the visuals and the cast,
Kudish, Maxwell, Esparza
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#54re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 6/27/06 at 1:21pm
The Woman In White
and
Brooklyn (saw it 4 times)
#55re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 6/27/06 at 1:21pm
raul was bloody awfull in taboo what was going on with his talking voice
the guys we had in the uk were far better
#57re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 6/27/06 at 2:12pm
Merrily We Roll Along,
Sideshow,
Chess
Bombay Dreams
#58re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 6/27/06 at 2:16pmScarlet Pimpernel (at the Kennedy Center). Loved it!
#59re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 6/27/06 at 2:30pmMy partner hated Woman in White, but I was glad to have seen it for the technical acheievments alone. I also enjoyed much of the score. I wish I had seen it with Maria Friedman (who was out at the beginning of her cancer treatment) as I really enjoyed her on the London cast recording.
mijofly19
Broadway Star Joined: 6/14/05
#61re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 6/27/06 at 2:34pmTotally forgot about Bombay Dreams! I don't like the London or tour version, but the BWY version was so good, total bollywood.
London: Les Mis, Lion King, Sound of Music, Joseph, Hairspray, Billy Elliot
France: Le Roi Lion, Cabaret
Germany: Der Konig der Lowen
Holland: Tarzan & Les Mis
#62re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 7/3/06 at 3:14pm
The Woman in White
Festen
"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel
#63re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 7/3/06 at 3:26pmIf you like Dance of the Vampires, I suggest getting the German Cast album, since there obviously isn't one in English. The german one is really awesome (I understand NONE of it, but its fun to listen to, and impress your friends when they think you understand German...)and besides...Steve Barton!
theatajunkee
Swing Joined: 8/7/05
#64re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 7/3/06 at 3:34pmSeussical, Footloose, Tarzan *it's not a flop, but it's not anyone's favorite*
jeffrey2
Stand-by Joined: 9/5/05
#66re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 7/3/06 at 4:08pm
Sweet Charity - Christina was amazing all 15 times i saw it!
Side Show - Als and Ems
Steel Pier
Woman In White
FoscasBohemianDream
Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/06
#67re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 7/3/06 at 4:14pm
Passion
Once Upon A Mattress (1997 revival, extremely flawed but with some enjoyable performances by Jane Krakowski and Sara Jessica Parker)
#68re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 7/3/06 at 4:16pm
Side Show
Caroline or Change
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Little Women
The Last 5 Years
There are other flops I enjoy via cast recordings but never got to see live.
#69re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 7/3/06 at 4:41pm
ALL SHOOK UP was not a jukebox musical. Stephen Oremus took Elvis's songs and completely revamped them - they might as well have not even been created in some instances. And it wasn't about Elvis, it was a completely new, fun story.
LENNON - yeah, biographical jukebox, but I still loved it. They were doing something different and god forbid it didn't get accepted, or even given a chance.
BROOKLYN - again, they did something different! What five people were able to do as all those characters plus changing the set and costumes and props... along with a fun story- it deserved a better chance.
#70re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 7/3/06 at 5:18pmLESTAT - obviously since I've been shrilling for it since Decmember. Despite all the bad lyrics and dialogue and choppy storyline, there was something that I loved about it. Contrary to popular belief, it is NOT as bad as many made it out to be.
#71re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 7/3/06 at 5:38pm
Soo many of these it seems...
Sunset Boulevard (one of my absolute favourite shows)
Scarlet Pimpernell
Once on This Island
Seussical
Woman in White
and the biggest travesty of ever closin in my opinion goes to...
RAGTIME! How can this show have been cancelled? It was such an iconic achievement. I'm still sad it's gone...
#73re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 7/3/06 at 9:07pmLestat
cate_w
Stand-by Joined: 10/6/04
#74re: Broadway Flops you enjoyed.
Posted: 7/3/06 at 10:13pm
Little Women and The Scarlet Pimpernel are two of my favorite shows ever.
Also: Side Show and James Joyce's The Dead
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