FAVORITE FLOPS
FAVORITE FLOPS
#0FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:39am
What are your five favorite scores from shows that did not run long? Mine are:
1. MACK AND MABEL
2. ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT SMELL OF THE CROWD
3. THE ROTHCHILDS
4. TWO BY TWO
5. THE HAPPY TIME
I also love I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE ,MR. PRESIDENT, LITTLE ME, WILDCAT, THE GRAND TOUR and DEAR WORLD.
Updated On: 4/28/05 at 10:39 AM
#1re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:40am
Chess
Amour
#2re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:44am
Side Show
Carrie
Bring Back Birdie
Steel Pier
Dear World
Mack and Mabel
Mr. President
The Happy Time
...and so many more
#3re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:45amIs WHOLESALE considered a flop? Didn't it run for a year and a half?
#4re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:48amI suppose it wouldn't be considered a flop, too bad revivals are few of WHOLESALE.
#5re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:48am
Chess
Jane Eyre
Golden Rainbow
Baby (is that a flop?)
#6re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:50am
"Carrie." Hands down.
"Baby" is considered a flop. At least, it was in Ken Mandelbaum's flop Bible, "Not Since Carrie."
#7re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:51amJane Eyre
#8re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:54am
Side Show
Steel Pier (mainly because of "I'm Everybody's Girl")
Chess
Carrie (LOVE "When There's No One")
Pump Boys and Dinettes (well, 573 performances isn't a flop, but WHAT A FUN SHOW. It should have run 5730 performances!!!)
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#9re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:06am
Henry, Sweet Henry
The Golden Apple
70, Girls, 70
Anyone Can Whistle
#11re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:07amWhat exactly constitutes a flop? In Mandelbaum's book it's any show that ran less than 250 performances, but nowadays it's mostly designated by how much money a show loses. Like, isn't TMM considered a flop despite the fact that it ran for two years and swept the 2002 Tonys?
#12re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:08am
Dance of the Vampires!!!
LOVED this show in spite of it's flaws.
Does Taboo count?
#13re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:10am
Side Show
Carrie
Dance of the Vampires
#14re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:27am
In order.....
5)You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (revival)
4)The Life
3)Taboo
2)Side Show
1)Carrie
#15re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:31amAre you all going on OCR's, or did you actually see these shows? In the cases of both THE LIFE and STEEL PIER, I can tell you that they come off much better if you only hear them than if you had actually sat through the productions.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#16re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:35amCaroline, or Change
#17re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:36amI have actually seen the productions I listed. While I certainly did not enjoy Steel Pier (and it didn't make my list), I truly enjoyed The Life. Don't know why, can't explain it, just enjoyed it.
#18re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:37am
Chess
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (revival)
Snoopy
Caroline or Change
Taboo
#19re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:38amTABOO!!!
fiyero8132
Broadway Star Joined: 4/27/05
cathyhyatt
Broadway Star Joined: 10/20/04
#21re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:45am
dance of the vampires
dracula...
yay cathywellerstein!!
#23re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:51amSmile, Passion (does that count?)
rmposey
Stand-by Joined: 5/13/04
#24re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:54am
AMOUR!!
Side Show
Parade
Jane Eyre
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