FAVORITE FLOPS
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#25
Posted: 4/28/05 at 12:08pm
Bat BOy (UK)
The 'good half' of Carrie
La Cava
Witches of Eastwick
Our House
(Does the UK production of Taboo count? It played for over 18 months, but I'm not sure whether it made any money back?)
Updated On: 4/28/05 at 12:08 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/20/05
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#26
Posted: 4/28/05 at 12:33pm
Barbarella (Vienna)
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown (Revival)
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#28
Posted: 4/28/05 at 1:22pm

Hasn't this thread been run into the ground before? I'll bite, though.
• CARRIE: The Musical
• SUPERMAN THE MUSICAL
Anyone else here have the Ken Mandelbaum book? EXCELLENT...very entertaining read.
-John
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/05
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#29
Posted: 4/28/05 at 1:47pm
Seussical
Rags
Side Show
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#30
Posted: 4/28/05 at 1:53pm
Taboo (of course)
Suessical
Scarlet Pimpernell
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#31
Posted: 4/28/05 at 1:56pm
Passion is not a flop!
It ran 280 performance AND made a profit!
It had hardly any set, just fancy backgrounds, and was cheap to run, so it made it's money back.
My favourites:
Caroline, or Change
Anyone Can Whistle
Baby
Merrily We Roll Along
Pacific Overtures
Mack and Mabel
Seussical
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#32
Posted: 4/28/05 at 2:40pmJane Eyre
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#33
Posted: 4/28/05 at 2:49pm
FUN CITY by Joan Rivers
MOLLY starring Kaye Ballard
THE SECRET AFFAIRS OF MILDRED WILDE starred Maureen Stapleton with Doris Roberts
and the divine...........70 GIRLS 70........(if you do not have the cd of this fabulous Kander and Ebb show, you are missing a treasure.)
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#34
Posted: 4/28/05 at 3:26pm
Too many to name:
Amour
Caroline, or Change
Side Show
Parade
Mack and Mabel
Merrily We Roll Along
Ballroom
The Last 5 Years
My Life With Albertine
Steel Pier
I've left out so many...
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#35
Posted: 4/28/05 at 3:31pm
#1 Carrie - missed it
#2 Side Show - saw it and loved it!
#3 Metro - saw it twice!
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#36
Posted: 4/28/05 at 3:33pm...but most recent favorite is Taboo! Best pop score since Carrie!
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#37
Posted: 4/28/05 at 3:33pmI saw METRO in London in 1988 I think. It was elaborate and loud and stuff........I don't remember it very well. But it was a hot ticket in London at the time.
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#38
Posted: 4/28/05 at 3:38pmCaroline, Or Change. It was an amazing theatrical experience.
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#39
Posted: 4/28/05 at 3:44pm
It was pretty wild, and the whole cast was from Poland and very difficult to understand. The energy was fantastic and they tried SO hard I could not resist the cast. Not a bad score either...nominated for a Tony.
Cant believe that I left off Merrily...was at opening nite!
But I guess all of Sondheim's shows would be on my list as they all lost money ;( and are all faves.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#40
Posted: 4/28/05 at 3:44pm
A Class Act
Amour
Saturday Night
THe Color Purple
Happy Birthday
Raisin
...just to name a few
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#42
Posted: 4/28/05 at 4:05pm
SIDE SHOW
BAJOUR
INNER CITY
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#43
Posted: 4/28/05 at 4:09pm
Mack and Mabel
Taboo
Hollywood Arms
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#44
Posted: 4/28/05 at 4:12pm
"The Color Purple"
I'm Curious. How can a show that is technically still in development and workshops be considered a flop?
Anywho, My fav would be Caroline, or Change. Soon may it be revived.
Updated On: 4/28/05 at 04:12 PM
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#46
Posted: 4/28/05 at 4:23pmDoes The Frogs count? Well, now it does. You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Triumph of Love, Taboo, The Civil War, Jane Eyre....I'm sure there are a few others.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#47
Posted: 4/28/05 at 4:24pm
DEAR WORLD
MACK AND MABEL
BAJOUR
SKYSCRAPER
BIG
SARAVA!
HALLELUJAH BABY!
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
THE GRASS HARP(I used to consider HOUSE OF FLOWERS one of my favorite flops, but after seeing it at Encores! a few years ago, I realized it really was a turkey)
Joined: 12/31/69
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#48
Posted: 4/28/05 at 4:55pm
Amour
Good Vibrations
Little Shop of Horrors (revivial) (would that be considered a flop?)
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown (revivial)
Play-
Rumors (a stroke of genius!)
Broadway Star Joined: 2/7/05
re: FAVORITE FLOPS#49
Posted: 4/28/05 at 5:15pm
Taboo
Footloose (awesome show! Why did it close?)
Weird Romance (just did this show!)
The Life
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