FAVORITE FLOPS
trpguyy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/05
#52re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 5:40pmHow could you say that Scarlet Pimpernel was a flop? It ran 722 performances and it most certainly did not lose money.
#53re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 6:10pm
SEUSSICAL
SIXTEEN WOUNDED
SIDE SHOW
MACK & MABEL
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
I don't know what else. But I adored Seussical.
#54re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 6:17pmwasn't THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD a flop? i never saw it on broadway...but i'm a huge fan of the show.
WillParker
Featured Actor Joined: 10/22/03
#55re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 6:19pm
CARRIE by a landslide...
and re: The Color Purple...based on the Atlanta production...IMO, big ole flop.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#57re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 6:28pmI dont know whether DROOD turned a major profit, but I dont really consider a show that ran for two years and won a handful of Tony Awards to qualify as a flop.
#58re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 6:30pm
TWO by TWo
Side Show
carlobarlo
Chorus Member Joined: 4/17/05
#61re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 7:13pm
YAGMCB revival
caroline or change
last five years
#62re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 7:16pmTaboooooooooo.
#63re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 7:17pm
Caroline, or Change
The Human Comedy
Mack & Mable
The Golden Apple
#65re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 8:55pm
BALLROOM
jjdude2000
Broadway Star Joined: 12/1/04
#66re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 8:55pm
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (revival)
And...yes...seussical. It was fun
I'm going to look into some of the lesser known ones that were mentioned here...some of them sound really intriguing.
#67re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 9:20pm
With its three incarnations, Scarlet Pimpernel is rumored to have lost an estimated $20 million, which may make it the biggest money loser of all time.
And Passion did not make a profit on Broadway.
#68re: FAVORITE FLOPS
Posted: 4/28/05 at 9:47pm
I don't consider these flops but I loved them:
Caroline or Change
Millie
tbrady
Swing Joined: 4/27/05
#69BEST FLOP OF ALL TIME!!!!
Posted: 4/28/05 at 9:59pm
A Doll's Life
Music: Larry Grossmann
Lyrics: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Premiere: Thursday, September 23, 1982
Mark Hellinger Theatre, (New York)
Performances: 5
5 PERFORMANCES?! NOW THAT'S ONE HELLUVA FLOP!!!!
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#70BEST FLOP OF ALL TIME!!!!
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:12pmThe Last 5 Years - Taboo - Urinetown (not sure if that's a flop, but I didn't really run too long)
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#71BEST FLOP OF ALL TIME!!!!
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:29pm
Wicked.
I'm funny.
#72BEST FLOP OF ALL TIME!!!!
Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:02amMy favorite flop was La Boheme. I miss that show.
#73BEST FLOP OF ALL TIME!!!!
Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:04am
Carrie
Big
Dance of the Vampires
#74BEST FLOP OF ALL TIME!!!!
Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:06amUrinetown ran 965 performances - two years, four months on Broadway, returned its investment and made a profit. Variety would classify that as a hit.
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