Favorite Broadway Flop — Page 3

#51

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 1:57am

Did Ragtime recoup its initial investment?

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#52

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 1:57am

Oopsies... Sorry Double post!

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Updated On: 8/8/06 at 01:57 AM

#53

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 10:46am

No, partially thanks to Garth Drabinsky's creative book-keeping, RAGTIME never even had a chance at making money. It had a weekly break-even of just over $600K ..at a time when $450K was the norm! But, it was a "success" running more than two years, garnering critical acclaim and it still regularly revived by regional and community theatres.

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#54

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 10:49am

Smile, its actually a fun show!

#55

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 11:00am

Lestat

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#56

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 11:07am

Brooklyn, Seussical, and The Civil War.

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#57

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 11:17am

My favorite Broadway flop is JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, from 2000 and 2001. The show played 6 months and generally got poor reviews for Gayle Edwards' offbeat production. I saw this show a number of times and loved it. The cast was great: Glenn Carter, Tony Vincent, Maya Days, Max Von Essen and many many talented people.

#58

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 11:50am

Lestat

#59

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 12:37pm

DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES

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#60

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 12:45pm

Sunday In The Park with George
Pacific Overtures
Follies
Ragtime
Caroline or Change

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#61

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 1:44pm

I hate calling these shows flops too... they're all quite amazing:

Follies
Side Show
A Class Act

#62

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 2:22pm

Yeah, Caroline or Change for me too.

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#63

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 2:24pm

i also was in tom sawyer i played muff potter. but my favorite is little women

#64

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 2:28pm

I LOVE MY FLOPS!
-Dance of the Vampires
-Side Show
-Carrie
-Taboo
-Dracula
-Mack and Mabel
-Baby
-Merrily We Roll Along
-The Wild Party (LaChiusa)
-Marie Christine
-Anyone Can Whistle
-Nick and Nora
-The Human Comedy
-It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman!
-Jane Eyre
-Zombie Prom
-The Grind
-Goodtime Charley
-A Dolls House (Musical)
-Do I Hear A Waltz?
-Floyd Collins

Oh how the list goes on...

#65

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 2:30pm

Technically Sunday in the Park with George and Sweeney Todd were both flops so those count! But flop flops id say Lestat.

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#66

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 2:59pm

Taboo and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

#67

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 8/8/06 at 3:05pm

i've recently been falling for Taboo after i got Euan Mortan's cd. i mean, i always liked it but i'm kind of memorizing the songs now...

my favorites would definitely be Steel Pier and Carrie.

i wouldn't consider some of the others that received acclaim a "flop". my definition of flop would be those shows that sort of came & went quickly "undiscovered". Little Women was a flop.

#68

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 10/6/06 at 8:53pm

TABOO

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#69

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 10/6/06 at 9:03pm

Superman

I also liked Baker Street, Jimmy , Lestat & Inner City. Rockabye Hamlet is also up there

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#70

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 10/6/06 at 9:04pm

my ultimate favorite has to be Woman In White. But technically it closed because of illnesses didnt it?

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#71

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 10/6/06 at 9:11pm

It would not have made it no matter what

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#72

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 10/6/06 at 9:16pm

A Year With Frog and Toad
The Frogs
Assassins (the original)
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown Revival

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#73

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 10/7/06 at 1:36pm

The Goodbye Girl

#74

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 10/7/06 at 1:42pm

Ragtime
Brooklyn
Cats

#75

re: Favorite Broadway Flop

Posted: 10/7/06 at 1:42pm

JANE EYRE
THE FROGS
DEAR WORLD
THE GRAND TOUR
MACK AND MABEL

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