Favorite Flop

#1

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 3:44am

Any theater writer has probably had one or two flops. As a theater geek, I love flops. One of my favorites is the Sondheim-Furth 16 performance flop, Merrily we roll along. I like this show because of the exceptional score by Sondheim, and honestly I think it is one of his best works other than Into the Woods and Sweeney. So what is your favorite flop? I'm pretty sure all of us have at least one.

Updated On: 11/24/14 at 03:44 AM

#2

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 3:54am

Timbuktu, an opulent, all black revisal of Kismet with Melba Moore and Eartha Kitt as Lalume, directed and designed by Geoffrey Holder. It was wonderful but got mixed reviews and sank within a few months.

Updated On: 11/24/14 at 03:54 AM

#3

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 4:37am

70, Girls, 70
Jennie
Peter Pan

#4

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 6:43am

Romance in Hard Times (Finn)
Rags (Strouse)

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#5

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 7:04am

Fantod, I don't think that Peter Pan flopped on Broadway unless your talking about one of it's revivals. Heck, the musical spawned four TV versions and three revivals, I'd call that a hit.

#6

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 7:48am

ILLYA DARLING
The original MERRILY (I was at one of those 16 performances)
WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

#7

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 8:06am

SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING

HENRY SWEET HENRY

THE CAPEMAN

#8

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 8:59am

Breakfast at Tiffany's (at least the score)
Mata Hari
Prettybelle

#9

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 10:04am

Superman.

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#10

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 10:12am

Ghost.

Jekyll & Hyde, if one would consider that a flop.

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#11

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 10:17am

The Scottsboro Boys

#12

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 10:29am

The Story of My Life

#13

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 10:31am

I loved Hands on a Hardbody

#14

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 10:54am

The Bridges of Madison County (137 performances)

Bonnie & Clyde (36 performances)

Parade (84 performances)

Mack & Mabel (66 performances)

#15

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 11:09am

With the exception of those that died on the road & The Story of My Life & The Capeman which I did not see, all of the above.

Add Amour to the mix

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#16

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 11:25am

The original Peter Pan only ran for 154 performances, and while I don't have any official sources, I think that even back then you needed a longer run to make back your money.

#17

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 12:15pm

KING OF HEARTS

#18

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 12:17pm

Steel Pier

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#19

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 12:31pm

Scottsboro Boys without question.

#20

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 1:08pm

Bonnie and Clyde, definitely.

#21

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 1:12pm

Big Fish and Catch Me if You Can.

#22

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 1:15pm

Ditto for the last 3 mentioned

J/H
Scarlet Pimpernel
The Civil War

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#23

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 1:15pm

High Fidelity

#24

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 1:20pm

Bonnie and Clyde
Jekyll and Hyde (both the original and the revival)
The Bridges of Madison County

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#25

Favorite Flop

Posted: 11/24/14 at 1:27pm

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

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