Favorite Scores From Unsuccessful (money wise) Musicals- Page 2

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 1:51am

Assassins! I didn't include that one just because I just assumed that it was succesful, but I guess not. Man, I MISS that show. Seeing it once was just not enough. Damn it! Why did that show have to close!

[VIETgrlTerifa]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 2:18am

I thought Assassins was slated as a limited run.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 2:20am

1) Thoroughly Modern Millie
2) Flower Drum Son (revival) - mostly "I Enjoy Being a Girl"
3) Gypsy (revival)

[alterego]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 2:27am

Goodtime Charley, Over Here! and Ballroom.

[magruder]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 3:52am

Of the Sondheim shows that Sum listed:

A Little Night Music turned a profit, the original production of Into the Woods eventually did as well, I believe. The original Forum and West Side Story were also profitable. I even think that Company made a small profit.

[magruder]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 4:01am

As for favorite scores from financially unsuccessful shows:

Let 'Em Eat Cake
St. Louis Woman
House of Flowers
Tenderloin
She Loves Me
Anyone Can Whistle
Fade Out, Fade In
High Spirits
Foxy
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman
The Happy Time
How Now, Dow Jones (I know it sucks, but I can't resist it)
The Grass Harp
70, Girls, 70
Prettybelle
Carmelina
Oh, Brother!
Merrily We Roll Along
Romance in Hard Times
Birds of Paradise

[gabybon]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:35am

Excuse me Sumofalthings: I don't know "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" and "Getting Away With Murder" (They sound interesting)...Can you tell me more about those shows?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 9:58am

On the Twentieth Century
Goldilocks
Mack and Mabel
Ragtime
All American
Miss Liberty
Irma La Douce
The Rothschilds
Zorba
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman
Rags
Passion
Anyone Can Whistle
Parade
Taboo
I Had a Ball
Bajour
Kwamina
Skyscraper
Oh, Brother
Legs Diamond
Aspects of Love
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Nymph Errant
The Rink
Flora, the Red Menace

[Cadriel]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 10:40am

Have to add Aspects of Love...wasn't thinking about it at the time, but it's a show that I long to see live. I have some problems with areas of the recitative, but it's one of my favorite Lloyd Webber works (along with Evita and Tell Me on a Sunday).

Credit to ALW as well for his work on The Beautiful Game, which...well...it's a pity it never made it over here, really.

-Wayne

[robbiej]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 10:46am

The Baker's Wife holds a very special place in my heart.

[Plum]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 10:50am

Sweeney Todd turned a profit on tour, I think. And I thought Gypsy was an eventual moneymaker, too, but I'm not sure about that one.

[Craig]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 10:58am

She Loves Me
Anyone Can Whistle
Saturday Night
The Happy Time
Merrily We Roll Along
Kismet
One Night Stand

[rmposey]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 11:06am

I agree with Last Five Years, Sideshow, The Secret Garden, Out of This World, She Loves Me and Aspects of Love. I also have to add Amour! I love this little show! The music is so sing-able!

[Hank]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 11:17am

TABOO!
I agree with lots of others mentioned here, but Taboo just stands out. Unfortunatly, I got to hear the OBCR after the show had closed, and now I could kick myself for never having seen it.

[sean martin]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 11:30am

Definitely ANYONE CAN WHISTLE. Why no one's picked up on a revival of this amazes me -- a topical book that could be easily updated, a jazzy score, some great show-off moments for the Mayoress.

[Alix]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 12:31pm

Yup, I'm going with TABOO too.

Alix

[marincrazy11]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 3:06pm

Ragtime-my fave
Chess-yummy
Merrily We Roll Along-all I have to say is Not A Day Goes By
Parade-very yummy
Mack and Mabel-Wherever He Ain't, Time Heals Everything, I won't send roses....soooo good!!!!
She Loves Me-just recently got really acquainted with it and LOVE it!
Passion.....yum yum yum

[fiyeros_elphaba]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:15pm

I second or is it third Dance of the vampires
YES For SARAH is a really great song.
also Wild Party
and A new brain..

[wickedfan]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:24pm

Gypsy ran for around two years and made a profit. Don't know how large but it did. Company made a profit as well, again, don't know how LARGe but a profit nonetheless. Mine are:
Merrily We Roll Along
She Loves Me
The Apple Tree
Big the Musical
and Seussical

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:27pm

I can't believe I forgot Chess! I love that score!

I didn't know Kismet was unsuccessful. I know it won 3 Tonys and ran almost two years. Did it not recoup? A New Brain was a limited Off-Broadway run at Lincoln Center.

[sean martin]

Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:29pm

The original Kismet was very successful, between its NY run and the various tours that went out.

Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:39pm

1. Ragtime
2. She Loves Me
3. Seussical
4. Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (I love this score!)