#26
Posted: 4/10/04 at 12:35am
TABOO!!
Favorite Unsuccessful Musicals — Page 2
#27
Posted: 4/10/04 at 12:40am
Broadwaygal-
Ziemba and Deidre Goodwin were incredible in that show.
The dancing was great but i still wanted to rename it Never Gonna Sing.
It gave me such a headache.
My favorite was Frog and Toad. It was charming. I loved it and it lasted five seconds. Another that was so charming was the Songs of David Friedman. I wish more people went to see it the music was outstanding. Listen To My Heart!
Ziemba and Deidre Goodwin were incredible in that show.
The dancing was great but i still wanted to rename it Never Gonna Sing.
It gave me such a headache.
My favorite was Frog and Toad. It was charming. I loved it and it lasted five seconds. Another that was so charming was the Songs of David Friedman. I wish more people went to see it the music was outstanding. Listen To My Heart!
Updated On: 4/10/04 at 12:40 AM
#28
Posted: 4/10/04 at 5:32am
A Man of No Importance!!!!!
#29
Posted: 4/10/04 at 9:42am
As much as I know it sucked, I can't help but kinda like "Romeo and Juliet - the musical"
Tendres Baisers,
Juliette Capulet
Tendres Baisers,
Juliette Capulet
#30
Posted: 4/10/04 at 9:50am
Tick Tick BOOM
Taboo
Seussicle
Chess
Taboo
Seussicle
Chess
I have my books and my poetry to protect me...
#31
Posted: 4/10/04 at 10:18am
Well: Seussical, Tick Tick Boom, A New Brain, Baker's Wife, Children of Eden, The Beauful Game....and more...But fortunatelly those score are all avaible in wonderful cast recordings...
Unfurtunate flop shows as:
Carrie, Bring Lights Big City, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer...Have not a cd version!! And I'll love to have one of them!....Why a boring musical as "Thou Shalt Hot" is on cd and a very nice score as "Carrie" not?
Unfurtunate flop shows as:
Carrie, Bring Lights Big City, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer...Have not a cd version!! And I'll love to have one of them!....Why a boring musical as "Thou Shalt Hot" is on cd and a very nice score as "Carrie" not?
#32
Posted: 4/10/04 at 11:49am
Dance of the Vampires
Though scattered and divided we are still its heart...AIDA SEPTEMBER 5th, 2004...one more longing backward glance...
I AM NOW "TGIF!"
#33
Posted: 4/10/04 at 12:24pm
#34
Posted: 4/10/04 at 12:28pm
Footloose
A New Brain
Seussical
A New Brain
Seussical
I'm as jumpy as a virgin at a prison rodeo!
#35
Posted: 4/10/04 at 12:30pm
Big
Amour
A New Brain
Parade
Dance Of The Vampires
Reefer Madness
Assassins (well, we will see)
Violet
The Last 5 Years
There are prob more I can't think of.
Amour
A New Brain
Parade
Dance Of The Vampires
Reefer Madness
Assassins (well, we will see)
Violet
The Last 5 Years
There are prob more I can't think of.
#36
Posted: 4/10/04 at 12:40pm
Interesting how often Parade appears on this list. ( my choice too) hopefully someone will one day restage this & fix the problems from the orig staging.
#37
Posted: 4/10/04 at 12:41pm
some of you guys are funny mentioning Ragtime as unsuccessful...um Tony Awards, and considered one of the best musicals of the 90's is not exactly unsuccessful...
but good mentions of A New Brain, Mack and Mabel and A Man of No Importance, Amour...
the funny thing about most of these musicals we are naming have some serious issues. it's damn shame when a great score has to be ruined by a ****ty book/lyrics or vice versa. so many of the shows fit that description. other shows were just poorly received/directed/understood.
but good mentions of A New Brain, Mack and Mabel and A Man of No Importance, Amour...
the funny thing about most of these musicals we are naming have some serious issues. it's damn shame when a great score has to be ruined by a ****ty book/lyrics or vice versa. so many of the shows fit that description. other shows were just poorly received/directed/understood.
But I won't live alone in a house of regret.
#38
Posted: 4/10/04 at 12:58pm
Oh, easy- DOTV and Taboo!
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
#39
Posted: 4/10/04 at 1:04pm
catsny- haha, cats is fine with me, it was my first show and i loved it back then when i was four. in fact i have seen it four times, so i'll conceed to at least liking it now. okay, now i want to hear that wicked praise, think you can manage?
#41
Posted: 4/10/04 at 3:35pm
What criteria are some of you using?
For example, Ruthless! ran for nearly a full year with 342 performances. For an off-Broadway show back in 1992, that's not too shabby. It also won the 1993 Outer Critics Circle Award Winner for Best Off Broadway Musical.
Prior to the British invasion on Broadway, many shows didn't run for several years - that didn't make them "unsuccessful."
For example, Ruthless! ran for nearly a full year with 342 performances. For an off-Broadway show back in 1992, that's not too shabby. It also won the 1993 Outer Critics Circle Award Winner for Best Off Broadway Musical.
Prior to the British invasion on Broadway, many shows didn't run for several years - that didn't make them "unsuccessful."
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
Updated On: 4/10/04 at 03:35 PM
#42
Posted: 4/10/04 at 5:05pm
DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES!
"Life will be frozen peaches and cream.
Baby, dream Your Dream" ~ SC
#44
Posted: 4/10/04 at 6:45pm
Taboo!!
and I really liked a lot of the music in Amour!
and I really liked a lot of the music in Amour!
"Take a breath. Take a step. Take a chance. Take your time." -L5Y
#45
Posted: 4/10/04 at 6:45pm
Taboo!!
and I really liked a lot of the music in Amour!
and I really liked a lot of the music in Amour!
"Take a breath. Take a step. Take a chance. Take your time." -L5Y
#46
Posted: 4/10/04 at 6:49pm
The Wild Party (Lippa)
Seussical
Taboo
Sideshow
Seussical
Taboo
Sideshow
#48
Posted: 4/10/04 at 7:49pm
Ragtime was successful...
I'm gonna have to go with Mack & Mable, Side Show, Passion, Assasins and Violet.
I'm gonna have to go with Mack & Mable, Side Show, Passion, Assasins and Violet.
#49
Posted: 4/10/04 at 8:36pm
Side Show
Jekyll and Hyde
Seussical
tick... tick... BOOM!
More, I know there's more.
Jekyll and Hyde
Seussical
tick... tick... BOOM!
More, I know there's more.
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
#50
Posted: 4/11/04 at 12:36am
For nystateomind:
So yes. I like WICKED. The music is lovely at it's best, and the lyrics are kind of chicken soup like...but that makes it cool. Lotsa cool things to quote. "Where I'm from we believe all sorts of things that aren't true. We call it history." And Elphaba's "And nobody in all of Oz, no Wizard that there is or was...is ever gonna bring ME DOWN!" It's cool. I like the story. I'm fascinated by the characters. Always was. And the book. The original novel is great source material. I've read it and it's lilting.
So yes. I like WICKED. The music is lovely at it's best, and the lyrics are kind of chicken soup like...but that makes it cool. Lotsa cool things to quote. "Where I'm from we believe all sorts of things that aren't true. We call it history." And Elphaba's "And nobody in all of Oz, no Wizard that there is or was...is ever gonna bring ME DOWN!" It's cool. I like the story. I'm fascinated by the characters. Always was. And the book. The original novel is great source material. I've read it and it's lilting.
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