Favorite Unsuccessful Musicals- Page 2

[SweetCarolineFan]

re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Favorite Unsuccessful Musicals#25

Posted: 4/10/04 at 12:35am

TABOO!!

[Corine2]

Listen To My Heart- The Songs of David Friedman#26

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! Updated On: 4/10/04 at 12:40 AM

[Cutielyricist]

re: Listen To My Heart- The Songs of David Friedman#27

Posted: 4/10/04 at 5:32am

A Man of No Importance!!!!!

[Juliette Capulet]

re: re: Listen To My Heart- The Songs of David Friedman#28

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

[BroadwayDiva]

re: re: re: Listen To My Heart- The Songs of David Friedman#29

Posted: 4/10/04 at 9:50am

Tick Tick BOOM
Taboo
Seussicle
Chess

I have my books and my poetry to protect me...

[gabybon]

re: re: re: re: Listen To My Heart- The Songs of David Friedman#30

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?

[TheGirlinTheFrock]

re: re: re: re: re: Listen To My Heart- The Songs of David Friedman#31

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!"

[Sheri]

re: re: re: re: re: re: Listen To My Heart- The Songs of David Friedman#32

Posted: 4/10/04 at 12:24pm

Side Show
Parade

The Official Douglas Hodge Fansite

[BudFrump23]

Blah#33

Posted: 4/10/04 at 12:28pm

Footloose
A New Brain
Seussical

I'm as jumpy as a virgin at a prison rodeo!

[Erich]

re: Blah#34

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.

[sabrelady]

re: re: Blah#35

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.

[leomaxfrank]

re: re: Blah#36

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 I won't live alone in a house of regret.

[Jane2]

re: re: re: Blah#37

Posted: 4/10/04 at 12:58pm

Oh, easy- DOTV and Taboo!

<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES

[nystateomind04]

cats/wicked#38

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?

[MusicalComedyMan]

re:#39

Posted: 4/10/04 at 1:08pm

City Of Angels
Passion (for the score)

[Craig]

re: re:#40

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."

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

Updated On: 4/10/04 at 03:35 PM

[ChristineDaae]

re: re: re:#41

Posted: 4/10/04 at 5:05pm

DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES!

"Life will be frozen peaches and cream. Baby, dream Your Dream" ~ SC

[Unknown User]

unsuccessful shows#42

Posted: 4/10/04 at 5:13pm

CHESS
CARRIE
SIDE SHOW


and THE CIVIL WAR

come to mind

[Wicked_Elphie]

re: unsuccessful shows#43

Posted: 4/10/04 at 6:45pm

Taboo!!
and I really liked a lot of the music in Amour!

"Take a breath. Take a step. Take a chance. Take your time." -L5Y

[Wicked_Elphie]

re: unsuccessful shows#44

Posted: 4/10/04 at 6:45pm

Taboo!!
and I really liked a lot of the music in Amour!

"Take a breath. Take a step. Take a chance. Take your time." -L5Y

[NYCbabe3789]

re: re: unsuccessful shows#45

Posted: 4/10/04 at 6:49pm

The Wild Party (Lippa)
Seussical
Taboo
Sideshow

[BroadwayPer4mer03]

re: re: re: unsuccessful shows#46

Posted: 4/10/04 at 7:18pm

Ragtime

[bestofbroadway]

re: re: re: re: unsuccessful shows#47

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.

[MyNameInLights]

re: re: re: re: re: unsuccessful shows#48

Posted: 4/10/04 at 8:36pm

Side Show
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."

[CATSNYrevival]

re: re: re: re: re: re: unsuccessful shows#49

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.