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#26

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 8:57am

First laugh of the morning. Thanks, After Eight.

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#27

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 9:02am

Just a few off the top of my head.

The Overture, Dusoleil walks through a wall, and The Painter's Song from Amour.

Brooklyn in the Blood from Brooklyn.

Time Stood Still, On The Verge, Invisible, and Shoes from Heaven from Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

I Am My Mother's Son from In My Life.

Through the Looking Glass and Finding Wonderland from Wonderland.

#28

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 9:23am

Commencing in Chatanooga - The Scottsboro Boys
Second Nature - Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

#29

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 9:33am

There are sooooo many, but the first one that sprang to mind is "I Can Have It All" from DOONESBURY.

#30

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 9:45am

How 'Bout A Dance from Bonnie & Clyde

#31

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 9:48am

...and the American Theater Wing Tony Award for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Failed Musical goes to... After Eight!

#32

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 9:52am

Well, if Merrily counts as a failed show then I'd say Not A Day Goes By.

I also like a few songs from Glory Days: My three best fiends, My Next Story, After All, and Open Road.

#33

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 10:02am

I also really like the title song from Leap of Faith.

#34

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 10:40am

"Some Things Are Meant to Be" from Little Women
"Madrid Is My Mama"
"Lovesick"
"Model Behavior"
"On the Verge" all from Women on the Verge
"Advice from a Caterpillar" from Wonderland (God help me)
"Doctor's Orders" from Catch Me If You Can
"Electric Chair" from The Scottsboro Boys

Thanks for the triggers, previous posters!

#35

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 10:53am

"Dyin' Ain't So Bad" (and its reprise) and "How 'Bout a Dance" from Bonnie and Clyde. Also "Goodbye" and "Fly, Fly Away" from Catch Me If You Can.

#36

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 11:20am

Who Will Love Me from Side Show
Lost in the Wilderness from Children of Eden
Woman from Pirate Queen
When It All Falls Down from Chaplin
This Man from Chaplin

#37

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 11:42am

The entire Caroline, or Change score. Underwater is the most beautiful song I've ever heard, second maybe to Around the World, from another brilliant flop Grey Gardens.

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#38

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 11:44am

We've said it before but Disneyland from Smile.

#39

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 1:45pm

A Quiet Thing from FLORA THE RED MENACE.
Only Love from ZORBA
All the Children in a Row, and Blue Crystal from THE RINK.

What can I say? I'm in a Kander and Ebb mood from a different thread.

Updated On: 5/4/13 at 01:45 PM

#40

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 1:54pm

Now You Know- Merrily
Don't Be a Stranger- Catch Me If You Can
There Won't Be Trumpets- Anyone Can Whistle
What It Means To Be a Friend- 13

#41

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 2:01pm

I actually enjoyed a handful of the songs from WONDERLAND. Some songs, however, (mainly Go With The Flow) were just dreadful.

#42

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 2:40pm

"See What it Gets You" and "A Parade in Town" from Anyone Can Whistle
"Wherever He Ain't" "Time Heals Everything" and "Look What Happened to Mabel" from Mack and Mabel (that whole score actually)
"The Corrupt Bargain" and "I'm Not That Guy" from Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
"Chief Cook and Bottle Washer" from The Rink
"My Body" from The Life
"Rags" from Rags (I otherwise hate that score and show)

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"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

#43

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 2:45pm

Monkeys and Playbills from [title of show]
Queen of the Night Aria from SOUVENIR
Good Thing Going from MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Angels in the Snow from THE STORY OF MY LIFE
Masters of War from THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'

#44

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 4:16pm

I am surprised that nobody wrote, Meadowlark, from The Baker's Wife.

#45

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 4:41pm

People Like Us - Leap Of Faith
Once More I Can See - Wonderland
Another Winter In A Summer Town - Grey Gardens
My Brother Lives In San Francisco - Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
The Butterfly - The Story of My Life
Magic Fingers - Betty Blue Eyes

Mary, Doris and Jane - Budgie!!!

Updated On: 5/4/13 at 04:41 PM

#46

Favorite songs from failed shows

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

I'll just say the entire score to Children of Eden.

#47

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 5:32pm

I am surprised that nobody wrote, Meadowlark, from The Baker's Wife.

I was just about to add it!

Also:

"Don't Forget the Lilac Bush" from STREET SCENE (actually anything from that show)
"It's a Lazy Afternoon" from GOLDEN APPLE
"Life Is" from ZORBA
"I Am Wearing a Hat" from IN TROUSERS

I'm not counting shows that may be technical flops because they failed to recoup (RAGTIME, anything by Sondheim), but are well-known and often-revived and highly regarded classics.)

Updated On: 5/4/13 at 05:32 PM

#48

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 6:17pm

Thanks AfterEight for the "Every Tomorrow Morning" overview. It's interesting you write that people like Gower Champion (who as far as I know had nothing to do with Dear World) knew how to build a number, when this show was famously troubled when it came to its direction and choreography, with Lucia Victor (Champion's former assistant being replaced by Peter Glenville and Donald Saddler, who were then replaced late in the game by Joe Layton, who was indeed like Champion in knowing how to structure a showstopper.

#49

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 6:44pm

TBFL's entry, "People Like Us - Leap Of Faith " reminds me of another even better "People Like Us" from THE WILD PARTY (broadway version).

Updated On: 5/4/13 at 06:44 PM

#50

Favorite songs from failed shows

Posted: 5/4/13 at 7:23pm

Chris, I was thinking of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC by After Eight's bete noire, Stephen Sondheim.

I saw an amateur production yesterday and that little "Weekend in the Country" number builds pretty damn well, even without choreography. (I realize it was written around the time of DEAR WORLD, but After 8 usually blames Sondheim for everything that has declined in the musical theater.)