Flop musicals with great scores.

[Gmerchant123]

Posted: 10/13/13 at 8:53pm

Mine are
-side show
-Chaplin
-scandalous
-drowsy chaperone
-catch me if you can
-Chess
-grand hotel
-love Never Dies
-once on this island
-parade
-taboo
-tale of two cities

What's your favorites?

[Musicaldudepeter]

Posted: 10/13/13 at 8:55pm

There are 5,1786 f@cking threads on this subject already. Go and guard a bridge somewhere else.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/13/13 at 9:22pm

Updated On: 10/13/13 at 09:22 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/13/13 at 9:24pm

Hate to tell you but he is right. It could have been said more diplomatically however

Updated On: 10/15/13 at 09:24 PM

[That Groovy Guy]

Posted: 10/13/13 at 10:55pm

Drowsy Chaperone recouped in less than seven months so not exactly a flop.

[PTOPhan]

Posted: 10/14/13 at 11:42pm

"Love Never Dies" may have recouped, too, with the successful Australian run and the video sales.

I haven't heard the score for "Rebecca," although I've read many praises. The show has to count as a U.S. flop, so far, since it can't even manage to open on Broadway.

As far as the "guard a bridge" comment, I don't think that accidentally starting a duplicate thread on a topic that hasn't been discussed in months qualifies someone as a troll.

[dented146]

Posted: 10/15/13 at 2:05am

I personally didn't think much of the Chaplin score although I liked the show. I have always liked the score from Chess. One other is Gigi. The movie was a huge success but not Broadway.

[Eurotrash]

Posted: 10/15/13 at 10:13am

Rebecca has been a hit everywhere it has opened. So it's no flop, but it does have a great score.

[ErinDillyFan]

Posted: 10/15/13 at 10:26am

My favorite recent one is "Bonnie & Clyde." Got to see a local production, very good show and lives up to its great cast recording. "Catch Me If You Can" is also great and very good on stage. Saw the national tour twice. And "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" is a very fun score. But, have not seen it.

No idea why the first two failed. And with all the stars in the cast of WOTVOANB, you would have thought it would last much longer than it did even with a weak book.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 10/15/13 at 11:36am

Was Grand Hotel a flop? 12 tony nominations. 1017 performances.