Flop vs Hit

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/29/12 at 5:49pm

Did you ever have any musicals that flopped that you liked much better than a show praised for reasons that escaped you?

Flop Hit

Sideshow Wicked
Bonnie & Clyde

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/29/12 at 6:07pm

Loved Scarlet Pimpernel
Didn't get the love for Spring Awakening

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/29/12 at 6:09pm

Totally agree

I am still trying to find out why the jumping around that was called choreography in SA won a Tony.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 10/29/12 at 6:19pm

I LOVELOVE The Scarlet Pimpernel.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/29/12 at 6:59pm

Did you actually SEE Spring Awakening, Roxy?

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 10/29/12 at 7:06pm

"I am still trying to find out why the jumping around that was called choreography in SA won a Tony."

I did not see all the shows in the Best Choregraphy category that year. Also, did Spring Awakening truly deserve the win in that category? I'm not sure. But this has been discussed countless times before, and the movement in SA is considered choreography. Choreography doesn't always have to be a repeated and overly complex routine. I thought the movement went along well with the theme of the entire show, which is probably why it won.

Whether you actually liked the show or not is a separate issue, so I don't understand why the need to imply it was not choreography.

Updated On: 10/29/12 at 07:06 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/29/12 at 7:49pm

I did see Spring. NAMO It was good but I did not think it was great

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/29/12 at 8:11pm

The choreography was one of the only things I enjoyed about Spring Awakening. I thought the organic nature of the movement was inspired.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 10/29/12 at 8:17pm

Do we have to pick the same season, or can they just be any flop vs hit from the past 100 years...

As for Spring Awakening--while I'm a fan, and liked the choreography, playing Devil's Advocate here, Bill T. Jones is also a hugely respected person in the dance community, and SA was his first Broadway musical. That could have influenced voters.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 10/30/12 at 9:14am

AVENUE Q ... Not sure why this won the awards and is a "hit."

PIMPERNEL is/was a "Guilty Pleasure" of mine.

I have learned to wonder about and search for the reason why I bought into the RENT hype... and then I hear SEASONS OF LOVE... Then I realize THAT is the only reason.

Updated On: 10/30/12 at 09:14 AM

[Playbilly]

Posted: 10/30/12 at 9:40am

The praise for Spring Awakening escapes me.

[After Eight]

Posted: 10/30/12 at 10:14am

Flops: The Student Gypsy, The Gay Life, The Happiest Girl in the World, Dear World.... So many others...

Hits: most award winners of the last 40 years.

[lupone76]

Posted: 10/30/12 at 11:59am

I loved Lestat(Flop) Despised Once(Hit)
I loved Ghost (Flop) Despised Newsies (Hit)

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 10/31/12 at 1:21pm

I loved Dance of the Vampires, but more for the score and what it could have been than what it was. By comparison, good Christ did Dirty Rotten Scoundrels bore the living **** outta me.