#27
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:12pm
Taboo!
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#28
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:12pm
Taboo!
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#29
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:13pm
TABOO! I love TABOO so much!
I have my books and my poetry to protect me...
#30
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:34pm
The Dance Of The Vampires *glances at screenname with a little smile*
Totale finsternis, ein meer von gefuehl und kein land
#31
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:48pm
JANE EYRE
DRACULA
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL 3.0
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
SEUSSICAL
CARRIE
URBAN COWBOY
ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
DRACULA
THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL 3.0
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
SEUSSICAL
CARRIE
URBAN COWBOY
ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
Updated On: 12/4/04 at 09:48 PM
#32
Posted: 12/3/04 at 10:23pm
seussical i loved and FAME on 42nd street(though off broadway) i still thought was an awesome musical
A dancer might dream to see her name in lights and mean it,
but all she really dreams is to make someone
else feel the way she did when she first saw a dancer.
And that is so beautiful-Anonymous
#34
Posted: 12/3/04 at 10:44pm
"Parade"
"Side Show"
"Taboo"
"Floyd Collins"
"Seussical"
"Side Show"
"Taboo"
"Floyd Collins"
"Seussical"
#36
Posted: 12/3/04 at 11:31pm
One of my favorite flops is a show that no one ever talks about anymore, it has completely disappeared.
It was written by Michael Rupert, and was called MAIL. It was the story of a guy going through a midlife crisis, and he left his apartment for six months to find himself, and when he came back, all of his mail talked to him.
Michael Rupert not only wrote the score, but starred in it. The delightful Michelle Pawk co-starred, along with Brian Stokes Mitchell (who, interestly enough, actually contributed a song to the score). I adored it, and saw it four times. No one else liked it, however, and it has since disappeared completely, and is never spoken about even by the most knowledgeable of flop collectors. The lack of a cast album is to blame, I suspect, and it's too bad, because the score was chockablock with terrific tunes.
An interesting side note: The reason I saw MAIL four times was because of an odd box office snafu. At the time, Telecharge wasn't a reliable way to get good seats, so one had to line up outside of the box office on the day tickets went on sale to guarantee great seats. It was a cold February morning, and THREE shows had their box offices opening that day: CARRIE, CHESS, and MAIL. I was with a friend, and we wanted to see all three, but couldn't decide what to actually wait out in the cold for. (We arrived, byt he way, at 2:00 a.m., because we thought there would be huge lines for both CARRIE and CHESS. As it turns out, there weren't lines for either, but we didn't know that at the time). We chose to camp out at the Virginia box office for CARRIE, and were the only two people who actually "camped out" for tickets to that show. (We were in the first row center for the first preview, so that gamble paid off).
After we got our CARRIE tickets, we went and got CHESS tickets, and then walked over to the Music Box for MAIL. There was some weird problem with the box office, and so there was a press guy standing out front saying the box office wasn't going to open, but if you brought a pound of junk mail to him that day, you could get a free ticket for the show. I brought four pounds, and got four tickets.
It was written by Michael Rupert, and was called MAIL. It was the story of a guy going through a midlife crisis, and he left his apartment for six months to find himself, and when he came back, all of his mail talked to him.
Michael Rupert not only wrote the score, but starred in it. The delightful Michelle Pawk co-starred, along with Brian Stokes Mitchell (who, interestly enough, actually contributed a song to the score). I adored it, and saw it four times. No one else liked it, however, and it has since disappeared completely, and is never spoken about even by the most knowledgeable of flop collectors. The lack of a cast album is to blame, I suspect, and it's too bad, because the score was chockablock with terrific tunes.
An interesting side note: The reason I saw MAIL four times was because of an odd box office snafu. At the time, Telecharge wasn't a reliable way to get good seats, so one had to line up outside of the box office on the day tickets went on sale to guarantee great seats. It was a cold February morning, and THREE shows had their box offices opening that day: CARRIE, CHESS, and MAIL. I was with a friend, and we wanted to see all three, but couldn't decide what to actually wait out in the cold for. (We arrived, byt he way, at 2:00 a.m., because we thought there would be huge lines for both CARRIE and CHESS. As it turns out, there weren't lines for either, but we didn't know that at the time). We chose to camp out at the Virginia box office for CARRIE, and were the only two people who actually "camped out" for tickets to that show. (We were in the first row center for the first preview, so that gamble paid off).
After we got our CARRIE tickets, we went and got CHESS tickets, and then walked over to the Music Box for MAIL. There was some weird problem with the box office, and so there was a press guy standing out front saying the box office wasn't going to open, but if you brought a pound of junk mail to him that day, you could get a free ticket for the show. I brought four pounds, and got four tickets.
Updated On: 12/3/04 at 11:31 PM
#37
Posted: 12/4/04 at 12:10am
Did anyone see Flahooley a few years back? Whoo-wee!
#38
Posted: 12/4/04 at 1:00am
Dance of the Vampires has to be #1. I enjoyed it a whole lot more than any people who got paid to review it and better than many of the non-pro reviewers who spoke so "kindly" of it.
#39
Posted: 12/4/04 at 1:03am
TABOO
Dance of the Vampires
Urban Cowboy
Seussical
Parade
Jane Eyre
Dance of the Vampires
Urban Cowboy
Seussical
Parade
Jane Eyre
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#40
Posted: 12/4/04 at 1:08am
I'm with everyone else who said Taboo.
I also adore Side Show and The Beautiful Game.
I also adore Side Show and The Beautiful Game.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#41
Posted: 12/4/04 at 1:09am
I forgot Martin Guere. that flopped on tour though. never made it to Broadway... I liked it a lot. courtroom drama and burning heretics, c'mon!
Updated On: 12/4/04 at 01:09 AM
#42
Posted: 12/4/04 at 1:44am
Nohas mentioned this one because very few seem to know it floped badly at the Box office on Broadway. My vote goes to SWEENEY TODD. Honorable mention to TABOO.
You are young, life has been kind to you. You will learn.
#43
Posted: 12/4/04 at 8:13am
THANK YOU VENUE!
I too saw Mail, as I am a big Michael Rupert fan. I did forget about it I guess cause it was so long ago. I had the chance to live in New York back then so I saw a lot of flops. Do you remember The Prince of Central Park? I saw Legs Diamond!!! (It was BAD)
Thanks again for your great memorey on Mail.
I too saw Mail, as I am a big Michael Rupert fan. I did forget about it I guess cause it was so long ago. I had the chance to live in New York back then so I saw a lot of flops. Do you remember The Prince of Central Park? I saw Legs Diamond!!! (It was BAD)
Thanks again for your great memorey on Mail.
Updated On: 12/4/04 at 08:13 AM
#44
Posted: 12/4/04 at 11:15am
I saw LEGS DIAMOND at a preview the day after they fired Bob Stillman because he was too good as Legs' brother and was showing up Peter Allen! The sound operator at the back of the stalls was going crazy trying to follow a cue sheet covered in red pencil alterations. They'd already written out the wonderful Christine Andreas the week before. God it was a mess.
#46
Posted: 12/4/04 at 12:18pm
Taboo
Side Show
The Best Little Whorehouse goes Public
Carrie!
Side Show
The Best Little Whorehouse goes Public
Carrie!
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#47
Posted: 12/4/04 at 1:56pm
Floyd Collins wasn't a flop. It played its limited engagement off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons and then when that ended it simply didn't garner enough interest from producers to move to Broadway.
I'd like to add
Caroline or Change
Carrie
Gospel at Colonus
Merrily We Roll Along
Porgy & Bess
I'd like to add
Caroline or Change
Carrie
Gospel at Colonus
Merrily We Roll Along
Porgy & Bess
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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#48
Posted: 12/4/04 at 2:00pm
Which version of MERRILY, Margo?
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#49
Posted: 12/4/04 at 2:45pm
Prett much anything by Wildhorn
"I am ready to disclaim my opinion, even of yesterday, even of 10 minutes ago, because all opinions are relative. One lives in a field of influences, one is influenced by everyone one meets, everything is an exchange of influences, all opinions are derivative. Once you deal a new deck of cards, you've got a new deck of cards."
— Peter Brook
#50
Posted: 12/4/04 at 2:48pm
I loved the version of Merrily that I saw at the Kennedy Center Sondheim Festival a few years ago. A terrific show.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
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