Flops you love

#1

Flops you love

Posted: 10/6/06 at 12:45am

What flops (finacial and criticle) do you love?

Me:
Sweet Smell of Success
Sweeney Todd Revival
The Odd Couple Revival
Sweet Charity Revival
Seussical
Dirty Rotten Scondrels (does that count?)
A Class Act
The Full Monty
Merlin
The Last Five Years
All Shook Up

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Updated On: 10/6/06 at 12:45 AM

#2

re: Flops you love

Posted: 10/6/06 at 12:48am

Pretty sure Sweeney wasn't a flop.

#3

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Posted: 10/6/06 at 12:49am

Sweeney recouped.

#4

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Posted: 10/6/06 at 12:49am

HENRY SWEET HENRY

#5

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Posted: 10/6/06 at 1:01am

Was "Full Monty" a flop? I recall it getting good reviews.

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#6

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Posted: 10/6/06 at 1:05am

The Full Monty recouped and the Odd Couple was a HUGE hit.

The word "flop" only has to do with lack of financial success -- not critical.

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#7

re: Flops you love

Posted: 10/6/06 at 1:09am

Lennon!

#8

re: Flops you love

Posted: 10/6/06 at 2:48am

I ment bad reviews flops to. I didn't know what to call them.

And I thought Full Monty was a flop. sorry.

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#9

re: Flops you love

Posted: 10/6/06 at 2:56am

Parade
Anyone Can Whistle

#10

re: Flops you love

Posted: 10/6/06 at 2:57am

Did Caroline or Change recoupe? I am pretty sure it didn't (Correct me if I am wrong) Loved that show!

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#11

re: Flops you love

Posted: 10/6/06 at 3:45am

if CAROLINE qualifies as a flop, it's at the top of my list. others that come to mind:

SIDE SHOW
AMOUR
CHESS
LOLITA MY LOVE
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS

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#12

re: Flops you love

Posted: 10/6/06 at 4:01am

Anyone Can Whistle - I love it

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#13

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Posted: 10/6/06 at 6:07am

Lestat

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#14

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Posted: 10/6/06 at 6:16am

Mack and Mabel

#15

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Posted: 10/6/06 at 7:10am

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

#16

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Posted: 10/6/06 at 8:54am

Baby

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#17

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Posted: 10/6/06 at 9:00am

Taboo and Dracula

#18

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Posted: 10/6/06 at 9:13am

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#19

re: Flops you love

Posted: 10/6/06 at 9:28am

Lets talk about a real flop:

The Look of Love 2003

Burt Bacharach's song book choreographed Fosse style by Anne Reinking. There was a version of "What's New Pussycat" done a la "Mein Herr". Capathia Jenkins did a wonderful rendiditon of "Are You There (With Another Girl). The critics compared it to a cruise ship entertainment, and it closed two months after its first preview. I loved every second of it.

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#20

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Posted: 10/6/06 at 10:12am

The Scarlet Pimpernel - I thought it was a lot of fun - great theater? no, probably not - but, a lot of fun anyway.

#21

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Posted: 10/6/06 at 10:17am

Good Vibrations & Taboo.

#22

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Posted: 10/6/06 at 10:51am

Caroline, Or Change definetly did NOT recoup and therefore qualifies as my number 1 favorite flop, followed by Taboo.

#23

re: Flops you love

Posted: 10/6/06 at 11:27am

SideShow
King of Hearts
The Robber Bridegroom
Oh, Brother
Sherry
Georgy
Carrie (at least the brilliant parts of the show-not the dumb parts)

#24

re: Flops you love

Posted: 10/6/06 at 11:48am

Merrily We Roll Along
Side Show
Big

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#25

re: Flops you love

Posted: 10/6/06 at 12:13pm

GOLDILOCKS(1958--with Elaine Stritch) It has a great score by Leroy Anderson and wonderful dances by Agnes DeMille.

BAJOUR(1964--with Chita Rivera and Nancy Dussault). Michael Bennett was a gypsy dancer in the chorus in this musical about real life Gypsies in NYC.

THE GIRL WHO CAME TO SUPPER(1963--with Florence Henderson and Jose Ferrer) Noel Coward's last show. Henderson was radiant and had some great numbers to show off her superb singing. She was nothing like her character on T.V.'s The Brady Bunch. The first act ended with Tessie O'Shea bringing down the house with her medley of London songs. I saw the complete show many times and second acted it 6 times during my drinking days!

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