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"Flops" you were lucky enough to see
#25re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 12:06am
It's Marilyn...and it's PAINFUL!!!
Updated On: 8/26/07 at 12:06 AM
#26re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 12:08amWell, you're my hero.
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#27re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 12:10am
Thanks. I'll watch THE RINK tomorrow. 
#28re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 12:11amI actually really liked HIGH FIDELITY, and I'm glad I saw it.
#29re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 12:16am
I was going to guess The Rink, In Trousers, or Marilyn!
WaT, I have a you- know- what of Marilyn too!! It's ridiculous. Wouldn't it be great to see it done by Opening Doors Thtr Co or the York? I kind of love the song, "You Are So Beyond". And I am not ashamed!
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
#30re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 12:19am
This show needs to be done by Encores or Mufti and it needs a studio recording! The book is so awful...the show is a mess...I'm not surprised it lasted 17 performances.
Updated On: 8/26/07 at 12:19 AM
#31re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 12:21am
I agree!!! Studio recording!
If anyone is reading this and has a recording of ANY of the songs from Marilyn, PM me pretty please 
Chris J Hanke did a great rendition of You Are So Beyond at a Joe's Pub concert once!
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
#32re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 12:24am
Most of these are finacial flops but I got to see...
All Shook Up
Barefoot in the Park
High Fidelity
Pirate Queen
Wedding Singer
Tarzan
#33re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 12:25am
"You Are So Beyond" is in Act 2, right? I haven't gotten there yet...still up to Joe Dimaggio.
Alyson Reed is pretty good as Marilyn!
Updated On: 8/26/07 at 12:25 AM
#35re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 12:30amDracula, i really did not like. High Fidelity, didn't like but was entertained by. Lennon, I thought was decent. In My Life, I really loved. I do not know why.
#36re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 12:37amThe 2003 revival of Gypsy was a financial flop, and I feel blessed to have seen it three times.
#37re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 12:40amI really enjoyed Pirate Queen though I could understand why some people may not have. You don't come out of the theatre with the songs buzzing around in your head the way you do with more "poppy" musicals. I love the songs and listen to the CD all the time but once the songs are done they're pretty much done and don't stick with you. At least not in the first showing. Now that I've listened to the CD they're with me but you can't really hum them. And that has a lot to do with the commercial success of a show I think. If the tourists can't hum the songs the show probably won't last.
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#38re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 12:46am
have we forgotten "times they are a changin'"?
My list would be:
Times
Good Vibrations
Pirate Queen
Coram Boy
High Fidelity (which I liked)
along with a bunch of other financial flops like All Shook Up
ChecksintheMayo
Stand-by Joined: 10/26/06
#39re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 12:47am
Pirate Queen, High Fidelity, Jane Eyre, Marie Christine, The Wild Party (both).
And then there was "Thou Shalt Not." "Lucky" probably isn't the word I would use to describe that experience.
Updated On: 8/26/07 at 12:47 AM
#40re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 12:52amI saw "The Prince of Central Park" with Jo Anne Worley in October of 1989.
#41re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 1:11am
Nick & Nora (I think I saw the 4 hour version, if memory serves)
I was also "lucky" enough to see The Blonde in the Thunderbird. There are no words, simply no words, to describe the experience. The finale, with her cart of products, from thigh masters to her best-selling books, made me realize I had just seen a 2 hour infomercial. Unbelievable!
I killed the boss, you don't think they're gonna fire me over a thing like that!!!!
#42re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 1:28amLestat and Lennon in SF (will Legally Blonde be on this list too?). Tours of financial flops I suppose like All Shook Up would count. Also Grey Gardens since people are counting that.
2008 European Tour
London: Les Mis, Lion King, Sound of Music, Joseph, Hairspray, Billy Elliot
France: Le Roi Lion, Cabaret
Germany: Der Konig der Lowen
Holland: Tarzan & Les Mis
London: Les Mis, Lion King, Sound of Music, Joseph, Hairspray, Billy Elliot
France: Le Roi Lion, Cabaret
Germany: Der Konig der Lowen
Holland: Tarzan & Les Mis
Amneris
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#43re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 1:29amomg! i forgot about all shat up and bad vibrator... damn im sorry.
#44re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 1:37am
In My Life (i know it was TERRIBLE but i loved the **** out of this show)
Great American Trailer Park Musical (twice in previews)
#45re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 2:05amMack and Mabel, and I loved it.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#46re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 2:10am
I saw Lennon twice and Lestat three times. All in San Francisco. I liked one and not the other. Guess. And it has nothing to do with quantity.
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#47re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 2:20am
There are many.
Seussical (which I loved!)
Metro
Nick and Nora
Tom Sawyer
Taboo
I'll add some as I think of them
Updated On: 8/26/07 at 02:20 AM
bwayguy22089
Broadway Star Joined: 12/16/06
#48re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 2:23am
Dance of the Vampires
The Pirate Queen
Loved them both
#49re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 2:39am
Taboo
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Ivanek's performance I loved)
The Blonde in the Thunderbird
The Pirate Queen
All Shook Up
Lennon (which I still say had excellent voices in it)
Good Vibrations
High Fidelity (which I definitely enjoyed)
In My Life
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Jane Eyre
Dracula
Hot Feet
Thou Shalt Not (Norbert Leo Butz was the only thing to get me through this thing)
Brooklyn
Lestat
Coram Boy (which, by the way, kills me to have to put on this list)
La Cage revival
The Scarlet Pimpernel, 1.0 and 2.0 (which I also hate having to put on this list)
...I'm not sure what the actual criteria is that you're using to mean flops, but I also saw: Festen, Souvenir, Journey's End, By Jeeves, Footloose, Putting it Together...and numerous others that I'm almost positive closed being financial flops. Some people mentioned 2003's Gypsy which I saw, as well as Grey Gardens. I believe Caroline, or Change was a financial flop, and I saw that. I'm sure there's more I'm not really thinking of as flops but that were.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
masterthes
Stand-by Joined: 11/7/04
#50re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see
Posted: 8/26/07 at 3:33amJane Eyre and BKLYN (also, would Good Night, Gracie count, or was that a limited engagement?)
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