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#76

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 10:11am

"Caroline, or Change! BBBBOOOOOOOOOREING!"


mm actually its closer to best new piece of theatre in the last, oh IDK, 15 years, maybe quarter century. But you were close, so, good try.

#77

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 10:14am

I love a good flop!

The Woman In White
Lestat
High Fidelity
The Pirate Queen

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...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...

#78

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 11:27am

Give me a flop over a success anyday!
Marvin Hamlish 1983 'Jean Seberg'
'Spin Of The Wheel" dire musical where the audience were the audience of a game show. The 'come on down' audience plant was none other than Maria Friedman in one of her first West End roles.

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A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!'' Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'

#79

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 11:33am

The Pirate Queen x2
Coram Boy x2
Grey Gardens x1 by flop's usual definition

Does anyone know if The Year of Magical Thinking recouped? I mean, I wouldn't think it would have had a huge running cost other than salary, but I never heard. If not, I was HONORED to see that financial "flop" nine times. And I loved every moment of every time.

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Experience live theater. Experience paintings. Experience books. Live, look and listen like artists! ~ imaginethis
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Updated On: 8/26/07 at 11:33 AM

#80

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 11:52am

saw high fidelity in its boston tryout and while i didnt think it was fantastic, it didnt deserve to tank as much as it did.
saw dance of the vampires and absolutely loved every second of it. it felt like i was in a theater of flop lovers who were there for the great story to tell their friends in twenty years. my parents were at opening night of Rags on broadway, and they loved it. and its one of my favorite musicals too.

#81

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 12:59pm

Great American Trailer Park Musical (x3)
High Fidelity (x2)
The Pirate Queen (x2)
Coram Boy (x1)
Lestat (x1)


And then, if we're counting...
The Wedding Singer (x2)
Sweeney Todd revival (x1)
Grey Gardens (x1)


I'm still a little bummed that I never saw In My Life, though.


eta: ok, I wasn't 'lucky' to see these in that I *liked* all of them (two viewings and I still didn't like Wedding Singer), but I was 'lucky' in that I was lucky enough to see them before they closed.

Updated On: 8/26/07 at 12:59 PM

#82

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 1:01pm

Children Of Eden! see other post.

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A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!'' Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'

#83

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 1:15pm

the pirate queen..very very painful to sit through

#84

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 1:17pm

^ So steven, why do you say you were lucky if you didn't like it?

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Experience live theater. Experience paintings. Experience books. Live, look and listen like artists! ~ imaginethis
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!

#85

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 1:20pm

I've only seen two shows that would be considered flops.

Grey Gardens (Love it, it's in my top five musicals)
The Pirate Queen (Chicago tryout. . in the balcony. . tried so hard to like it, but it just wasn't happening)

~Jaocb.

#86

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 1:28pm

My biggest claim to fame is seeing the first preview of THE BLONDE IN THE THUNDERBIRD...

#87

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 1:28pm

Is Boy From Oz a flop?

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"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop

#88

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 1:30pm

I saw Little Women and enjoyed it, actually. And my biggest Broadway-related regret is letting myself be talked out of going to see Grey Gardens. ("Sure, I'll go see Legally Blonde, Mom!")

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#89

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 1:35pm

Lennon x4

Loved every minute of it.

#90

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 1:45pm

Pirate queen

#91

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 1:55pm

Little Women
Little Shop of Horrors 2003 revival (x5)
Wedding Singer (x7)
Caroline, or Change
Lennon (x2)
Good Vibrations
In My Life
BKLYN (x2)
La Cage 2005 Revival (x2)
All Shook Up
Lestat (x2)
Grey Gardens (x2)
Sweeney Todd revival
Ring of Fire
High Fidelity (x2)

Updated On: 8/26/07 at 01:55 PM

#92

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 3:10pm

No, The Boy From Oz recouped, making it a hit. I believe it was a critical flop though, except for rave reviews for Hugh Jackman.

#93

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 3:28pm

There were some mentioned I didn't think really were flops. I was just going to say Times They Are a Changin' (3 times), but I guess Tarzan and Wedding Singer are on the list too...

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#94

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 3:28pm

Saw The Wedding Singer at the end of July 2006 and loved it! Can't wait to see the touring show!

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Broadway Shows I've Seen: Hairspray, Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors (2003), The Wedding Singer, Spamalot, Riverdance, Rent, Beauty and the Beast, Spring Awakening, Wicked, Legally Blonde, Phantom of the Opera, Sweet Charity (revival), Drowsy Chaperone, The Lion King, Dreamgirls(2010 Tour).

#95

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 3:43pm

Lestat- 1x - OK
Lennon - 1x - OK
Coram Boy - 2x- loved it

#96

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 4:28pm

Do those of you who mentioned NICK & NORA really feel lucky to have seen it? For me, it was the worst musical I have seen in 56 years of theatregoing. Lucky I wasn't.

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"Madam Rose...and her daughter...Gypsy!"

#97

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 4:35pm

For those of you who keep posting the Sweeney Todd revival as a flop, you need to get some facts straight. It was neither a critical or financial flop:

"It arrived on Broadway from a London engagement originally staged by the Watermill Theatre. The Broadway production recouped its entire $3.5 million investment just 19 weeks after opening."
Broadway's Sweeney Todd Closes Shop On 9/3; Tour set for '07

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#98

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 4:50pm

I only know the CD of Nick and Nora but its enough for me to think i didd miss anything. A friend of mine is was the MD on the CD and doesnt recall a hapy time on the job!

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A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!'' Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'

#99

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 4:56pm

Dear World (I loved every minute of it!)

Kelly

Molly

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Aida

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"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

#100

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 5:01pm

Bobbi Boland
Bklyn
Pirate Queen