"Flops" you were lucky enough to see — Page 5

#101

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 5:03pm

Did anyone see 'Shogun'?

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#102

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 5:11pm

High Fidelity (loved it)
In My Life

#103

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 5:30pm

The Woman in White (No substance whatsoever, but I loved it.)

Coram Boy (I though it was OK... not my cup of tea I guess.)

The Pirate Queen (Liked it despite some major book issues.)

Festen (Enjoyed it when I saw it, but now that I look back on it it was a mediocre play.)

The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Very good play, but understand how the subject matter would put some people off.)

Grey Gardens (Fantastic, saw it twice.)

Souvenir (Thought this was just OK)

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#104

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 5:39pm

My God! 'The Woman In White' -all those visuals -it was know in the West End as 'Tombraider -the musical' I have a headache just remembering it.

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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'!'

#105

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 7:28pm

To add to my Carrie the musical experience when i was a kid

I also watched
Wedding Singer (so funny, loved it)
Woman In White (Dead On Arrival )
Caroline Or Change (Brilliant)
Great American Trailer Park (Hysterical)
Lestat (slept through act 2)
Dracula (Wanted to sleep through act 2)
Good Vibrations (Car Crash musical but had a blast at how bad it was)
Dance Of The Vampires (thought it was great fun as long as you didn't compare it to the original)
Peggy Sue Got Married (Good night but nothing memorable)
Jeckyl and Hyde UK tour (Ouch)
Grey Gardens (Over Rated except for Christine)

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#106

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 9:55pm

"Aida"


umm dolly, that ran for 4 and a half years.

#107

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/26/07 at 10:04pm

oh yes, i saw the first preview of Bombay Dreams. And it was a piece of crap. I hated every second of it. And I saw Little Women, even though that doesn't feel as floppish to me. And I saw Annie Warbucks off-Broadway back in -- what was it -- 93? All I remember about that show was that the fire alarm went off in the theater three times, and we had to be constantly ushered out.

#108

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 1:31pm

Damn. I had forgotten about Peggy Sue Got Married. And I wish I still had. "My Baby Has That New Car Smell" still haunts me.

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#109

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 1:41pm

Among the many flops I've seen was a late 70s show acutally called 'A Broadway Musical', which I saw in previews, but closed on opening night. In the 90s, I also saw a show called 'Ain't Broadway Grand', which ran for about two weeks.

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#110

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 1:53pm

I know some of you can't tell but I consider myself extremely lucky to have seen High Fidelity twice. Still consider it one of the best soundtracks out there as farr as theatre is concerned.

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#111

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 1:57pm

1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
CARMELINA
THE OTHERS starring Julie Harris and Richard Kiley

#112

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 1:58pm

The Last 5 Years.....several times.

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#113

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 2:04pm

The Woman in White (an absolute favorite)

Seussical

Into the Woods (revival)

Fiddler on the Roof (revival...I am pretty sure it never made back its invetsment despite a lengthy run)

The Music Man (2000 revival)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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#114

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 2:09pm

I've seen my share of flops (and I mean FLOPS):

Dr. Jazz
Holly Golightly
Kelly
Sherry
Carrie
Thou Shalt Not

I'm sure there's more, but these are off the top of my head.

#115

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 2:11pm

Brooklyn
Dracula
The 2001 revival of Follies


Those are the ones I can think of right now.

#116

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 2:16pm

To name a few, from years gone by:

Shogun
Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen
Merrily We Roll Along
The News
Grind
Big Deal
Five O'Clock Girl
Oh Kay
A Musical Jubilee
Take Me Along (revival)
Oliver (revival)
King of Hearts
A Change in the Heir
Swing!
Smile
Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
Ain't Broadway Grand
Dr. Jazz
Comin' Uptown
I Remember Mama
Rosa
Metro
Uptown, It's Hot
3 Penny Opera (revival w/Sting)
Merlin
On the Town (revival)
Oh! Brother!

and many more too numerous to mention

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#117

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 2:19pm

The only flop I feel "lucky" to have seen is Side Show. I cried when it closed. Nearly 10 years later and I'm STILL cranky about it.

I did see In My Life - which I suppose I'm glad I saw just for the stories I'll be able to tell... and Lestat during which my companion and I got the worst giggle fit ever after someone started humming a "Journey" song during the part when he was.. on the ship mast or whatever.

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#118

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 2:19pm

Sondheim's "Getting Away With Murder" with Christine Ebersole

#119

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 2:37pm

Company (the most recent one, which closed MUCH too soon)

Grey Gardens

Lovemusik (wasn't really a flop I guess, since it was a limited run)

The Apple Tree (same situation as Lovemusik)

But the show I feel most lucky to have seen (not because it was good but because it was so d*mn bad) was Princesses in Seattle. God that show was terrible.

#120

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 2:50pm

My complete list:

Ragtime
On The Town (revival)
Parade
James Joyce's The Dead
Seussical
Caroline, or Change
Dracula
Brooklyn
La Cage Aux Folles (revival) x2
Good Vibrations
All Shook Up x2
The Blonde in the Thunderbird
Lennon x2
Slut (off broadway)
In My Life x4
The Woman in White x4
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life x2
Fanny Hill (off broadway)
Ring of Fire
Lestat x2
Hot Feet x2
Tarzan x3
The Wedding Singer x2
The Times They Are A Changin' x3
Grey Gardens x3
Company (revival) x2
Mimi le Duck (off broadway)
High Fidelity x2
The Pirate Queen x4
Matthew Passion (off broadway)

#121

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 2:56pm

"Mixed Couples" with Julie Harris, Geraldine Page & Rip Torn.
Despite a great cast like that the show was dreadful. I went opening night & saw Meryl Streep & Christopher Reeve there. After that it was all downhill.

Here are the stats....
Brooks Atkinson Theatre, (12/28/1980 - 1/3/1981)
Preview: Dec 23, 1980 Total Previews: 7
Opening: Dec 28, 1980
Closing: Jan 3, 1981 Total Performances: 9

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#122

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 2:59pm

At least they made it to 9. I've been to a couple of shows that closed the night they opened.

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Updated On: 8/27/07 at 02:59 PM

#123

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 3:04pm

Flops I saw live:
Tarzan (Didn't enjoy it)
The Wedding Singer (Thought it was fun and funny. Not amazing though)
Jay Johnson: The Two and Only! (Sadly, it never found an audience.)

Flops I saw in OTHER ways.

Merlin
Seussical
Bring Back Birdie
All Shook Up
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The Rocky Horror Show (revival)
The Music Man (Revival w/Eric Mcomick)
Into the Woods revival
The Last 5 Years
Dance of the Vampires

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#124

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 3:31pm

Not counting revivals:

Bombay Dreams
Caroline, or Change
Chita Rivera’s The Dancer’s Life
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Dance of the Vampires
Dracula
Grey Gardens
Jane Eyre
Jumpers
Lestat
Paper Doll
Pirate Queen
Seussical
Stones in His Pockets
Tarzan
Thou Shalt Not
Woman in White

#125

re: 'Flops' you were lucky enough to see

Posted: 8/27/07 at 6:01pm

Remembered a few more "oldies":

Molly (w/Kaye Ballard)
Minnie's Boys (w/Shelley Winters)
Carmelina
Marilyn: Am American Fable