Great Flop Scores

#1

Great Flop Scores

Posted: 12/1/10 at 6:38pm

I start with Rockabye Hamlet

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#2

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 6:48pm

Dear World
The Grand Tour
Mack and Mabel
Anyone Can Whistle
House of Flowers
Does "Fade Out Fade In" counts as a flop?

#3

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 7:02pm

Definitely Mack & Mabel

Fade Out Fade In even though Styne recycled some of the melodies into Hallelujah Baby.

J/H
Scarlet Pimpernel
Civil War

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#4

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 7:06pm

CIVIL WAR? I think that a stretch.

#5

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 7:11pm

Seussical had some enjoyable songs.

I really enjoyed High Fidelity, but I don't know if that's a GREAT score. Same with The Wedding Singer.

A Class Act
Bounce
Smile
Reefer Madness

#6

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 7:36pm

Steel Pier
Triumph of Love

#7

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 7:40pm

Merrily We Roll Along!

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Merrily we roll along, roll along...

#8

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 7:51pm

Cry for Us All
The Gay Life
Let Them Eat Cake

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#9

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 7:58pm

Totally agree with Dear World. Does anyone else love "Garbage," "Kiss Her Now," and "The Tea Party"?

#10

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 7:59pm

I forget that Merrily We Roll Along was a flop sometimes. "Franklin Sheppard Inc." is one of my favorite Sondheim tunes. LOVE that score.

#11

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 8:04pm

Parade

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#12

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 8:08pm

Lolita. My. Love.

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#13

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 8:14pm

>> "Does anyone else love "Garbage," "Kiss Her Now," and "The Tea Party"?"

Brilliant, all of them. The whole show is so very, very close to being wonderful, but it just misses the mark. Giraudoux isnt easy to adapt by any stretch, but they got oh so very close. Herman keeps saying he wants to give it another shot, and I wish he would.

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#14

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 8:39pm

I say this with great sadness, but Scottsboro Boys will go down as a great score in a show that was undone by public apathy. I place it right up there with Cabaret and Chicago and hope and pray future generations will have access to it.

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#15

Great Flop Scores

Posted: 12/1/10 at 8:46pm

^ Agreed, Ed.

#16

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 8:50pm

my favorites:

Taboo
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Parade
Mack & Mable
Anyone Can Whistle
Steel Pier
Titanic

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#17

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 8:51pm

I second A Class Act, Merrily and especially Anyone Can Whistle.

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#18

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 9:00pm

Spiderman:turn off the dark....oh wait ,you said a GREAT score!

#19

Great Flop Scores

Posted: 12/1/10 at 9:16pm

I agree with Merrily, Anyone Can Whistle, and Parade, and I'll also throw in Side Show and Titanic.

#20

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 9:18pm

I loved the score to Rags. Judy Kuhn's performance at the tony's that year was great! Specially since she also performed that night with Les Miz.

#21

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 9:31pm

Jekyll & HYDE
Scarlet Pimpernel
Mack & Mabel
A Tale of Two Cities
Jane Eyre

#22

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 9:35pm

Ragtime flopped right? Wonderful score.

#23

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 9:44pm

Lolita, My Love, big time.
Moby Dick
Rags (any other great FLOP Strouse scores?)
Georgy
Romance in Hard Times
Music Is
The Baker's Wife
Robber Bridegroom
The Golden Apple
Out of this World
Saratoga
Subways are for Sleeping
Whoop-Up
Rockabye Hamlet, yep.
Do I Hear A Waltz
Kean
Baby
The Grand Tour (I love M&M but this is my favorite Herman score)
Grind
A Doll's Life
Nefertiti
Annnnnd, my favorite:
House of Flowers

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#24

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Posted: 12/1/10 at 10:33pm

Has there ever been a recording of ROCKABYE HAMLET? I saw it way back in the Dark Ages and dont remember much about it, save for the rather odd final duel.

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#25

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Posted: 12/2/10 at 9:05am

Aah, I totally forgot about Rags! Love that score.

And yes, CockeyedOptimist2, Ragtime did flop...that's another one of my favorite theater scores.