Great Flop Scores- Page 3

[bwayguy22089]

Posted: 12/4/10 at 2:55am

Wildcat

[goldenboy]

Posted: 3/27/11 at 12:23am

Minnie's Boys!!!!
Henry Sweet Henry
two of my favorites.

[egghumor]

Posted: 3/27/11 at 2:45am

I concur with all previous posters who already cited:
70 Girls 70
Anyone Can Whistle
Chess
Cry For Us All
Dear World
Do I Hear a Waltz?
Do Re Mi
Flora, the Red Menace
Goldilocks
I Had a Ball
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman
Jane Eyre (saw it)
Merrily We Roll Along (saw it)
Passion (saw it)
Prettybelle (I was shocked by how much I loved it)
Rags
Seesaw (attended opening night)
Side Show
Smile (saw it several times)
Taboo
Tenderloin
The Apple Tree
The Grass Harp
The Secret Garden (that wasn't a hit?)
The Wild Party (both)
Zorba
as you can see, I only saw a few of those, but wish I had seen all...

and for me the best of those fine scores are:
Candide
House of Flowers
Mack & Mabel
Parade

and I'd like to add:
A New Brain – highly recommended!!!
Celebration
Grind
Kwamina
Runaways (saw it – talk about a mess!)
The Nervous Set

[chewy5000]

Posted: 3/27/11 at 2:50am

Via Galactica had some pretty awesome music in it.

[twinbelters]

Posted: 3/27/11 at 10:31am

Isabel's A Jezebel, Galt MacDermot's next score after Hair.

House of Flowers cannot be restated enough.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/27/11 at 10:35am

Carmelina

[egghumor]

Posted: 3/27/11 at 10:49am

I was lucky enough to see Carmelina in previews. Basically the same plot as Mamma Mia! (based on 'Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell'). Was not thoroughly impressed (I think I don't like most musicals that take place in villages -- or what I call "the Joesph Stein musical" of which this was, methinks. Remember thinking Georgia Brown was quite good, and lots of lovely music at times. I didn't think it would close so quickly.

[JayG]

Posted: 3/27/11 at 10:50am

Love me my Rockabye Hamlet and glad to see there are two other fans.
Also King of Hearts
Wildcat
Prettybelle
Subways
I Can Get It for You Wholesale. (300 perfs and I think
a financial flop, but not sure. )
Really there are so many wonderful scores that are forgotten.

[Sant]

Posted: 3/27/11 at 10:53am

CARRIE.

Some of the songs were truly dreadful but some were absolutely amazing!

[egghumor]

Posted: 3/27/11 at 10:59am

I forgot that I saw KING OF HEARTS in previews. Didn't think it worked -- at all -- but it has lots of wonderful songs.

[ReggieonBway]

Posted: 3/27/11 at 12:25pm

I've never considered Ragtime a flop, given its prominence in musical theater circles, but it had an absolutely amazing score.

My personal fav flop (discounting Ragtime) is Chess. It's not perfect, but I saw a production of it at Signature Theater in Arlington, Virginia and I was floored. With the right adjustments, it could rock Broadway - songs like Nobody's Side, Anthem, and Pity the Child have become showcase favorites, so it has the built-in fanbase.