I know of many flops that had a great score but a lousy book and/or production.
Are there any that had a great book but lousy score?
No lousy scores here, but:
The Golden Apple
Anyone Can Whistle
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Really? Anyone Can Whistle? I have heard pretty much nothing but that the book for that was such an incoherent, drug-fuelled mess that it destroyed the show, despite it's great score.
II've read it and it's not perfect but it's amusing, subversive, and original which makes it a great flop book imo.
Her First Roman.
It's Shaw, fer cryin' out loud.
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