Let's Recreate the Flop Marquee Thread! — Page 2

Wanna Be A Foster, you are amazing! Thank you.

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so not so much flops but marquees...

That's the first time I'd ever seen the Jane Eyre and Wild Party marquees. Thanks for those.

Updated On: 10/24/07 at 01:03 PM

Limited runs can be flops, too.

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I could not agree more, JRybka. Any more?

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sit&dither, I just noticed that on the NIGHT MUST FALL marquee. I have no idea what that was.

Carl Magnum, as ThankstoPhantom said, limited runs, unless they are being mounted by a non-profit, can absolutely be flops.

Just because the producers have only set out a certain time frame for the show to play doesn't mean that they can't lose money.

Examples of recent limited engagements that were hits (made back their investments) are BUTLEY, THE VERTICAL HOUR, FROST/NIXON, A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN, JULIUS CAESAR, THE ODD COUPLE, and THREE DAYS OF RAIN.

Recent limited engagements that were flops are DEUCE, TALK RADIO, JOURNEY'S END, and ON GOLDEN POND.

Tkt2Ride, the LITTLE SHOP revival failed primarily because of Jerry Zaks' bloated production. First off, in an attempt to reinvent the role of Audrey -- as Ellen Greene had pretty much put her trademark on it through the original Off-Broadway production and the movie verson -- Zaks completely misguided Kerry Butler and directed her to perform Audrey, for lack of a better description, as though she had a mental disorder. In addition to this, the production values were completely overblown inside the Virginia Theater (now the August Wilson), and most critics felt that the small, downtown nature that gave the original production its charm was lost on Broadway.

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Updated On: 10/25/07 at 05:40 AM

Bump!!!!!

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I think a great idea for a coffee table book - flop poster art.

It would have a limited market however.

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It did - run for years

It did lose money

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"WBAF, do you know what's up with the Night Must Fall one? It appears as if a name was taped over?"

Exactly. The show opened at the Lyceum and then moved over to The Helen Hayes. When the amazing Judy Parfitt left the show, the producers didn't want to spend money on a new marquee so they insisted on the black tape. It looked ridiculous and was embarrassing.

Can someone clarify what a flop is? I can see shows like Lestat and In My Life, & Tom Sawyer being called flops, maybe even ones like All Shook Up. However, while they didn't run for a few years, weren't shows like Footloose, Saturday Night Fever, and Wedding Singer successful enough to NOT be flops?

It makes me sad to see all these great plays, written by playwrights I love, starring actors I admire flopping...

Oh, and here's another (from the show's pre-broadway run)

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