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Long Forgotton Flops

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WhizzerMarvin
#25re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 10:12am

God Bless You Mr. Rosewater
Jennie
A Joyful Noise
Raggedy Ann


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kissynose
#26re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 11:44am

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perfectliar
#27re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 11:59am

Nicole, no Sondheim show is a "long forgotten flop." A flop, maybe, but not forgotten. Anyone Can Whistle just got a London revival five years ago and it's still frequently produced by colleges and regional/community theatres.

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#28re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 12:07pm

Legs Diamond


<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado

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Mr Roxy
#29re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 1:13pm

The Utter Glory Of Morrisey Hall


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TimesSquareRegular
#30re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 1:18pm

... and a few more:

A BROADWAY MUSICAL
BRING BACK BIRDIE
OH BROTHER!
DIFFERENT TIMES
MAGGIE FLYNN


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Mr Roxy
#31re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 2:08pm

Jimmy
Superman
Into The Light


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MamasDoin'Fine
#32re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 3:02pm

re: Long Forgotton Flops

Noah, it wasn't any good!

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Mr Roxy
#33re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 3:07pm

Yes it was.

"Don't Play Us Cheap"


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Patash
#34re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 4:52pm

Here's Love

Why does this thread remind me of looking at the walls of Joe Allen's?

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sondheimgeek
#35re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 4:58pm

The Golden City
Say, Darling
Runaways
Your Own Thing
First Impressions


"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"

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Mr Roxy
#36re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 5:14pm

Inner City
Billy
Here's Where I Belong
13 Daughters


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Updated On: 10/25/08 at 05:14 PM

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alterego
#37re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 9:53pm

Many of the shows mentioned here actually ran a few months- I don't think they count. They weren't financial successes but they did run. I prefer the quick flops, like FRANKENSTEIN (the play, early 80's). It ran one night. Now that's a flop.

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Mr Roxy
#38re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 9:56pm

I actually saw Frankenstein & thought it was great.

Another floppo - The Body Beautiful


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dg22894
#39re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 10:23pm

Carrie
Taboo
Judgment At Nuremberg
A Class Act
The Search For Signs.
Dirty Blonde
The Invention of Love
Glory Days
Bring Back Birdie

Updated On: 10/27/08 at 10:23 PM

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Mr Roxy
#40re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 10:27pm

And Never Jam Today - Micki Grants Alice In Wonderland
Soon


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ljay889
#41re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 10:44pm

Some of these are hardly forgotten. Carrie, The Rink, Anyone Can Whistle, Taboo??? come on.

anyway...

Children! Children! with Gwen Verdon. play.
Updated On: 10/25/08 at 10:44 PM

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Mr Roxy
#42re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 10:47pm

Mother Earth
Rockabye Hamlet


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Bwayidiot
#43re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/25/08 at 10:55pm

Body Beautiful may not have run too long, but a CD of the entire score was recently released and it has a very good score - Harnick and Bock's first together.
Updated On: 10/26/08 at 10:55 PM

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Paul W. Thompson
#44re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/26/08 at 1:10am

The Red Shoes
Rags
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
Canterbury Tales

jillian523
#45re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/26/08 at 1:23am

What about the revival of Bells Are Ringing? I remember it not lasting very long...

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Mr Roxy
#46re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/26/08 at 8:06am

I feel honored that I have seen many of these

These did not even make opening night.


Breakfast At Tiffany's
One Night Stand


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mc1227
#47re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/26/08 at 8:22am

Ring of Fire.
I don't know if it was a flop, but Forever Tango was the only show I ever left before the end. So for me, it was a flop.


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AlgonquinProd2
#48re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/26/08 at 8:24am

I saw "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public". I actually like the score, and the costumes by Bob Mackie were amazing, but as soon as I saw the two leads (Dee Hoty and Scott Holmes, I believe) riding in on a real horse in the final scene I knew it was a goner.

Speaking of sequels, Annie 2.

Lynnespock2
#49re: Long Forgotton Flops
Posted: 10/26/08 at 8:29am

Although not long forgotten, Hot Feet.


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