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#26

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 3:08pm

I really don't think you can say that "Glory Days" was "much anticipated" by the theatre community as a whole.

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#27

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 3:22pm

Actually B3 I was.

I have a feeling Billy Elliot may be the next one.

Wasn't Taboo expected to be big as well?

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#28

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 3:22pm

West End.
Hunting of the Snark, some truely lovely performances and songs.
Children of Eden.ditto
Martin Guerre.ditto
Moby Dick. Great fun......

would love to have seen Metropolis.love Judy Kuhn, love the CD
great shame.

#29

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Posted: 6/22/08 at 4:10pm

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#30

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 4:18pm

Someone mentioned Cry-Baby, I read producers really expected it to do as well as Hairspray. Also I don't think Young Frankenstein is going to crash and burn even though its not reporting box office, I'm pretty sure it's gonna have a pretty long run and make good money despite the mediocre reviews.

#31

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 4:22pm

For me, the biggest recent disappointments were:

TARZAN,
PIRATE QUEEN, and
CHITTY

Oh well...

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#32

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 4:26pm

Yeah, I just re-read the title and realized that Little Mermaid didn't crash and burn.

#33

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 4:27pm

Cry Baby deserved a better fate as did many of those shows listed in this thread.

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#34

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 4:31pm

You think that the worst shows deserved a better fate.

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#35

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 4:31pm

You think that the worst shows deserved a better fate.

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#36

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 4:36pm

The Pirate Queen is definately high on that list

#37

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Posted: 6/22/08 at 4:39pm

The only way Billy elliot will crash and burn is if they try to dumb it down for American audiences. I think it might do quite well here.

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#38

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 4:52pm

Big. I was just watching the movie today and wondering how it went so wrong.

#39

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 4:57pm

Beatles fan- Producers is the first to come to mind. The anticipation was huge. Spamalot. Wicked- I heard about that a good year before it started rehearsals.

#40

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 5:02pm

HAIRSPRAY, WICKED, BOY FROM OZ, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, SPAMALOT, JERSEY BOYS, SOUTH PACIFIC revival...all these are shows that opened within the past few years (Save for BEAUTY AND THE BEAST) that were highly anticipated and ended up being a financial success.

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#41

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 5:05pm

i saw Billy Elliot in the west end and i thought it was fantastic, i'd be suprised if it doesnt do well but then i guess it all depends on how american audiences take it how much they can relate to it as its based alot on british history, but if the movie did well why not the musical?

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#42

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 5:10pm

The Lion King had a lot of hype, pretty much any Disney show did and the only to not be that successful was Tarzan

#43

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 5:13pm

The Drowsy Chaperone in London, nowhere near as successful as Broadway. Haven't quite a few huge Broadway shows flopped in London?

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Posted: 6/22/08 at 5:14pm

Updated On: 5/3/09 at 05:14 PM

#45

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 5:17pm

Both 'Rent' flops were unavoidable. First they put it in the Shaftesbury, which has only recently had its curse lifted by 'Hairspray', and it would have been an absolute travesty had 'Rent: Remixed' NOT flopped, it was that bad. ^_^

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#46

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 7:25pm

'Glory Days'

I remember the threads predicting that it would take the 4th nom for best musical at the Tony's.

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#47

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 7:33pm

The Pirate Queen. Definitely.

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#48

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 10:13pm

"Maybe it was anticipated until Terry Hands and Debbie Allen signed on"

Ouch!

#49

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 10:21pm

Lone Star Love anyone?

#50

re: Much Anticipated Musicals That Crashed & Burned - Big Time

Posted: 6/22/08 at 10:52pm

How about the latin themed musical that didn't even make it to Broadway? I can't remember it's name but it had a solid cast.

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