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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway
Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #75
Posted: 1/7/12 at 1:39am
My favorite flop musical of all time, THE FIRST WIVES CLUB!!!
This image is the wallpaper on my phone.
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #76
Posted: 1/7/12 at 2:25amFirst Wives Club started this thread, but it's worth repeating (that photo is priceless--whoever is on the left really looks like she's trying hard but doesn't want to be there...) I didn't see Saturday Night listed here yet.
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #78
Posted: 1/7/12 at 3:37am
A MOTHER'S KISSES (196
closed in Baltimore. Credits reflect cast after Bernadette Peters' role was cut.
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #79
Posted: 1/7/12 at 3:43am
BRAINCHILD (1974) Despite the fact that the poster says Ambassador Theater, the show closed in Philadelphia. Tovah Feldshuh had the leading role. Supposedly the set was environmental in that it started at the entrance of the theater, filling the walls of the house, and on to the stage.
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #80
Posted: 1/7/12 at 3:47am
COLETTE Mentioned earlier in this thread. Many felt the show was good. Love the Hilary Knight poster artwork.
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #81
Posted: 1/7/12 at 3:51am
DADDY GOODNESS (1979) closed in Philadelphia (I think) after opening in Washington. This show was Freda Payne's consolation prize for losing the leading lady role in DOCTOR JAZZ to Lola Falana.
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #82
Posted: 1/7/12 at 3:54am
HARMONY (2003) Also mentioned previously in this thread. Shut down in during rehearsals in Philadelphia due to lack of funding.
Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #83
Posted: 1/7/12 at 3:57amI think the woman on the far left in the First Wives Club photo is Barbara Walsh.
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #84
Posted: 1/7/12 at 3:57am
Remember this one??? Randy Quaid and his wife almost hit Broadway with unbearable force! They were aiming for the Belasco. LONE STAR LOVE (2007) closed in Seattle. The show that got Mr. Quaid banned from Equity for life!
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #85
Posted: 1/7/12 at 4:00am
NEFERTITI closed in Chicago in 1977. A very dull score as I recall.
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #86
Posted: 1/7/12 at 4:03am
NICE GOIN'! Closed in Boston in 1939. Dig the "Girls You Love to Look At" credit!
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #87
Posted: 1/7/12 at 4:06am
PAPER MOON (1996). I think this show had more than one pre-Broadway mounting.
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #88
Posted: 1/7/12 at 4:09am
PLEASURES AND PALACES (1965) Famous Bob Fosse flop. Read all about it in Ken Mandelbaum's "Not Since Carrie."
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #89
Posted: 1/7/12 at 4:13am
THE AMAZING ADELE (1955). Opened in Philadelphia. Closed in Boston. Who's the female star? Dagmar or Tammy Grimes?
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #90
Posted: 1/7/12 at 4:17am
TURN TO THE RIGHT (1981). This got some of the worst reviews I've ever read. Even though Buddy Ebsen is featured in the credits twice, I don't see him listed as the top-billed star, which I'm almost certain he was. Closed in Beverly Hills, haha!
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #91
Posted: 1/7/12 at 4:20am
ZENDA (1963) Starred Alfred Drake and Chita Rivera. Opened in San Francisco and closed in Pasadena. Another entry in Mandelbaum's "Not Since Carrie."
Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #92
Posted: 1/7/12 at 4:44amOh I want to know more about Brainchild! I am a Michel Legrand junkie even in his worst stages, and never knew he worked with Hal David...
Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #94
Posted: 1/7/12 at 9:47am
The stage adaptations of:
An American in Paris
The Band Wagon
5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
and William Finn's The Royal Family of Broadway
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #95
Posted: 1/7/12 at 10:04am
"Most of these musicals never had an intention of going to Broadway."
Are we only talking about musicals that tried to get to Broadway and failed?
If so, that might explain why in four pages no one's mentioned New York's longest running musical, let alone the world's: THE FANTASTICKS.
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #96
Posted: 1/7/12 at 10:37amIs the COLETTE with Diana Rigg the same COLETTE that John Dankworth wrote for his wife, Cleo Laine? It played for a while in London with Cleo. I have the old LP and some of the songs are qhite good, IMO. In a long-ago interview, Cleo described how they produced it on a budget and had one person--Kenneth Nelson?--playing a number of roles.
Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #97
Posted: 1/7/12 at 10:52am
Des McAnuff incredible visual soulful version of THE WIZ that played down at La Jolla Playhouse a few years ago. It was incredible.
Casey Nicholaw's ROBIN & THE SEVEN HOODS from Old Globe a few years ago...It was good, entertaining.. Will Chase and Eric Schnider were great and production design was fantastic...The book def needed some work but there were two amazing bringing the house down numbers
MINSKY's that played at The Ahmason a few years ago was also entertaining
Variety Rave Review of THE WIZ
Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #98
Posted: 1/7/12 at 11:15am
Re: Harmony and Egghumor's post showing the pre-Broadway Philly production that stopped in rehearsals because of money shortages.... That was actually the second attempt and the second failure...
I recall going to a Bway Workshop for the show a few years ago, where a THIRD production team was trying to bring it Broadway... that never found a theater and fell apart, too, so Manilow's dream project has been attempted 3 times, I believe.
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Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway #99
Posted: 1/7/12 at 11:23am
Senator Joe. I believe it was loading into the theater when all hell broke loose. Adele Holtzer went to prison over that one.
Updated On: 1/7/12 at 11:23 AM
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