Musicals That Went Nowhere- Page 3

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 6:46pm

Another was We Take The Town

[Mr. Tuttle]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 8:08pm

The Golden Apple will be revived this year by San Francisco's legendary 42nd Street Moon company.

It may be your only chance to see it. Cause god knows Encores will never revive it. Not with such lost musicals as "Bye Bye Birdie" available.

[nmartin]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 8:17pm

Pleasures and Palaces. I don't know much about this but I remember reading about it.

[CastAlbumFan]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 8:27pm

PLEASURES AND PALACES is noteful for being Frank Loesser's last complete score.

[nmartin]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 8:37pm

Cast, thanks. I knew there was notable composer involved but I couldn't remember who it was. I believe Bob Fosse was also connected to that but I could be wrong.

[CastAlbumFan]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 8:42pm

I believe he was to direct it, as well as another failed-to-reach Broadway show THE CONQUERING HERO. Word has it that the poster to this show was hanging at the tp of the Virginia Theatre for years.

[wildcat]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 10:04pm

HOT SHOE SHUFFLE ran on and off for about three years in Australia and won an Olivier Award for choreography in the West End so I'm afraid it doesn't really count, although the US production did have a different score.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 10:18pm

i LOVE the score to Bring Back Birdie and am very upset that I was not alive when it had its short bway run. Anyone who saw the first preview saw a musical number called "Filth" which was a bunch of young boys sitting on toilets singing about garbage and filth. That song was cut after the first preview, so anyone who saw it knew that the show was going to be a huge flop!

"A Man Worth Fightin' For" (despite the fact that a cowboy western song seems extremely out of place in the storyline) is an excellent song and Chita is amazing! She even got a Tony nom for this flop...she truly is a bway star.

[wildcat]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 10:24pm

Be grateful it was before your time. Anyone who saw the show says it was sheer torture to sit through.

[BertCCRI2]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 1:24am

There was a musical version of The Little Rascals done at Goodspeed, with a score by Joe Raposo. While not a Broadway-calibre show, it was very cute, and might well have had a life in community and educational theatre had it gotten another professional production and, of course, a recording.
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[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 1:26am

Good Vibrations didn't get very far.

[Unmasked05]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 1:38am

What about "The Rothchilds" I hear that that was a pretty good show with a good score...why didn't it get anywhere?

[wildcat]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 6:42am

There is a big difference between shows that didn't have any sort of life and shows that people just aren't familiar with...

THE ROTHSCHILD ran for 507 performances on Broadway, won a few Tonys and had a successful national tour, and was recently revived successfully off-Broadway.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:24am

I can empathize with "Middle Age Blues" from Bring Back Birdie - It hits home for me

Another lost show "Look To The Lillies". I actually saw it. They wanted Sammy Davis Jr & he wanted too much $$. They got Al Freeman Jr who , it was reported, was a large pain in the butt. 3 weeks or so & it closed. I liked it . There were numerous song chamges during the previews

Some 1 night wonders:

"Here's Where I Belong"
"Billy"
"Home Sweet Homer"

[CastAlbumFan]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:30am

Add ONWARD VICTORIA, KELLY, and GANTRY to the list of one-night wonders. A Donny Osmond revival of LITTLE JOHNNY JONES lasted a single performance at the Alvin Theatre in 1982.

[nmartin]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 8:03am

Note about Look to the Lillies: Jules Styne originally wanted Ethel Merman but Josh Logan won out with his choice of Shirley Booth.

[leefowler]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:05am

I don't think that any show that makes it to Broadway qualifies as a "lost" musical. A better example is the musical version of "Arthur", which was on the verge of opening on Broadway for years, but somehow never managed it.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:10am

I actually saw Gantry & Onward Victoria in previews & rather liked Gantry & found Victoria mildly entertaining

Another musical relegated to the dustbin of history 1491 - While we are on the subject the US version of Gone With The Wind

It is a thin line if a show closes on opening night or if it closes in previews like One Night Stand (aptly named) or Breakfast @ Tiffany's

[wildcat]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:13am

ONE NIGHT STAND is a score without a single redeeming feature.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:18am

One Night Stand had a great Styne overture & a few good songs IMO but everyone is entitled to their own opinion

[Jon]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:20am

Greg and Carolee did NOT do ARTHUR in Chicago. They did it somewhere on the East coast - Goodspeed, maybe?.

The Chicago production starred Gene Weygant (currently the Wizard in the Chicago cast of WICKED)and Kathy Santen.

ARTHUR was written by the same team behind the Off-Broadway revue PERSONALS, which featured Jason Alexander, among others. They eventually turned their talents toward television, where they created a little sitcom caled "Friends".

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:30am

Year ago a musical was in the planning stages called Fresh Air Taxi - A Musical of Amos & Andy - Died in an instant

[nmartin]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:31am

What was the name of that musical version of Idiot's Delight?

[wildcat]

Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:33am

Dance a Little Closer (Close a Little Faster)

Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:38am

Just for the record, composers generally don't "write" the overtures to their shows.

Overtures are created by the orchestrator/music arranger. More often than not this is a differnt person than the composer of the score.

Take at look at your recordings and you'll see different names for each creative element.

Styne composed the music for GYPSY, for example, but the score was orchestrated by Sid Ramin with Robert Ginzler and the music director was Milton Rosenstock.







Updated On: 7/3/05 at 10:38 AM