New Broadway Book: "Flop Musicals of the Twenty-First Century"- Page 2

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Posted: 6/19/20 at 6:25pm

Hey guys, Stephen here, author of the book. Thank you for the feedback--it's truly helpful as we ready future volumes. I agree 100 percent---the price is RIDICULOUS. I fought and fought, but I'm told by the publisher that when books first are released the price is higher with the intention of bringing it down later to "move copies." As for the length also correct---it stinks. Several chapters were pulled at the end in the interest of overall length and content, but yeah, I was also shocked and upset that only 108 some odd pages ended up in the final--although there's a lot of print crammed onto each page. Finally just to clear the air, the book wasn't meant to be a dishy tattle tale type with shocking insights and revelations and ideas about how the shows could have been saved (I point it out in the intro) but rather to just get the stories of the shows chronicled as they are truly fascinating. Also, I purposely avoided the Ken Mandelbaum model, as much as I enjoyed that book. Ken essentially wrote blurbs about most of the shows and didn't really dig into the stories of the show--it was more of a survey type book. In any case, thank you again for constructive feedback--we'd like to do two more books on the same topic writing in-depth about the shows rather than just touching on the fact that the show was a flop---but without commentary or opinions--but we will do the length AND THE PRICE and even the content differently next time-but I need your help. I'd love to hear anyone's feedback personally too--you can email me anytime--my email address is on my website StephenPurdy.com (I don't think I can leave it here?). Anyway, thank you again. I hope the book brings some reader-ly joy at least. 

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/19/20 at 6:40pm

I think I'm the only person alive who loved KING KONG. I was deeply moved by the puppet's performance. (Yes, there was plenty of rubbish in the show, too!)

[bryan2]

Posted: 6/27/20 at 9:26pm

got the book last week...paid the ugggghh price but it was worth it to me...great read ...i cant wait until the other volumes come out...

 

[ggersten]

Posted: 10/12/21 at 12:15am

Saw a FB advertisement for second edition: price still is high,($33 paperback, $150 hardcover, and $30 ebook) but FB says 20% off with code UML20 at the Routledge website..Flop Musicals - Second Edition

now, 306 pages (athough not clear if those include the 83 B/W illustrations) and 13 shows adding Bridges of Madison County, In My Life and Wonderland to the original ten.. 

Updated On: 10/12/21 at 12:15 AM

[nealb1]

Posted: 10/12/21 at 10:36am

About a month ago, Amazon had it for $10, so I bought it.  

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 10/12/21 at 10:57am

I have this book. It's fun, but it really needed another round of copyediting.

(I am a copy editor.)