One Show Wonders- Page 2
One Show Wonders
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
re: One Hit Wonders#25
Posted: 3/24/07 at 3:19pmI hope its not true, but I have a feeling that Duncan Sheik will join this club...
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
re: One Hit Wonders#26
Posted: 3/24/07 at 5:06pmI doubt Mr Sheik will have that problem
re: One Hit Wonders#27
Posted: 3/24/07 at 6:07pmMichael Rupert. He wrote "Three Guy Naked..." and then flopped with "Mail".
re: One Hit Wonders#28
Posted: 3/24/07 at 6:18pm
From Wikipedia's page on Duncan Sheik;
Musicals
Nero (Another Golden Rome) - 2006
Spring Awakening - 2006, 2007—
The Nightingale - 2006
I can't wait to see what he does next. In all the interveiws I've read, he dosen't seem to find much worth in traditional form, so I'm wondering what he does next, and what format it will be in.
re: One Hit Wonders#29
Posted: 3/25/07 at 10:32am
Walter Marks wrote the score for Bajour, which ran as long as it did because it starred Chita Rivera, but was a flop, which Ken Mandelbaum addresses in Not Since Carrie. He also wrote the score for Golden Rainbow. That wasn't necessarily a success, but ran because it starred Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme. In William Goldman's book, The Season he writes about it in a chapter titled "Washing Garbage." He states that the reason What Makes Sammy Run? played as long as it did is because Lawrence was the star, although he tended to miss performances.
The music from Golden Rainbow isn't that bad. It's got some nice songs and I've Got to Be Me was, of course, a big pop hit.
Not sure about Bajour. I passed on buying the record on sale, and it's never been available again.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
re: One Hit Wonders#30
Posted: 3/25/07 at 10:35am
Bajour is a good score not great. The show was a lot of fun
Marks also did something called, I believe , A Broadway Vaudeville (not sure of the title) before he gave up
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