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The Best Flop you've seen
Joined: 12/31/69
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/13/04
The Best Flop you've seen#53
Posted: 5/22/10 at 10:24amCaroline or Change! I think they'd already posted their closing notice....I don't get out to New York much.
The Best Flop you've seen#54
Posted: 5/22/10 at 10:26am
9 to 5: The Musical
and
ALL ABOUT ME (it was gaudy and goofy and I enjoyed every minute)
The Best Flop you've seen#55
Posted: 5/22/10 at 10:26am
9 to 5: The Musical
and
ALL ABOUT ME (it was gaudy and goofy and I enjoyed every minute)
The Best Flop you've seen#56
Posted: 5/22/10 at 10:39am9 to 5 was definatly my favorite as well! I thought the music was really fun to listen to and the cast was great!
The Best Flop you've seen#57
Posted: 5/22/10 at 10:57amCoram Boy - hands down!
The Best Flop you've seen#58
Posted: 5/22/10 at 11:12amI hate calling it a flop but, "Caroline or Change". I wanted to see it a second time but it closed before I got back to NYC. Had I not had shows booked to see when I first saw it I would have seen it a second time while I was there in the spring. One of my top 3 favorite shows.
The Best Flop you've seen#59
Posted: 5/22/10 at 11:50am"Rags." Far from a great show, but Teresa Stratas was glorious.
The Best Flop you've seen#60
Posted: 5/22/10 at 12:19pm
Well, I saw Seussical when it first opened, but I was really young, and have such vague recollections of it.
In terms of seeing live, Enron. I loved it so much, but understood why it didn't work on a *Broadway* stage right now. It's such a great piece of theatre, but it's just too real. And the show itself felt like it was meant for a smaller venue, even though the show itself felt pretty huge with the projections and killer cast.
A lot of people doubt me for loving Lestat as much as I do. I hadn't seen it on Broadway, but I have "seen" it as well. The score really wasn't the problem- I mean while the score clearly needed some work, it wasn't nearly as bad as that scrap of a book Linda Woolverton wrote. It had so much potential. Ugh. I think they honestly should've just made it an operetta, honestly. It was really inconsistant with songs vs. dialogue.
And of course, the underappreciated Lolita, My Love (which is just begging to be staged again. A reading, at the least), Woman in White (which I only have the recording of, but I heard the staging was boring) and Prettybelle (which I love it, but it is truly bizarre).
I do love Carrie too... but that's a different discussion for a different place xD
Next On The List :: Clybourne Park, Once, Streetcar, BOM
The Best Flop you've seen#61
Posted: 5/22/10 at 12:26pm
Side Show on Broadway was amazing. I love that score, but the staging and performances are emblazoned on my brain. I enjoyed Triumph of Love which I saw the night before Side Show.
But, my favorite flop musical that I have seen is The Human Comedy. I saw a production in Chicago and it has been among my favorite musicals ever since. Great cast recording!
And, yeah, I haven't seen it live but I did *see* a production of The Golden Apple and it was incredible.
Carrie's crazy but fun as all get out even with Babs Cook playing Mags White.
The Best Flop you've seen#62
Posted: 5/22/10 at 1:27pmShrek: The Musical, which is actually my favorite show ever.
The Best Flop you've seen#63
Posted: 5/22/10 at 1:33pmI absolutely loved The Story Of My Life, which unfortunately closed after only 19 previews and 5 regular performances.
The Best Flop you've seen#64
Posted: 5/22/10 at 2:21pmI'll second the motion for LaChiusa's Wild Party. I saw a production in London recently that reminded me what a work of genius it is.
The Best Flop you've seen#65
Posted: 5/22/10 at 2:50pmThe Woman in White was amazing and deserved a longer run. Maria Friedman would have most certainly won the Tony award had it not closed so early.
The Best Flop you've seen#67
Posted: 5/22/10 at 2:58pmI really loved SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS. The last 20-25 minutes were really confusing. So many plot changes -- I was on the edge of my seat trying to figure out what was happening on stage. The score is awesome, and I listend to the cast recording a lot!
The Best Flop you've seen#68
Posted: 5/22/10 at 3:14pm
***based on cast recordings since I have only seen 2 Broadway musicals***
Taboo
13
High Fidelity
Caroline or Change
The Best Flop you've seen#69
Posted: 5/22/10 at 3:44pm
Let me see ...
CARMELINA had a wonderful score, but was very old fashioned.
1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE was an absolute mess, but was written by geniuses, plus Patricia Routledge absolutely stopped the show in a way I have never seen before with "Duet for One." And the first act finale was brilliance.
The Best Flop you've seen#70
Posted: 5/22/10 at 7:40pm
The Rink: Saw the original on Broadway with Liza and Chita and it stank..pure soap opera story and mediocre score ( avoided the revival at Signature VA)
Golden Boy: saw in out of town prior to Broadway and had strong reservations, but I still play the score a lot and would love to see a revival
Looking forward to the Zorba revival..I enjoyed the original
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
The Best Flop you've seen#71
Posted: 5/22/10 at 7:51pm
Lennon
Ragtime (revival)
Xanadu
As for Taboo, I never got around to seeing it, and I can kick myself!
The Best Flop you've seen#72
Posted: 5/22/10 at 8:19pm
Probably 9 to 5. I enjoyed it more than most (saw it 2 times) and really thought it would last longer.
Maybe Xanadu next.
The Best Flop you've seen#73
Posted: 5/22/10 at 11:06pmThe recent Journey's End revival comes to mind.
The Best Flop you've seen#74
Posted: 5/22/10 at 11:23pmSaw Carrie. It was a mess. Caroline and Change bored me silly.
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