#26
Posted: 9/13/05 at 6:35pm
Well, I'm glad Angels broke even eventually. It deserved to.
The best show you've EVER seen... that flopped. — Page 2
#27
Posted: 9/13/05 at 6:48pm
NEVER GONNA DANCE. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one, but I really loved that show.
LITTLE WOMEN. I admit, I saw it just because Sutton was in it, and I liked her so much in Millie, but I actually enjoyed this show very much as well.
TABOO. I never got to see it, but I got the OBCR, and now I could kick myself.
btw. Most shows lose money, and I would define a flop as as show that only ran a few months or less and lost just about all of its investments.
LITTLE WOMEN. I admit, I saw it just because Sutton was in it, and I liked her so much in Millie, but I actually enjoyed this show very much as well.
TABOO. I never got to see it, but I got the OBCR, and now I could kick myself.
btw. Most shows lose money, and I would define a flop as as show that only ran a few months or less and lost just about all of its investments.
#28
Posted: 9/13/05 at 6:49pm
I didn't know the 2003 revival of Gypsy didn't recoup its investment so definitely that's the best show I've ever seen that flopped. And although I never really saw Ragtime, from the cast recording, reviews, and analysis of the show I've read I can tell it is a masterpiece.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#29
Posted: 9/13/05 at 6:50pm
sorry to go slightly off topic, but has piazza rocouped its investment?
Bob: "there is a chance, albeit a microscopic one, that our baby at some point in his or her formative years will get lodged in a tree"
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#30
Posted: 9/13/05 at 6:54pm
Piazza is produced by the not-for-profit Lincoln Center Theatre, so there is no "recouping" or considerations of "hit" or "flop" -- that's only for "for-profit" commercial shows. One would assume, though given the many extensions, that LCT is quite pleased with how well Piazza has done at the box office.
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Updated On: 9/13/05 at 06:54 PM
#31
Posted: 9/13/05 at 6:55pm
oh, ok, thanks margo!
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#32
Posted: 9/13/05 at 6:55pm
I'll second NEVER GONNA DANCE.
Plus FLOWER DRUM SONG (2002 Revisal)
A CLASS ACT
AMOUR
PACIFIC OVERTURES (1984 Promenade)
Plus FLOWER DRUM SONG (2002 Revisal)
A CLASS ACT
AMOUR
PACIFIC OVERTURES (1984 Promenade)
'Our whole family shouts. It comes from us livin' so close to the railroad tracks'
#33
Posted: 9/13/05 at 6:57pm
Mack & Mabel, Side Show, and Carrie
Slotted spoons don't hold much soup
#34
Posted: 9/13/05 at 6:59pm
bernadette's gypsy revival
dance of the vampires
dracula
(i'm afraid that i'll be adding all shook up and lennon to this list soon...boo.)
dance of the vampires
dracula
(i'm afraid that i'll be adding all shook up and lennon to this list soon...boo.)
#36
Posted: 9/13/05 at 7:07pm
Side Show
Chess in its many incarnations!
Chess in its many incarnations!
#37
Posted: 9/13/05 at 7:09pm
i'm shocked that no one has mentioned Lennon or All Shook Up yet
Slotted spoons don't hold much soup
#38
Posted: 9/13/05 at 7:10pm
Phan, did you miss cathy's post?
#39
Posted: 9/13/05 at 7:12pm
I'm sure I'll be mocked mercilessly but I'm not ashamed to admit:
BROOKLYN
Yes it was cheese a la mode, but the performances by Cleavant, Ramona, and Eden were knockout. I know the thread is supposed to showcase the musical over the performers, but they can't be left totally out of the equation.
BROOKLYN
Yes it was cheese a la mode, but the performances by Cleavant, Ramona, and Eden were knockout. I know the thread is supposed to showcase the musical over the performers, but they can't be left totally out of the equation.
There are two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Updated On: 9/13/05 at 07:12 PM
#40
Posted: 9/13/05 at 7:19pm
oops, my bad.
Cathy beat me to it
Cathy beat me to it
Slotted spoons don't hold much soup
#41
Posted: 9/13/05 at 7:25pm
I should read the entire title!
Updated On: 9/13/05 at 07:25 PM
#42
Posted: 9/13/05 at 7:28pm
Dracula
"You alone can make my song take flight, it's over now, the Music of the Night!!!!!"
#43
Posted: 9/13/05 at 7:35pm
Margo, I understand and agree with the definition of 'flop', but that word carries such a bad stigma.
Can we please not refer to anything written by Sondheim as a 'flop'? I think 'disappointment' sounds better.
Can we please not refer to anything written by Sondheim as a 'flop'? I think 'disappointment' sounds better.
Slotted spoons don't hold much soup
Updated On: 9/13/05 at 07:35 PM
#44
Posted: 9/13/05 at 7:35pm
MACK AND MABEL
DEAR WORLD
BIG (I think I ws the only person who liked that one!)
DEAR WORLD
BIG (I think I ws the only person who liked that one!)
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#45
Posted: 9/13/05 at 7:36pm
Well the only show on Broadway I've seen that was a flop was Little Women, so I'll say... that one. Sutton was amazing.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#46
Posted: 9/13/05 at 7:44pm
I'll third Never Gonna Dance. And for those in the LA area, take note - Musical Theater West is doing it this season with a top notch cast.
Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!
#47
Posted: 9/13/05 at 7:51pm
Ziegfeld (London Palladium)
Marilyn! (West End Adelphi Theatre)
Pageant (West End)
Marilyn! (West End Adelphi Theatre)
Pageant (West End)
#48
Posted: 9/13/05 at 7:59pm
I'll go with a tie - ANGELS IN AMERICA and CAROLINE, OR CHANGE. ANGELS I can somewhat understand, for reasons of length if nothing else. CAROLINE is still a mystery to me. Having seen the show here in LA, where it was absolutely adored, I can't imagine what didn't click in NYC.
#50
Posted: 9/13/05 at 8:10pm
I really like You're A Good Man Charlie Brown
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