The best show you've EVER seen... that flopped.- Page 4

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 1:06pm

I stand corrected.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 1:13pm

My Sondheim list was just an illustration to show the runs of his shows...not to imply that some were not financial successes. I meant to put italics around the word flops.

I shouldnt have included Waltz, tho.

[Footlooser]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 1:17pm

Big! I really liked it, of course I was in sixth grade when I saw it so I might not be as inpressed with it now.

[GetsFan]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 1:21pm

Amour
Amour
Amour

Saw it three times, loved it more each time I saw it, great cast, wonderful music, sweet story. Malcolm Gets and Melissa Errico sang their hearts out.

[BroadwayBaby21]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 1:22pm

Is the Scarlet Pimpernel considered a flop? (i'm not sure...) if it is, then that.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 1:28pm

All of Wildhorn's shows have been flops that have lost millions.

[Composer9]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 1:38pm

I guess I should have added all Sondheim shows as well...especially Passion and Sunday in the Park With George.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 1:42pm

Ragtime
Parade
Caroline, or Change

[Linus]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 2:03pm

Once on this Island was nominated for 8 Tony awards, and ran 459 shows.
Wicked was nominated for ten Tonys and won three. I can hardly call them flops. They are amazing shows. I'm not sure some of you even know what you're talking about.

Updated On: 9/14/05 at 02:03 PM

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 2:11pm

Wicked has recouped its initial investment and thus is a hit, not a flop (and incidentally, the person who said that was joking -- it's called sarcasm).

Once on this Island failed to recoup so it was a flop. Tony nominations and the length of the run are irrelevant. As pointed out over and over in this thread, a "flop" is a show that fails to recoup and does not turn a profit. It has NOTHING to do with a show's artistic merits and as has been said repeatedly some of the greatest shows in the history of musical theatre have been flops.

Updated On: 9/14/05 at 02:11 PM

[Linus]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 2:24pm

If financial success is the criteria, I was wrong. Updated On: 9/14/05 at 02:24 PM

[The Goat]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 3:34pm

If we are talking flop Broadway shows from the past few years, I'd have to agree with those who said "Caroline, or Change" and "Taboo," and would add Albee's "The Goat." Which I believe did not recoup its costs on Broadway--or did it, Margo?

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 3:42pm

RRRRRRRAAAAAAAGGGGTTTTTIIIIIIMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEE

and Parade.

Did Crazy For You recoup its investment?

[worrell4077]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 4:27pm

Little Shop of Horrors(revival)
La Cage Aux Folles(revival)
Little Women
Dracula

and eventually....
All Shook Up
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[Sant]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 4:31pm

RAGTIME!

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 5:54pm

Favorite flop that I have seen: Little Women
Flop that I WISH I'd seen: Dance of the Vampires

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 9/14/05 at 6:06pm

The Goat had a very healthy run for a play with that subject matter, but, no, unfortunately, it didn't recoup. I'm sure having Mercedes Ruhl and later Sally Field in the cast helped give it a decent run, though. Terrific play.