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What "Flop" would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Sunfish
Broadway Star Joined: 6/11/03
#50re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:40am
People don't read the thread title, no Aida was NOT a flop.
I LIKED the Broadway DOTV, and am not sure I would like the German version. Although there is definitely room for improvement within the Broadway DOTV concept.
And I loved Taboo. I would love to see another production of it. Again, I suppose since it was a "flop" it has to be "improved" but I thought it was damn near perfect just the way it is.
One fact some aren't grasping is that even if a show were to be produced again, clearly it would be with a different cast. I am as attached to "MY" casts in the above shows as any, but I would still like the music to have more chance to be heard.
#51re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:47am
I didnt think so I was like wtf? i thought it was open for a long time, and was a hot ticket to get in like 02 or 01.
Updated On: 6/11/05 at 12:47 AM
Blair
Broadway Star Joined: 11/4/03
#52re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:49am
Taboo
Parade
Amour
Merrily We Roll Along
ReNtHeAd04
Featured Actor Joined: 10/11/04
#53re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 1:01amtaboo, yagmcb, & zanna don't!
"maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. Without them, what would shape our lives? Perhaps if we never veered off course, we wouldn't fall in love, or have babies, or be who we are. After all, seasons change. So do cities. People come into your life and people go. But it's comforting to know the ones you love are always in your heart. And if you're very lucky, a plane ride away" -sex and the city
BobbyRobbyBobbyBaby
Stand-by Joined: 4/15/05
#54re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 1:55am
Merrily We Roll Along
Amour
Bounce
Something is stirring,
Shifting ground...
It's just begun.
Edges are blurring
All around,
And yesterday is done.
roquat
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/25/05
#55re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 2:16amI'm with you about "Follies" and "Mack and Mabel", and I still wish there was some way for "Merrily We Roll Along" to work--it has such a perfect score, but it has been rewritten so many times without much success.
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
#56re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 3:04amWhen Harry Met Sally. Oh.. wait.. thathas yet to happen. Unless they manage to get Crystal back in that role, it's never gonna happen.
"I am ready to disclaim my opinion, even of yesterday, even of 10 minutes ago, because all opinions are relative. One lives in a field of influences, one is influenced by everyone one meets, everything is an exchange of influences, all opinions are derivative. Once you deal a new deck of cards, you've got a new deck of cards."
— Peter Brook
#57re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 3:38amCaroline, or Change and Merrilly We Roll Along.
Roger-the-Cabin-Boy
Chorus Member Joined: 6/10/05
#58re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 6:33amWith the possible exception of CANDIDE, everytime a flop show gets a 'second chance', one sees again exactly why it bombed the first time.
Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#59re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 7:53am
* CARRIE
* SUNSET BOULEVARD (in "ALW standards" it was a flop)
* SIDE SHOW
#60re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 8:04am
YAGMCB
Taboo
Little Women
1. Ted Allen: Everyone has an interesting life if you ask the right questions.
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
rockfenris2005
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#61re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 8:24am
Chess. I want to see the final definitive version on
West End and Broadway. When is this going to happen??
Dance of the Vampires. Sticking with the original
German formula. I think the show in Vienna is an
absolute feast... of Sweeney Todd proportions.
I want to see that brought to America or the
West End (which would be better)
Jekyll and Hyde
The Scarlet Pimpernel
These two shows need to be revived and established
in a better method: followed by the success of
Camille Claudel and Waiting for the Moon
Who can explain it, who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try
-South Pacific
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#62re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 8:47amA few people on here have mentioned The Rink. I have seen a lot of B'way and for some reason, I remember that production more vividly than many a hit.
#63re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 9:01am
Civil War, Steel Pier and Never Gonna Dance.
Updated On: 6/11/05 at 09:01 AM
#64re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 9:04am
CARRIE!
SIDE SHOW!
70, GIRLS, 70!
And although I don't consider it a flop, I would love to see SUNSET BOULEVARD make a comeback. Sorry, make a return.
"Curse you, Lady Glyde!"
Updated On: 6/11/05 at 09:04 AM
#65re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 10:48am
On Dance of The Vampires
you know how "Little Women" was a flop but its still going on tour...right well why didn't they think about doing that with other shows that have flopped and see how everyone else likes it.
I think if they had sent "Dance of The Vampires" on tour to like some major cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco or Boston they would probably had a better outcome and maybe they could have worked on it some more and put back in the stuff from the Vienna Version...which would have been AWESOME.
The Scarlet Pimpernel has GREAT music why was it such a flop? The cast seem really good......what went wrong?
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#66re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 10:49am
my first choice is, was, and always will be CARRIE. I'd also like to see SIDE SHOW, MACK & MABEL, FOLLIES, & off-b'way's RADIANT BABY
Slotted spoons don't hold much soup
Updated On: 6/11/05 at 10:49 AM
Kicks8567
Broadway Star Joined: 6/15/03
#67re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 10:53am
1) Dance of the Vampires
2) Carrie
3) Caroline, or Change
4) Little Women
5) Dracula the Musical
Therese
Broadway Star Joined: 1/2/05
#68re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 10:55amDon't know if it counts as a "flop," but "On the Twentieth Century" is one of the cast albums I've had forever and loved but have never had a chance to see performed.
"In my own little corner..."
IveGottaBeME
Leading Actor Joined: 1/15/05
#69re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 11:39amwant Brooklyn to stay open... And Caroline or Change is BRILLIANT
ainmama2001
Stand-by Joined: 6/3/05
#70re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 11:44amAspects of Love
cserannie
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/1/05
#71re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:15pmsweet smell of success
Norbert Leo Butz quotes about John Lithgow: "He's really clumsy. One of the joys in life is to watch a great big huge man totally wipe out backstage. It takes John about three minutes to hit the floor. It's like watching a Great Sequoia falling gracelessly."
#72re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:17pm
Seussical - One of the best scores in recent years.
Caroline, or Change
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Steel Pier
The Wild Party
Updated On: 6/11/05 at 12:17 PM
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#73re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:24pmTaboo, Little Women (with a new book) and Dance of the Vampires
#74re: What 'Flop' would you like to see given a 2nd Chance?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:27pm
Dance of the Vampire
Carrie
Dracula
We need more gothic/horror style musicals
Updated On: 6/11/05 at 12:27 PM
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