Worst Musical of all time?- Page 4

Posted: 6/22/14 at 12:49pm

Viva Forever on the West End. Too much wrong with it to count.

[James885]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 1:04pm

Into The Light - the first and only musical about the Shroud of Turin. It opened at the Neil Simon in 1986 and closed after 6 performances.

[zthebrg]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 1:28pm

Carrie? The score is hearable and it is dramatic.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 2:12pm

Rainbow Jones, which opened and closed on the same night in 1974. I can't even explain what was on that stage. You just had to be there.

[BrerBear]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 2:44pm

I was begging for WHITE CHRISTMAS to end, but it never would.
I guess I was a naughty boy to deserve that one.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 2:58pm

The Prince Of Central Park
Legs Diamond

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 3:04pm

James, I'll second you on Into the Light. I was there on opening night and was just slackjawed. What William Goldman would call a "Why?"/"Don't" musical.

[ceisen]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 3:09pm

I just thought of another legendary flop which closed in previews:

Rachael Lily Rosenbloom and Don't You Ever Forget It

A number of the dancers in that show were part of the now famous taped gathering of gypsies with Michael Bennett which later became "A Chorus Line".

[wcoyote]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 3:10pm

Platinum

Good Vibrations

Metro

The Look of Love

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 3:12pm

Rachel was a mega bomb of monumental proportions.

[ceisen]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 3:22pm

Rachael Lily was originally written for Bette Midler, but she turned it down. The dance ensemble was filled with some of the great Broadway dancers of the time.

[Pasdechat]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 3:25pm

Starlight Express

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 3:32pm

CATS - All day, every day.

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 8:27pm

Merlin

First and only time that I stood up and booed as soon as the curtain came down. I stopped as soon as the cast started taking their curtain calls, I didn't want to boo them.Well, except for Doug Henning, who was all right in "The Magic Show" but proved he couldn't act in that travesty.

Tied for second would be
Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (of whatever the name was)
Bring Back Birdie
Strider


I'm envious of those who said "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" and "Gentlemans Guide". You obviously have never seen a really bad musical.

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 9:05pm

Into The Light - the first and only musical about the Shroud of Turin. It opened at the Neil Simon in 1986 and closed after 6 performances.

And I saw it!

But Oh, Callcutta! was worse. A lot worse.

[GoodMorningStarshine]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 9:16pm

We Will Rock You. Just dreadful. I saw the US Tour this year and I wanted to walk out so bad.

[Finch]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 9:53pm

Her First Roman
Dancing With the Vampires
Busker's Alley
A Mother's Kisses
Shohgun
Mata Hari
Annie 2
Fun City
Illya Darling
Platinum
and these are just some of the older ones . . .
[Yes, I really did see them all!]

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 9:59pm

I second the mention of:

The Scarlet Pimpernel, and
Legs Diamond (which I'm pained to agree with, even though I worked on it for half a year)

Also,
Ain't Broadway Grand
The Prince of Grand Street, and
Got Tu Go Disco

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 10:09pm

Has anyone mentioned In My Life? It was so bad it stunned the audience into silence.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 10:12pm

I was in the stunned audience

[TappingMan]

Posted: 6/22/14 at 11:47pm

Daddy Goodness. First African American million dollar musical. Bombed in Philadelphia.

Sunset boulevard holds a special place in my heart for being a terrible show with some good songs.

And I didn't get the Lippa Wild Party.

I would also throw in anything by Jason Robert Brown

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 6/23/14 at 12:40am

Cats.

[RSrichie]

Posted: 6/23/14 at 1:16am

The Goodbye Girl comes to mind

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/23/14 at 9:19am

Disagree with many choices here but so far it looks like Cats is in the lead.

The best review of Cats I ever heard was a reviewer likening it to having a cat pee on your leg for 2 hours. If not for Japanese tourists, it would have closed much earlier than it did.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 6/23/14 at 9:35am

Scandalous. The only show I've ever left at intermission.