Your favorate flop?- Page 3

[Switz78]

Posted: 12/18/06 at 11:01pm

FYI-

number of performances actually has nothing to do with a show being considered a flop. a flop is any show that does not recoup it's original investment.

[StarStruckGB]

Posted: 12/18/06 at 11:05pm

Sorry, I just have to put it out there.
The Moony Shapiro Songbook.

I never saw it or heard the songs,
but I admire the fact it happened.
:)

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 12/18/06 at 11:10pm

StarStruckGB, what do you admire about The Moony Shapiro Songbook? I have the recording and it's an interesting concept...

[StarStruckGB]

Posted: 12/18/06 at 11:17pm

I didn't think there was a recording, seeing as I thought it was only a 1 performance run.
I'm just a Gary Beach fan is all, and I think it's interesting Goldbloom did a show.
How's the recording?

[musicalangel12]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 12:25am

Had to change the Subject line...the misspelling was bothering me!

But to the topic, my favorite flop is "Lennon."

Does anyone know if the revival of "The Music Man" flopped as well?

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 12:35am

The Moony Shapiro Songbook recording is actually of the original London cast, so alas no Gary Beach or Judy Kaye or Jeff Goldblum, not to mention Timothy Jerome or Annie McGreevey. The London cast ain't bad, and the concept and material are interesting. The CD is usually available used on amazon.com, for not too outrageous of a price (I think I bought mine for $22.) I believe there's a Judy Kaye website with pics of all of them in the Broadway production, if you're interested in seeing that.

Oh, and it played at the Morosco! RIP.

[StarStruckGB]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 12:45am

Yeah because I was gonna say, there's definetly no way there's a recording of it from Broadway.

Thanks for the info =).

[emo_geek]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 1:12am

Brooklyn

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 1:17am

Hands down "Carrie" And while I was not fortunate enough to see it (I turned 2 the day it began previews), I am WELL aware of the show and what all went on with it.

Closely following "Carrie" is "In My Life" because it was at least a damn enterntaing evening, if nothing else. And, it was original, which makes it trump 99% of what is now running.

I *think* performances do count eventually. Even at a loss, if it runs a year or two, it can't really be called a flop, just to be fair to the shows that worked for their flop status.

Updated On: 12/19/06 at 01:17 AM

[thespian geek]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 1:20am

a flop is any show that does not recoup it's original investment.

Geeze, that's more shows than I'd care to admit, I think.

[keen on kean]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 12:48pm

And there is no apostrophe in "its" -

[bjh2114]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 1:58pm

Favorite financial and critical flop: Good Vibrations
Favoite normal flop: DRS

[Born2cthelightsofbway]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 3:41pm

DRACULA

[theatreholic]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 4:20pm

Caroline or Change and Seussical

[Gypsy9]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 4:20pm

GOLDILOCKS(195 starring Elaine Stritch and Don Ameche, with Pat Stanley, Russell Nype and Margaret Hamilton, music by Leroy Anderson, book and lyrics by Walter and Jean Kerr, directed by Walter Kerr(the famous theatre critic) and choreographed by Agnes deMille. What credentials! The show ran for 161 performances. I was a teenager when I saw it and loved it. The CD is still available. I wish it contained the dance music which was great. This is another example of the trouble that some shows get into when the book writer and the director are the same. Another example was Arthur Laurents's NICK & NORA, a flop which was the worst show I have ever seen.

Edit: I don't know how the little face got into this post! Maybe it's from Elaine Stritch who didn't think much of the show, according to her AT LIBERTY. It dates from 1958.

Updated On: 12/20/06 at 04:20 PM

[Hank]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 5:56pm

Never Gonna Dance.

Allthough I never got to see it (and I could kick myself)
Taboo.

And though I don't concider it a flop, even though it didn't recoup, my all time favorite whatever: Thoroughly Modern Millie!

[Anthony3]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 6:34pm

High Fidelity

[Danielm]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 7:07pm

There is such a thing as a flop d'estime. I would put Caroline in that category with The Golden Apple, Side Show and several of the Sondheim shows which have great scores but were not really that great shows. I would put Taboo in my list because I love the score.

Zombie Prom didn't play Broadway--was it a flop Off-Broadway? It's done a lot in High Schools and small theatres.

[MimiLovesRoger]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 7:44pm

Seussical.
I've seen it twice (not on Bway, though).

[jv92]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 9:30pm

Oh a lot!
Golden Boy (didn't recoup and is rarely done today), The Happy Time, The Rink, Merrily We Roll Along, Mack and Mabel. They're all wonderful!

[Broadway Baby4]

Posted: 12/20/06 at 9:31pm

Seussical.

[woman_in_white]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 2:06am

Dracula, Woman in White and Lennon. I've loved a lot of flops, but those are the ones I miss the most.

[Colle]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 9:17am

My favorite flop, from the clips I have seen, is "Lord of the Rings."

[SweeneyPhanatic]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 10:02am

Carrie (I love the cheesy 80s score)

big (I did the show last year, so it holds a special place in my heart)

[LcoB]

Posted: 12/21/06 at 10:19am

times they are a changin

and good vibrations