Your favorate flop? — Page 3

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

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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?

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

Thanks for the info =).

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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.

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

And there is no apostrophe in "its" -

DRACULA

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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.

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

High Fidelity

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

Seussical.

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

times they are a changin

and good vibrations