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what flop did you see?
re: what flop did you see?#100
Posted: 8/4/04 at 1:55pmI guess the revival of "Into the Woods" was a flop, but I loved it more than I could possibly say.
re: what flop did you see?#101
Posted: 8/4/04 at 2:25pmi saw "suessical", it wasn't all that bad, though sometimes riddiculous when it didn't intend to be.
re: what flop did you see?#102
Posted: 8/4/04 at 2:39pm
I think I have seen a lot (some I liked, some not); these immediately spring to mind (with the criteria of non-recooping):
"Dance of the Vampires"
"Taboo"
"Thou Shall Not"
"Big"
"The Civil War"
"Nick and Nora"
"What's Wrong With This Picture"
"The Capeman"
"Cyrano: The Musical"
"Never Gonna Dance"
"Saturday Night Fever"
"Footloose"
"A Class Act"
"Into The Woods" revival
"Man of La Mancha" revival
"Jekyll and Hyde"
"The Scarlet Pimpernel"
"Sunset Blvd" (my personal favorite)
"Aspects of Love" (the first show I saw on Broadway)
"The Life"
"Five Guys Named Moe"
"La Boheme"
"Jane Eyre"
"Seussical"
"Squonk"
"Steel Pier"
"On The Town"
"By Jeeves" (much better in London)
"The Wild Party" (liked OB better)
"Urban Cowboy"
"The Green Bird"
"Taller Than A Dwarf"
And others too I believe.
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re: what flop did you see?#103
Posted: 8/4/04 at 2:42pm
Jim,
That Icon. Must you really?
re: what flop did you see?#104
Posted: 8/4/04 at 2:51pmIs it that bad? (it is me, so please be gentle)
re: what flop did you see?#105
Posted: 8/4/04 at 2:55pm
Taboo (which I loved, hence the icon)
Urban Cowboy... I think with another 2 months of working that show could have been a decent show
As for those who are posting that productions such as Assassins (either productin) or any other limited engagement production as being a flop. They are limited engagements and therefore are not flops.
"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
re: what flop did you see?#106
Posted: 8/4/04 at 3:22pm
Legs Diamond.
Bring Back Birdie.
The Five O'Clock Girl.
[apologies if I responded to this previously -- I didn't feel like going back through all the pages of posts.]
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re: what flop did you see?#107
Posted: 8/4/04 at 3:22pm
Legs Diamond
Passion
Shogun: The Musical
Capeman
Jane Eyre
Side Show
Dance of the Vampires
And if you include shows that never made it to broadway:
Martin Guerre and Notre Dame de Paris..two of the worst shows I ever saw
Updated On: 8/4/04 at 03:22 PM
re: what flop did you see?#108
Posted: 8/4/04 at 3:57pmI liked "Martin Guerre" (saw the original London production). The show I saw in London that I hated was "La Cava."
re: what flop did you see?#109
Posted: 8/4/04 at 3:59pmUnfortunately, Notre Dame de Paris did well in London. I had the misfortune of seeing it as well. Definitely one of the worst shows I've ever seen.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
re: what flop did you see?#110
Posted: 8/4/04 at 4:15pm
Jim,
It's not that it is bad. it isn't at all. I did not mean it that way.
re: what flop did you see?#111
Posted: 8/4/04 at 4:16pm
Seussical
Urban Cowboy
La Chiusa's The Wild Party
re: what flop did you see?#112
Posted: 8/4/04 at 4:41pmWhat did everyone think of "A CLass Act"?
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
re: what flop did you see?#113
Posted: 8/4/04 at 4:42pm
Seussical.
It was a good conceot that was SADLY SADLY misgiuded and driven in the wrong direction... and the Weisslers were a HUGE reason.... GREASE anyone??
re: what flop did you see?#114
Posted: 8/4/04 at 4:44pmonly if you are referring (and I know you are) the stunt cast revival with about 1000 different recordings...although it did have Megan Mullally in it, so there was a small beacon of hope and talent...
re: what flop did you see?#115
Posted: 8/4/04 at 4:57pm
A Class Act --
I found Lonny Price grating and insufferable as Kleban (I heard that Danny Burstein, his understudy, was infinitely better, but Price was on a huge ego trip with that show -- which is why half the cast dropped out of the show before it came to Broadway). However, the score was gorgeous and Julia Murney, Randy Graff and Carolee Carmello were outstanding in the MTC production.
re: what flop did you see?#116
Posted: 8/4/04 at 5:03pm
Margo
Fortunatly I saw Danny and he ws quite good -- I too enjoyed the show and thought the ensemble was terrific.
re: what flop did you see?#117
Posted: 8/4/04 at 5:10pmThe revival of Grease, which I saw when Lucy Lawless (Xena, anyone?) was in it, actually also had a then unknown Hunter Foster, and Jen Cody in it. However, to this day I consider it one of the worst productions of a show I've ever had to sit through.
re: what flop did you see?#118
Posted: 8/4/04 at 5:10pmWho on earth considered Ragtime a flop??? I thought that was show was so wonderful and the only reason it closed was because of Garth Drabinsky and his money issues and the fact that The Lion King won everything that year and Ragtime did not get to announce to the world that it was a Tony winner.
re: what flop did you see?#119
Posted: 8/4/04 at 5:11pmI never would have guessed that Ragtime was a flop. I saw it twice and thought it was outstanding both times.
re: what flop did you see?#120
Posted: 8/4/04 at 5:18pmRagtime is in NO WAY a flop...I still get chills thinking about Audra and BSM singing "wheels of a dream" and Marrin Mazzie' "back to before"....
re: what flop did you see?#121
Posted: 8/4/04 at 5:40pmThe revival of Grease was not a flop, either. It ran for over three years.
re: what flop did you see?#122
Posted: 8/4/04 at 6:07pm
I have seen a number of fabulous flops , the ones I'm proud to say I saw are:
Moose Murders - It had only 13 previews , 1 performance
The Little Prince - 16 previews, It was so bad it never opened.
Harold and Maude - 21 previews , 4 performances
Bring Back Birdie - 31 previews, 4 performances
Frankenstein - 29 previews, 1 performance
Just to name a few
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re: what flop did you see?#124
Posted: 8/4/04 at 8:04pm
ASPECTS OF LOVE! I loved the show, but apparently no one else did 
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