"Redeemed" flops- Page 2
"Redeemed" flops
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#26redeemed
Posted: 10/29/12 at 2:02pm
Regarding whether Carrie counts as "redeemed" yet, I think that with the rights coming out, within a few years, this one will be a minor regional and college staple along the lines of "Bat Boy" or "Little Women," a few steps ahead of "Evil Dead."
Decent score, recognizable name, small cast, female heavy and chamber size equals reasonable choice for many programs.
ErinDillyFan
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/06
ErinDillyFan
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/06
#29redeemed
Posted: 10/30/12 at 11:19pmWould the Robber Bridegroom fit this? It seemed to have been an unusual production history from the get-go, but might meet what criteria you've set...
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
#31redeemed
Posted: 10/31/12 at 1:50pmI wasn't too keen on the recent revival of The Lady of Dubuque, but I'd say it qualifies. An extended Off-Broadway run with rave reviews of a play that was a critical and commercial flop thirty years ago.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#32redeemed
Posted: 10/31/12 at 1:55pmAbsolutely, AC. There are actually a number of plays that come to mind--even well known ones like Summer and Smoke which ran a bit longer on Broadway than you would gather from reading some Williams books, but premiering in New York so closely after Streetcar, was seen as a huge disappointment--until 5 years later Jose Quintaro and Geraldine Page did their off-Broadway Circle in the Square production, which established its reputation. Out of Williams' ouevre, Orpheus Descending comes to mind as well... (I'd like to say Camino Real does too--certainly Williams fans and critics often praise it as a favorite now, but I'm not sure it's ever really had a signifcantly well received New York production).
#33redeemed
Posted: 10/31/12 at 4:55pm
Are you talking strictly "financially redeemed" because no matter how much money it makes, LEGALLY BLONDE will always be a steaming pile of corn filled crap.
Oh, I couldn't disagree more. I think it will find its way into the classic musical comedy canon. Once you see a production that gets it right, it all makes sense.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#34redeemed
Posted: 10/31/12 at 5:58pm
Would the Robber Bridegroom fit this?
I'd imagine so. It originated at the Acting Company, so I imagine the transfer costs were low. It had a successful six month tour (stage managed by Ben Sprecher, who has been in the news lately) and then went on to countless schools and community theaters.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
