Favorite Flop
Favorite Flop
Lovinbroadway2
Stand-by Joined: 11/1/14
#1Favorite Flop
Posted: 11/24/14 at 3:44am
Any theater writer has probably had one or two flops. As a theater geek, I love flops. One of my favorites is the Sondheim-Furth 16 performance flop, Merrily we roll along. I like this show because of the exceptional score by Sondheim, and honestly I think it is one of his best works other than Into the Woods and Sweeney. So what is your favorite flop? I'm pretty sure all of us have at least one.
Updated On: 11/24/14 at 03:44 AM
#2Favorite Flop
Posted: 11/24/14 at 3:54am
Timbuktu, an opulent, all black revisal of Kismet with Melba Moore and Eartha Kitt as Lalume, directed and designed by Geoffrey Holder. It was wonderful but got mixed reviews and sank within a few months.
Updated On: 11/24/14 at 03:54 AM
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#3Favorite Flop
Posted: 11/24/14 at 6:43am
Romance in Hard Times (Finn)
Rags (Strouse)
....but the world goes 'round
Lovinbroadway2
Stand-by Joined: 11/1/14
#4Favorite Flop
Posted: 11/24/14 at 7:04amFantod, I don't think that Peter Pan flopped on Broadway unless your talking about one of it's revivals. Heck, the musical spawned four TV versions and three revivals, I'd call that a hit.
mamaleh
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#5Favorite Flop
Posted: 11/24/14 at 7:48am
ILLYA DARLING
The original MERRILY (I was at one of those 16 performances)
WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
#7Favorite Flop
Posted: 11/24/14 at 8:59am
Breakfast at Tiffany's (at least the score)
Mata Hari
Prettybelle
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#9Favorite Flop
Posted: 11/24/14 at 10:12am
Ghost.
Jekyll & Hyde, if one would consider that a flop.
"Was uns befreit, das muss stärker sein als wir es sind." -Tanz der Vampire
ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
Green_Flash
Understudy Joined: 4/5/13
TheBoyFromNC
Chorus Member Joined: 9/4/14
#13Favorite Flop
Posted: 11/24/14 at 10:54am
The Bridges of Madison County (137 performances)
Bonnie & Clyde (36 performances)
Parade (84 performances)
Mack & Mabel (66 performances)
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#14Favorite Flop
Posted: 11/24/14 at 11:09am
With the exception of those that died on the road & The Story of My Life & The Capeman which I did not see, all of the above.
Add Amour to the mix
Poster Emeritus
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#15Favorite Flop
Posted: 11/24/14 at 11:25amThe original Peter Pan only ran for 154 performances, and while I don't have any official sources, I think that even back then you needed a longer run to make back your money.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#21Favorite Flop
Posted: 11/24/14 at 1:15pm
Ditto for the last 3 mentioned
J/H
Scarlet Pimpernel
The Civil War
Poster Emeritus
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#23Favorite Flop
Posted: 11/24/14 at 1:20pm
Bonnie and Clyde
Jekyll and Hyde (both the original and the revival)
The Bridges of Madison County
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#24Favorite Flop
Posted: 11/24/14 at 1:27pmBloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
