For me, it's Title of Show. I feel fortunate to have seen it, and there will never be another production that captures the unique qualities of that show. The night I went, the audience was so enthusiastic you would have thought it was the biggest hit on Broadway.
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Steel Pier was one of the cast albums I got in high school and totally fell in love with, while I was discovering the wonderful world of musical theater. Obviously, it's problematic on stage, but listening to the score is such a wonderful reminder of that time in my life.
Was bowled over by Bridges each of the three times I saw it too. Beautiful.
And CAROLINE. God, that score is great. I'm assuming it didn't recoup?
Hands down, [title of show]. I made sure to see it multiple times in the 2 months between discovering it and its Broadway closing. Closing night is still one of the highlights of my theatregoing life. The energy and love in the Lyceum that evening was breathtaking.
(Oh all you youngsters and your resent sorta flops)
While I will always have a bit of a soft spot for my first flop--Marilyn an American Fable (and the Miss Bubbles number with Marilyn in a flying bathtub with chorus boy plumbers in pink overalls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM_vAbQsUoA at about the 8:30 mark)
My favorite has to be The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public. So glad it got a cd, still love to listen to the score. And no one who saw it will every forget the phone sex production number or the prostitutes heading to Washington DC in their Bob Mackie outfits or Siegfred and Roy being played by a single person or all that neon or the live horse or the not so now far fetched plot point of Miss Mona becoming president.
(At the music, since I didn't see these) Heathers, Giant, The Bridges of Madison County
bowtie7 said: "(Oh all you youngsters and your resent sorta flops)"
I'd name older shows but I wasn't paying attention until the last few years so I don't have a great sense of what was a flop unless it's in Not Since Carrie.
One that I doubt anyone else on here saw: Moonshadow. It was a Cat Stevens/Yusuf jukebox musical that only played in Melbourne and while it definitely had some flaws, it was a fun, family-friendly show, with great music. I think even just adding a Mamma Mia-esque singalong at the end would have helped it tremendously.
Doctor Zhivago. I'm still annoyed we never got our Australian cast recording, the Broadway one just wasn't the same!
bowtie7 said: "My favorite has to be The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public. So glad it got a cd, still love to listen to the score. And no one who saw it will every forget the phone sex production number or the prostitutes heading to Washington DC in their Bob Mackie outfits or Siegfred and Roy being played by a single person or all that neon or the live horse or the not so now far fetched plot point of Miss Mona becoming president."
#revivethis
Caroline, or Change is, of course, a masterpiece. I think a small-scale, limited run revival with some stars in supporting roles would actually do well now.
And I'll always maintain that The Wedding Singer had the best score of its year.
StephieElise said: "One that I doubt anyone else on here saw: Moonshadow. It was a Cat Stevens/Yusuf jukebox musical that only played in Melbourne and while it definitely had some flaws, it was a fun, family-friendly show, with great music. I think even just adding a Mamma Mia-esque singalong at the end would have helped it tremendously.
Doctor Zhivago. I'm still annoyed we never got our Australian cast recording, the Broadway one just wasn't the same!
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I am a fan of anything Warlow, so I would kill for that Australian recording. Dang it, wish they had done one.
The Rink, The Rink, The Rink! Saw it 4 times back in '84 when I was still on an austerity budget and couldn't even afford TKTS prices, but had to go back again and again, just to see the miracle of those 2 stars in their prime and watch that gorgeous set rise into the flies on the final chords of that perfect score.
Other lost loves I feel so fortunate to have seen:
PACIFIC OVERTURES ('76)
GRIND
RAGS
GRAND HOTEL
RAGTIME (both productions)
NINE (revival with Banderas)
and always and forever on lists like this, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY!