'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!' (Revisited)
'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!' (Revisited)
#1'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!' (Revisited)
Posted: 2/18/08 at 2:49pm
A thread devoted to those wonderful musicals we call flops that appear on our stages for a brief moment but are always with us because some clever person got them into the recording studio!
A big 'thanks' to all of them!
"Oh Dear! What A Carrie' On' comes from the late theatre critic Jack Tinker. After seeing the opening night of 'Carrie-The Musical' in Stratford this was the wonderful headline to his review the following day! I know 'Carrie' isnt on CD but i also know that there are thousands of CDs of it out there if you know where to look!
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
Updated On: 4/26/08 at 02:49 PM
#2re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/18/08 at 2:53pm*hides his 7 versions of Carrie the musical CDs and DVDs*
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#2re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/18/08 at 3:03pm
'SOMEONE LIKE YOU'
By and Staring Petula Clark
Strand Theatre, now The Novello
March 22nd 1994 for far too long! (87 perfs)
Someone should have told poor Pet that the UK theatre going audience had no
interested in the American civil war.
The amazing thing is it took 13 years for the CD to be released.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
Updated On: 4/26/08 at 03:03 PM
#3re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/18/08 at 3:08pmOh i have heard some of the songs from this, thought it was a bit dull
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#4re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 9:38am
This is a great thread looking at all these flops, I alway wonder why producers choose to go for such awful projects. Field of Ambrosia would be one I would want to see just for the hilarity factor.
Slightly off-topic but wasn't there a msuical called Mr and Mrs which was based on Brief Encounter?
#5re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 11:10am
'MR AND MRS'
Palace Theatre London
Opened Dec 11th 1968
Closed Jan 18th 1969 5 weeks
John Neville, Honor Blackman and Hylda Baker
Ran for just 44 perfs
*not on CD but i paid £35 for the LP a few years ago.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
Updated On: 2/26/08 at 11:10 AM
#6re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 11:34am
'MADDIE'
Lyric Theatre London
Opened 29th Sept 1997
Closed 11th Nov 1997 5 weeks
Ran for 41 perfs.
Dreadful production that should never have been given a West End home. Had the wonderful Lynda Baron (the nurse in Open All Hours) as its saving grace. I saw it with an audience of just 19!
London Cast Recording only.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
Updated On: 2/26/08 at 11:34 AM
#7re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 12:10pm
'70, GIRLS 70'
Vaudeville Theatre, London
Opened 13th June 1991
Closed 21st Sept 1991 13 weeks
Ran for 87 perfs.
One of Kander and Ebbs least successful musicals running longer in London than its Broadway version (67 perfs)
A Cast Recording was made of both US and UK productions
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
Updated On: 2/26/08 at 12:10 PM
#8re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 12:17pm
'PERSONALS'
Apollo Theatre, London
Opened 14th June 2000
Closed 29th July 2000 6 weeks
Ran for 6 weeks.
Some great numbers in this great little show.
London Cast Recording only.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
Updated On: 2/26/08 at 12:17 PM
#9re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 12:25pm
'IM GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD'
Apollo Theatre, London
Opened 31st March 1981
Closed 23rd May 1981 7 weeks
Ran for 53 perfs.
Vehicle for Diane Langton that produced one number that crops up now and again -'Old Friend'
80mins! No interval! and i still fell asleep.
London West End and Off Broadway Cast Recordings
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
Updated On: 2/26/08 at 12:25 PM
#10re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 12:30pm
'PIPPIN' ran on Broadway for over 5 years and produced an album that must be owned by every musical theatre lover.
.....but when it arrived in London it only managed a brief run of 85 performances at Her Majestys from Oct 30th 1973.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
Updated On: 4/26/08 at 12:30 PM
Jonwo
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/06
#11re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 12:37pmthanks for the info on Mr and Mrs, I remember reading ages ago that ALW wanted to do a musical version of Brief Encounter which I think wouldn't be a bad idea as it's such a good story.
#12re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 12:39pm
'FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON"
Queens Theatre, London
Opened 14th June 1979
Closed 15th July 1979 4 weeks
Ran for 29 perfs.
Before Michael Crawford had a rat run over his shoulder in 'The Woman In White' he was doing the same with a mouse 26 years earlier!
London Cast Recording made.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
Updated On: 2/26/08 at 12:39 PM
#13re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 12:41pm
Noel Coward hated the comedienne/ actress Hylda Baker who was just 4' 5' and hell to work with and remarked 'i would like to break that bloody womans neck-if i could find it'
Now London has a fabulous new version of 'Brief Encounter' at the Cinema Haymarket that has music written for it. Lloyd Webber would have ruined it.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
Updated On: 2/19/08 at 12:41 PM
#14re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:13pm
Isn't that 70 Girls 70 logo a bit of a cheat- that wasn't the London logo was it?
I saw the show- I love the song Emma Finch- better than Coffee in a Cardboard Cup, which has tended to survive the show more.
Incidentally, the show featured one of my favourite Vaudeville jokes: the nun and the blind man..
Updated On: 2/19/08 at 01:13 PM
#15re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:18pmlol. I couldnt download the London CD cover!
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
#16re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:24pm
Don't forget 'Out of the Blue' at the Shaftesbury- and probably one of the founding fathers of the legend of the Shaftesbury curse!
17 performances from 4 November 1994.
Yes I have the flyer, but needless to say, can't upload it. Wicked, could you oblige, old bean?
#17re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:26pm
And don't forget the glorious 7 weeks of 'The Hunting of the Snark'- one of the most unfairly savaged shows of the last 20 years.
And here's Jae Alexander- just for Wicked!
#18re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:28pmMy school mate! He Fiddles for the last time this week.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
#20re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:36pm
'THE GOOD OLD BAD OLD DAYS'
Prince Of Wales Theatre, London
Opened 20th Dec 1972
Closed 12th June 1973
Ran for 309 perf.
Maybe not a flop but always played to empty houses and Anthony Newley, the shows star and composer, just kept putting money into it.
London cast Recording.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
Updated On: 2/26/08 at 01:36 PM
#21re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:39pm
Murderous Instincts
So bad it was bad.
SAVOY THEATRE
Opened Oct 7th 2004
Closed Oct 16th
17 perfs
Updated On: 2/20/08 at 01:39 PM
#22re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:40pm
No CD tho!
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
#23re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:41pm
Oh wicked you are a little star as always
I actually have some great dvd footage of 70 girls 70 but from its ill fated Broadway run, i actually thought it was pretty good, doesn't it get a lot of amateur groups doing it??
I saw Personals, it was a fun little show but didnt really do anything, a few nice songs and a few funny moments but it didnt feel like a West End show.
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#24re: 'Oh Dear! What A 'Carrie' On!'
Posted: 2/19/08 at 1:46pm
'THE BAKERS WIFE'
Phoenix Theatre, London.
Opened 27th Nov 1989
Closed 6th Jan 1990 6 weeks
Ran for 64 perfs.
The show that gave us 'Meadowlark' Has flopped whenever its been staged.
US Cast Recording with Patti LuPone and Original London Cast CDs available.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
Updated On: 2/26/08 at 01:46 PM
