Musicals That Went Nowhere- Page 3
Musicals That Went Nowhere
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#50re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/2/05 at 6:46pmAnother was We Take The Town
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Mr. Tuttle
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#51re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/2/05 at 8:08pm
The Golden Apple will be revived this year by San Francisco's legendary 42nd Street Moon company.
It may be your only chance to see it. Cause god knows Encores will never revive it. Not with such lost musicals as "Bye Bye Birdie" available.
Ignorance is temporary. Stupidity last forever.
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nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#52re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/2/05 at 8:17pmPleasures and Palaces. I don't know much about this but I remember reading about it.
#53re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/2/05 at 8:27pmPLEASURES AND PALACES is noteful for being Frank Loesser's last complete score.
Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#54re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/2/05 at 8:37pmCast, thanks. I knew there was notable composer involved but I couldn't remember who it was. I believe Bob Fosse was also connected to that but I could be wrong.
#55re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/2/05 at 8:42pmI believe he was to direct it, as well as another failed-to-reach Broadway show THE CONQUERING HERO. Word has it that the poster to this show was hanging at the tp of the Virginia Theatre for years.
Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#56re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/2/05 at 10:04pmHOT SHOE SHUFFLE ran on and off for about three years in Australia and won an Olivier Award for choreography in the West End so I'm afraid it doesn't really count, although the US production did have a different score.
#57re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/2/05 at 10:18pm
i LOVE the score to Bring Back Birdie and am very upset that I was not alive when it had its short bway run. Anyone who saw the first preview saw a musical number called "Filth" which was a bunch of young boys sitting on toilets singing about garbage and filth. That song was cut after the first preview, so anyone who saw it knew that the show was going to be a huge flop!
"A Man Worth Fightin' For" (despite the fact that a cowboy western song seems extremely out of place in the storyline) is an excellent song and Chita is amazing! She even got a Tony nom for this flop...she truly is a bway star.
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#58re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/2/05 at 10:24pmBe grateful it was before your time. Anyone who saw the show says it was sheer torture to sit through.
BertCCRI2
Chorus Member Joined: 5/16/05
#59re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/3/05 at 1:24am
There was a musical version of The Little Rascals done at Goodspeed, with a score by Joe Raposo. While not a Broadway-calibre show, it was very cute, and might well have had a life in community and educational theatre had it gotten another professional production and, of course, a recording.
Updated On: 7/3/05 at 01:24 AM
#60re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/3/05 at 1:26amGood Vibrations didn't get very far.
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#61re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/3/05 at 1:38amWhat about "The Rothchilds" I hear that that was a pretty good show with a good score...why didn't it get anywhere?
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wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#62re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/3/05 at 6:42am
There is a big difference between shows that didn't have any sort of life and shows that people just aren't familiar with...
THE ROTHSCHILD ran for 507 performances on Broadway, won a few Tonys and had a successful national tour, and was recently revived successfully off-Broadway.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#63re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:24am
I can empathize with "Middle Age Blues" from Bring Back Birdie - It hits home for me
Another lost show "Look To The Lillies". I actually saw it. They wanted Sammy Davis Jr & he wanted too much $$. They got Al Freeman Jr who , it was reported, was a large pain in the butt. 3 weeks or so & it closed. I liked it . There were numerous song chamges during the previews
Some 1 night wonders:
"Here's Where I Belong"
"Billy"
"Home Sweet Homer"
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#64re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/3/05 at 7:30amAdd ONWARD VICTORIA, KELLY, and GANTRY to the list of one-night wonders. A Donny Osmond revival of LITTLE JOHNNY JONES lasted a single performance at the Alvin Theatre in 1982.
Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#65re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/3/05 at 8:03amNote about Look to the Lillies: Jules Styne originally wanted Ethel Merman but Josh Logan won out with his choice of Shirley Booth.
leefowler
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/04
#66re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:05amI don't think that any show that makes it to Broadway qualifies as a "lost" musical. A better example is the musical version of "Arthur", which was on the verge of opening on Broadway for years, but somehow never managed it.
Behind the fake tinsel of Broadway is real tinsel.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#67re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:10am
I actually saw Gantry & Onward Victoria in previews & rather liked Gantry & found Victoria mildly entertaining
Another musical relegated to the dustbin of history 1491 - While we are on the subject the US version of Gone With The Wind
It is a thin line if a show closes on opening night or if it closes in previews like One Night Stand (aptly named) or Breakfast @ Tiffany's
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wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#68re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:13amONE NIGHT STAND is a score without a single redeeming feature.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#69re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:18amOne Night Stand had a great Styne overture & a few good songs IMO but everyone is entitled to their own opinion
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Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#70re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:20am
Greg and Carolee did NOT do ARTHUR in Chicago. They did it somewhere on the East coast - Goodspeed, maybe?.
The Chicago production starred Gene Weygant (currently the Wizard in the Chicago cast of WICKED)and Kathy Santen.
ARTHUR was written by the same team behind the Off-Broadway revue PERSONALS, which featured Jason Alexander, among others. They eventually turned their talents toward television, where they created a little sitcom caled "Friends".
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#71re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:30amYear ago a musical was in the planning stages called Fresh Air Taxi - A Musical of Amos & Andy - Died in an instant
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nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#72re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:31amWhat was the name of that musical version of Idiot's Delight?
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#73re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:33amDance a Little Closer (Close a Little Faster)
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#74re: Musicals That Went Nowhere
Posted: 7/3/05 at 10:38am
Just for the record, composers generally don't "write" the overtures to their shows.
Overtures are created by the orchestrator/music arranger. More often than not this is a differnt person than the composer of the score.
Take at look at your recordings and you'll see different names for each creative element.
Styne composed the music for GYPSY, for example, but the score was orchestrated by Sid Ramin with Robert Ginzler and the music director was Milton Rosenstock.
Updated On: 7/3/05 at 10:38 AM
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