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Lestat
Flopped and Forgotten - October 31, 2022 23:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsIt's Halloween. Let's talk about vampires.
Mrs. Doubtfire
Flopped and Forgotten - October 13, 2022 01:59 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 19 ratingsWe're back! And we've brought a fresh flop with us.
Juno
Flopped and Forgotten - April 30, 2022 16:31 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsSince we don't talk about Bruno, this week we are talking about Juno, a musical set in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence. We've got some legendary people behind this one, so grab a Guiness and meet us at the Winter Garden Theatre!
Ain't Broadway Grand
Flopped and Forgotten - March 22, 2022 02:17 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsBio musicals are all the rage right now and have we got one for you! Ain't Broadway Grand tells the story of producer Mike Todd (kind of) and a show he never actually produced. Confused? So are we.
Triumph of Love
Flopped and Forgotten - March 01, 2022 02:44 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsThis week, we travel to Greece... again. We're looking at Triumph of Love from 1997, which starred Betty Buckley and Susan Egan.
The Frogs
Flopped and Forgotten - February 03, 2022 08:51 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsWe are paying tribute to the late, great Stephen Sondheim in our special way this week. His 1974 musical The Frogs found its way to Lincoln Center in 2004 with some help from Nathan Lane and boy did he put his own spin on things. We've got frogs, gods, Google, and jockstraps to talk about so let...
Diana: The Musical
Flopped and Forgotten - January 13, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsWe're back! And we've got a fresh flop to talk about. The people's princess got the Broadway treatment and while the show may not have been a hit with critics, we're giving it a fair chance. Join us for this musical romp through Kensington Palace and while we're there we'll discuss dancing corg...
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Flopped and Forgotten - September 16, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 19 ratingsThis musical had everything: beloved characters, a legendary director, spectacular sets, great costumes, Bono, most of the cast of Hadestown... so what could possibly have gone wrong? Oh, so very many things. From producers dying to budgets growing out of control to those famous cast injuries, w...
Flahooley
Flopped and Forgotten - August 31, 2021 02:42 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsThis week, we head back to 1951 for Flahooley. This musical tells the story of a toy company that produces a brand new doll only to be nearly driven out of business by a confused but well meaning genie. Yes, that's right, a genie. Join us on this strange adventure and we'll try and make it make ...
Mack & Mabel
Flopped and Forgotten - August 05, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 19 ratingsMack and Mabel is a favorite among flop enthusiasts thanks to its unforgettable score and stellar cast album. But what else is there to this musical about (probably) real life lovers from the silent film era? We peel back the celluloid to explore that question, as well as a religious pretzel cra...
Darling of the Day
Flopped and Forgotten - July 28, 2021 03:22 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsPicture it: London, 1905. A troubled artist fakes his own death and begins a romance with the suitor of the actual dead man he's now impersonating. This is the basic plot of Jule Styne's Darling of the Day, a musical that couldn't quite earn the distinction of being a masterpiece. What went wron...
Bring Back Birdie
Flopped and Forgotten - July 06, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 19 ratingsThis week, we have a rarity: a Broadway sequel! Bring Back Birdie was the 1981 sequel to the hit 1960 musical Bye Bye Birdie, but how did it stand up to its predecessor? Let's just say we wish they'd opted for a revival of the original.
Fade Out -- Fade In
Flopped and Forgotten - June 07, 2021 06:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsIt's back to the sixties we go for this Carol Burnett star vehicle, although the word "vehicle" may be triggering to Carol when she thinks about how this show came crashing down around her. Join us for all the details on that as well as the jobs we've stumbled into, Lisa's disappointing-yet-deli...
The Capeman
Flopped and Forgotten - May 24, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 19 ratingsThis week, we discuss a musical that was inspired by the true story of a teenaged murderer turned poet. Oh yeah, it was also inspired by a ghost's visit to Paul Simon. Listen to learn how it all went down!
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Flopped and Forgotten - March 22, 2021 07:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsWe're keeping it in the family this week with our second show in a row to star a LuPone sibling. This time, Patti's up to the plate and she's bringing some very big stars (and a million wigs) with her. So pour some sangria and join us in sunny Spain for conversation about bad accents, soup, and ...
Late Nite Comic
Flopped and Forgotten - March 05, 2021 04:18 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsThis week's episode is a doozey. Late Nite Comic ran for an impressively brief four performances in 1987, but why? No, really, why? Why did it close so quickly? Why are there two albums with the score, but neither involve the actual cast? And why, oh why, did it run in the first place? We may no...
Big: The Musical
Flopped and Forgotten - February 15, 2021 08:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsWe're kicking off our fourth season with a show that didn't quite live up to its name. Big is the musical version of the hit movie that made Tom Hanks a star, so where did it go wrong? Was it a case of too much product placement? Was the famous piano too big for the stage? And what does one of t...
Here's Love (or, Miracle on 34th Street: The Musical)
Flopped and Forgotten - December 07, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsChristmastime is here, and what better way to celebrate than with a Christmas themed musical flop? When Meredith Willson adapted the movie Miracle on 34th Street for the Broadway stage, he gave it a misleading title that may have contributed to its demise. This week, we are talking about Here's ...
Allegiance
Flopped and Forgotten - November 23, 2020 08:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsAs the first Broadway musical to be created by Asian Americans, Allegiance would have been ground-breaking whether it flopped or not. Of course, it did flop, so we're talking about it this week. Starring the legends that are George Takei and Lea Salogna, Allegiance focuses on the internment of J...
Bright Star
Flopped and Forgotten - November 09, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsBack in 2016, actor Steve Martin and folk-rock singer Edie Brickell teamed up on the musical Bright Star, a fictional expansion on the true Iron Mountain Baby story. It may have brought bluegrass to Broadway but it couldn't bring in the crowds, so it ended up on our show. This week, we talk abou...
Dear World
Flopped and Forgotten - October 19, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsThis week, we look at Dear World, Jerry Herman's attempt to further capitalize on the success of Mame and its star Angela Lansbury. Come on down to yet another restaurant basement with us for tales of big hats, the McDonald's in Times Square, and the world premiere of Hello, Bobby!
Anna Karenina: The Musical
Flopped and Forgotten - October 05, 2020 07:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsLeo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is one of the greatest books ever written, so how could the musical have flopped so badly? We're on a mission to find out how and on the way to our discovery we'll discuss breakfast cereals, gluten struggles, and of course, the famous novel itself.
Disaster!
Flopped and Forgotten - September 21, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsEarthquakes and tidal waves and piranhas, oh my! This jukebox musical from Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick pays homage to popular disaster films of the 1970s and is filled with some of the biggest hits from that decade too. Put on your best bell bottoms because we're off on an adventure that inc...
House of Flowers
Flopped and Forgotten - September 07, 2020 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsThis week we are living out Truman Capote's Caribbean fantasy with his musical House of Flowers, known for its Calypso inspiration and stars Pearl Bailey and Diahann Carroll. See you in the islands where we'll talk about a great turtle rescue, the perfect brothel snack, and Lisa's inability to r...
The Last Ship
Flopped and Forgotten - August 24, 2020 07:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsAll aboard for our discussion of Sting's musical flop The Last Ship! How did one of the world's greatest songwriters manage to wreck this show? You'll have to listen to us talk through our shared fear of misplaced large machines, late night shopping at Kohl's, and (of course) our favorite songs ...
Aspects of Love
Flopped and Forgotten - August 10, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsThis week we are taking on one of the true titans of musical theater: Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. Aspects of Love was a smash success in the West End, but Broadway audiences did not fall in love with this 1990 show the same way as their British counterparts. Tune in for everything from 90s album ar...
I Had a Ball
Flopped and Forgotten - July 28, 2020 07:17 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsTake a stroll with us down the famous Coney Island Boardwalk! We'll have a ball discussing millennial nostalgia, that one Bobby Darin song, our new favorite costumer designer, and some New York history that echoes loudly today. You won't need psychic powers to see how the fate of this 1964 music...
Play On!
Flopped and Forgotten - July 13, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsWe're back! Play On! is both our first jukebox musical and the first show we've done with an all black cast. Join us as we set a Duke Ellington soundtrack to not only Shakespeare, but also our fantasy Antiques Roadshow musical and Lisa's "covid brain".
Wonderland
Flopped and Forgotten - March 16, 2020 07:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsThis week, we take a trip down the Yellow Brick Road to Wonderland. If you think we've just made a topical mistake, you might want to take a closer look at Frank Wildhorn's 21st century take on the classic Dorot--we mean, Alice tale. White rabbits and tea parties and existential crises, oh my! ...
Home Sweet Homer
Flopped and Forgotten - March 02, 2020 08:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 19 ratingsHome Sweet Homer may have only lasted one day on Broadway, and it may have been all but erased from history, but that doesn't stop us from trying! No, really. We tried. In any case, join us for talks about our favorite myths, saganaki, and the current Broadway smash we'd clearly rather be discus...
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