BROADWAY MUSICALS: THE BIGGEST HIT AND THE BIGGEST FLOP OF THE SEASON,1959 TO 2009

Book ID/图书代码： 11684010B39377

English Summary/英文概要： When Evita opened on Broadway during the 1979-1980 season, it was (as one of its songs said) "High Flying Adored." But in the 1970-71 season, the producers of Lolita, My Love saw their show (as one of its songs said) "Going, Gone, Gone" after its torturous Philadelphia and Boston tryouts. It didn’t even try to brave Broadway, although the bookwriter-lyricist of My Fair Lady had written it. It happens every season. Broadway has one, two, or a few hit musicals, but many, many more flops. Here’s a look at the extreme cases from each season of the past half-century. The musicals that everyone knew would be hits - The Sound of Music, The Phantom of the Opera, The Producers - and were. The tuners that sounded terrible from the moment they were announced - Via Galactica, The Civil War, Lestat - and turned out to be even worse than anyone expected. The shows that were destined to succeed - Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Merrily We Roll Along - but didn’t. The ones that didn’t have a chance - Man of La Mancha, 1776, Grease - but went on to household-name status. Peter Filichia takes a look at 100 shows that met either the most glorious or the most ignominious fates.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1979年至1980年之際，百老匯見證了艾薇塔的一炮而紅，當時之情景足以用一首歌名來加以形容，那便是「展翅高飛」。但回溯1970年至1971年時，音樂劇「親愛的洛麗塔」一片的編導們卻目睹了其於費城及波士頓的票房慘敗，套用另一首歌的歌名那便是「一去不返」。而至於當年音樂劇「窈窕淑女」的創作人，他甚至都不敢將其推上百老匯的舞臺。
如此這般的情景每年都會不斷重複發生，因為這就是百老匯，只有極少數的作品能夠走上舞臺、風光大賣，而更多的則是那些看不見的挫折與失敗。在這裏，我們將看到過去整整半個世紀期間，百老匯所目睹的極端成功或失敗的案例。
有大賣特賣的 - 諸如「音樂之聲」、「歌劇魅影」、「金牌製作人」等等；也有票房毒藥 - 諸如「卡拉狄加」、「南北內戰」、「萊斯塔特」等等；還有原本要造成轟動，但最終卻未能如願的 - 「珠光寶氣」、「白宮故事」、「歡樂歲月」等等；以及起先默默無聞，卻不料最終一炮而紅的 - 「夢幻騎士」、「1776」、「油脂」等等。在本書當中，作者彼得.費力謝爾將向我們帶來共計百部的百老匯音樂作品，有的成就了家喻戶曉的佳績，而有的亦落得貽笑大方的結局。(ANDY)

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About the Author/作者介绍： PETER FILICHIA (New York, NY) is the critic for the Star-Ledger and News 12 New Jersey. Each week, he writes a column for MasterworksBroadway.com and three columns for Theatermania.com. He is a past president of the Drama Desk, the current president of the Theatre World Awards, and the author of Let’s Put On a Musical!

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