Charles W. 'Chuck' Bryant

And it closed after one single performance. And New Yorker art critic Brendan Gill said that it would insult the intelligence of an audience consisting entirely of amoebas.

Yeah, I mean, there's different ways to qualify it. Like, is it just bad, bad? Or is it notoriously a flop because of how much money it cost and it flopped? That was the case with a couple of them. But Carrie, an adaptation of the Stephen King horror novel... As a musical, in 1988, closed after 16 previews and five regular performances at an $8 million budget.

Yeah, I mean, there's different ways to qualify it. Like, is it just bad, bad? Or is it notoriously a flop because of how much money it cost and it flopped? That was the case with a couple of them. But Carrie, an adaptation of the Stephen King horror novel... As a musical, in 1988, closed after 16 previews and five regular performances at an $8 million budget.

Yeah, I mean, there's different ways to qualify it. Like, is it just bad, bad? Or is it notoriously a flop because of how much money it cost and it flopped? That was the case with a couple of them. But Carrie, an adaptation of the Stephen King horror novel... As a musical, in 1988, closed after 16 previews and five regular performances at an $8 million budget.

So it's widely considered one of the biggest sort of just expensive flops of all time.

So it's widely considered one of the biggest sort of just expensive flops of all time.

So it's widely considered one of the biggest sort of just expensive flops of all time.

Yeah. And believe it or not, that was it wasn't like an amateurish production. It was directed by Terry Hands, who ran the Royal Shakespeare Company for 13 years and was choreographed by Debbie Allen. So it was it was a big money thing that just was sounds like not a very good idea.

Yeah. And believe it or not, that was it wasn't like an amateurish production. It was directed by Terry Hands, who ran the Royal Shakespeare Company for 13 years and was choreographed by Debbie Allen. So it was it was a big money thing that just was sounds like not a very good idea.

Yeah. And believe it or not, that was it wasn't like an amateurish production. It was directed by Terry Hands, who ran the Royal Shakespeare Company for 13 years and was choreographed by Debbie Allen. So it was it was a big money thing that just was sounds like not a very good idea.

Well, it has been revived with cult status off-Broadway in the 2010s, so it's one of those.

Well, it has been revived with cult status off-Broadway in the 2010s, so it's one of those.

Well, it has been revived with cult status off-Broadway in the 2010s, so it's one of those.

Yeah. I mean, that had all the right ingredients to Broadway legend and film director Julie Taymor, who directed The Lion King on Broadway. They got Bono and the Edge to write the music. It was huge special effects and it was just problem after problem after problem. All like, you know, kind of front page or at least front page of the arts headline kind of problems.

Yeah. I mean, that had all the right ingredients to Broadway legend and film director Julie Taymor, who directed The Lion King on Broadway. They got Bono and the Edge to write the music. It was huge special effects and it was just problem after problem after problem. All like, you know, kind of front page or at least front page of the arts headline kind of problems.

Yeah. I mean, that had all the right ingredients to Broadway legend and film director Julie Taymor, who directed The Lion King on Broadway. They got Bono and the Edge to write the music. It was huge special effects and it was just problem after problem after problem. All like, you know, kind of front page or at least front page of the arts headline kind of problems.

Yeah. And I've been to some previews. I saw Sarah Jessica Parker and Broderick do the which one was it? The Neil Simon one a couple of years ago. And that was in previews. Don't let like the idea of a preview turn you off because like usually they just go straight through and it's just like a regular performance. Like I've never seen a preview that where anyone stopped and did anything weird.

Yeah. And I've been to some previews. I saw Sarah Jessica Parker and Broderick do the which one was it? The Neil Simon one a couple of years ago. And that was in previews. Don't let like the idea of a preview turn you off because like usually they just go straight through and it's just like a regular performance. Like I've never seen a preview that where anyone stopped and did anything weird.

Yeah. And I've been to some previews. I saw Sarah Jessica Parker and Broderick do the which one was it? The Neil Simon one a couple of years ago. And that was in previews. Don't let like the idea of a preview turn you off because like usually they just go straight through and it's just like a regular performance. Like I've never seen a preview that where anyone stopped and did anything weird.

And critics do actually see those because they will review the show before opening night because they have seen the preview.