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Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops Ken Mandelbaum
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Oct 10, 2013 - It was so notorious, it inspired the title of Ken Mandelbaum's juicy book, “Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Flops.” The coup de grâce? Mar 13, 2008 - Sadly, she has not set foot on Broadway since that show. Mar 22, 2013 - Years before Julie Taymor and Bono infamously brought Spider-Man to Broadway, producer-director Harold Prince, songwriters Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, and writers Robert Benton and David Newman saw the potential in bringing It's been often repeated that Batman killed this Superman, that this comparatively “straight” musical was no match for the campy TV comedy (which employed numerous Broadway mainstays, from Ethel Merman to Eli Wallach). A few months ago I bought a book called Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops by Ken Mandelbaum. March 13 2008, 16:52:42 UTC 5 years ago Have you read "Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical flops" by Ken Mandelbaum? Aug 16, 2011 - "Not Since Carrie" written by Ken Mandelbaum is probably the most enjoyable and most insightful books about Broadway as a business, an art and an entertainment. Oct 30, 2009 - It set a new standard on Broadway for camp awfulness. Dec 2, 2013 - There's even a book by Ken Mandelbaum called Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops. Jul 2, 2009 - The show is described in some detail in one of my favorite books, Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops by Ken Mandelbaum. Mar 24, 2012 - I didn't really bother into researching the show further since it did not sound at all enticing. There was a brief off-Broadway revival of the work in 2012. Oct 28, 2013 - In fact, a book was written about the production, Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Flops by Ken Mandelbaum. Mar 27, 2014 - “This could be a period where we have some of the coldest average temperatures we've had in 40 years.” One cold front is already getting established over the Rocky Mountains on Carrie: The Musical became an instant legend and shorthand for Broadway futility so much so that Ken Mandelbaum used it for the title of his book about Broadway musical flops, Not Since Carrie. Oct 10, 2012 - If I recall correctly from Ken Mandelbaum's terrific Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Flops, there were multiple attempts at doing this exact thing (a direct musical adaptation of Capote's book) that were hideous failures. No doubt are capable of getting ugly too). Sep 18, 2009 - However, Ken Mandelbaum's column on Broadway.com stopped abruptly in early 2006 and very little has been heard from him. Apr 5, 2011 - For that, you can't beat Ken Mandelbaum's Not Since 'Carrie':40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops. At least audience members will be able to sit around years hence and regale everyone with tales of being at the "Opening Night of Spiderman" BTW, the book about famous Broadway flops, "Not Since Carrie," notes that one of the hallmarks of the epic flop is that it's done by people who have big egos from their success in other fields but have never done a Broadway show before. Granted, it's not surprising as he left the website as it was shifting away Aside from his column, he also penned two books: A Chorus Line and the Musicals of Michael Bennett and probably his most substantial contribution to date: Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Musical Flops.