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Because we all used CliffsNotes more often than we’re comfortable to admit. On Part II of The Books You Claim To Have Read, ”nothing has changed” as Bobby and Kristina discuss 1992’s ”Anna Karenina” on Season Two, Episode 6 of My Favorite Flop.

Because we all used CliffsNotes more often than we’re comfortable to admit. On Part I of The Books You Claim To Have Read, ”the road goes on” as Bobby and Kristina discuss 2007’s ”Lord of the Rings” on Season Two, Episode 5 of My Favorite Flop.

While most Broadway shows make it to opening night - sometimes, a preview is enough. On Part II of A Preview Was Enough, ”a day will never be the same” as Bobby and Kristina discuss 1981’s The Little Prince and the Aviator on Season Two, Episode 4 of My Favorite Flop.

While most Broadway shows make it to opening night - sometimes, a preview is enough. On Part I of A Preview Was Enough, ”Hollywood is dying” as Bobby and Kristina discuss 1973’s Rachael Lily Rosenbloom (And Don’t You Ever Forget It!) on Season Two, Episode 3 of My Favorite Flop.

It’s time to break some legs and keep that ”M” word out of your mouths, kids, because Bobby and Kristina are back with Part II of The Curse of the Longacre (dunn, dunn, dunn!!!) to discuss 2013’s First Date on Season Two, Episode Two of My Favorite Flop.

It’s time to grab your cleats and jockstraps, kids, because we’re back with a brand new season and this time our episodes are themed and paired! To kick things off, Bobby and Kristina will be exploring whether or not baseball and Broadway can actually coexist as they cover The Curse of the Longacre (dunn, dunn, dunn!!!) and then learn more about ”the worst job in the world” as they discuss 2001’s Diana, The Musical on the Season Two premiere of My Favorite Flop.

Sorry, Mother, but apparently you can go ”back to before” as hosts Bobby and Kristina look back on our entire first season and share cut soundbites and bloopers on MY FAVORITE FLOP’s second super special, limited-edition Christmas Special!

"Are you ready for tonight?" "Simple ain't easy" and this isn't "just another song" as hosts Bobby and Kristina discuss a whole bunch of Clopenings (shows that closed on opening night) on the season one finale of My Favorite Flop.

We‘re all just ”children of the wind” in this ”brave new world” as hosts Bobby and Kristina discuss 1986‘s ”Rags” on episode twenty one of MY FAVORITE FLOP.

”Tomorrow is now” as hosts Bobby and Kristina discuss 1989‘s ‘Annie 2: Miss Hannigan‘s Revenge” and 1993‘s ”Annie Warbucks” on episode twenty of My Favorite Flop. ABOUT ”ANNIE 2: MISS HANNIGAN‘S REVENGE” The first official attempt at a sequel to the hit Broadway musical ”Annie”, ”Annie 2: Miss Hannigan‘s Revenge” follows the continued story of villainous Miss Hannigan as she escapes from prison to marry Daddy Warbucks, steal his fortune, and rid the world of of Little Orphan Annie once and for all. The musical features a book by Thomas Meehan, lyrics by Martin Charin, and music by Charles Strouse. At the closing performance of ”Annie 1”, lyricist Martin Charnin stood onstage and told the audience that the story of Annie was not over and that a sequel to the musical was already in the works. Six years later, hundreds of little girls in their red velvet dresses pilgrimaged to Washington D.C. with their parents to get a first look at what was excepted to be one of the biggest hits on Broadway the following season. Little did they know that ”Annie 2” would feature very little Annie at all and, instead, would tell the misguided redemption story of the first musical‘s villain. The entire project was a manifestation of the creative team‘s own insecurities of now being best-known for writing a fluffy kids musical and not their more-serious previous works... so, they set out to prove to the industry that they could follow it up with something more complex and grown up. The happy endings we see at the end of ”Annie 1” we find out were short lived. Daddy Warbucks discovers that he can‘t legally adopt Annie as a single father, so he must find a wife and because of that, Annie‘s future is uncertain. Grace, who has genuine feelings for the billionaire, must balance her career and personal life as she is passed over for other candidates. And Hannigan must come to terms with her quest for revenge and money as she confronts her own past and humanity. The creative team had hoped that fans of the original musical had grown up with them and would appreciate their cynical take on what happens after ”tomorrow”. Sadly, ”something was missing”, and what that was what attracted so many fans to the original piece - the absolute charm of Annie and her orphan friends. Throughout the run in D.C., desperate changes were made to the show to fix that tonal issues, including adding more Annie and additional orphan characters from the original, but a major financial backer decided to leave the show and it‘s scheduled Broadway run (the marquee was already up!) was cancelled. ”Annie 2” would then go through a process of rewrites and restructuring at the Goodspeed Opera House that would not only remove Miss Hannigan from the show‘s title, but from the show completely... eventually evolving into a different sequel titled ”Annie Warbucks”! Original Washington Cast • Dorothy Loudon as Miss Hannigan • Fiely Matias as The Asp • Gerry McIntyre as Punjab • Lauren Mitchell as Grace Farrell • Harve Presnell as Oliver Warbucks • Danielle Findley as Annie Warbucks • Beau as Sandy • Marian Seldes as Mrs. Christmas • Ronny Graham as Lionel McCoy • Terrence P. Currier as Drake • Raymond Thorne as FDR • Ellyn Arons as Eleanor Roosevelt ABOUT ”ANNIE WARBUCKS” Another attempt at as a sequel to the hit Broadway musical ”Annie”, ”Annie Warbucks” begins immediately after ”Annie” ends as  Daddy Warbucks learns that he must marry within sixty days or else Annie will be returned to the orphanage. The musical features a book by Thomas Meehan, lyrics by Martin Charin, and music by Charles Strouse. ”Annie Warbucks” was developed in a workshop at the Goodspeed Opera House, directed by Charnin and choreographed by Peter Gennaro and under the direction of Michael P. Price, Executive Director. The musical played several out-of-town tryouts, starting at t

Get ready to ”say a prayer” as hosts Bobby and Kristina discuss 2002‘s ”Dance of the Vampires” on episode nineteen of MY FAVORITE FLOP. ABOUT ”DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES” Based on the Roman Polanski film ”The Fearless Vampire Killers”, ”Dance of the Vampires” follows Professor Abronsius as he attempts to prove the existence of vampires in Transylvania while his bumbling assistant Alfred falls for innkeeper‘s daughter Sarah, unaware that she is being pursued by the mysterious Count von Krolock. The musical features a book by Jim Steinman, Michael Kunze, and David Ives and music and lyrics by Jim Steinman. Academy Award-winning film director Roman Polanski was inspired to adapt his cult comedy for the musical stage after being approached to work on a theatrical production of Anne Rice‘s ”Interview with the Vampire”. Composer Jim Steinman and book writer/lyricist Michael Kunze were ultimately chosen to collaborate based on both of their previous bodies of work, with Steinman literally being chosen by the director after putting 5 of his preexisting songs into a rough outline by Kunze (all of which remained in the final version of the show, including the hit song ”Total Eclipse of the Heart”). The show, then known as ”Tanz der Vampire”, originally opened on October 4, 1997 in Vienna, Austria where it ran for over 2 years. A new production opened in Germany following its closing and has played somewhere in the country almost consistently to this very day. Because of that, ”Tanz de Vampire” is one of the most successful musicals in European history. From its premiere, English producers were seeking to bring the show to English-speaking countries. Composer Steinman was no stranger to the theater scene in New York, having spent five years under the professional wing of New York Shakespeare Festival founder Joseph Papp in the early Seventies. After briefly considering a West End run, it was decided to bring the musical (now titled ”Dance of the Vampires”) to Broadway instead. After several failed attempts, many rewrites, and replacements on the creative team, ”Dance of the Vampires” finally opened December 9, 2002. The Broadway version of the show was critically lambasted and the work of lead performer Michael Crawford was reviewed particularly harshly. When the reviews came out, Jim Steinman made a show of his disapproval of the project by not attending opening night and publicly distancing himself from the show.  On January 25, 2003, after 56 performances, ”Dance of the Vampires” closed. According to The New York Times, it was ”one of the costliest failures in Broadway history”, losing roughly $12 million, easily eclipsing the infamous musical ”Carrie”. Original Broadway Cast • Michael Crawford as Count Giovanni Von Krolock • Mandy Gonzalez as Sarah • René Auberjonois as Professor Abronsius • Max von Essen as Alfred • Ron Orbach as Chagal • Leah Hocking as Magda • Liz McCartney as Rebecca • Asa Somers as Herbert • Mark Price as Boris • Erin Leigh Peck as Zsa-Zsa • E. Alyssa Claar as Nadja

”Embrace it”, ”there‘s always a tomorrow” as hosts Bobby and Kristina discuss 2004‘s ”Dracula, The Musical” and 2006‘s ”Lestat” on episode eighteen of MY FAVORITE FLOP. ABOUT ”DRACULA, THE MUSICAL” Based on the Victorian novel by Bram Stoker, ”Dracula, The Musical” tells the story of the famed vampire as he lusts for new blood. Jonathan Harker and Mina Murray fall victim to Dracula‘s unnatural charm and, along with Doctor Van Helsing, must fight Dracula‘s supernatural powers. The musical features music by Frank Wildhorn and book and lyrics by Christopher Hampton and Don Black. Following a record-breaking run at the La Jolla Playhouse in 2001, the musical finally opened on Broadway to mostly negative reviews 3 years later in 2004. Though this production was intended as a serious, dramatic interpretation of the source material, critics complained of a complete lack of emotion in general, and of suspense and horror in particular. Also, while the plot of the musical hits all the major points of Stoker‘s novel, critics felt it did so in such an obtuse way that audience members unfamiliar with the story may find themselves unable to comprehend the action. Despite failing on Broadway, the musical has gone on to become extremely popular throughout Europe and Asia. The musical made its international debut at Theater St. Gallen, Switzerland in 2005, with notable productions following in the UK, Tokyo, and Seoul. Original Broadway Cast • Melissa Errico as Mina Murray • Tom Hewitt as Dracula • Stephen McKinley Henderson as Abraham Van Helsing • Chris Hoch as Arthur Holmwood • Kelli O‘Hara as Lucy Westenra • Darren Ritchie as Jonathan Harker • Bart Shatto as Quincey Morris • Don Stephenson as Renfield • Shonn Wiley as Jack Seward • Lena Hall as Second Vampire • Melissa Fagan as Third Vampire • Jenifer Foote as First Vampire • Michael Herwitz as Child • Pamela Jordan as Third Vampire (Alternate) • Elizabeth Loyacano as Second Vampire (Alternate) • Tracy Miller as First Vampire (Alternate) • Matthew Nardozzi as Child (Alternate) • Graham Rowat as Ensemble ABOUT ”LESTAT” Inspired by three of the novels in Anne Rice‘s ”The Vampire Chronicles”, ”Lestat” tells the story of a man who escapes the tyranny of his oppressive family only to have his life taken from him by the vampire, Magnus. The musical features music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin, and a book by Linda Woolverton. Officially the highest-earning pre-Broadway play in San Francisco history (beating out ”Wicked” AND ”Cats”), ”Lestat” finally opened on Broadway at the Palace Theater on March 25, 2006 after a series of drastic revisions. Reviews of the Broadway production were uniformly negative. Ben Brantley famously described the show as a ”musical sleeping pill” and Peter Marks of the Washington Post remarked that apparently ”a gay vampire with a two-octave range can be just as dull as a straight one.” The musical closed on May 28, 2006, after 33 previews and 39 performances. An Original Broadway Cast Recording was recorded by Mercury Records a week earlier, however, after the show‘s closing, Elton John‘s management stated ”there are no plans to release the recording...” ”Lestat” has not been seen again (at least officially) since its original run. Original Off-Broadway Cast • Hugh Panaro as Lestat • Carolee Carmello as Gabrielle • Allison Fischer as Claudia • Michael Genet as Marius • Roderick Hill as Nicolas • Drew Sarich as Armand • Jim Stanek as Louis • Rachel Coloff as Ensemble • Nikki Renée Daniels as Eleni • Joseph Dellger as Magnus • Colleen Fitzpatrick as Ensemble • Patrick Mellen as Ensemble • Chris Peluso as Ensemble • Dominique Plaisant as Ensemble • Megan Reinking as Beautiful Woman • Will Swenson as Marquis/Laurent • Tommar Wilson as Ensemble