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Not Since Carrie by Ken Mandelbaum

Not Since Carrie

Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops

Ken Mandelbaum

St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · August 15, 1992

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Who it’s for
A witty, readable tour through four decades of musical failures and the reasons behind them.
Themes
Broadway musical flops, Reasons for musical failures
Genres
Broadway & Musical Revue, Theater History & Criticism, Comedy

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About this book

Not Since Carrie is Ken Mandelbaum's brilliant survey of Broadway's biggest flops. This highly readable and entertaining book highlights almost 200 musicals created between 1950 and 1990, framed around the notorious musical adaptation of Carrie, and examines the reasons for their failure. "Essential and hilarious," raves The New Yorker, and The New York Times calls the book "A must-read."

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A witty, readable tour through four decades of musical failures and the reasons behind them.

Come here for

  • Nearly 200 Broadway musicals, surveyed from 1950 to 1990
  • The curious case of a notorious musical flop

Expect

  • Theater history with an eye for what went wrong
  • A lively look at failure, not just opening-night triumphs

Where it sits

Broadway & Musical Revue93%
Theater History & Criticism77%
Comedy29%

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Publisher categories

  • Dance History
  • Theater History & Criticism
  • Broadway & Musical Revue
Authors
Ken Mandelbaum
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Published
August 15, 1992
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Broadway musical flops · Reasons for musical failures
Reading lane
Dance History