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This show didn’t even make it to its official opening; the whole production was called off after just four previews, despite the presence of a young Mary Tyler Moore in the central role of Holly Golightly. Abe Burrows wrote the first version of the book, but after one poor out-of-town tryout, Edward Albee was brought in to rewrite the play before its second out-of-town run.
became a high-school horror classic, the stage musical went down in history as one of Broadway’s biggest flops. It closed after five performances and unforgettably bad reviews. In recent years, though, the show has become an object of fascination in theater circles, and even garnered a small but passionate cult fanbase. An off-Broadway revival was mounted in 2012.
, became one of Broadway’s most notorious airballs, squandering a $12 million investment and closing after 56 very poorly received performances. (
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