Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops

Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops (1992) by Ken Mandelbaum chronicles some of Broadway’s most notorious musical failures from 1950 to 1990. Rather than simply cataloging bad shows, the book explores ambitious productions that stumbled because of creative missteps, troubled development, disastrous reviews, or sheer bad luck. Some have since become cult favorites, while others remain legendary theatrical disasters. Below are the productions featured in the book.