Flop is a laugh-out-loud and delightfully offensive musical comedy celebrating life, love, death and disaster.
Music, lyrics and book by John Bisceglie
“Spumoni is an artist of big risks and big dares!” – New York Times
Flop, a lifetime of regrettable musicals
From the 1950’s through the 1980’s, eccentric and avant-garde Italian composer Spumon DeCarlo penned and produced over a dozen regrettable musicals that all bombed on Broadway. Success and fame find DeCarlo forty years after his last musical, when his grandson Gino posts videos of his productions on social media, skyrocketing DeCarlo to instant viral celebrity and international acclaim from a new generation of theatergoers.
Join us as the American Theater Endowment honors Spumon DeCarlo with a lifetime achievement award for his invaluable contribution to American Musical Theater. Flop is a laugh-out-loud and delightfully offensive musical comedy celebrating life, love, death and disaster.
“Life is like composing a song, of course there will be good notes, but it’s bad notes that we learn from, and that can create a beautiful melody.” – Spumon DeCarlo
Audience reviews
“Hilariously clever with non-stop energy!”
“Absolutely hysterical and brilliantly original!”
“Flop, a lifetime of regrettable musicals,” is highly entertaining and full of charm!”
“Laughed so hard my stomach hurt! Every “flop” musical was very cleverly written and the music was amazing!”
“The most hilarious disaster I’ve seen in a long time! I enjoyed every cringe worthy moment!”
“A perfect and surprisingly musically nuanced sendup of the most terrible broadway show ideas you can imagine.”
“Musical theater doesn’t get much funnier than this. I laughed, I groaned, I laughed so hard I nearly wet myself!”
“The best of the worst musicals that never made it past their miserable debuts. Comedic genius or idiot savant… your call!”
“Flop had me laughing from beginning to end. What a treat to live in a world where any mundane, tragic, or terrible things could one day become a spectacular musical!”
“I was blown away by the sheer genius of “Flop.” The way it balances humor and heart is truly remarkable. The show is a rollercoaster ride of emotions, and it’s impossible not to be swept up in the infectious energy of the performance.”
Wanna add a Flop to your upcoming season?
“Flop, a lifetime of regrettable musicals” is ideal for regional, community and college theater groups looking to spice up their season with a hilarious, original and irreverent musical overflowing with harmony, heart and outrageous comedy!
The original show contains adult content and is intended for mature audiences, however a PG version is also available. Show licensing includes our digital script, piano/vocal score, band score, performance tracks, logo kit, projection images/videos and all sound effects.
Individual piano/vocal charts are available for purchase for $10. Performance use for auditions, cabaret shows, choral performances, talent shows or video covers posted on social media are allowed with the following attribution: Music and lyrics by John Bisceglie. www.flopthemusical.com
Roles: 5 men, 6 women
Two Acts
Runtime: Two hours
ACT 1 Musicals
Hats Off to the Amish (1951)
We Love Being Amish
Mama Amish Ain’t for Me
New York I’m Talking to You
Thank You for the Love
We Love Being Amish Reprise
Pompeii on Blast! (1953)
Pompeii on Blast!
Ouch, Ouch, Hot, Hot
It’s Fun to Be Stoned All the Time
Strictly Stickley (1954)
I Make Chairs
Gay Girl! (1956)
Gay Girl!
Donner Dinner Party (1963)
Mama You Taste Like Chicken
Spanish Flu in 3D (1968)
Spanish Flu in 3D
Insomnia (1970)
Insomnia
Oh, Patty! (1974)
Oh, Patty!
Little Orphan Mannie (1976)
Him, Her, Them, They, Their, He, She, Hir, Ze
Act 2 Musicals
Act Two Entr’Acte
Jonestown Live! (1978)
Let Them Eat Cake (1979)
Let Them Eat Cake
Birdman Blues (1982)
Birdman Blues
Traffic School the Musical (1983)
This Saturday’s Gonna Suck
Big Boy Truck
Sideswipe My Heart
Nessie & Me (1984)
Un-Loch Me from Your Mind
Either You Ain’t or You Are
Nessie & Me Ending 1
Nessie & Me Ending 2
Dump (1986)
Keep Your Junk in Your Trunk
London Cathouse (1988)
London Cathouse
Van Gogh A Gogh Gogh (1989)
Thank You Spumoni
Bows
Exit Music
Lillian Elisabeth Lamoure was known around the world as “Spumoni’s pet, and starred in all eighteen of his Broadway productions, spanning forty years and a total of fifty-seven performances on Broadway. Lamoure appearing as Catherine Hearst in DeCarlos 1974 production of “Oh Patty!”
