Marla Alpert and John Anker Bow

Flop of the Heap

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Get excited for what's being referred to by 'industry professionals' as "Musical Science Theatre 3000," "Just the schadenfreude I needed!" and "Something to listen to instead of the president's whining," when John and Marla, both 'industry professionals,' bring to you, Flop of the Heap, the podcast where failure is always an option! Like B-Movies? Try B-Musicals! Available now on your internet enabled device.

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Marla Alpert and John Anker Bow

Episodes

I Had A Ball - Part 2 - "You're A Fraud, Freud" 18.09.2023 53:15

Connor & John continue their exploration of I Had A Ball. Lots of song clips and more Buddy Hackett impressions. Enchanted Blissville in Old New Kissville.

I Had A Ball - Part 1 - "Can It Be Possible?" 11.09.2023 59:07

Music & Lyrics by Jack Lawrence & Stan Freeman Book by Jerome Chodorov Starring Buddy Hackett Opened on Broadway December 15, 1964

Listener Mail Special!!! 28.08.2023 41:20

Marla & John read listener mail in this very special episode of FLOP OF THE HEAP!!!

Bad Cinderella - Part 2 - "Wacko Storybook Dumpster Fire" 14.08.2023 51:36

Part 2 of Andrew Lloyd Webber's blind stab at teen pop realness.

Bad Cinderella - Part 1 - "Bibbidi Bobbidi Basic" 07.08.2023 1:04:13

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by David Zippel Book by Emerald Fennell & Alexis Scheer Opened on Broadway March 23, 2023

Dear World - Part 2 - "Take the Stitches Out" 03.07.2023 56:32

Part 2 of Dear World with guest host Connor McAndrews! Get ready forrrr..... Criticalllll..... Receptionnnnn!!!

Dear World - Part 1 - "Get Off That Critical List" 26.06.2023 1:10:12

Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman Book by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee Opened on Broadway February 6, 1969 Guest Host: Connor McAndrews

Very Warm For May - "Not So Hot For November" 16.05.2023 51:14

Music by Jerome Kern Book & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Opened on Broadway November 17, 1939

Starmites - "The Cruelty, Milady; Milady, the Cruelty" 24.04.2023 56:04

Music & Lyrics by Barry Keating Book by Stuart Ross & Barry Keating Opened on Broadway April 27, 1989

Diana- Episode 2- "Jolly Well Done" 20.03.2023 35:38

Diana- Episode 1- "Better Than A Wank" 20.03.2023 46:42

Mack and Mabel - Part 2 14.02.2023 1:00:25

Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman Book by Michael Stewart Opened on Broadway October 6, 1974 at the Majestic.

Mack and Mabel- Part 1 06.02.2023 41:57

Music and Lyrics- Jerry Herman Book- Michael Stewart

Sherry - "A Lovely Liver's About To Die" 16.01.2023 1:05:46

Breakfast At Tiffany's - "A Bucket Of Ribs, A Bottle Of Corn" 07.11.2022 1:02:52

Breakfast at Tiffany's- 1966 - Majestic Theatre Music/Lyrics- Bob Merrill Book- Edward Albee

Lysistrata Jones- "Give Up Givin' It Up!" 03.10.2022 51:53

Lysistrata Jones- Walter Kerr- 2011 Music and Lyrics- Lewis Flinn Book- Douglas Carter Beane

Subways Are For Sleeping- "Wake up. Get Out. Go up. Cross over." 23.05.2022 1:08:55

Anyone Can Whistle- Part 2 28.02.2022 52:31

Join John, Marla, and Special Guest, Connor McAndrews on our first Sondheim flop adventure. Find Connor on Insta @connormcandrews and @southphillybarefootcontessa Anyone Can Whistle- 1964- The Majestic Music and Lyrics- Stephen Sondheim Book- Arthur Laurents

Anyone Can Whistle- Part 1 22.02.2022 47:39

Home Sweet Homer- Was He Guarding or Barding? 17.01.2022 1:04:18

Home Sweet Homer- 1976- The Palace Theatre This one's a real Odyssey. Music- Mitch Leigh Lyrics- Charles Burr and Foreman Brown Book- Roland Kibbee and Albert Marre

Smile - "Where the Hell is my Diaphragm?" 22.12.2021 1:05:06

Join John and special guest Marc Tumminelli, as they discuss a pageant of a disaster. If Marla is your least favorite co-host of Flop of the Heap, this is the episode for you! Smile- Lunt- Fontanne- 1986 Book- Howard Ashman Music- Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics- Howard Ashman

Dance of the Vampires- "I'll Show You Yours, If You Show Me Mine" 25.10.2021 1:02:10

The Halloween Special No One Asked For. Dance of the Vampires- The Minskoff Theatre- 2002 Book- David Ives and Michael Kunze Lyrics- Jim Steinman and Don Black

Triumph of Love- "Hey Mona Justa Say Cheesa" 18.10.2021 54:46

How could a musical with so many great actors fail so miserably? Triumph of Love- The Royal Theatre- 1998 Book- James Magruder Composer- Jeffrey Stock Lyrics- Susan Birkenhead

Legs Diamond- "Let Me See Your Knockers" 02.08.2021 1:10:30

We're serving up a legendary flop this week! What does a flamboyant Australian pop singer have in common with a ruthless New York mobster? Aside from having a pair of legs, probably not much. Legs Diamond- 1988- The Mark Hellinger Theatre Music and Lyrics- Peter Allen Book- Harvey Fierstein

Raggedy Ann- "You're Sick, Sick, Sick" 20.07.2021 1:05:49

Join us as we explore Raggedy Ann, not the beloved children's' doll, but the brutally panned musical featuring said beloved children's' doll... and lots of death. How did a show written by the man who brought us "C is for Cookie" get so very dark? Let's find out! Raggedy Ann- 1986- Nederlander Theatre Music and Lyrics- Joe Raposo Book- William Gibson