At its disastrous 1967 opening in Washington, with Lynda Bird Johnson in the audience, the show dragged on till midnight.

In this, after a disastrous opening - the dialogue in the shipwreck scene is unintelligible - he succeeds ably enough, though he's only partly helped by his cast.

He points to the disastrous opening of Terminal 5 in 2008, which received worldwide coverage but has not had any long-lasting effect, because a big improvement has since been made.

It had been a disastrous opening, not a painting sold nor even a hint of a possible sale.

After a somewhat disastrous out-of-town opening in Boston, Rebecca has fallen sick due to a peanut allergy and the actor playing Joe departs the production for a better gig.

Jennifer Page, former Chief Executive of the Millennium Dome project, sacked after a disastrous opening.

Legend has it that many of the great musicals were written during late-night brainstorming sessions following disastrous openings in New Haven or Boston or Washington.

After a somewhat disastrous out-of-town opening in Boston, Rebecca is felled by a peanut allergy and the actor playing Joe departs the production for a better gig.

An early Lee Crooks penalty goal proved the forerunner of a disastrous opening for the Welshmen.

And in her roller-coaster quarterfinal with Venus Williams, she made a 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 comeback from a disastrous opening set that melted away in just 17 minutes.