Henry Winkler's Broadway Flop & Comeback

0:00On April 21, Henry Winkler just spilled the tea on his Broadway debut flop back in 1973, with the play 42 seconds from Broadway. Fresh out of drama school, he landed the gig and felt on top of the world. But the show opened and shut down the same night after a brutal pan from the New York Times. No hints during previews that it was tanking, Winkler said. Everyone thought it had legs, then bam, that review hit, and it was lights out. Crew was even yanking out sinks while he wiped off makeup. It crushed him hard. He worried no one would hire him again, flashing back to getting fired from a DC theater gig years before. Cried all the way home, thinking his career was toast, staring right at the camera, he hit back with, where are they now? But Winkler turned it around quick, snagged a guest spot on the Mary Tyler Moore show, then blew up as Fonzie on Happy Day starting 1974. That role made him a star, and he's kept grinding ever since. From movies like The Water Boy, to Emmys for Barry,

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