John Travolta reviews and did very poorly at the box office. Travolta's performance in "Battlefield Earth" also earned him two Razzie Awards. Throughout the 2000s, Travolta remained busy as an actor, starring in many films including "Swordfish" (2001), "Ladder 49" (2004), "Be Cool" (2005), "Wild Hogs" (2007), the animated film "Bolt" (2008), in which Travolta voiced the title character, "The Taking of Pelham 123" and "Old Dogs" (both 2009). In 2007, Travolta played Edna Turnblad in the remake of "Hairspray", his first musical since "Grease". Since 2010, Travolta has starred mostly in action films and thrillers. In 2016, he returned to TV
Happy End (musical) is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown". The musical premiered on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on May 7, 1977, and closed on July 10, 1977, after 75 performances. Directed by Robert Kalfin and Patricia Birch and staged by Birch, the cast starred Christopher Lloyd, Grayson Hall and Meryl Streep. A 1984 production by Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage was televised as part of the short-lived "America's Musical Theater" series on PBS. The musical was produced at Center Stage in Baltimore, Maryland in February 1995, using the English adaptation by Michael Feingold (as did