Related Clues:

• Broadway failure
• Leave the band, in a way
• Hail Mary pass, usually
• Word with pipe or smoke
• Blockbuster, e.g.
• Stage failure
• Fail spectacularly
• Leave the band and strike out on one's own
• Box-office flop
• Stage flop
• Fail at the box office
• *Dud
• 'Rollerball' or 'Battlefield Earth,' e.g.
• Leave the group, but keep playing
• Bad news on Broadway