Possible Clues:

• One's far from favourite musical dramas one abridged
• New Orleans knees-up -- um -- a washout
• One unlikely to succeed
• Phone nervously about outsider's first run -- rank outsider
• Likely failure of drama, short musical one
• Mobile phone or one going nowhere?
• Poor hen suffering, not one with good prospects
• Hope Ron could arrange something that has absolutely zilch chance of success
• Rank outsider? Work on her jumping outside
• Poor hen out of place, it has absolutely nil chance of success