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    Image of DeadliestSin DeadliestSin
    11/30/09

    In reply to Tourists Go to the Same Broadway Shows Year After Year
    Came to NYC last spring and saw POTO, plan on coming again next year when Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Love Never Dies" (Phantom 2!!!!!1!) hops the pond from London. I will gladly put money into your economy to satisfy my phangirl crush.
    Yes, I am that geeky.
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    Image of MattGaymon MattGaymon
    11/30/09

    In reply to Tourists Go to the Same Broadway Shows Year After Year
    Girl please, I'd rather see Chippendales than 'A Steady Rain.'
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    Image of jbwan jbwan
    11/30/09

    In reply to Tourists Go to the Same Broadway Shows Year After Year
    Next To Normal is great. But no tourist here with family wants to sit through a depressing show. See Richard's post about depressing Hollywood movies for the reasoning.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    12/01/09

    @jbwan: Tourists are stupid, but especially the ones seeing musicals.
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    12/01/09

    @Foster Kamer: True. I guess that's why Cats has such a long run.
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    Image of MrHaroHaro MrHaroHaro
    11/30/09

    In reply to Tourists Go to the Same Broadway Shows Year After Year
    A possibly stupid question. I have seen the Shrek movies and they had no original music, or didn't notice any. Is the musical the same?
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    Image of Brian Moylan Brian Moylan
    11/30/09

    @MrHaroHaro: There are very bland, forgettable original songs written just for the musical.
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    11/30/09

    In reply to Tourists Go to the Same Broadway Shows Year After Year
    It's Ragtime, one word. And everyone should go see it. It closed way before its time in its first run in the 90s because Garth Drabinsky was too busy getting arrested to keep it afloat. Also, everyone go see Finian's Rainbow (a friend of mine is in it).

    But the "sad" news here is non-news; not every new musical is destined to become a juggernaut. The post-holiday and winter months are always the worst for any show; if you can survive to spring, you know you've made it.
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    Image of SarikaJalope SarikaJalope
    11/30/09

    @unclevanya: I also know someone in "Finian's Rainbow"! My friend loves the FR company; he says it's one of the nicest groups of people he's ever worked with. I've seen the show twice now, and I'm planning to go again. Not only are the cast, staging and music great; the message is gloriously subversive. You must all buy tickets now. Now, I say!

    And I can't begrudge "The Lion King" their success. It's a terrific show, with a truly original approach to the material that makes you almost forget the movie.

    Then, there's "Bye Bye Birdie".........oy.
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    11/30/09

    @SarikaJalope: Usually Broadway does itself a favor by having certain shows lip synch a song during the Macy's parade. This year, we got John Stamos in a high school-quality number from Byrdie, and the cast of Shrek (which is closing) doing a number from the movie that's not even in the show. Smart?
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    Image of beefer beefer
    11/30/09

    In reply to Tourists Go to the Same Broadway Shows Year After Year
    So I guess my plans for "The Legend of Billie Jean, The Musical" are in the shitter now. Dang it. Now all I have in the tank is "Rollerball On Ice"
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    Image of Brian Moylan Brian Moylan
    11/30/09

    @beefer: I would kill to see a second act open with a tap dance production number of "Invincible."
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    11/30/09

    @Brian Moylan:

    This is the best I can do for now. It's sort of what I had in mind, but imagine more neoprene and Patti LuPone in a blonde mullet.

    [www.youtube.com]
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    11/30/09

    @beefer: The 11 o'clock number would probably be when the Lisa Simpson girl gets her first period in the station wagon.
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    Image of beefer beefer
    11/30/09

    @unclevanya: Oh Putter, you're a woman now!
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    Image of Ogiri W Surie Ogiri W Surie
    11/30/09

    In reply to Tourists Go to the Same Broadway Shows Year After Year
    I loved Michael Crawfish in "Phanton."
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    Image of SaraRueful SaraRueful
    09/15/09

    In reply to Jon Landman Is New NYT Culture Editor
    The "hero" of the Jayson Blair saga was a woman who Landman foisted Blair off on to try to get him to get his shit together. She is the one who told Landman that Blair shouldn't work for the Times. Landman took the glory and the woman was demoted to copy editor, where she remains today.
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    Image of labyrinthine IS DOING THIS labyrinthine IS DOING THIS
    09/15/09

    In reply to Jon Landman Is New NYT Culture Editor
    'sup, Mister Rogers!
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    09/15/09

    @labyrinthine IS DOING THIS: That picture is truly divine.
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    Image of kimsama kimsama
    09/15/09

    In reply to Jon Landman Is New NYT Culture Editor
    Wow, I'm going to estimate about -7.5 or -8.0 diopters, there. Definitely a good sign.
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    Image of labyrinthine IS DOING THIS labyrinthine IS DOING THIS
    09/15/09

    @kimsama: wow indeed.

    I look at the picture and I can't NOT see that. jeez.
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    Phyllis Nefler promoted this comment Edited by labyrinthine IS DOING THIS at 09/15/09 11:56 AM labyrinthine IS DOING THIS was starred labyrinthine IS DOING THIS was unstarred
    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    09/11/09

    In reply to Anna Wintour's Daughter Is a Poor Theater Hobo
    I think Ed Coaster needs an intern. Hey, Uncle Ed, drop Gawker a line, wouldja? They'll hook you up.
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    Image of ShanghaiLil ShanghaiLil
    09/11/09

    In reply to Anna Wintour's Daughter Is a Poor Theater Hobo
    As far as I'm concerned, she should be able to get away with murder solely for having been forced to scratch and claw her way out of those tiny little bird-like pelvic bones.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/11/09

    In reply to Anna Wintour's Daughter Is a Poor Theater Hobo
    whoo. She really is pretty though. What a lottery that girl won.
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    Image of Mymoustache Mymoustache
    09/11/09

    In reply to Anna Wintour's Daughter Is a Poor Theater Hobo
    It's not surprising - with those flabby hamhocks for arms...the poor dear...
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    Image of PandoraSpocks PandoraSpocks
    09/11/09

    @Mymoustache: Yes. Poor thing, she's like obviously a SIZE 6! I mean, she might as well shop at Pennys.
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    Image of City_Dater City_Dater
    09/11/09

    In reply to Anna Wintour's Daughter Is a Poor Theater Hobo
    It is, in fact, true that you cannot work in theater if you've seen Twilight.

    (Seriously though, it's admirable that she's following her own path, rather than pulling an Ivanka Trump)
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    09/11/09

    @City_Dater: Ivanka Trump may not be treading unchartered waters, but I think it's hard to argue that woman doesn't work her ass off.

    I would, however, agree that no one who's seen Twilight should even be allowed to walk on Broadway.
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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    09/11/09

    @DahlELama: Well, she at least worked her tits off, then had them replaced.
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    Image of City_Dater City_Dater
    09/11/09

    @DahlELama:

    Being ubiquitous is not the same as being hard-working or even competent.
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