Remember when their sponsor forced us to do a flashmob for spanx? Or whatever that leggings thing was. Hysterical.
The event used to promote many new, upcoming musicals. Now it's always WICKED, MAMMA MIA, CHICAGO, PHANTOM, LION KING, and maybe 1-2 new shows.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle