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Posted: 1/16/09 at 7:52pm
http://www.broadway.com/Broadway-is-Boomtown-Hedda-Gabler/broadway_video/5019593
setting: The Broadway.com Executive Room
EXECUTIVE #1: Okay. The economy is in a downward spiral, and people aren't as willing to spend their money on the theater. And we are commercial whores, all of us, agreed?
EXECUTIVES: Agreed.
EXECUTIVE #1: So what can we do to get people excited about Broadway, and get them to buy tickets?
EXECUTIVE #2: Well, we need to get the word out that there are, in fact, shows coming this Spring.
EXECUTIVE #1: Good, and what else?
EXECUTIVE #3: We could do video features on each show!
EXECUTIVE #4: And get stars from the shows to talk things up, and get people excited!
EXECUTIVE #3: I think Michael Cerveris is available for HEDDA!
EXECUTIVE #1: YES! That's fantastic, every-
EXECUTIVE #3'S COUSIN: NINETEEN-TWENTIES!!!!
EXECUTIVE #1: Yes, you in the back?
EXECUTIVE #3'S COUSIN: MAKE VIDEOS IN STYLE OF NINETEEN-TWENTIES!!! NEWSREELS! CRACKLES!!! FUNNY HONKY-TONK NARRATION!!!!
EXECUTIVE #3: Where did you learn the word "honky-tonk?"
EXECUTIVE #1: Well...
EXECUTIVE #3: MIDDLEBROW AMERICA!!!
EXECUTIVE #1: Right, let's get on it, everyone!
setting: The Broadway.com Executive Room
EXECUTIVE #1: Okay. The economy is in a downward spiral, and people aren't as willing to spend their money on the theater. And we are commercial whores, all of us, agreed?
EXECUTIVES: Agreed.
EXECUTIVE #1: So what can we do to get people excited about Broadway, and get them to buy tickets?
EXECUTIVE #2: Well, we need to get the word out that there are, in fact, shows coming this Spring.
EXECUTIVE #1: Good, and what else?
EXECUTIVE #3: We could do video features on each show!
EXECUTIVE #4: And get stars from the shows to talk things up, and get people excited!
EXECUTIVE #3: I think Michael Cerveris is available for HEDDA!
EXECUTIVE #1: YES! That's fantastic, every-
EXECUTIVE #3'S COUSIN: NINETEEN-TWENTIES!!!!
EXECUTIVE #1: Yes, you in the back?
EXECUTIVE #3'S COUSIN: MAKE VIDEOS IN STYLE OF NINETEEN-TWENTIES!!! NEWSREELS! CRACKLES!!! FUNNY HONKY-TONK NARRATION!!!!
EXECUTIVE #3: Where did you learn the word "honky-tonk?"
EXECUTIVE #1: Well...
EXECUTIVE #3: MIDDLEBROW AMERICA!!!
EXECUTIVE #1: Right, let's get on it, everyone!
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
Updated On: 1/16/09 at 07:52 PM
