Front Page of Today's NEWSDAY

[Dollypop]

Front Page of Today's NEWSDAY#1

Posted: 6/15/11 at 1:54pm

NEWSDAY, the Long Island daily newspaper features SPIDERMAN on its front page today and reviews the show in its main section. I don't recall them doing that for any other Broadway show.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[wexy]

Front Page of Today's NEWSDAY#2

Posted: 6/15/11 at 2:03pm

Must be a slow news day.

'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Front Page of Today's NEWSDAY#2

Posted: 6/15/11 at 8:59pm

Well it's hardly a typical Broadway mounting. NBC Nightly News covered the opening (and reviews) this evening too.

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[dramamama611]

Front Page of Today's NEWSDAY#3

Posted: 6/15/11 at 10:02pm

Heck, my local RADIO station mentioned in the news broadcast this AM -- it was only one line, but I'm sure they've never mentioned anothere b'way opening.

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[adamgreer]

Front Page of Today's NEWSDAY#4

Posted: 6/15/11 at 10:24pm

The Lion King's opening night (and rave review) was covered on the front page of the NY Daily News when it opened. That's the last time I remember something like that happening.

[Dollypop]

Front Page of Today's NEWSDAY#5

Posted: 6/15/11 at 10:30pm

I recall the NY Times putting MISS SAIGON on the front page (under the fold) 'way back when. However, Newsday is a Long Island paper and the local critic gives little more than plot summaries when he reviews productions out here.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[adamgreer]

Front Page of Today's NEWSDAY#6

Posted: 6/15/11 at 10:53pm

The Newsday critic is a female, though I agree that her reviews are awful.

[rosscoe(au)]

Front Page of Today's NEWSDAY#7

Posted: 6/16/11 at 7:35am

The opening of Spiderman was also covered by the news media in Australia. One station opened with "Grover as Spidemonster" and went from there!

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[bwayphreak234]

Front Page of Today's NEWSDAY#8

Posted: 6/16/11 at 10:26am

I don't get the paper everyday, but I do check the online site for the paper daily. They have been following the show like crazy. There are three articles this week that have been headlining the arts page online all week.

"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "

[Dollypop]

Front Page of Today's NEWSDAY#9

Posted: 6/16/11 at 6:05pm

>>>"The Newsday critic is a female, though I agree that her reviews are awful."<<<

Linda Winer is their Main Line theater critic. I don't always agree with her viewpoint but she writes well. The LOCAL critic is Steve Parks, who not only has a terrible speech impediment, but frequently gives nothing more than a plot summary of the shows he's reviewing. If we're lucky, we might get a description of his drive to the theater--anything to fill space.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)