Just to clarify, I'm not being delussional. I know shows that appeal to audiences (and we do have some unfortunate ones, as I have listed in the past), I also know shows that won't last, like Caroline or Change. As much as I loved that show, it did not appeal to everyone in a mixed sense. With Wicked, everytime I have seen that show, the audiences react in ways that are not typical of B'way shows (for instance, the curtain calls - I have never heard audiences as loud as these). I know that All Shook Up and Good Vibrations will not have long runs, and that Little Woman will probably be on for two years at the most. I also know that, as much as I hate to say it, The Producers will be running for a while, as well as (Urgh) Mamma Mia. I'll bet that in five years, Wicked will still be running strong.
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
