i don't think that we decide now what is great and what is not. that judgement is usually left for history. lest we forget, follies opened to what were at best, mixed reviews and lost it's entire investment. $800,000. the show was mounted for $800,000. how much would it cost today? when you're finished calculating that, you should know why it's harder to produce what is instantly recognized as groundbreakingly successful work on broadway. it just costs too damn much to do it on a regular basis.
love her or hate her, rosie did pony up $10M. i wish it would have worked a little better because her show had the potential to be all of those things. it's not and i know close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, but heck i can play woulda coulda.
there are very few people willing to bet the millions that it takes to do a musical on broadway on their instincts...heck not enough people who are interested in the arts have that kinda money to toss around. but before you kids all bury broadway and american society, let's just remember that there've been bad years before and there will be bad years again. plus face it, broadway is competing for attention and audiences more then it ever has.
i think you folks all have every reason to be upset at the recent output, but i don't think that the death knell has sounded just yet. but hey what do i know? i liked beauty and the beast.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
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pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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