No wait a minute. What makes you think that the people who paid to see the movie in theaters in 1994 are the total number of people who have seen it? The movie has been out on video and DVD and whatever else for TWENTY YEARS. On top of that, it was nominated for SEVEN OSCARS and won 1.
I assure you many more people have seen the movie than bought tickets for it in 1994. And I'm not trying to claim it's some enormous popular perennial favorite that everyone has seen, I'm just saying don't try to skew it unnecessarily.
Also, anyone who wants to see the movie and hasn't, can see it very easily and cheaply (if not for free) before they see the show, or after. So comparisons are impossible to avoid. Especially since, even though 20 years old, it is fairly recent, and being Woody Allen, it will never be separated fully from being compared to the movie.
It seems odd to me that you're even asking this question, what, 3 previews in to the Broadway preview run of the first Woody Allen musical based on a fairly recent film... OF COURSE, maybe more than many properties, this will be compared to the film by people who are writing about it in chat boards or blogs or newspapers and magazines.
And the fact that it doesn't have an original score, but has quite a long of songs, makes it all the more comparable because it's not being reimagined/adapted as a musical the way most things are (with an original score being written).
But again it seems pointless to ask because it's inevitable.
And, I hardly think it was necessary for you to say this, and the way you said it: "AlanScott, (who I respect as much or more than anyone on this board)" ... ouch to anyone else! (I'm not personally offended, I just read it and laughed out loud with "jeez").
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