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re: They do have a deep bench,

Posted by: Haberville (Haberville@aol.com) 03:51 pm EST 11/18/14
In reply to: They do have a deep bench, - Neilfrombrooklyn 03:03 pm EST 11/18/14
I would say that the power of the NY Times was being diluted even back during Frank Rich's reign. When he wrote raves (even adding follow-up puff pieces as he did with SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE or his one-man campaigns for shows like Jules Feiffer's GROWN-UPS as just one example) he couldn't really put shows into the money making column. Yes, his pans could close shows that were wholly dependent on favorable Times reviews due to the high level of readers then that were theatre goers... but those days began waning before he left and mean far less now through the eighteen year run of Brantley (alongside help from Isherwood and others). I found it very interesting this morning that there was a SIDE SHOW rave in the Times from Isherwood, when it was Brantley's rave in 1997 that sent me to buy tickets immediately fearing I would be sold out. When I got to the theatre two weeks later, I was stunned to see all the empty seats.


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