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re: I still believe this will be a huge hit

Posted by:	keikekaze 07:57 pm EST 11/24/14
In reply to:	re: I still believe this will be a huge hit - ryhog 11:50 pm EST 11/23/14

First of all, there have never been that many 15+ year running shows, nor would we want there to be. We have a few (by which I mean enough) right now. I agree completely. I'm no fan of endless runs on Broadway, as I've said many times. But we did get eleven Broadway shows that had 12-year runs or more (or are about to reach that point) between 1975 (A Chorus Line) and 2005 (Jersey Boys), and only one more (Book of Mormon) has joined that list since 2005. They "proliferated"--insofar as they did--during the '80s and '90s, a period when money was relatively easy and spending was relatively free. They've stopped "proliferating" since 2005. You need large audiences who can throw a lot of money around to sustain runs of that length, so I don't imagine we're going to see many more such runs in the near future--which is fine with me.

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