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re: Is LEGENDS the most successful BAD play ever written?

Posted by:	Jax 02:48 pm EST 01/18/15
In reply to:	re: Is LEGENDS the most successful BAD play ever written? - MFeingold 09:36 am EST 01/18/15

I wasn't thinking of DEATHTRAP when I posted. To my recollection, it got largely positive reviews when it opened. You might not have liked it, but I don't think many would think of it as a "bad" play. I was thinking more of some of the crass comedies that achieved decent runs in the 50s and 60s -- "The Impossible Years" or "Time Out for Ginger" -- which ran because they had a star, Alan King, or community theatre appeal. They kept doing them in stock for years, and then they just went away. You don't see shows like that much anymore..unless you see "Legends."

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