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re: When the movie hurts the play....

Posted by:	TheaterGoer 01:58 pm EDT 05/08/15
In reply to:	re: When the movie hurts the play.... - TeriG 06:43 pm EDT 05/07/15

Grease would never had been the staple it is now without the movie. The book to the stage musical is somewhat incoherent. That show gets more licensing from the love of the movie (that said, the movie hurt the play because it is so much better and invites disappointment in how many of the big the movie songs are not in the stage show). Chicago made $306,000,000 world-wide, and as title was definitely boosted by the film; sales spiked after it won the Oscar. Sweeney made $153,000,000 world-wide and I've no doubt enhanced further licensing in countries that didn't necessarily go after it.

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