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re: Riedel/RazzleDazzle/Fact Check

Posted by:	NewtonUK 08:48 am EST 11/02/15
In reply to:	re: Riedel/RazzleDazzle/Fact Check - keikekaze 02:43 pm EST 11/01/15

The 1962-1963 error (17 openings) seems to be referencing the whole season. Regardless, its a misleading statement. The 1962-1963 was not much different than the two prior or two after, in number of shows produced, and % of flops. The book seems to be saying that this is an outlandishly small number of shows. The 1900 error? Well - whats puzzling to me is that you can just click on the IBDB site an count the number of shows in any season - and also click thru and find out how many were original (1st Broadway production) and how many were revivals - or in the case of 1900, shows that closed over the summer and re-opened. The number 50 had to come from somewhere - maybe from the bio of the Shuberts that Riedel quotes. Still - for something simple like a numbers of shows - a hard fact - it seems more than odd not to do, or have someone do, a quick check of it.

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