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re: Riedel/RazzleDazzle/Fact Check

Posted by:	AlanScott 01:27 am EST 11/03/15
In reply to:	re: Riedel/RazzleDazzle/Fact Check - WWriter 09:21 pm EST 11/01/15

I'm sure that the book is mess, but your list of notable creators of musical theatre who are not (or were not) gay men has at least two people on it rumored to have been bisexual. I'd question his statement on Rich having been the most powerful critic in the history of the TImes on two bases. First, it's an unprovable statement. Second, I think it's simply incorrect. Atkinson was extremely influential with audiences. And while a lot of people may not have liked or respected Barnes, he was generally believed to have tremendous power. As for Rich, lots of shows prospered despite receiving mixed or even negative reviews from him, and shows that he championed failed to catch on. The same could be said of Atkinson and Barnes. It would be truly impossible to gauge which of them wielded the greatest influence over ticket buyers. I would guess that the source of the cassette of Nine story is page two of the linked article. If so, it simply serves as another example of Riedel's sloppiness, as the story says that Mario Fratti pushed the cassette under Tune's door. Actually, the mail-slot story sounds more plausible to me. Some of those old Manhattan buildings had mail slots that would easily be big enough to push a cassette though. That particular building is a pre-war high rise with a doorman, and I find Riedel's version plausible. But under a door seems to me a bit more unlikely, though not impossible.
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