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re: My standard: are people boarding planes and flying to NYC specifically to come see this person?
Posted by: Singapore/Fling 01:10 pm EST 02/14/21
In reply to: re: My standard: are people boarding planes and flying to NYC specifically to come see this person? - ryhog 10:24 am EST 02/14/21

Well, certainly the combination of show and performer is important, but I wouldn't use the example of Jackman, who people love because he's a showman, appearing in a rather oblique and hard to follow non-musical as the evidence that the show is the draw, not the person. Arguably, Jackman drew enough of a crowd to keep that play running at all, since the material was uniquely un-Broadway.
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re: My standard: are people boarding planes and flying to NYC specifically to come see this person?
Posted by: ryhog 07:30 pm EST 02/14/21
In reply to: re: My standard: are people boarding planes and flying to NYC specifically to come see this person? - Singapore/Fling 01:10 pm EST 02/14/21

I think you are either missing my point or I did a lousy job of stating it. When I say it is almost always the show first, I think what you say about Jackman supports that notion. I said almost because I think there are a few people that folks would go to see just to be close, regardless. (Would a bunch of people fly in to see the Obamas in a play without even asking what it was? Probably.) And I think there are a few that fit in the "last chance" category. But my broader point is that there really is no workable metric based on the board a plane standard that makes sense to me, even for Hugh Jackman who, for the record, I can live without seeing, but that's another song. :-)
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