Monday, November 2, 2009
Theater Broadway Forgets Brighton Beach Memoirs
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:49 AM
After Patrick Healy's piece in the Times two weeks ago explaining that a few star-studded plays were skewing the numbers in an otherwise lukewarm, musical-driven Broadway season, most have concluded that the absence of significant star power is what precipitated Brighton Beach's demise. All of which basically confirms the sad fact that, much like blockbuster movies, Broadway relies more on spectacle and celebrities than critics and public opinion for its (financial) success.
(photo credit: Janna Giacoppo)
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