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Theatergoers Don't Seem to Care About the 'Spider-Man' Musical's Problems
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsThe show must go on. Though coverage of Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" musical has focused on the injuries, technical mishaps and bad reviews, theatergoers are still lining up for tickets. The 2010 performances have been sold out for a long time, but the new publicity seems to have prompted people to pick up tickets to 2011 shows -- assuming, of course, that "Spider-Man" makes it to next year. Watch some ticket-buyers explain why they decided to shell out for the seemingly cursed production. One woman explains that the ticket-seller "promised me nobody would fall on my head or in ...
Stuntman Seriously Injured in Latest 'Spider-Man' Mishap
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsA stuntman doubling for the lead actor in the problem-plagued Broadway production of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" is hospitalized in serious condition today after falling during the final minutes of a performance. Bellevue Hospital spokesman Stephen Bohlen told AOL News that Christopher Tierney was admitted with undisclosed injuries. Bohlen had no details on the nature of the accident, but the New York Daily News reported that the actor's harness snapped near the end of Monday's performance of the $65 million show at the Foxwoods Theater. Kathy Willens, AP A giant banner covers ...
Opinion: The Demise of Broadway Musicals
By David Fagin - AOL News(June 14) -- I love the theater. You name it. Dramas, comedies, thrillers, whatever. Give me a ticket and I'll go see it. But the one genre that holds a special place for me are musicals. Many of us can identify with them because, growing up, we were in them. I was. I was also lucky enough to grow up at the tail end of Broadway's last gasp of originality. I grew up on "Cats," "A Chorus Line," "Les Miz," etc. (so what if the latter's based on a book? The show rocked!) I used to love to watch the Tony Awards back then. These days, my favorite thing about watching the Tonys is watching my ...
Obama's Fashion Statement: Theater Casual
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyNEW YORK -- For New Yorkers old enough to remember when the Phantom was in the comic strips and not at the Opera, it was the most shocking presidential photo since...well...Richard Nixon walked along the beach in wingtips. There was Barack Obama -- a president so beloved in Manhattan that he won 85 percent of the vote -- heading off with Michelle to the theater Saturday night dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and (just typing these words could bring on a coronary) no tie. Not Hermes silk, not street-vendor synthetic, not even a New Mexican tourist bolo -- nothing at his neck besides skin. ...
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