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Re: Business
Was that with Kevin Spacey? Wow. But then, they did get awards, didn't
they?
keets
>From: Brian Cady <cadyb@home.com>
>Reply-To: cadyb@home.com
>To: "Paul's list" <thewho@igtc.com>
>Subject: Re: Business
>Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 07:15:42 -0400
>
>Bill wrote:
> > I
> > think the REALLY big payoff for him has been Tommy on Broadway.
>
>They may have given him an advance payment for Tommy, but the show actually
>lost
>money which is why it had to close after a year. This would seem
>incredible
>with the crowds it was drawing, but there was a mind-blowing article last
>month
>in the NYT about how the producers of "The Iceman Cometh," a play with
>several
>actors on a single set with no effects, had to charge $100 a ticket just to
>break even thanks to unions, stars' fees, theater rentals, etc.
>
> -Brian in Atlanta
>
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