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Wednesday, 29 June 2011

1. SPIDER-MAN set what must be a Broadway record for the biggest weekly increase in gross sales, jumping by $432,004 to a weekly total gross of $1,702,866, third highest on the street,

But will the show’s sales hold up when the leaves turn:

[Link to Variety Article]

If you scroll down one post, you’ll see a lot of the stats from last week….

2. Michael Riedel reports plans to make a Broadway musical from the much-loved TV series of yore, “The Honeymooners”:

[Link to NYPost Article]

I’m not sure why, but this strikes me as a really good idea….

3. But if you didn’t agree, how about a musical based on Bonnie and Clyde?

[Link to NYTimes Article]

An obvious choice it ain’t, but you’ll never know until give you it a go….

4. Last, but definitely not least, the aftermath of 9/11 will be explored DECADE, a new multi-authored, site-specific play directed by the subject of our last post, Rupert Goold:

[Link to Variety Article]

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