Word: boxing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Whatever their standards, there is no doubt that critics count at the box office...
...affairs, though, as Atkinson points out: "The only power in the theater is on the stage; it is put there by authors, actors and directors. The critic can only transmit that power to the public." In any case, the critics themselves are as uneasy about their influence at the box office as theater people are. For this influence. Producer (The Remarkable Mr. Penny packer) Robert Whitehead thinks the theater it self is often to blame. Said he: "We blow up the critics. We make them important. Two days after an opening, we quote them, put ads in the papers with...
With Shiva in the wings and the snake back in the box, the orchestra switched tempo and Golden Voice made another try at "Have fun, you sonofagun..." There was a slight rattle of seats in the balcony as the two MIT blazers filed out. Her composure regained, the Girl Scout started raptly at the singer...
This does not stop the eagerness of the Wagner enthusiasts for more productions. "I am likely to get 100 or more earnest letters a year demanding more," says Bing. "But this doesn't seem to be Wagner's era at the box office...
...Increase income by attaching coin-box gadgets to TV sets...