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...months after setting up shop in Sin City, jilting suitors around the country in favor of a sugar daddy who courted her with a new $40 million home, she discovers the fleeting nature of Las Vegas romance. A sultry soap opera? Political scandal? No--just the harsh reality of Broadway in Vegas...
...match for gloss in Vegas. Wynn canceled Avenue Q's run last month and will replace it with the splashier musical Monty Python's Spamalot in March 2007. For the nearly $2 billion national Broadway theater industry, which watched anxiously as show after show headed for Vegas, Q's failure is both lesson and opportunity. For some shows, maybe Seattle beats Vegas...
...your gross potential," says Michael Gill, general manager of Vegas' Mamma Mia! Word of mouth for the off-kilter show (Avenue Q features a gaggle of foulmouthed puppets) wasn't enough to fill its 1,200-seat venue, which is 1 1/2 times the size of Avenue Q's Broadway home. Casinos expect shows to draw people into their hotel rooms, gaming, restaurants and nightclubs, so they want to see packed houses. Avenue Q turned a profit but couldn't fill the house, averaging 50% capacity. Wynn says Spamalot has a better chance of selling out the $40 million palace...
...American voice.” Durang’s most popular plays include “Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You” and “The Marriage of Bette and Boo,” both winners of the prestigious Obie awards, the Off-Broadway Theater Awards bestowed by The Village Voice. The Harvard theater community has maintained a close relationship with Durang, performing his plays and sketches several times over the past decades. Benjamin J. Toff ’05, who directed a lesser-known Durang play, “The Vietnamization of New Jersey...
...employee at the Garage Starbucks said that a tall hot chocolate costs $2.47, including taxes, and not the $2.75, including taxes, charged at the Broadway location...