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...queues in front of the St. James Theatre, Broadway entrepreneurs had an epiphany: sad was out, glad was in. From now on, instead of looking for another sullen, finger-wagging faux-opera, they would try to find "the next ?Producers'." Sure enough, the ABBA's greatest-hits medley "Mamma Mia!" arrived and became the top new tourist attraction. It and "The Producers" have both been grossing $1 million or more a week (the golden number for a Broadway show) ever since. "Thoroughly Modern Millie," the Julie Andrews musical without Julie Andrews, followed and won the Tony for best musical. Maybe...
...screening of Ferris Bueller. Over 750 votes were cast for either Ferris Bueller or its rivals on the “It’s Movie Time” ballot, and the film was attended by more than 3,000 members of the Harvard community. Rudenstine’s MIA approach to participation in campus life was reflected in the cynicism with which some students, unaccustomed to presidential involvement in student activities, greeted the event, but the screening itself proved that well-organized social events will draw large, enthusiastic crowds...
...different, more frivolous sort. Most of them are aimed at kids (The Lion King), or they hark back to old-fashioned eras with tongue planted in cheek (42nd Street, Thoroughly Modern Millie), or they have books that are too patently silly for any sentient adult to pay attention (Mamma Mia!). Even The Producers, for all its pleasures, gets much of its comedy from Friars Club jokes about big bazooms and limp-wristed homosexuals, gags that passed muster only because they came from a revered master, Mel Brooks...
...interesting to read about the new breed of Broadway musicals that are a compilation of recycled hit songs held together with a marginal story [THEATER, Aug. 5]. But I couldn't understand your critic's objection to the "dancing in the aisles" that occurs during the encore in Mamma Mia! What's so terrible about theatergoers of all ages standing, cheering, waving their arms, singing and dancing in the aisles after seeing a marvelous musical? This is what Broadway needs and why Mamma Mia! sells out in theaters around the world. Too bad its success wasn't marked...
...Milbrett isn't just carrying the Power on her back. The stars of the WUSA, including Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain and Julie Foudy, were instrumental in the league's creation. This is their legacy, and they work ceaselessly to develop the league. This year, although attendance is off a bit, the financials have improved. There are more paying customers at full price, and sponsorship is increasing...