Word: shears
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those who can't seem to get enough shear madness, but have had enough of the "Contract with America," the Women's Caucus for Art has a solution. The Caucus is sponsoring a nation-wide "art project" to protest proposed cuts to National Endowment for the Arts funding...
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What is the play (no musicals, thank you) with the longest consecutive run in American theater history? Why, it's Shear Madness, a comedy thriller that encourages the audience to help solve the mystery. On Jan. 31, at the Charles Playhouse in Boston, the show celebrated its 15th anniversary with its 6,273rd performance, nearly twice as many as the Broadway non-musical champ, Life with Father. And the second longest runner? Shear Madness in Chicago (12 years, 4 months). The Washington production of Shear Madness is another hardy perennial; it has been at the Kennedy Center since...
...unisex barber shop-think of Steel Magnolias crossed with The Mousetrap-this interactive comedy is one of the best-kept successes in show business. In 1980 Shear Madness was capitalized at $60,000. Since then it has grossed $54 million while playing to 3.8 million people in 23,000 performances in the U.S. (St. Louis, Philadelphia and Austin as well as the cities mentioned above) and around the world (Montreal, Tel Aviv, Melbourne, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Budapest)-but never in New York City, the titular capital of live theater. Many audience members are repeaters, genial cultists; they come back bringing...
Jordan modestly characterizes Shear Madness as "just a fun, silly, enjoyable night out." But this fizzy burlesque is plenty clever, as both an evening's entertainment and a marketing strategy. The show's easy, giddy wit satisfies the customers. They keep coming back because Madness changes every night...