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35. "i'd read that!"
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>It's the slow, sad death of the Broadway non-musical play.
>It's come from years of greed of the theater owners resulting
>in the driving up of ticket prices resulting in the
>ambivalence of the average joe in theater. I've got a few
>old-time Broadway producer friends who talk with me about this
>constantly-- I'm actually considering writing a book on this.

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Playwrights: TRY to keep y'all plays under 5,000 hours long [View all] , Orbit_Established, Fri Dec-19-08 03:07 AM
 
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It's because playwrights for the most part REALLY feel themselves.
Dec 19th 2008
1
Interesting
Dec 19th 2008
9
I STRONGLY recommend seeing Mamet's Speed-The-Plow.
Dec 19th 2008
19
      I'm checking it out. I noticed its 90 mins w/no intermission.
Dec 19th 2008
21
      Mamet's plays are ALWAYS short and fast.
Dec 19th 2008
22
           Longo - I SEENT 'Speed the Plow' the other day - GOOD
Feb 15th 2009
40
                Some of the more recent plays he's written are tamer... BUT
Jan 06th 2010
42
                     Nigga that shit was last Valentine's Day! Check the date
Jan 06th 2010
43
                          Ah shit. Someone upped it and I thought it was you, LOL.
Jan 06th 2010
44
      Esparza is incredible in this.
Dec 20th 2008
23
send me your e-mail address. i'll send you a great play.
Dec 19th 2008
10
      Yeah, I'm reading for The O'Neill.
Dec 19th 2008
15
           I didn't submit this year.
Dec 20th 2008
24
Go see August: Osage County
Dec 19th 2008
2
I'm going to check it out. Thanks. n/m
Dec 19th 2008
6
Yup
Dec 19th 2008
8
i dreaded going to see that.
Dec 19th 2008
11
I'll say this in defense of long plays
Dec 19th 2008
3
You actually make lots of good points
Dec 19th 2008
5
      a couple of things:
Dec 19th 2008
12
      Wow. Awesome.
Dec 19th 2008
13
      And that's what I was talking about right there:
Dec 19th 2008
16
      The moment you realize that is the absolute worst!
Dec 20th 2008
28
      that is EXACTLY RIGHT!!!!!
Dec 20th 2008
27
           i'm not talking about knowing the ending.
Dec 21st 2008
31
                I don't think there's really an advantage there
Dec 21st 2008
33
                     i hear what you're saying, but you're not taking my point.
Dec 21st 2008
34
      Not a plea
Dec 20th 2008
26
           this is a great point.
Dec 21st 2008
32
                I knew those psychology classes would pay off
Dec 23rd 2008
37
                     it's definitely in danger
Dec 24th 2008
38
Good for you for complaining
Dec 19th 2008
4
Nothing wrong with tangetial hate, Walleye
Dec 19th 2008
7
Theater wasn't always that way.
Dec 19th 2008
18
BEST QUOTE ABOUT THEATRE EVER
Dec 20th 2008
29
one more thought about this:
Dec 19th 2008
14
Every single full-length play I've tried to write...
Dec 19th 2008
17
      the flip side of this, of course, is august wilson.
Dec 20th 2008
25
           August Wilson is amazing at this
Dec 20th 2008
30
           The difference is, of course...
Dec 21st 2008
36
I recommend NightMan/DayMan
Dec 19th 2008
20
I saw In The Heights over Christmas
Jan 06th 2009
39
Did you see the Broadway or Chicago performance?
Jan 06th 2010
41

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