"There is no shame in closing a show." – Mike Isaacson, Producer, Fox Theatricals
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When the revival of American Buffalo announced that Haley Joel Osment was joining Leguizamo AND Cedric The Entertainer, for a moment I thought I was involved with the wrong Mamet. Many people think it's a better play than Speed, it had three Hollywood names appealing [...]
I was on a subway platform the other day.
And so was a roach.
And so were a group of Australian tourists who, when they saw the roach, ran to the other side of the platform, shrieking like their shrimps were burning on the barbee along the way.
I couldn't [...]
I was a bit of a doomsdayer yesterday, I know.
So today, I'm gonna be Mr. Constructive-Guy and follow-up with a simple something you can do to help the biz get through this economic muck. At the same time, this something will actually make your life a lot easier as well. [...]
From the New York Times, this past Wednesday:
Best Buy, the electronics retailer, cut its fiscal 2009 earnings outlook on
Wednesday and said it was being hammered by the worst retail
environment in its 42-year history.
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