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Fun on a Friday: Obama’s directing a musical.

By On April 15, 2011 · 1 Comment

What's more difficult . . . directing a musical?  Or being the President of the United States?

Leave it to The Onion to put Barack Obama in the Director's chair of a new production of Guys & Dolls.

(And does this mean Jack O'Brien gets a shot at the oval office?)

Happy weekend, all!  

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I’m a celebrity, so see this show.

By On May 20, 2009 · 4 Comments

A few weeks ago, our President urged citizens to buy cars.  American cars.

And guess what?

The day after the speech, Chrysler sold more cars. 

The endorsement is an age-old advertising trick that takes advantage of the Cialdini-styled social proof in all of us.  Put a well respected [...]

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What’s the difference between Best Musical and Best Revival of a Musical?

By On April 27, 2009 · 2 Comments

This question came in over the weekend, after a reader noticed my tweet about going to see the new Broadway revival of West Side Story. 

Obviously, the person who asked knew the basic difference between the two awards categories, but she was more interested in [...]

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Got an idea for a show? Here’s the first thing you should do.

By On April 13, 2009 · 8 Comments

Buy the domain name.

That's right . . . I don't care whether it's a new play you've written or an old play that you want to revive.  Before you breathe a word of it to anybody, go to a site like www.GoDaddy.com and snatch up [...]

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