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All of this game-playing is detrimental to Broadway.

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No amount of spin can justify a statement that Rocky closed because of anything other than Broadway shows all close eventually. And to try and use the events downtown to re-open a failed sho…

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From 7/29 - 9/9, two days before the World Trade Center attacks, Rocky had a trend of decreasing revenue at the rate of about $50,000 per week.

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Now, if you look at the trends in the numbers, 6/17 - 7/29 was a post Tony Awards appearance bounce plus an aggressive marketing campaign of discounted tickets. This lead to high percentages…

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Here are the Box Office Grosses for Rocky as reported to Playbill Online:

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And shame on Pogrebin for either jumping to that conclusion or not checking out the statement if it was made.

Howard Rubenstein

Before the denials happen, let me ask why Rocky had on the payroll Lizzie Grubman and Howard Rubenstein, over and above their regular press rep, Judy Jacksina? We hear that Lizzie was hired to get celebs to Rocky while Rubenstein was hired to hold a re-opening press conference and get Mayor Giuliani there. Giuliani cancelled.

Or if you are graphic person, click on the chart:

re-opening of The Rocky Horror show

What was Robin Pogrebin, a reporter for The New York Times, thinking? Yesterday, Pogrebin filed a story for the Times regarding the re-opening of The Rocky Horror show. It said, in part,

The Broadway version of "The Rocky Horror Show," which closed Sept. 23 because of the terrorist attacks, is planning to reopen on Oct. 30 and to play through Jan. 6 at its original home, Circle in the Square Theater.

Yet Another Version of 'Footloose,' This Time TV

Gina Gershon Comes Back to the 'Cabaret'

Bat Where It Belongs! 'Bat Boy' Resumes Perfs at Union Square Theatre Oct. 18

London 'Private Lives' Heading for Broadway

Take a Chance on Them: 'Mamma Mia!' Opens Oct. 18

Theater Review | 'An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein' Gleefully Skewering the Quirks of Humanity

On this day in 1977, Reggie Jackson of the New York Yankees became only the second player to hit three home runs in a World Series game. Jackson's heroics led New York to an 8-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers, clinching the world championship.

Buzz Lines: If you hurry, you can still catch the fabulous production of Lady in the Dark at the Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia. (Hello, Amtrak�?)

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Frank, go back to work now. :-)

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Is it me or is the silence from the Left Coast deafening? More specifically, I am talking about the lack of chat about Wildhorn's Dracula which started at La Jolla last week. Sure they are in previews, but what exactly is a preview at a regional theatre anyway?

New Kid on Jane Street Block is Joey McIntyre, Joining tick, tick Oct. 17

Theater Review | 'Save It For the Stage: The Life of Reilly': Anecdotes About His Family and a Life in Show Business by Anita Gates

Theater Review | 'The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)': And You Still Thought Hamlet Was a Tragedy by D. J. R. Bruckner

Improbable as it may seem to people who saw the 1991 and 1995 presentations, this second Off Broadway revival of "Shakespeare Abridged" is funnier than ever.

Today's birthdays include Arthur Miller, Evel Knievel, Michael McKean, Margot Kidder, George Wendt, Mike Judge, Norm MacDonald, Eminem, Rita Hayworth, Jean Arthur, and Montgomery Clift.

Grrrr!!!

MESSAGE TO SHOW MUSIC MAGAZINE READERS

Vineyard To Unwrap Wright's Candy Through Nov. 11

Actress Gloria Foster Is Remembered at Manhattan Memorial

Broadway Grosses: October 8-14 - Part 1

Christmas on Mars Revisited at Manhattan Theatre Source, Oct. 17-Nov. 3

ATW's Isabelle Stevenson Gets JNF Tree, Dec. 10

LCT Platform Series Hosts Thou Shalt Not Crew, Oct. 17, 24

Fonzie Sings!: Happy Days the Musical Has Industry Readings in L.A. Oct. 21-23

Target Margin Opens Marriage of Figaro Off-Broadway, Oct. 17

Flannery O'Connor's Everything Rises at NY Theatre Workshop, Oct. 17-Nov. 18

IN THE WINGS by MICHAEL RIEDEL

TWO high-profile musicals trying out in regional theaters may be Broadway bound.The first is "The Visit," the new musical from songwriters John Kander and Fred Ebb, and playwright Terrence McNally, which opened last week in Chicago starring Chita Rivera.
So, the question is, was Riedel not included in the Rocky news, or did he decide not to write about it? Hmmm...

SCENE AND HEARD: Neil LaBute's New Shape

The hot young playwright partied at Ernie's with the cast on opening night

Bat Boy To Reopen Off-Broadway, Oct. 18

As boxoffice woes ease, the scary musical plans to return from beyond the grave
Unfortunately, this re-opening will get buried under the Mamma Mia frenzy.

Students Asked To Write Plays About the War's Effect on Their Lives

The entries must address the student's feelings in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack

Sebastian Bach Rocks as Riff Raff in Oct. 30 B'way Resurrection of Rocky Horror Show

Celebrities like Robin Leach, Jerry Springer, Sally Jesse Raphael and MTV's Dave Holmes will also join the Broadway revival.

Theater Hall of Fame To Induct Strouse, Grizzard, Brustein, Stevenson Jan. 28, 2002

The "Class of 2001" will be welcomed by the American Theater Critics Association and the Board of Directors of the Theater Hall of Fame

Road rallies despite 'Full' stop

Clear Channel talking about salvaging tuner's truncated tour

Hot 'mamma' hits

B'way B.O. monopolized by Big 5

A 'Fool' for B'way

New SFS sets comedy with thesp Bates, helmer Penn

Yakker to do time warp

Jerry! Jerry! steps in to play narrator in transgender tuner
Talkshow host Jerry Springer will replace talkshow host Dick Cavett in the retooled production of "The Rocky Horror Show," set to reopen on Broadway Oct. 30 for a limited 10-week engagement.
When did Broadway become golf? It used to be that on Broadway, the scoring the lowest was not the desired outcome...

Cast Announced for Othello at the Public

Unwrap Your Candy Extends at the Vineyard

The limited engagement of Doug Wright�s Unwrap Your Candy at the Vineyard Theatre will be extended for two additional weeks. The play, directed by the author, will now run through November …

Broadway Grosses: Here We Go Again

The new season is really starting to heat up, with four shows (Mamma Mia!, Thou Shalt Not, Sexaholix�a love story and The Women) in the midst of previews last week.

I guess Harry couldn't explain 'Thou Shalt Not' either.Or as they say on ratm, 'Thou Shouldn't Have'

On this date in 1967, 'Hair' opened. And on this date in 1989, an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 hits San Francisco, killing 67 and causing damage in the billions. Part of the Bay Bridge also collapsed. The quake interrupts the third World Series game.