This time, Glenn Beck, it's personal — a Broadway rebuttal [View All]

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broadwayworld.com's theater critic takes on Beck's review of SPIDER-MAN and finds it wanting.


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You say theatre lovers don't like rock music. Ever hear of a little show called Hair, big guy?

You say we think having actors flying around cheapens the theatre? Yeah, that's why Mary Martin's performance in Peter Pan is so lowly regarded by us all.

And you say we don't like musicals based on comic book characters? Got two words for ya, genius... An. Nie.

Look, you do what you want when you're talking politics, but when you step up to the Sardi's bar to mix with the musical theatre crowd you play by our rules, and that means freely expressing your opinions and then respecting anyone's opposing viewpoint.



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