MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast

MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast

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MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast
MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast
Why musical trailers don’t show tunes anymore

Why musical trailers don’t show tunes anymore

Crunching the numbers behind Hollywood’s latest “musical” problem (GUEST POST)

Jan 10, 2024
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Shalom, Broadway lovers!

In today’s Premium Weekly Blast: a guest essay about the statistics behind Hollywood’s phobia of including songs in its trailers for movie musicals; a Piano Talk on “She Used to Be Mine” from Waitress; a Broadway Blast about Beauty and the Beast; and a Last Blast about Into the Woods.

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