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		<title>By: Kevin Jones</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/the-death-of-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-5251734</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keep seeking, Seek. I&#039;m pointing out that there was zero research done on this lame article. Shapiro talks like these shows are all open. Looks like there are very few who read this tripe that think before they comment.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Keep seeking, Seek. I&#8217;m pointing out that there was zero research done on this lame article. Shapiro talks like these shows are all open. Looks like there are very few who read this tripe that think before they comment.</p>
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		<title>By: Keely</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/the-death-of-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-5243994</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keely]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hum songs from Avenue Q all the time! &quot;It&#039;d be okay...if you were gay...I&#039;d love you a-ny-way.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hum songs from Avenue Q all the time! &#8220;It&#8217;d be okay&#8230;if you were gay&#8230;I&#8217;d love you a-ny-way.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Jacobite2</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/the-death-of-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-5234310</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacobite2]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have hope that the intersection of degenerate culture and Islamic jihad may turn out to be to America;s advantage. One terror group; one nuke; one parking space in Times Square, and America&#039;s a much, much better place.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have hope that the intersection of degenerate culture and Islamic jihad may turn out to be to America;s advantage. One terror group; one nuke; one parking space in Times Square, and America&#8217;s a much, much better place.</p>
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		<title>By: OfficialPro</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/the-death-of-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-5234107</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[OfficialPro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know right]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know right</p>
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		<title>By: ElizabethMC</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/the-death-of-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-5233784</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ElizabethMC]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This isn&#039;t something that I would want to see.
It could be there aren&#039;t enough people with your appreciation - or maybe it&#039;s a bad economy - or maybe both.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This isn&#8217;t something that I would want to see.<br />
It could be there aren&#8217;t enough people with your appreciation &#8211; or maybe it&#8217;s a bad economy &#8211; or maybe both.</p>
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		<title>By: Digli</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/the-death-of-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-5233754</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digli]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bring back Cole Porter?
He was indeed a genius but he was also Gay.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bring back Cole Porter?<br />
He was indeed a genius but he was also Gay.</p>
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		<title>By: Digli</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/the-death-of-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-5233753</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digli]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gays in musical theater?
Who would have thought?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gays in musical theater?<br />
Who would have thought?</p>
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		<title>By: Seek</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/the-death-of-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-5233724</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Seek]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All stage shows &quot;close&quot; at some point.  So what?  These dates tell us nothing about how long the shows played or how good they were.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All stage shows &#8220;close&#8221; at some point.  So what?  These dates tell us nothing about how long the shows played or how good they were.</p>
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		<title>By: Seek</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/the-death-of-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-5233723</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Seek]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you could die instead.  Sorry if you&#039;re fixated on Hollywood, but this piece actually is about Broadway.  Even Ben has to step back a few paces and write about something different.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe you could die instead.  Sorry if you&#8217;re fixated on Hollywood, but this piece actually is about Broadway.  Even Ben has to step back a few paces and write about something different.</p>
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		<title>By: Seek</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/the-death-of-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-5233721</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Seek]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are plenty of &quot;kinky&quot; conservatives.  And we enjoy an interesting challenging Broadway show as well as a challenging movie.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are plenty of &#8220;kinky&#8221; conservatives.  And we enjoy an interesting challenging Broadway show as well as a challenging movie.</p>
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		<title>By: Sharps Rifle</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sharps Rifle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never could stand musicals, so I&#039;m shedding no tears if they vanish.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I never could stand musicals, so I&#8217;m shedding no tears if they vanish.</p>
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		<title>By: Jacob Thompson</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/the-death-of-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-5233606</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clearly the author left out anything that doesn&#039;t support his thesis.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clearly the author left out anything that doesn&#8217;t support his thesis.</p>
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		<title>By: Kimberly</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/the-death-of-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-5233600</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kimberly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting theory, but very poorly researched. Middle-America fuels &quot;Mamma Mia!&quot; and &quot;Jersey Boys.&quot; When has the music of Frankie Valli not appealed to conservatives as well as more liberal audiences? The long-runners may skew mass-ignorance, but dozens of brilliant shows have opened, been adored (adult-and-kid appealing Tony-winner Peter and the Starcatcher, 2011, now off-Broadway) and closed--not running for 5-25 years does not signal a flop or classic new musical. Many fascinating &quot;classical&quot; musicals are shaping their way to bigger stages off-Broadway or regionally first...&quot;Giant,&quot; for example, as classic in format as &quot;Oklahoma!&quot; Zero mention of &quot;In the Heights,&quot; or the raunchier but still immaculately built &quot;Book of Mormon,&quot; the latter of which is one of the shows currently poised to be a long runner. No nod to the hugely successful &quot;Chicago,&quot; still running and still classic in style. Limited engagement runs, preset to close sooner, are more standard and financially viable than open ended runs seen regularly 30 years ago. And, most egregiously absent from the conversation--recognition that the classics are classics for a reason...their stories would be played out and isolating if repeated again and again in similar format, hence the evolution of work that tells love stories without sweeping farms and operatic ballads, but new landscapes and evolving musical styles. At one time, George Ballachine was considered the death of ballet. Now his is remembered as the father of modern ballet. It is too early to tell whether Broadway is &quot;dead.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is an interesting theory, but very poorly researched. Middle-America fuels &#8220;Mamma Mia!&#8221; and &#8220;Jersey Boys.&#8221; When has the music of Frankie Valli not appealed to conservatives as well as more liberal audiences? The long-runners may skew mass-ignorance, but dozens of brilliant shows have opened, been adored (adult-and-kid appealing Tony-winner Peter and the Starcatcher, 2011, now off-Broadway) and closed&#8211;not running for 5-25 years does not signal a flop or classic new musical. Many fascinating &#8220;classical&#8221; musicals are shaping their way to bigger stages off-Broadway or regionally first&#8230;&#8221;Giant,&#8221; for example, as classic in format as &#8220;Oklahoma!&#8221; Zero mention of &#8220;In the Heights,&#8221; or the raunchier but still immaculately built &#8220;Book of Mormon,&#8221; the latter of which is one of the shows currently poised to be a long runner. No nod to the hugely successful &#8220;Chicago,&#8221; still running and still classic in style. Limited engagement runs, preset to close sooner, are more standard and financially viable than open ended runs seen regularly 30 years ago. And, most egregiously absent from the conversation&#8211;recognition that the classics are classics for a reason&#8230;their stories would be played out and isolating if repeated again and again in similar format, hence the evolution of work that tells love stories without sweeping farms and operatic ballads, but new landscapes and evolving musical styles. At one time, George Ballachine was considered the death of ballet. Now his is remembered as the father of modern ballet. It is too early to tell whether Broadway is &#8220;dead.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: NAHALKIDES</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/the-death-of-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-5233573</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[NAHALKIDES]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a cultural tragedy.  I can only suggest that we as conservatives need to mount our own &quot;long march through the institutions&quot; and begin to displace the cultural Left.  When we bring back the values that ruled during the 40&#039;s and 50&#039;s, then we might see the same caliber of musical again.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a cultural tragedy.  I can only suggest that we as conservatives need to mount our own &#8220;long march through the institutions&#8221; and begin to displace the cultural Left.  When we bring back the values that ruled during the 40&#8242;s and 50&#8242;s, then we might see the same caliber of musical again.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin Jones</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/the-death-of-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-5233526</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Jones]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beauty and the Beast and The Producers closed in 2007. Rent closed in 2008. Hairspray closed in 2009. Next To Normal and La Cage closed in 2011. Priscilla Queen of the Desert closed a year ago. Mary Poppins closed in March of this year. Avenue Q moved to an off-Broadway theater in 2009.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beauty and the Beast and The Producers closed in 2007. Rent closed in 2008. Hairspray closed in 2009. Next To Normal and La Cage closed in 2011. Priscilla Queen of the Desert closed a year ago. Mary Poppins closed in March of this year. Avenue Q moved to an off-Broadway theater in 2009.</p>
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		<title>By: The Dead Critic</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/the-death-of-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-5233514</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Dead Critic]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now if Hollywood would just shrivel up and die already!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now if Hollywood would just shrivel up and die already!</p>
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		<title>By: dizzyizzy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[dizzyizzy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would rather blame union rules, which affect Broadway as well as the public schools. They are part of the great dumbing down.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would rather blame union rules, which affect Broadway as well as the public schools. They are part of the great dumbing down.</p>
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		<title>By: dizzyizzy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[dizzyizzy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when real intellectuals wrote for Broadway, whatever their limitations. I wrote about the disastrous SMASH (on television) as a perfectly liberal offering in tune with the times. See http://clarespark.com/2013/05/27/smash-the-perfect-liberal-backstage-musical/. This was the second of two pieces on SMASH. The first was here: http://clarespark.com/2012/05/18/smash-season-finales-and-the-demonic/. &quot;Smash and the demonic.&quot; I recommend both even if you didn&#039;t see the series, which did have its devotees. The second one did emphasize the role that craft unions have had on innovation and experimentation. Now Broadway caters to the sure-fire hit, which means catering to the lowest common denominator.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was a time when real intellectuals wrote for Broadway, whatever their limitations. I wrote about the disastrous SMASH (on television) as a perfectly liberal offering in tune with the times. See <a href="http://clarespark.com/2013/05/27/smash-the-perfect-liberal-backstage-musical/" rel="nofollow">http://clarespark.com/2013/05/27/smash-the-perfect-liberal-backstage-musical/</a>. This was the second of two pieces on SMASH. The first was here: <a href="http://clarespark.com/2012/05/18/smash-season-finales-and-the-demonic/" rel="nofollow">http://clarespark.com/2012/05/18/smash-season-finales-and-the-demonic/</a>. &#8220;Smash and the demonic.&#8221; I recommend both even if you didn&#8217;t see the series, which did have its devotees. The second one did emphasize the role that craft unions have had on innovation and experimentation. Now Broadway caters to the sure-fire hit, which means catering to the lowest common denominator.</p>
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		<title>By: Palanisamy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Palanisamy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sad news to musical lovers.

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.behealthybehappysite.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Palanisamy&lt;/a&gt;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sad news to musical lovers.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.behealthybehappysite.com/" rel="nofollow">Palanisamy</a></p>
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		<title>By: Gamal</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gamal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gay culture has taken over musical theater]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The gay culture has taken over musical theater</p>
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