{"id":1100,"date":"2005-03-26T01:19:38","date_gmt":"2005-03-26T09:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2005\/03\/too_sweet_to_believe\/"},"modified":"2005-03-26T01:19:38","modified_gmt":"2005-03-26T09:19:38","slug":"too_sweet_to_believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2005\/03\/too_sweet_to_believe.html","title":{"rendered":"TOO SWEET TO BELIEVE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Theater writer Jesse McKinley learned two object lessons this week: Never trust a Broadway
\nproducer, especially for a puff piece<\/FONT><\/B><\/A>, and never report that
\nsomething in the future is “certain” to happen, especially in the theater. “On Thursday,” he wrote,
\nthe producer of a new “Sweet Charity” revival told him plans to bring the show to Broadway
\nwere “going ahead, unchanged.” On Friday, McKinley reported: “One thing is certain: After the
\nshow’s run in Boston — it closes Sunday — the whole production will head to New York, where it
\nbegins previews at the Al Hirschfeld Theater on April 4.” And now, on Saturday, the headline on
\nhis latest report reads: “‘Sweet Charity’ Revival Will Not Be Coming to
\nBroadway.”<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> Somehow it fails to say, “After All.”<\/B> I’m sure McKinley
\nknew the lessons all along, just forgot what he knew.
\n

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\n

Postscript:<\/B> Can you believe it? As of March 30, “Broadway ‘Charity’ Is Now Back
\nOn.”<\/FONT><\/B><\/A><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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