Overheard at Angus Volume XV: As Huey Lewis used to say, “I wanna new drug.”
Was at a Broadway watering hole this weekend, and I swear to David Merrick, I heard this exact exchange from two Producing Peers:
Producer #1: Congrats on the opening of your show.
Producer #2: Thanks. I’m exhausted.
Producer #1: I hear ya. Just opened XXXX.
Producer #2: I know. Congrats on the great reviews.
Producer #1: Thanks. Remember when that was enough? Now that’s only half of it. Market this, market that. What the $#@$ is Yelp anyway?
Producer #2: It’s where people with anger management issues go instead of therapy.
Producer #1: I’d prefer they go to you-know-where.
Producer #2: If only they had Viagra for shows.
Producer #1: What?
Producer #2: Help to get it up. And help to keep it up.
Only on Broadway, kids. Only on Broadway.
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