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“Holly did not go lightly.”

Friday, February 25th, 2011

There’s a mildly funny piece in today’s NYT about Joe Allen Restaurant, specifically about the restaurant’s eastern wall…

Covering its eastern wall are posters for old Broadway shows, about 50 of them, from the mid-1960s on. Their titles will ring few bells except among the most knowledgeable of theater buffs. There is a reason. Each was a notorious flop.

Included are posters for such notorious works as “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (closed in previews), the legendary “Kelly” (Lewis Lapham was invited to document the production of “Kelly” from start to finish; “Kelly” closed after one performance. Lapham’s story was reprinted in a wonderful book called Second Act Trouble: Behind the Scenes at Broadway’s Big Musical Bombs.) and “Moose Murders” (closed after one performance: NYT review).

If I ever make it back to NYC, I think I’m going to make it a point to stop by Joe Allen’s place.

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