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hkohne t1_ixda17h wrote

Reply to comment by G-bone714 in TIL that Evelyn Nesbit, dubbed "the world's first supermodel" became known for her involvement in a feud between her husband Harry Thaw and architect Stanford White who drugged and assaulted her age of 16, this led to Thaw murdering White inside Madison Square Garden in 1906. by TopAbies9056

It's a cool musical, too

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hymen_destroyer t1_ixec3wt wrote

I thought it had way too short of a run, but was lucky enough to see it on broadway.. It immediately came to mind when I saw this post

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Space_Fanatic t1_ixegqy6 wrote

I love this show and I've really been wanting it to come back as a revival. Pretty much every storyline from rich car tycoons and unions to police violence and racial injustice are still relevant today. You could almost just swap out jewish immigrants for hispanic south americans and set it in modern day and not much would change.

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usethe4th t1_ixftxjx wrote

I worked in theater for many years, and it’s easily my favorite musical of the last 30 years. The music is gorgeous, and the story and the characters are beautifully translated to the stage.

Sadly it hit Broadway at exactly the wrong time. It won Best Book, Best Score, and Best Orchestrations at the 1998 Tony Awards, but lost Best Musical to The Lion King. I’m still confused as to how the show with the best book, score, and orchestrations wasn’t the best musical of the year, but what do I know?

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