Playbill Is On It!

Because sometimes theatre stories are just *that* obvious. (This is a parody account clearly not associated with any publication or website.)

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This is Playbill in 2017. https://t.co/Bz90PZCsy9

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GUYS, selling the news is easy AND profitable and, this morning, Playbill could not be more ON IT.

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(Yes, I know the deck name-checks Rodgers and Laurents. But to refer to Do I Hear a Waltz? as a “Stephen Sondheim musical” is lunacy.)

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GUYS, absolutely no one else headline-worthy worked on Do I Hear a Waltz?, and Playbill is ON IT.

https://t.co/JCbW9DsDLM

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GUYS, insane casting notices sometimes get put up inexplicably and, in this case, Playbill was, in fact, ON IT.

(It's been pulled, is what I'm saying. But @earbox got screenshots here: https://t.co/XtsMA7xH7G)

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GUYS, musicals are hard to cast and Playbill lob listings are ON IT. https://t.co/vE4MmarQQ7

(I realize this isn't Playbill's fault, but this is just too special not to share.)

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GUYS, musicals are hard to cast and Playbill lob listings are ON IT. https://t.co/vE4MmarQQ7

(I realize this isn't Playbill's fault, but this is just too special not to share.)

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@playsbyme We never make up stuff here. https://t.co/HcM6dNftr8

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GUYS, being attractive and having a good body is a huge burden, and Playbill is ON IT. https://t.co/2bYd7sA6KV

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

Come Friday, however, the widely shared piece had been scrubbed from the site. Playbill CEO Philip Birsh copped to ordering the article’s deletion, telling Confider: “We want people to go to the theater. This piece exaggerated the issue in my opinion." https://t.co/knaOoKHvNA

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

EXCLUSIVE: Playbill pulled an investigation into Broadway audience misbehavior from its website after the renowned theater mag’s CEO complained it was “too salacious,” Confider has learned. https://t.co/knaOoKHvNA

[Cameron Kelsall @CameronPKelsall]

@earbox @rkunstadt The article contained at least one allegation of illegal behavior — that theater bartenders were instructed to serve patrons even if they were visibly intoxicated — and I’m wondering if it didn’t get an actual legal vetting before publication.

[Jake Brandman @jakebrandman]

@rkunstadt @earbox I think I read it was because they were admitting that FOH was serving alcohol to intoxicated patrons, which would threaten their liquor licenses

[Seth Christenfeld, Ten-Time BMI Librettists Reject @earbox]

@rkunstadt THEY TOOK THE ARTICLE DOWN?

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...it is basically unheard of for Sunset Boulevard to be directed by a woman, and Playbill is ON THAT, too!

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GUYS, this innovative production of Sunset Boulevard features a Norma Desmond who's older than many other major actresses who have played the role, and Playbill is ON IT.

https://t.co/LmGSbVvCrB

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Also, GUYS...

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@MmeBahorel Us? Mock Playbill? The very idea!

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GUYS, Twitter is still a thing and Playbill is... uh... not ON IT?