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Photo credit: AP Photo JOAN MARCUS | Brian Dennehy and Vanessa Redgrave in a scene from the Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night." Redgrave stars in Jesse Eisenberg's "The Revisionist" through March 31 at Cherry Lane Theatre in Manhattan.
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There was a time, not so long ago, when the value of a theatrical event was measured in dollars and tonnage. How heavy was that winding staircase in "Sunset Boulevard"? How many gazillions were spent to keep the actors flying around in "Spider-Man" from landing in the lap of a theatergoer? And really, how many hundreds of bucks are people willing to spend to see "The Book of Mormon"? Yes, really.
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