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Ugh stop saying pro-shots are the end-all-be-all, Broadway stans. Go see a regional production of that musical you like in your community when theatre comes back. There are talented folk in your area who deserve to shine.
Part of what& #39;s magical about theatre is that it cannot always live on. It& #39;s transitory, it exists as legend, and then YOU get to find your own way to make it live on.
Pro-shots are fun, but the amount of people on this app saying "bring this show back to Broadway for a pro-shot" rather than "oh yay, now regional theatre & educational theatre can have this show. NOW I CAN DO THIS SHOW." bums me out.
Anyway, Beetlejuice will have a more-than-healthy-life in regional theatres & high schools. You& #39;ll see it again. And the producers will make all their money back, cuz licensing it where the dough lies. So... win-win?
You can like pro-shots. They are fun! We wouldn& #39;t have all seen Into the Woods in the 80s without them. But I hate this mentality that pro-shots are the only reason mainstream musical theatre should exist.
(from the Broadway twitter stans, that is. you knooooow who you are)
I got to see the Pasadena Playhouse Little Shop of Horrors, and I flippin& #39; LOVE that there& #39;s no pro-shot. 
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ" title="Zwinkerndes Gesicht mit Zunge" aria-label="Emoji: Zwinkerndes Gesicht mit Zunge"> Ok but trolling aside, Pasadena is my hometown & seeing art IN your community FOR your community is so very special.
Remember there was that basic-ass version playing Off-Bway at the same time that was just...business as usual Little Shop? The PPH version wouldn& #39;t have happened in the NYC bubble, and it was allowed to take risks because of that.
Ooh. Something just hit me. Pro-shots used to be made by the likes of PBS for preserving works seen as culturally relevant and important. And they still do (Great Performances series) and I love them! Now it& #39;s like... a business cuz Disney is in the game. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ" title="Neutrales Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Neutrales Gesicht">
