[PW] Re: Two Deathtrap facts (Broadway)

[Michael Caricofe]

If you visit the Internet Broadway Database www.ibdb.com you can click on
the link Advanced Search and search by number of performances. I can't link
to the search results page directly, but I did a search for shows with
Greater Than 1,000 performances and, indeed, Deathtrap is number 31.

I searched Playbill.com for info on the original production in 1978, to no
avail. I seem to recall hearing about this declaration prior to this,
though, so I'll keep searching.

On 9/20/06, Michelle Hawk <refdesk at lclibs.org> wrote:
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> Good morning! I seem to be having a lot of stumpers lately! Today I'm
> trying to verify that Deathtrap, the play adapted from the Ira Levin
> novel, was the 31st (I've also found 30th) longest running Broadway
> show. The only mention I could find of this was Broadwayworld.com, but
> I'm not sure of it's reliability. The other fact that needs verification
> is that when the play opened in 1978, viewers had to sign a declaration
> promising not to reveal the plot.
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> Thank you all so much!
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> ~Michelle
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> Michelle Hawk
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> Head of Reference
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> Lebanon Community Library
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> Lebanon, PA 17046
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> refdesk at lclibs.org
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