Defense Exhibit A:
The following current B'Way hits owe no box office appeal to hit movies or books:
Avenue Q
Chorus Line
Rent
Spring Awakening
Curtains
Sunday in the Park With George
der Brucer
NOTE - the "lack or originality of story line" could easily be leveled at Opera, and, for that matter, Shakespeare.
RENT is based on Puccini's LA BOHEME, which is based on a novel - SCENES DE LA VIE BOHEME by Henri Merger. Minor quibble, but, RENT is not original.
SPRING AWAKENING is not original either, as its source is an 1891 play by Frank Wedekind.
...and as DERBRUCER pointed out, they'll be hell to pay once DR tomovoz sees the comment about BLOOD BROTHERS.
So, it's been established long ago that I am a major fan of BLOOD BROTHERS. No DR
BrettySpaghetti has something positive to say about it.
What is the HHW DR tally on BLOOD BROTHERS?
Who here likes it? Who here loathes it?