“…they take the show out of town…play the play, and then based on audience reaction, they rewrite things…so you want to find out what the audience feels.”
The Joe Rogan Experience · #2565 - Michael Douglas
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What was described
Run pre-Broadway test screenings, collect audience reactions, then rewrite the play before the official Broadway opening
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