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Obit watch: December 8, 2022.

Thursday, December 8th, 2022

Lawrence sent over an obit for Al Strobel, the one-armed man from “Twin Peaks”.

Representative Jim Kolbe (R-Arizona).

Sal Durante, historical footnote. He caught the ball from Roger Maris’s 61st home run.

Mills Lane. He was the ref in the Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield 1997 fight (that was the ear biting one) and later went on to have a syndicated court show.

“Stomp”. 29 years off-Broadway.

“KPOP”. the musical. 17 regular performances on Broadway and 44 previews.

Since it began previews in October, the new musical has often made less than $200,000 a week, ranking among the lowest-grossing in weekly industry tallies. Capacity has remained fairly healthy but alongside a low average weekly ticket price. The quick closing means KPOP will not be able to benefit from the traditional boost in ticket sales that comes around the holidays and for which many shows hold out for.

I had forgotten about the associated drama: the NYT pretty much panned the show, the producers accused the NYT of racism, and the NYT basically responded with the bedbug letter.

“Wonder Woman 3”.