The top of fame and fortune [Comprehensive British and American]

"Anthony Wallow and Erica Parker, the high-profile Tony Award shortlist, were disqualified by the organizing committee on the grounds of 'making way for new productions'. Is this statement to encourage new Broadway productions? Or belittling young actors?” – The New York Times

"The members of the Tony Awards Committee, the highest honor in American theater, have spoken against the fairness of their choice of ludicrous reasons for refusing to affirm Erica and Anthony's performances." - The Washington Post

"After the announcement of the nominees for the 44th Tony Awards, the failure of Wolo and Parker sparked heated discussions and was protested by hundreds of fans. Their angry phone calls and letters of denunciation flew into the organizing committee office like snowflakes."— —The New Yorker

When Erica and Anthony were hotly debated because of their failure to win the Tony Awards, just a few weeks after the announcement of the Tony Award nominations, the single-week box office of "The Phantom of the Opera" at the MAJESTIC Theater hit a new high again, even surpassing the Easter week 160 million US dollars, soaring straight to 180 million US dollars.

And the birth of the highest single-week box office this time is actually due to the failure of both leading actors——

Resentful fans who were convinced the pair had been mistreated fueled the show's preference for Erica and Anthony, with nearly half of the audience walking into the MAJESTIC Theater more than once to watch the musical repeatedly, continuing to sing for " The Phantom of the Opera hit an astonishing box office.

Developed to the first ten days of June, Erica's last performance week before temporarily leaving New York, due to the continuous fanatical pursuit of fans and the love and praise of summer tourists, the single-week box office of "Phantom of the Opera" broke through the 200 million mark. .

This makes "The Phantom of the Opera" become the first Broadway member of the 200 million box office club in a single week in the history of American theater.

In the backstage area of ​​MAJESTIC Theater, Erica and Anthony had just finished the curtain call tonight. They walked off the stage amidst deafening applause and cheers, and entered the leading dressing room shared by the two. The theater manager Schubert quickly greeted him, "Oh , Erica, I really hope you will miraculously tell me tonight that you have decided not to leave New York tomorrow to shoot a movie, but to continue acting."

"I'm afraid not, I don't have the money to pay MGM's breach fee," Erica joked, taking off her brown wig to reveal her dyed blonde hair, then looked at Schubert, "I just leave In less than three months, I will return to New York in early September."

Ali Cumming has long been flying to Los Angeles to film "Thelma and Louise", and the filming cycle of this women's road movie is about [-] days. According to the current daily plan, if all goes well, it will be completed by the end of August. shoot.

And during the three months that Erika suspended the musical performance, it was natural that Christine and the substitutes from Group B would replace her on the stage.Fortunately, June to August is the peak tourist season in the United States, and the arrival of tourists will bring enough audiences to "The Phantom of the Opera".

In the dressing room, Schubert had a pleasant conversation with Anthony before turning around and leaving to socialize with other people.

Anthony dealt with the 'disfiguring makeup' on his face, while having a helpless and amusing conversation with Erica, "I think when Schubert confronted you and me recently, it was like Gollum described by Tolkien when he saw the devil. Quit."

Erica shivered intentionally in response to Anthony, and made the beautiful blonde man laugh out loud. She then talked about the recent surge in the box office of "Phantom of the Opera", "Maybe Schubert is enjoying the loss of the Tony Award now." See it happen."

Anyway, she and Anthony had little chance of winning the prize——

The Oscars and Tony Awards are the highest honors in film and drama, and the average age of award judges is usually around 60 to [-] years old. Naturally, they don't favor 'young idols with pretty faces'.

In particular, Erica and Anthony are still two newcomers to Broadway, which is even less favorable in terms of background connections.

That's why, a few months ago, Professor Peters tried to give Erica an academic background for the next few years.

As for the nomination for the Tony Award this time, Erica did not seek help from Professor Peters, expecting to use the influence of the drama lady who "brings the wind and rain on Broadway" to broaden her way to the award.

Because this is really not a simple matter.

The nomination committee for the Tony Awards consists of as many as 50 people, and in the final ballot, there are more than [-] judges. No matter who it is, it is obviously impossible to cover the sky with one hand.

Even the MAJESTIC Theater might not be willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in public relations and lobbying expenses to persuade the judges to vote for Erica and Anthony for the slight chance of winning the award.

Anyway, "The Phantom of the Opera" has long been famous. When it premiered in 1988, it won seven Tony Awards.And now, even if the two leading actors miraculously won the Tony Award again, it would be just icing on the cake for the theater.

Therefore, under the not-so-active and strong public relations of the Tony Awards at the Majestic Theater, Erica and Anthony lost their nomination qualifications after one round of tours.

The failure of the two gave MAJESTIC Theater a new promotional selling point, making its box office break through new highs again and again.

With "The Phantom of the Opera" breaking through $200 million at the single-week box office, Erica's weekly salary of [-] yuan seems to be a little insufficient.So her agent negotiated with MAJESTIC Theater about her salary increase.

When Erica finishes shooting "Thelma & Louise" and returns to New York to continue performing in musicals, her weekly salary will increase to $[-]. Although it is still difficult to compare with Hollywood salary, this is already the salary level of a first-line Broadway star .

After taking off the stage makeup, Erika said amicable goodbye to Anthony and the troupe members, and left the theater to drive home.

It was late at night when Erica returned to Parker's house.Aunt Mei was in charge of the morning shift at the hospital recently, and she had to arrive at the hospital before [-]:[-] in the morning, so she was already asleep by this time.

So Erika deliberately lowered her voice and opened the door of the apartment.

As soon as she pushed open the wooden door, she saw the boys sitting side by side in front of the IBM home computer in the living room.

That's right, the boys.

Master Harry Osborne, who had returned to New York from England during his summer holidays, decided to stay at the Parker's again tonight.

Those who didn't know, thought that the heir to the Osborne Empire was kicked out of the house by his father.

Harry and Peter were turning to look at Erica at the same time, and in fact, the two boys had been trying to get into the MAJESTIC Theater again tonight to see Erica play.But she objected and asked the two to go about their own affairs.

So the two boys stayed at Parker's house, and the 386 computer in front of them was connected to the Internet in 1990, which had not yet been popularized and commercialized.

In fact, the name Internet was only officially adopted not long ago. The 90s is unpredictable and changing with each passing day. No one knows whether there will be another world-changing technology in the next day.

Peter waved at Erica, "Come and see, Erica, I found a few more BBS [electronic bulletin board] discussion posts about you."

BBS, Electronic Bulletin Board System, can also be called an Internet forum. Since its birth in the late 70s, it has become more and more popular in recent years with the popularization of home computers.

"This is the earliest one," Peter said to Erica looking at the screen, "a few months ago, when you appeared on the New York Daily News because of false news, nearly a hundred people discussed it, saying that you saw There's no way she's going to look like a nugget girl."

Peter deliberately started this discussion because he has always been very disgusted that Erica is regarded as a gold digger by others just because of her sexy appearance. She is obviously independent, confident and determined.

And Harry Osborn then pointed out several discussions for Erica. From the cover shooting of "Vanity Fair", the role of "The Godfather 3" and the performance of "Phantom of the Opera", the number of people discussing on BBS is obviously continuing. Increase.

Erica looked at the monitor and browsed the discussions on the electronic bulletin board. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Oh, there is someone leaving a message—'She is so cute, I want to send her money as soon as I see her'?"

"A lot of people agree with him," Peter said to her enthusiastically, "and this--'Erica Parker is too beautiful, even if she goes to rob a bank, I can't stand it." She's mad'."

"What a coincidence. In Thelma & Louise, I really wanted to stage a robbery at gunpoint." Erica replied with a shrug.

Hearing her mention of "Thelma and Louise", Harry Osborn immediately asked Erica, "Do you need to go to Los Angeles tomorrow morning?"

Erika nodded and answered yes, she still chose to stay away when facing Harry, so she turned and walked to the kitchen, and began to heat up skim milk.

So the two boys quickly left the home computer in the living room and followed her into the open kitchen.For a moment, Erika thought she was followed by two house cats.

Putting a cube of sugar into each of the three glasses of milk, Erica handed two of the glasses to Harry and Peter before taking a sip of her own hot milk.

At this time, there was an e-mail from the home computer in the living room, and Peter picked up the milk and walked towards the living room, "It may be my competition result e-mail—"

In the kitchen, Erica and Harry are the only ones left.

And the boy with blue eyes, after taking a sip of hot milk, looked at the mug in Erika's hand and said to her, "I don't like my glass of milk."

At that afterparty, Peter didn't like his rum, so Erica just exchanged it with him, didn't she?

But of course the situation is different tonight, the three cups of milk are obviously exactly the same.

But Harry didn't wait for Erica to say anything, he took the milk glass from her hand, and then gave her his own.

Erica frowned, almost being laughed at by him, "Harry—"

"Mm-Hmm——" Harry drank the hot milk that belonged to her, and gave her an angry answer lightly.

It's like a cat that has succeeded in doing evil.