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If anything, they overcommitted.

Sarah Benson, of thedaring Soho Rep, directed.

Drew Gasparini wrote the shows rock balladesque music.

Like any serious piece of theater, they did aprocess piece in theTimes.

We shouldve just gone for a really nice steak, one character sings.

The Skittles Playbill, made for the one-performance show, also contains an ad for a really nice steak.

The characters barely talk about the qualities of Skittles as candy.

And theres nothing we hate more / Than each tiny paid for / Targeted ad served up on Instagram.

Then again, how would that thing exist?

Who has the money fund it?

Brilliant and frustrating,Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musicalhad beaten me to that point, and many others.

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