WHY STRAIGHT PLAYS CAN'T MAKE IT ON BROADWAY

" So no, we can't have more plays like Tribes on Broadway, not unless some producer with cash to burn finagles a Hollywood star into taking three months off to appear in a limited run. Nor is that situation going to change any time soon. And until the media shift their focus to off-Broadway and regional companies--which is just as unlikely--then live theater, important and vital though it is, will remain on the margins of the larger American culture, vaguely respected but increasingly ignored..."