The director of the movie, Adam Shankman, and the screenwriter, Leslie Dixon, have removed the traces of camp humor and Broadway blue that gave the stage show its happily knowing flavor.

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Following their prayer sessions, Ms. Bradford said, she got a steady job as an understudy on a Broadway musical, "Black and Blue, " a review that opened in 1989 celebrating black culture between the wars in Paris.

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Last year, he returned to Broadway with a revival of "The House of Blue Leaves, " with Ben Stiller and Edie Falco.

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Also, Gloria Vanderbilt, part of the well-known Vanderbilt family and a Broadway actress, was one of the earliest developers of designer blue jeans in 1970s when she licensed her name.

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Almost every feature in the bathroom is a nod to the couple's theater background from the plastering, which was created by Broadway scenic artists, to the color of the ceiling, an indigo blue that Mr. Gallo associates with his time working with the Blue Man Group.

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