The ‘Secret Mall Apartment’ website reports that the movie’s run has been extended through Wednesday, April 2nd, with several screenings a day. This comes as no surprise to anyone who has been to see the film lately; the theater has been packed and the crowd particularly enthusiastic. (You don’t have to be from Providence or know these people to enjoy this documentary — its success around the country proves that — but it has been extra fun to have the audience erupt in cheers when a friend appears on the screen.)
And tickets have been selling like crazy. A ProJo reporter recently caught a show that included a Q&A with the principals:
First, the director, Jeremy Workman, walked in saying he’d take questions from the packed house. Yes – the theater was almost packed. Workman, who got the artists to agree to a film after many others had tried, told me it has sold thousands of tickets at its Providence run, which was just extended…