Why doesn't Ireland do musicals?

U2's Bono and the Edge created Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, but staged it in the US. Why doesn't this nation of musicians and playwrights stage more shows?I've sat through some jaw-dropping performances in Dublin recently – and some truly dreadful ones (but let's not mention the war). However, I could perform an angry tap routine about the lack of one kind of genre: the musical. While most theatre reviewers might dread the thought of sitting through yet another cute children's chorus/tragic ...

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