And if back-to-back visits to the current Broadway version (where Lewis J. Stadlen is playing Max and Don Stephenson is Bloom) and this new one prove anything, it's that "The Producers" does have an indestructible foundation.
The first two days passed without incident - if back-to-back sprint wins for Mark Cavendish are no longer incidents - but on stage three Simon crashed, breaking his collarbone.
As if back-to-back DJ sets didn't look intimidating enough, Roger Schami and friends have doubled the stakes.
This possibility of back-to-back droughts combined with a variety of other factors -- including the long-term warming trend that Funk and his colleagues had just identified, high food prices in the region and the lingering effects of the droughts that choked East Africa in 2007, 2008 and 2009 -- led them to realize that if back-to-back droughts occurred, it would be catastrophic.
If they've been in back-to-back presentations, the bid panel may be distracted.
Similarly, it seems an unwritten rule that if you ship four goals in back-to-back games, or have six put past you, it automatically disqualifies a side from becoming premiers.
That scenario has been endorsed by consultants McKinsey & Co., who have been paid $9 million so far for their work, as well as investment bankers Goldman Sachs and Salomon Smith Barney, who stand to reap $42.5 million in fees if the deal is approved in back-to-back shareholder meetings two weeks from now.
If a company like Back to Back can't do it then no one can," says artistic director Bruce Gladwin.
If a day of back to back kid's sports activities, church and family functions was not our idea of how to spend our weekend, then why are we spending our weekend that way?
I'm sort of sorry to disclose that last bit of information (though you would have already known it if you were aware of Back to Back's history and mandate).
"The avalanche, you can do it digital, but I swear, but if you put it back to back…" – he extends his arms and does a little mime of someone comparing avalanches.
