Profile for SonofRobbieJ

TheatreFan4 said: "binau said: "This is one of the few social issues where I actually feel the public discourse and attitudes are becoming more negative than positive over time. For the safety, wellbeing and sanity of trans people I think trans activists (who are not the same thing as trans people, or at least the trans people I know who just want to live their lives) might need to start re-thinking their approach. It seems to be making things worse, not better."

Some of these pairings were just plain mean.

Sunday in the Park against Parade? I feel like I'm the Confrontation in Jekyll and Hyde (I picked Sunday like a good boy). 

Dreamgirls v. Matilda? I really loved Matlida, but Dreamgirls is the great American musical of the end of the 20th Century. 

Truer words, Kad. Even adorable, doughy Rich Sommer as the (vaguely?) queer-coded friend couldn't do a thing to help that axis of evil. I give you a Bang & Olufsen phone and you try to get me fired with your cute games and I will burn you as a witch. 

It always kills me that the person who starts the rudeness gets all bent out of shape when they get rudeness back. 

At any rate, TotallyEffed, it really is a stellar production and Levy sings the role so effortlessly that is really allows you to focus in on the character's arc rather than the actor's technique. I hope we do get to see it here soon!

joevitus said: "SonofRobbieJ said: "joevitus said: "wiggum2 said: "I found my book and the Michael Bennet info

https://ibb.co/bzzLgFC"

Bennet says one thing, Sondheim another. Choose whomever you trust."

I need to go dig through my books to see what I (and you, joevitus) are thinking of. I wonder if it's in Everything Was Possible. I would (probably) trust Ted Chapin to be the ref on this."

You can find both views expressed in Sondheim and Co. Sondheim said he preferred Uptown/Downtown but Michael Bennet insisted on a new song for that spot to start fresh (and asked for a new song to replace "Bring on the Girls," leading to "Beautiful Girls," for the same reason). Bennet said he preferred Uptown/Downton and never knew why Sondheim replaced it, and that the song switchrendered the choreography meaningless. I guess Bennett repeated that comment elsewhere, or other biographers picked it up from Sondheim and Co. Sondheim, for his part, repeated the story on both the liner notes for the Paper Mill Playhouse cast recording of Follies and in his collection of lyrics Finishing the Hat that Bennett insisted on the song change to start fresh."

Bless you for this. I lost my copy of Sondheim & Co...decades ago at this point. I'm putting my husband, the book nerd, on the case. 

joevitus said: "wiggum2 said: "I found my book and the Michael Bennet info

https://ibb.co/bzzLgFC"

Bennet says one thing, Sondheim another. Choose whomever you trust."

I need to go dig through my books to see what I (and you, joevitus) are thinking of. I wonder if it's in Everything Was Possible. I would (probably) trust Ted Chapin to be the ref on this. 

Right! I just think she's expendable. :) 

In a blue sky world, an Anne Hathaway or Emily Blunt would work and move some tix. They're a decade too old but 1964 32 is close to 2024 42, if you know what I mean. 

In addition the restaurants Play Esq. just mentioned, you have Sant Ambroeus (in Brookfield) and Fierenze at Eataly. For a more casual feel, there are La Pizza & La Pasta at Eataly, Bill's Burger  and Malt House (though this one gets a bit of a noisy after-work crowd). Forgione is nearby. I've only been to Metropolis for a private event, but it's a pretty great space and the food I had was tasty. 

Have none of us ventured into the mess that was Loveland and that poor, poor man who needed cue cards? I actually had to bury my face in the program out of second-hand mortification. 

TotallyEffed said: "This piece, as fantastic as it is, lends itself easily to camp. I didn't mind Beth leaning into that, she is camp herself. I quite enjoyed her unhinged performance."

Ooooh, Mary, I could talk about the intricacies of this song FOREVER. It's a high wire act of chilly aloofness and roiling fury and the music tells you exactly where to be at all times. Of all of the versions I have seen of this song (and I have seen many, many, many versions of this song), Donna Murphy is probably my favorite because she walks that tightrope brilliantly. 

My dear, sweet techie husband (whom I never give enough credit for his astute musical theater opinions because I judge techies left and right ) turned to me and said, 'It's not Last Midnight.' And I thought...we ll...that's really quite correct. I really have to stop judging him for not knowing the cultural significance of a public sighing of Margo Sappington. 

Days like today are why chic, unisex caftans really should become a thing. 

I'm coming from work so I won't be in shorts (and I generally wouldn't wear them) but feel free. You will never looks as horrifying as some of the regulars at the Met opera.