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I was there tonight too and I just loved it. Borscht Belt humor may not be to everyone’s taste, and a younger audience may not be on board, but funny is funny, and the audience ate it up. Like you said, Jordan, neither Billy or David Paymer are great singers but they put their numbers across well. It’s a terrific story, and very touching. There is nothing like watching a seasoned pro like Billy Crystal on stage.

And the score is great. Very much along the lines of Honey

Just my personal taste, but I listened to some of her hits after reading all the buzz about this new song (yeah, I’m part of a different generation) and I’ve yet to hear a melody I haven’t heard the likes of many times before. I get that fans are into her stories, and I love a good singer/storyteller in a concert setting, but Swift seems to write a lot of songs that hover around a single note over a very simple chord progression. To me, they drone, and lack the variety neede

Great discussion topic. 

I like intermissionless musicals, not because I can get out sooner, but because it means that unnecessary padding has to be cut, which (usually) results in quality over quantity. The Band's Visit and Fun Home are great examples. They could have added superfluous chorus numbers, elaborate set changes, or fleshed out other characters' stories extending the running time and requiring an intermission—adding “bang for your buck”&n

I can't stand the new On Stage. Frank DiLella's idea of an interview is a childish "Complete this sentence..." game, or "What kind of candy represents your character?" Patrick Pacheco and Donna Karger asked informed questions that showed respect for the actors' and the audience's intelligence. DiLella's shallow, gushing, fanboy silliness is grating and unwatchable. Sad we lost this show to another goofy, Richard Ridge type.

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I agree, Madonna Musical, I do hope they get the word out there. For the general public though, there's no name recognition with Groundhog Day except for the title—and Bill Murray, who isn't in it. I think musical adaptations of well-known movies are a tough sell. As theater fans, we all know of Andy Karl and Tim Minchin, but they're not a draw outside of our circle. 

I think shows cost so much to produce now, that there's not mu

I just want to point out that any art you see for a show, the logo, the posters, marquees, tv ads, magazine ads, billboards, etc.—that's the advertising, not marketing. Yes, advertising is a component of marketing, but if you're referring to the artwork you see in print, on tv and on the theater, that's advertising. 

Marketing includes PR, sales strategy, pricing, market research, advertising, and on and on.

Forget Hamilton, how many Americans in 1979 had any idea who Eva Peron was? People didn't avoid Evita because they didn't know who she was.

I just finished Lindy Woodhead's book War Paint, on which the show is based. I knew the names Arden and Rubinstein, of course, but not that they were business tycoons on a global scale from as far back as the 1920s. Not to mention the obvious fact that they were women in a time when women were rarely in charge of any

I saw a workshop and I have to say I think the score is wonderful. The lyrics are super clever and the melodies are terrific. It has the feel of a classic 1950's musical by Frank Loesser that you somehow never saw. There's a choral number sung by the bus drivers that I couldn't get out of my head for weeks. Alice has a very clever number about her frustration with Ralph's latest scheme involving a piano, and Ralph's song at the end, "Baby, You're the Greatest"—roll your eyes, if you mus

Henri has been written by Lucas as a closeted gay character, recognized to be so by his two buddies. Many lines point to this, including a jealous Jerry saying, after Henri does his number in the cabaret and is embracing Lise, "Yes, he really puts on quite an act."  It's meant to be the reason for his hesitation in proposing to Lise, which his mother keeps pushing. He now also does a pointed take to the two handsome dancers who appear on either side of him at the beginning of his fantasy