Carrie Coon tells it like it is Jan 11
2026, 01:28:50 PM
They also failed to mention that this is not a commercial production, it is a subsidized production being produced by a regional theater with a subscriber/membership base that happens to have a Broadway house. There is a massive difference in budget/salaries, etc.
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THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES To Close January 4, 2026 Dec 21
2025, 05:43:59 PM
That's interesting that Michael Arden took a page out of the Lempika playbook: our show didn't work so it's completely the audience's fault.
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Rumor: ALL OUT Heading to The Nederlander Dec 2
2025, 05:15:10 PM
Just for clarification: the charges against Braun were dropped at the beginning of November.
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Thomas Kail to direct Michelle Williams and Mike Faist in ANNA CHRISTIE for St. Ann's Warehouse Nov 27
2025, 02:49:20 PM
The first preview was a very odd experience to be sure. The show felt very under rehearsed, almost like we were watching an early run through. And as others have stated; when the glass bottles started falling people thought perhaps it was a metaphor, but then when they had to stop, everyone realized that it wasn't supposed to happen. I'm not sure why the people on the payroll whose job it is to make sure things like that don't happen let that happen, but as a rule
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Jonathan Groff Sets 2025 Broadway Return with JUST IN TIME? Nov 20
2025, 06:29:48 PM
I have a friend that works for one of the producers. They're looking for a big name replacement and aren't having much success. They have asked Michael Bublé and Justin Timberlake and both declined.
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NYT: Coming to the Metropolitan Opera: Sting and Nov 13
2025, 10:55:29 PM
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "I loved the score and cast on Broadway, and I admire Sting's commitment to telling this story,but it felt like a show that was too big for the Neil Simon Theatre. It's achamber-sized story that needed the Menier or NYTW.
And now it'll be in a venue more than twice the size as the Simon..."
I figured they wouldn't have all the levels open for this, maybe close off the top 2 but the entire house is on sale. All
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Chances of a Strike? Oct 13
2025, 06:16:47 PM
Is Little Bear Ridge Road not on a league contract?
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Chances of a Strike? Oct 13
2025, 11:57:16 AM
With negotiations happening this week, the earliest they would strike would be next Monday 10/20. Before the pandemic, most unions had some type of strike fund in their reserves so that if other unions chose to strike, they would be able to pay their members at least some sort of partial salary, but Covid pretty much wiped that out because a lot of people received furlough payments from their unions. So if the strike does happen, even just for a few days, it's going to hurt a lot of peopl
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BROADWAY VANITY PROJECTS Sep 30
2025, 07:37:52 PM
Jay Lerner-Z said: "If the material isn't worth producing, then it’s a problem. Is there a Broadway equivalent of Travolta's movie Battlefield Earth?"
Yes. Disaster! The Musical by Seth Rudetsky.
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Rumors from Broadwaysbestshows.com Sep 22
2025, 08:47:33 PM
Motive and the Cue has been scrapped for now. All three leads that were due to transfer have moved on to other projects.
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Kowalski Broadway Transfer / Coin Aug 23
2025, 09:56:28 AM
ggersten said: "I wonder if they got permission to use Brando’s likeness. Otherwise, cease and desist letter in 5..4..3.."
Brando's estate is very controlling of his image and the licensing fee to use it is very expensive. Several years ago, Madonna was performing Vogue and she wanted to show photos of all of the celebrities that she name checks in the song and the video designer mentioned that licensing Brando's image cost more than all of the oth
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How'd Cabaret and Sunset Lose So Much $? Aug 14
2025, 06:52:11 PM
I know that we've all discussed this before, but I think it bears repeating: Local One Stagehands which include carpenters/automation/props/flymen/sound/electrics, make an ungodly amount of money. They get paid double time just to walk in the door on Sundays and often they don't even stay through the entire show, they leave after their last cue. But wardrobe and hair are not paid nearly as much. And most stage managers are getting equity minimum, so we can't group all of the
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Beware: Masquerade Tickets can't be resold Aug 14
2025, 04:54:50 PM
I'll mention this here because the official preview thread is three pages away; when we went earlier this week, they were strictly enforcing the dress code and I saw them turn two people away who looked like they had followed the directions just as much as the other people that they weren't turning away.
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Could the Ed Sullivan Theatre return to Broadway? Jul 17
2025, 08:51:38 PM
I remember going to a taping of Kate and Allie there in the 1980s. I know there was another sitcom that shot there before David Letterman moved in, but I can't be bothered to look it up right now. Turning it back into a legitimate Broadway house would be amazing.
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CALL ME IZZY Previews Jul 16
2025, 02:41:19 PM
This show was obviously built around Jean Smart, but there is that equity rule that states if the understudy goes on for more than two weeks, the role becomes theirs, I doubt they will actually enforce that, but it will be interesting to see if that actually happens.
I'm also fascinated that the PR team for this production hasn't put out some sort of press release stating that Jean Smart does actually intend on coming back when she's able or made some sort of video wit
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CALL ME IZZY Previews Jul 15
2025, 10:11:39 PM
There seems to be some inconsistencies on the show website. When you go to select a performance, those dates are listed as available to purchase tickets but when you actually click on the seating chart and try to purchase a ticket for that evening, it won't let you. So I guess that lets us know that perhaps interns are running the website?
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CALL ME IZZY Previews Jul 15
2025, 09:05:37 PM
ACL2006 said: "Fordham2015 said: "Tonight's performance cancelled due to illness"
Or is this a cover-up since fewer than 100 tickets were sold? This week only now has4performances scheduled. Tonight got cancelled and Thursday & Saturday were removed from their website, assuming Smart had something else scheduled."
The Thursday and Saturday performances are still scheduled, there's hardly any tickets sold, but they are still l
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CALL ME IZZY Previews Jul 10
2025, 06:04:10 PM
I know that people don't buy tickets as far in advance as they used to pre pandemic, but the advance sales for this show for the next month are dismal. Hopefully Smart will be back on Saturday and they will finish out the run, but if you look at the seating chart, there is less than half a house sold for Saturday night.
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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY Reviews Jun 29
2025, 10:10:28 AM
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but; Snook has never missed a performance and they have never had to cancel a performance which is rare these days on Broadway.
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OH, MARY! Reviews Jun 25
2025, 04:12:50 PM
As an equity actor on a principal Broadway contract, if you don't take any PTO, it cashes out at the end of your contract.
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