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I feel completely out of the loop on Broadway -- like, I've paid it no attention over the last year and a half due to being out of the country and then starting a new job. But I have a rare night free tonight, and want to dip into my old habit of grabbing a last-minute ticket to something fun.

I've had some great successes with random shows from TKTS (e.g. School of Rock and The Other Josh Cohen were both a shockingly good time), and some big busts too, of course (Gettin&#

Let's take a step back here. I think this may be a bit of a miscommunication -- I actually agree with you that it dragged at the end, that the points were better made earlier in the course of the discussion.

The issue is that you described the entire experience thusly:

"But really you know all you need to know: one is a play/lecture about constitutional law, and one is a modern take on a R&H classic. ... Just a question of whether you prefer a well sung

Zion24 said: "You seem to think that my assessment is somehow flawed and thatI "missed it"? And you think this because...everyone else here liked it (not even accurate) or because the Tony nominators liked it, so I must have missed something? And you haven't even seen it yet!

I like reading your takes on here but this was a pretty ridiculous one."

To be fair, dramamama's take was correct. You did miss a big chunk of what's mo

Count me as another vote for Prom. Of course, if anyone in your group has problems with homosexuality or two girls kissing then they won't like it, but to any reasonable person it's a nice story, generally uplifting and a lot of fun.

Also, I think the 10 year-old will really like the dancing. I mean, I'm 42 and I really enjoyed it, and I don't see any reason why a 10-year-old wouldn't. :)

Oh, and to your question on tickets -- we saw it in May&n

OlBlueEyes said: "... 
Are people just accepting this statement: "More American women have been killed by violent male partners in the last century than Americans have been killed in wars, including 9/11." ...

But consider these incidents of domestic violence. How is the Constitution supposed to prevent these. What Amendment can be added to stop them. That which is ignored here is thatsome responsibility must fall on the woman. The Justice Depa

BenjaminNicholas2 said: "To people who think it's okay to have no theatre manners based on the 'blackness' of a show or because you feel ethnically entitled, you're part of the problem.Grow the **** up.

This isn't your living room, so stay quiet. Clap if you appreciate your performance, but stop attempting to make it about yourself. It's egocentric and sad when audience members consciously or subconsciously try to upstage what's happening with t

LxGstv said:

"...The Root article is incredibly misguided.

...Ain’t Too Proud is a tricky one, I haven’t seen it, but I heard from friends that have that audience participation is encouraged?

...In which case, it’s a bit trickier to ask someone to shush or shut up."

So you haven't seen the show, you have heard people say that the show actually encourages people to act as the author of the Root article desc

Really enjoyed this show. Also, had never been to Westside Theater, and I thought it was great -- perfect, intimate space for this.

My only complaint was that one-year-ago-Josh-Cohen, while engaging and funny, seemed to be having some issues with the songs. It was a little hard to tell; it was mainly when the two Josh Cohens were harmonizing (which was fairly frequent), but they seemed a little off from each other, and sometimes I couldn't pick out the words. It looked to me like o

raddersons said: "I laughed twice during this show. The first was that Act II number with the piano player in the diner. It was a hysterical SNL sketch that had no right being in that show. It was also a weird ripoff of "George's Prayer" from The Wedding Singer, but I couldn't help myself, it was funny.

The second waswhen the grandma ensemble member was swallowing a sword at the end of the diner scene in chaos. I was generally a big fan of the grandma ens

Saw this last night. My first ever Broadway show!

(Not as big a deal as that may sound. I moved to NYC a few months ago, my wife was out of town, I work in midtown, and on a whim yesterday I decided to buy the cheapest ticket I could find for a show after work, knowing nothing about this. I've been to plenty of touring productions in other cities, and plan to see more Broadway now that I'm here.)

Anyway, it sucked. The music was uninspired an unfunny. There were some jok