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Loretta Swit?

That's a HUGE get for LCT.

I know Downey's stage experience is limited but I imagine his live-wire energy will translate pretty well to the stage, and maybe he'll enjoy the consistency of 8x a week.

He's really on a comeback run between Oppenheimer (an exceptional performance so unlike his other roles), Park Chan-Wook's The Sympathizer on HBO, and now this...much different than where he left us before the pandemic (Dr. Dolittle).

I didn't even hate Dancin'. It just felt kind of pointless, where Illinoise is something much more daring and exciting.

Illinoise is a show with characters, singing, and a story with a narrative throughline, brimming with life and stemming from the mind of the most exciting contemporary ballet choreographer working.

Dancin' is, basically, a dance recital (at least in the way Wayne Cilento rendered it), with a 70-year-old trying to replicate what was successful in the 1970s.

The Palace interior looks stunning.

It also looks extra-huge in those pics.

I assume it's a double meaning but my dumb ass also didn't make the connection of Nancy/Alexandria until I wrote that quip.

I like that Amber Ruffin is tripling down on musical theatre!

I don't like her work on THE WIZ (though is she really to blame?), and I loved SOME LIKE IT HOT but I don't know who was responsible for what (the beauty of good collaboration between 4 authors), but high-profile people being interested in writing musical books can only be a good thing, imo.

The rules must have changed in recent years, because previously a work did not have to be submitted in order to be eligible. Major works (a vague term for Broadway and Off-Broadway shows) were automatically considered, but submitting merely guaranteed consideration and was helpful for less-high-profile works.

https://www.pulitzer.org/page/drama-submission-guidelines-and-requirements

Are the characters named Fancy Felosi and Alexandra Socasi-O'Cortez?

I wonder if any of the not-nominated shows will perform?

I could see THE WIZ, BACK TO THE FUTURE, and GREAT GATSBY ponying up the money to do a number. Maybe also THE NOTEBOOK (with Ingrid?)

It doesn't matter how many people are in the audience. What matters is how many people paid to be in the audience, and how much they paid to be there. "The house looked pretty full to me!" tells us nothing.

I know there have been comps galore at this show. We'll see what the numbers look like tomorrow.

Broadway Flash said: "Who owns the rights to this? Is it because Harvey is outta jail, he’s doing it in London now?? I didn’t realize the tour got stopped because of Covid."

Harvey Weinstein is not out of jail. He is still serving a 16-year sentence for crimes committed in California, and will be re-tried this fall in New York.

He is also no longer employed by TWC.

CATSNYrevival said: "It’s a shame they felt the need to rewrite it again. I thought the tour version finally got it just right."

Did it change much for the tour? I only saw the A.R.T. and Broadway versions, which were both unremarkable and overblown.

So London will finally learn "the story of how PETER became PAN"?!