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"Yes, the score for The Secret Garden is beautiful, but the book is pretty weak."

For the record, the original production of THE SECRET GARDEN won three Tony Awards, one of which was for Best Book of a Musical (Marsha Norman).  

"In the musical, the scenes in India go on and on,"

In the actor's edition of the script for THE SECRET GARDEN, the India scenes are the first four pages.  By page 5 we are at a train station in Yorkshire.&nb

The recent Fifth Avenue production mentioned in this thread, with Daisy Eagan as Martha, is on Youtube. 

The original production was beautifully directed by Susan H. Schulman, who was able to find comedic moments that were not in the script, while still making the show incredibly moving.  I've always found TSG to be very problematic, because if you don't "read between the lines" of the script, and if you don't find moments of levity, you will end up with

I was in a regional production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC many, many years ago and I played Kurt Von Trapp.  According to the score we had for that production, Kurt sings the solo part of the children's portion.  I sang it in that production.   I have seen many productions where Kurt sings the solo part.  However, I have also seen productions where it was sung by Leisl or Louisa as well.  But I believe that in the score the part is given to Kurt.  So the pers

I never saw the stage show so had nothing to compare it to.  That being said, I thought this film was really awful.  Was I supposed to care whether Evan was going to be able to get the "cool kids" to come to his Bar Mitzvah?  Talk about irrelevant.  And the whole look of the film was very fake and phony; this did not seem to be taking place in any real-world school that has ever existed.  Everything so perfect, from the inside of people's houses, to the

I saw his second performance (Wed. matinee) and he was very good in the role (as I knew he would be).  He is not quite as "smart assy" as others I've seen, so his Jared was a bit more likeable.  As it was a matinee I saw Mateo Lizcano as Evan and he was awesome; incredibly moving as is the whole show.  The poor lady sitting next to me was really falling apart during 'So Big, So Small'.  The entire cast was wonderful.  I overheard some younger peo

I saw it on Sunday.  It still needs a lot of work.  The main character is overshadowed by the female lead which makes the show seem off-balance.  It's called "The Nutty Professor", not "The Nutty Professor's Girlfriend".  Her initial song is stronger than his and she sings it better.  His song needs a stronger ending.  She also appears to have more stage time than he does since much of his time is devoted to his transformed and obnoxio

I am not sure if I would consider it to be a "scaled down" version of the show, as it is still big and impactful.  It just has different staging than the original.  It still has a large and impressive set, there is still a baracade, just without the revolving stage.   I still prefer the original staging with the turntable as it was so beautifully done, but I  like this newer version as well.  Some of the staging hits different dramatic moments than the

I noticed that the tickets for today's matinee of THE MUSIC MAN (minus Hugh Jackman) are still between $300 and $600. Is this so the half-price discount for tickets they send to TKTS will be $150 to $300?  Has anyone bought seats for the show from TKTS?  If so, how much were they? I always thought those high priced tickets were PREMIUM priced and that they dropped to regular price the closer it got to showtime, so the seats were filled.  Is $300 a seat now considered "

Radio host Howie Carr out of Boston appeared in the John Travolta film A CIVIL ACTION in 1998, in a very small role (he was onscreen for literally less than five minutes), and he still jokes on his radio show every time he gets residuals from the film, sometimes it's a check for a dollar and some change. 

Also, I am acquainted with the Rebello family of Martha's Vineyard. Chris Rebello (who is sadly no longer with us) played Mike Brody, Chief Brody's (Roy Scheider) son