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Noooooo!  Loved this show and am hoping to see it again - definitely sad to see it go, especially as a new, original comedic musical.  

Could this potentially transfer off-Broadway, like to New World Stages or something?  I feel like this show feels very in line with a show like Avenue Q that was able to find great success with its brand in a smaller theatre.

Question - what about shows where actors appear "courtesy of SAG-AFTRA?"  I remember seeing My Fair Lady and noticing that Harry Hadden-Paton was credited as such - if their Broadway gig is through SAG and not Equity, would it impact things if SAG were to strike?  Are there even any shows currently running where there are performers working through SAG as opposed to Equity?  Or is this all a moot point?

Selfishly, I really want Shucked to do "Best Man Wins" - I know they did it on one of the morning shows (Today Show, I think?) but it's such a great number that showcases every element of the show at its best, from the choreography to the orchestrations to the lighting and set design.  I could see them doing a medley of Independently Owned and then Best Man Wins - it would give a moment to each of the acting nominees from the show, too.

Of all the people here, nobody noticed when they turned out all the lights and then brought out a camera and reprised "Pore Jud is Daid" revival-style with Reeve Carney and the ghost of Johnny Cash (who I think was played by Ethan Slater, cause of course he has that range)?

My vote is for Ciara Renée or MJ Rodriguez!  They're both super cool women of color who have the perfect star quality and confidence the role exudes.  Also I second Ashley de la Rosa - she would be amazing in the role!

One of the things that I love about "It Takes a Woman" is that it's actually an indictment of the idea of gender roles themselves.  Women are supposed to be beautiful and dainty - but also do all the housework and take out the trash.  Its lyrics contradict themselves on purpose and shows how wild and meaningless gender roles are - and it's made even stronger by the already-established fact (which becomes exceedingly clear later on) that the female characters in the show are just as intelligent, if not more so, than any of the men.

As for the person who mentioned Hairspray, it made me think of an excellent article that I keep coming back to by actor/writer Heath Saunders where he talks about Hairspray and many other shows that use Black bodies without truly considering their Blackness.  Hairspray, Heath argues, is a show that cannot truly understand the struggles that Black people face when it tries to move past the Blackness of its characters entirely.  No show can speak for Black people when its triumphant finale tells us that the characters' future - our present - "don't know white from Black."  

The article also mentions Once On This Island, which is another show that I think won't get revived anytime soon - not necessarily because of the points mentioned in the article, but I feel like the newest production gave the show such a clear, indivisible vision that any revival risks falling into "copycat" mode, like many productions of Cabaret after the Sam Mendes revival - and my personal belief is that for a revival to work, it has to do something different, say something new about the material, not just rehash something we've already seen before.

During a recent livestream on Twitch, Matt Doyle said that Stephen Sondheim is working on ways to change the reference to "hepatitis" in Getting Married Today to a coronavirus joke, at least for the first few performances back - which I think would be hilarious.

ACL2006 said: "I mean, when the show was at the top and raking in the $$$, why was nothing said then? Afraid to get fired?"

For the record, many people have complained about this show’s racist tropes for years now.  It’s just that nobody was paying attention.

Matt Doyle said on his Twitch stream tonight that he got an email from one of the producers of Company today, March 2nd (which was the anniversary of their first preview) saying that "the hope and goal is for the fall."  He said it's looking likelier every day, especially after Biden's updated May timeline.  As someone who's starting college in New York State in the fall, I'd love for at least one of the show's opening nights (preferably Dear Evan Hansen and/or Hadestown) to coincide with Columbus Day weekend. 

I always really miss the "So Big/So Small" playoff music when listening to the Dear Evan Hansen cast album.  It's such a gorgeous lift out of the song, and it's a beautiful transition into the finale.