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Have a question.  I have sat in the second balcony of the Lyceum a few times, and I thought that the seats were pretty good, because it is such a small theatre.  I decided that I was going to get second balcony seats for this, since it doesn't seem like a show that will suffer from cheaper seats.  Going onto Telecharge, they are saying that a number of the second balcony seats are partial view due to a rail in front of the first row.  Is that a real issue?&nb

I am going to see this next week -- months ago I organized an outing for myself and 7 other people, four of whom rarely attend the theatre.  I figured Stephen Schwartz and Kristin Chenoweth. .When it was announced, I must admit that I expected it to be a satire of some sort.  Based on the feedback here, I am already squirming a little about how the evening is going to go. 

It is really sounding like one of those 'why the hell did Stephen Schwartz

bigbelterbaby said: "Two Time Tony Award winning actress Helen Gallagher turns 98 today!
Any favorite performances from her ? She won her Tonys for Sweet Charity and No No Nanette but starred in 21 Broadway productions."

She did not win a Tony for Sweet Charity…she lost to Bea Arthur.  I THINK she won for Hazel Flagg, but could be wrong, since it was a flop.

Very talented.  Did she not become a star because her first big starring role was

Synecdoche2 said: "I think it's more of a generational thing. Most young people don't read any books at all, especially not classic novels. And if you're in the UK, you probably won't have it assigned in you in school, so you wouldn't be familiar with the book.

Regarding the 2013 film, I think both musicals owe Baz Luhrmann a royalty check for inspiring their design and marketing."

What are you thinking of when you refer to Gatsby. &nbs

I have to admit to being surprised about the advanced sales for this show, at usurious prices yet.  I have reached the following conclusion: the interest is not based on Shakespeare, Sam Gold or Rachel Zigler.  (If she had been announced to play Juliet with an unknown Romeo, would there be any interest?). 

That leads me to conclude that the driver for these sales is solely Kit Connor, based on his TV show, Heartstoppers.  So, who is buying all these tickets?  I

• Have to start with Merrily.  Such a disaster that Prince and Sondheim never worked together again.
• Mr. President.  Huge advance.  Irving Berlin’s return.  Josh Logan directing, Lindsey and Crouse writing the book.  How could it fail?  It ran awhile because of its advance, but was a disaster.  I didn’t see it (the only one on this list I did not see) but it was ‘general’ newsworthy in its day. 
• Mack and M

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I saw this show last night.  Fifth row center orchestra for $94 (although I am a donor, so that may be a factor in the price).

It was really a great production.  I don't know where to start, but on reflection, I think the book is the right place.  It IS The Great Gatsby brought to life on stage.  The minor changes that were made to me represented an improvement on the book, e.g.,increasing the size of Myrtle's role to make her more sympathetic, not

I agree with a lot of the criticism.  I saw the revivals with Phil Silvers and Nathan Lane and loved them both.  This was a musical comedy where the music was the worst part of the show.  Comedy Tonight and Everybody Oughta Have a Maid are the only songs that I felt I’d ever want to hear again.   A number of songs were comical, e.g., Lovely and I, Miles Gloriosis, but there were too many of them.  IMO Richard Lester’s direction was awful, but I am not

Mr. Wormwood said: "^^ well said

I saw it today for the first time. I feel like a lot has been said but I was so pleasantly surprised by how strong Mendez was. I kind of got the vibe that she was the weakest of the three but I adored her in the role. Maybe more than Radcliffe though he was great too."

My son and daughter-in-law, not regular theatre goers, saw it two weeks ago and thought it was great; they singled her performance as the glue that makes it

blaxx said: "Jarethan said: "MichelleCraig said: "WAIT UNTIL DARK was originally on Broadway with Lee Remick in 1966. It was revived in 1998 with Marisa Tomei and Quentin Tarantino.

I'monly familiar with the film adaptation starring Audrey Hepburn. Does anyone here have knowledge or opinions on the stage version(s)? Do you think it could work on Broadway today?"

This is probably semantics, but I think of Wait Until Dark as a thril

Kad said: "Merrily is in a class by itself simply because it took a show that originally ran 60 performances (for comparison's sake, 8 performances fewer than Lempicka) and was critically and popularly savaged and turned it into a blockbuster critical and popular hit that won 4 Tonys. No other flop of that magnitude has had such a turnaround.

The popular narrative is that Chicago turned an overlooked show into a hit, but even the original Chicago still managed to run a

MichelleCraig said: "WAIT UNTIL DARK was originally on Broadway with Lee Remick in 1966. It was revived in 1998 with Marisa Tomei and Quentin Tarantino.

I'monly familiar with the film adaptation starring Audrey Hepburn. Does anyone here have knowledge or opinions on the stage version(s)? Do you think it could work on Broadway today?"

This is probably semantics, but I think of Wait Until Dark as a thriller, not horror.  I saw it in a pretty empty B

KevinKlawitter said: "Dracula is always a reliable show, and it hit the public domain recently."

I think the last production of Dracula on Broadway was in 1973.  It put more emphasis on sexiness and the look of the production.  I do t see horror attracting enough of an audience unless it happens to have a movie star in the lead.

Re Deathtrap, it really was not a horror show; also, based on seeing a production in London 7-8 years ago, it is pretty cre