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I did say ‘big hit’, not hit.  I associate the words ‘big hit’ with big profits and longer runs than Gypsy has ever had.

Re the Sondheim musical point, I do think that Gypsy has a larger number of widely recognized songs than any Sondheim show I can think of, so to me it is more a Jules Styne musical than a Steven Sondheim one. I thing — and I am only opining here, nor trying to diminish the importance of lyrics— that John Q. Public is suck

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "I'm wondering how it sells this time around.

Was the financial success Lea brought to FUNNY GIRL a fluke because of GLEE and the title, or will she sell equally well here? (Tveit adds a little something but not a substantial amount.) And, if it gets a worse critical response than things like SUNSET BLVD and GYPSY, is there still a pathway to success?"

Lea was also playing Fanny Brice and carried the entire show on her sho

If I remember the original ending correctly -- I have not seen SC live since June 1966 -- the fairy coming out in the end worked.  It gave Charity the chance to become hopeful once again, but left  the audience knowing that nothing was going to change.  I think the movie accomplished the same thing, although the whole hippy thing was even cliched when the movie opened.

I am amazed that I have never seen SC after the first time I viewed it.  I was really to

OhHiii said: "Six is probably still making more money than they'd make in an Off-Broadway house unless they were to charge Broadway prices. They just don't have much incentive to move and lose the Broadway brand yet. My two cents.

Wow, Sunset Blvd has really been such a post-Tony runaway. I'm positive its going to break it's all-time gross record ($1.9M) by closing if not this week. Such a success. Good for them. It really makes the case for Jamie not to re

I saw this earlier in the week.  Went with a big group (9 altogether) and opinions ranged from 'enjoyed it a lot' to 'absolutely loved it'.  Thought that Sam Tutty was great and was really impressed to see that he won a Tony for playing Evan Hansen, about as different a character as humanly possible.  I thought the female lead, whose name I cannot remember right this minute (no programs) was also very good.

If the issue that prior posters are referri

I have thought for years and years that this was the worst movie ever to result from a Broadway musical.  I do not think there is even a close second. 

I remember going to see it in Boston its opening weekend.  The line into the theatre for a late showing was long and everyone was young, and there was a general excitement.  Then we had to watch the movie...I don't recall ever seeing so many people leave before the movie was over.  Admittedly, a really bad m

I finally got into the Telecharge page.  I says that I need to wait until 12:00 to get my turn, but my code still has not come.  I just don't understand why these thigs don't go smoother.

The irony, of course, is that I have never actually seen a production of Chess that was not a big disappointment, especially the original London and Broadway.versions, the latter of which which was deadly.  I saw one in Shirlington VA 12 - 15 years ago which was actually pretty

I agree re 'any IOU I owe, you owe'.  As silly as it sounds, this phrase pops up in my head regularly.  It is just so damned clever and 'Sondheimesque'.

While I do not love the song 'Little Lamb', I do love the last line...'I wonder how old I am'.  A perfect lyric to justify the entire song.

Rose's Turn is as close to a standalone masterpiece as probably any song every written in telling such a powerful story.  The pin

Kad said: "I hadn't realized my Sondheim card was nearly complete- I have only not seen productions of Passion, The Frogs, and Do I Hear a Waltz.

Passion is really the sticking point for me, out of all Sondheim's scores. I have never been able to get into the cast album nor the filming. Perhaps seeing a first class live production would change my mind."

I saw a first class production, tried to listen to cast recording countless times, and watched i

MadsonMelo said: "Also, JUST IN TIME being the biggest hit of the new musicals were not on my bingo card of 2025.

The fact that not one, not two, but FIVE original musicals can recoup/be hits from one single season is wild.

When was the last time this happened?"

I am thinking that the most likely three are MHE, Buena Vista and Just in Time.  I may be having a brain fart, but I can't think of any other likely candidates.  What else

Interestingly, there have been very few Sondheim shows that I have even liked the first time.  Follies , Sweeney Todd and A Funny Thing are pretty much it.  In the case of Follies and Sweeney Todd, I thought the music was easier to appreciate on first listening and the productions they were given warrant the term 'legendary'; in the case of A Funny Thing, the first production I saw (with Phil Silvers) was so damned funny that the familiarity with the (not part