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Gypsy Has Been a Hit -- several times. Jul 7
2025, 12:03:48 PM
NOWaWarning said: "I think another component is that each production is so molded and marketed around the leading lady. It makes replacing her when she leaves a more daunting task."
But the shows have generally already run out of steam by the times the original leading lady was ready to depart.
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Gypsy Has Been a Hit -- several times. Jul 7
2025, 12:01:13 PM
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
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Why Has Gypsy Never Been a Big Hit? Jul 6
2025, 05:57:31 PM
Constantly referred to as the greatest / one of the greatest musicals ever. Original production starred arguably the biggest musical star ever, the revivals have mostly been driven by big Broadway names (Lansbury, Peter’s, Lupone, MacDonald), yet if you think about it the only one that ever made it to a replacement was Tyne Daly.
Great musical score, a lot of famous songs, a good amount of humor. Thunderous applause from every audience I have ever been with.
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Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit, and Nicholas Christopher in 2025 Chess Revival! Jul 6
2025, 05:35:24 PM
I don’t think so, per #256. Not gonna happen. She will definitely sell tickets, but Funny Gorl and Chess are different beasts with different back stories.
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50th Anniversary Revival of A CHORUS LINE still on track for 202 Jul 6
2025, 05:31:32 PM
Show Boat will be 100 in December 2027. I would much rather look forward to a world class production of that than yet another retread of ACL, which I have admittedly NEVER thought was an all-time great musical. In 1975, I was appalled that Chicago got lost in the tsunami caused by ACL. I have always thought it was a much better show.
But, back to Show Boat, imagine the Harold Prince version (or something close to it) playing in the Beaumont.
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Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit, and Nicholas Christopher in 2025 Chess Revival! Jul 4
2025, 11:02:44 PM
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
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Sweet Charity Ending Question Jul 4
2025, 10:42:25 PM
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
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Anyone seeing Montego as Rose? Jul 4
2025, 10:30:17 PM
From a financial point of view, given the money they are likely to lose this week and next, you have to wonder whether they should have just closed for good. Between the limited seats and the reduced prices, they are going to have a bloodbath. Will they even be able to recover the money lost in these two weeks, let alone the original investment.
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Anyone seeing Montego as Rose? Jul 1
2025, 06:28:11 PM
east side story said: "witchoftheeast2 said: "Thinking of stopping by tonight to see if I can get one of the discounted tickets, if I do I'll write my thoughts tomorrow"
Cannot imagine there being a single, full-priced ticket on sale this week while McDonald is gone. Definitely give it a shot, and let us know your thoughts!"
I'd wouldn't settle for anything less than the price of a rush seat.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/29/25 Jul 1
2025, 06:14:22 PM
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
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Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) Jun 29
2025, 07:16:56 PM
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
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The Wiz Joins the Criterion Collection Jun 29
2025, 07:04:25 PM
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
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Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit, and Nicholas Christopher in 2025 Chess Revival! Jun 25
2025, 12:35:55 PM
I had my tickets, got to the sign-in page -- I bought seats last week -- and it timed out (I guess), so I lost everything, including my place in line. Ready to scream...have to start all over again...it is currently thrashing as I try to sign in again. SUCKS
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Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit, and Nicholas Christopher in 2025 Chess Revival! Jun 25
2025, 11:15:39 AM
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
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Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit, and Nicholas Christopher in 2025 Chess Revival! Jun 25
2025, 11:07:20 AM
I am struggling to get into the Telecharge site. I guess, to my surprise, that they are getting slammed.
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Favorite Song Or Lyric From Gypsy Jun 19
2025, 06:43:25 PM
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
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The dozen Stephen Sondheim musicals I've seen - and how my opinion has shifted Jun 17
2025, 10:37:50 PM
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
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/15/25 Jun 17
2025, 10:33:29 PM
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
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The dozen Stephen Sondheim musicals I've seen - and how my opinion has shifted Jun 16
2025, 11:24:33 PM
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
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...SPELLING BEE returning to New York Jun 16
2025, 10:57:54 PM
I will admit that I did not like this show very much. That said, I just don't see this being successful on Broadway, particularly given current prices. Maybe it can be successful off-Broadway, but I think its time has passed for Broadway.
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