QoV post-mortems Dec 27
2025, 12:19:44 PM
Soaring29 said: "Sutton Ross said: "Soaring29 said: "She's insanely overdue for a second Tony win and absolutely is one of the greatest talents of all time.
Did I say she was worthy of an award for this? No, I didn’t see the show and have only listened to some of the music that is available now. But she absolutely deserves a second Tony due to how strong her work has been since 1999.
Other than possibly On The 20th Cent
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QoV post-mortems Dec 26
2025, 12:12:25 PM
Soaring29 said: "She's insanely overdue for a second Tony win and absolutely is one of the greatest talents of all time."
Why is she insanely overdue for a second Tony? For her good performance in The Apple Tree (you had to have seen Barbars Harris to know just how 'just okay' KC was), for her lackluster performance in Promises! Promises!, for her very wrong performance in QOV, in which she tried to make you like JS by playing her a
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Rumor: BEACHES opening at the Majestic this season Dec 16
2025, 09:27:23 PM
Dolly80 said: "Damn. Broadway is really f**ked if this is the kind of show that gets the Majestic. The Tony Awards is going to be like a funeral."
Thank God for a strong bunch of revivals. Plays and play revivals have the potential to be good too. Probably will not be as bad as the SB season, where Glenn Close gave a great performance and had a pretty empty victory.
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Rumor: BEACHES opening at the Majestic this season Dec 16
2025, 02:48:12 PM
Someone else may have already said this, in which case I missed it, but I wonder whether -- between this and Titanique -- we are seeing the 'official' start of a new model...the show that opens on Broadway as the first stop in a national tour. I don't understand the economics, but the fact that they can advertise 'directly from Broadway', as someone has previously proposed -- may make them more appealing on the road and increase grosses. I don't know w
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Kecia Lewis is offended again Dec 16
2025, 02:36:33 PM
I actually think Kecia Lewis is a drama queen. When Lupone asked for the volume to be lowered, she was not being racist. I have heard of Lupone being accused of a lit of things, but never racism.
While watching dramas, I have heard music from adjoining theatres in the past, and they were from not musicals that blared like HK. I actually wore ear plugs during part of Act 2 to muffle the volume a little, since it had given me a headache. I can imagine t
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Poll: Best and Worst Broadway Show of 2025? Dec 14
2025, 12:14:29 AM
I only saw 16 shows on Broadway in 2025, but I still have an opinion:
BEST:
CHESS -- I loved it as much as Sarah Holdren, faults and all. Pure exhilaration. I can't wait to see it again in the spring
John Proctor is the Villain -- such a brilliant concept, so well executed.
Ragtime -- The best Ragtime cast I have seen, and the VB theatre was perfect for it. Would I have loved lavish sets? Yes. Did it really m
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THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES To Close January 4, 2026 Dec 10
2025, 05:14:27 PM
joevitus said: "Matt Rogers said: " In all seriousness, can someone please explain what is happening here. Now this person is catfish. Yesterday she was fireplace. Before that, all sorts of names. Does she get banned and then immediately create a new name or is she just completely mentally insane and has seventeen million names floating around??"
Yes?
I am thinking that we should probably feel a little sorry for this person, who is e
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Should Chu Create a 3 Hour 'Director's Cut of Wicked Dec 10
2025, 03:17:06 PM
darquegk said: "I still stand by my theory that the only way to win public approval on Part 2 was not to play, and simply to release Part 1 with a "to be continued" before pausing indefinitely.
But as far as a shortened director's cut of the two films? Despite theatre people's opinions, the current trends in alternate cuts go in the other direction: he's likelier to make a hyper-extended "Wicked: the Epic Experience" cut with both films plus
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Should Chu Create a 3 Hour 'Director's Cut of Wicked Dec 9
2025, 11:56:39 PM
When I saw the first Wicked movie when it opened, I enjoyed it. Six months later, I tried to watch it on Amazon, and was bored stiff, turning it off after 45 minutes or so. When I saw For Good earlier today, much to my surprise I enjoyed it, although I thought both new songs were mediocre. Interestingly, I was a little restless in the first half, but enjoyed the second half, mediocre Oscar bait or not. I think the main reason was the evolution of Glinda's character
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/7/25 Dec 9
2025, 11:44:48 PM
AKarp2013 said: "I don't think the return ofBeetlejuiceis paying off the way the producers were hoping it would."
Beetlejuice is proof that not every touring production will benefit from a stop on the great while way. I have to imagine they are really regretting the stop. Have to be losing a lot of money. I have to say that I expected this. Unlike The Wiz and Mamma Mia, this is not an iconic feel-good musical; Beetlejuice, even at
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THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES To Close January 4, 2026 Dec 9
2025, 08:34:50 PM
Fireplace said: "Well, for producers, they’re playing the long game. They know the show won’t recoup on broadway, but they will make their money back from licensing. The only way a show is gonna be successful on broadway is if the costs come down. And those costs are not entirelyto do with producers and everything to do with unions and rent and everything else"
Probably the stupidest post I have seen in a long time, Flash. You don't play the
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THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES To Close January 4, 2026 Dec 3
2025, 04:41:26 PM
Kad said: "Jackie is a fame-hungry opportunist who tried to capitalize on the documentary immediately. She even parleyed it into a sequel reality series a few years ago (that nobody cared about).
I'm not convinced she couldn't make a good topic for a piece of theatre, but that seems like an impossible prospect while she is still alive."
I think she could be a good focus of a straight play that analyzes what makes someone become like that and how it
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/30/25 Dec 2
2025, 06:53:44 PM
Observation said: "Looks like QoV made the right call..."
I don't think so. They lost money on Thanksgiving week...they should have closed rather than extend their losses.
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Paddington Bway Transfer Possible? Dec 1
2025, 11:25:09 AM
witchoftheeast2 said: "If anything it should have a short run on Broadway to see if it has a positive reception there, with extensions built in if it gets good reviews"
I don't understand how that would make any sense. i would assume that he upfront investment for the same quality production to run three months would be the same as to run for years...maybe a little difference re advertising, but the physical production, rehearsal costs, etc., would be the s
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THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES To Close January 4, 2026 Nov 24
2025, 07:31:19 PM
Sutton Ross said: "malcs98 said: "Man, I’m pretty worried about THE LOST BOYS now"
I wouldn't worry, that show won't have a celebrity in it making a huge mistake on social media and pissing off many of her longtime fans.
As I predicted, it will last through the holidays and that's a wrap. What a giant waste of time, money, and talent. This was a terrible time for a musical like this to exist though, and that smart people in t
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Broadway Grosses: Week - Baker Street Nov 19
2025, 08:57:30 PM
Sutton Ross said: "Just like with Heart of Rock and Roll(RIP), I received an email offering free tickets to QoV. They state "Do not request these tickets if you aren't going to show up" and blah blah blah. But it's still making a million a week so I don't getit, but it will be sticking around for the holidays definitely.
A lot of people want to see her in person, regardless of the material, so I get it."
Probably making $1MM
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THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES Reviews Nov 19
2025, 12:44:52 PM
MemorableUserName said: "Helen Shaw's review for the New Yorker came out yesterday if it hasn't been posted yet.
Kristin Chenoweth’s Uneven Gilt Trip in “The Queen of Versailles”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/the-queen-of-versailles-theatre-review-the-burning-cauldron-of-fiery-fire
Boy, did she get this right. Another review that ain't gonna sell any tickets.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/16/25 Nov 19
2025, 12:36:58 PM
binau said: "It will still flop but I think it would be disingenuous for anyone to suggest they aren't a LITTLE surprised by the Queen of V grosses. These are not pre-booked sales before performances started. There appears to be at least a small crowd of people Kristen is bringing in."
Front-loaded TKTS ticket sales, undoubtedly. At least the people are not paying full-price for that garbage.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/16/25 Nov 19
2025, 12:34:29 PM
Diana Greenhouse said: "Wow good for The Queen of Versailles. Million dollar club for the second week in a row!! The positive word of mouth is starting to spread"
You are deluded, Flash. That average ticket price, coupled with the vast spaces of unsold tickets in the near-term, do not lead me to believe that it is long for this world. Given ticket inflation, the 'million dollar' club has become a meaningless term.
A thousand years ago, I re
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/16/25 Nov 18
2025, 03:43:15 PM
In a million years, I would not have expected Tom Felton joining HP to have more than a minor positive impact on the box office. Clearly, wrong. I wonder what ticket purchasers think as they exit the theatre, given how tiny his role is.
Can't wait to see if Chess will be impacted by the critics reviews or will prve to be impervious. Everyone I know who has seen it has loved it (that is admittedly only 8 other people) and have already purchased tix to see it again
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