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Magic2Do said: "...and the London production was built on actor-musicians -- the whole company plays. That staging conceit is either going to be the thing everyone raves about or the thing that reads as twee to a New York crowd. I genuinely cannot predict it."That conceit is not new to New York theatergoers. John Doyle staged a couple of high-profile minimalist Sondheims a couple of decades ago where the actors served as their own orchestra. I, personally, thought it was a distracting anti-dr...

Kad said: "The difference is Evans actually had considerable musical theatre experience. Zane does not. In fact, he… doesn’t seem to have any."it just shows to go you that that difference makes no difference when it comes to slamming actors the second they're cast in a show.

Maybe I'm misremembering the situation, but don't the comments being made here about Zane Phillips sound eerily similar to those made about Luke Evans when his casting in RHS was announced?

gibsons2 said: "Rentaholic2 said: "IShe didn't luck into an Oscar, she won it after receiving nearly unanimous critical praise for her performance (and not just her dancing). "Let's just be honest and say that Steven Spielberg still has a lot of influencein Hollywood. The fact that her career has never took off after the major award win, is exactly why it's always been a fluke."Another thing to consider: in post-lockdown 2021, there were half as many movies released as in pre-lockdown 2019. O...

joevitus said: "EricMontreal22 said: "I absolutely love Sweet Charity, but I'm convinced it only works in the Fosse staging (yes, not just choreography, but staging) and I only say this based on seeing the TOFT 1980s Fosse revival video and bootlegs of the tour (Donna McKechnie was a perfect fit.) Of course this could change with just the right production, but I think has been an issue with every revival... Ariana isn't a bad choice, although might fall into the issue some had with Debbie All...

No replacement-casting speculation in this thread can top the announcement on another site that LAINIE KAZAN has been selected to replace Ari.

How was Paulo Szot in the role? He just sang "His Kiss..." magnificently at 54 Below. Actually, his whole set was terrific, marred only slightly by a jittery Kate Baldwin who joined him on a couple of duets.

It's a very interesting and sweetly earnest play. While the two young actors gave physically compelling performances, I wish the director had worked with them a bit more on their enunciation. Much of what they had to say was rushed and incomprehensible (the two adult actors were marvelous throughout). No one else, as far as I know, has mentioned this. I saw the final preview Sunday night and perhaps they were just tired after what I imagine was an exhausting final week of previews.

Had I found out about this in time, I would have bought tickets without hesitating, but tbh, I thought the national tour leads (von Essen and Adams) sounded better and were far more touching.

I mean how can all the people who were force-fed the hype that Danny Strong had at long last fixed the book of CHESS, be terribly excited about another DS musical book so soon after that debacle?

JT2030 said: "Regarding Stranger Things: The First Shadow- anyone have intel on that pro shot from earlier this year? I know it's not a fast turnaround editing/cutting the large amount of footage that's captured - and that it's *very* expensive to do as a whole.Curious if they're holding it for the fall to try and boost its final months? The grosses just plummeted after the original cast left + the shine of the final season dropping wore off. Wondering what their plan is what that asset (if i...

I'd go back to Dec1, 1968, for the Broadway opening of Promises, Promises, and stay a few weeks to catchthe original cast of "Hair,"the soon-to--become-legendary-flop "Golden Rainbow,"Anita Gillette as Sally Bowles,Marlene Dietrich, with Burt Bacharach's musical arrangements, at the Mark Hellinger Zoe Caldwell as Jean Brodieand venture off-Broadway for the original "The Boys in the Band" and Bernadette Peters in "Dames at Sea"

It's already been mentioned that Claybourne Elder wasn't the musical highlight of the evening, and I agree, but oh my god he looked hotter than ever. His stylist should have come out and taken a bow. For me, the musical standouts were Kate Baldwin ("A Quiet Thing"), Lauren Patton ("Gypsy in My Soul"), and Jessica Vosk ("But the World Goes Round"). The least effective dance number was "Arthur in the Afternoon," but without question, Julie Halston absolutely stole the show. An additional fun mo...

When I saw the original production of Passion I hated it--at that time I was primarily a Company man--actually leaving the theater pissed off at Sondheim for not deigning to write a single melody, much less a song. And yet, in the years since, every time I've had a chance to see Passion, I have. And every time I have, I've loved it more and more until now it ranks as one of my favorite Sondheim scores with melodies -- yes, melodies -- that take my breath away. I suspect there are legions of m...

Jarethan said: "Fred Mason said: "I thought they did a really good job hyping up Broadway especially that amazing monologue Pink did at the beginning. Truly a great night for theater. I feel like Pink hosting opens the door to a lot of other non theater people hosting like Julianne Hough or Kelly Ripa"Why would anyone WANT Kelly Ripa or Julianne Hough to host? I certainly would not."Forget hosting the Tonys. I want Ripa and Hough in "Chicago" alternating roles at each performance, with Mark a...

I have become a Zegler fan and that song always gives me goosebumps and a big ol' lump in the throat simultaneously, but Sunday night I felt nothing except the feeling that this bull**** was absurd.

Peters was a critical success, but only played about the first half of the run. As I recall, Cheryl Ladd replaced her for a few months, followed by Reba McIntire, who made a spectacular Broadway debut and set the box office on fire all over again just as it was petering out.

NY1 streaming on YouTube is behaving much better.

EDSOSLO858 said: "We have now entered the 2026-27 fiscal season, which should reflect the tanking economy and decrease in US tourism a lot better than the latter half of 2025-26 did. It's up to the big A-list names fronting casts both old and new to help combat an expectedly precipitous drop.I just came back from two weeks in Italy and everywhere we went -- big cities and small towns -- were packed with tourists, yet our Lufthansa plane coming home was half empty -- Business Class was a ghost...

SeymourInBrooklyn said: "....Now for the meh. Spoilers below.Act II, specifically the pacing, is where the show starts to wobble for me. There are so many carefully constructed beats in Act I establishing place, mood, and character, and then Act II suddenly feels rushed. The consequence is a noticeable drop in tension, stakes, and atmosphere, which are exactly the things that made the first act so strong...."Hold on. Are you still talking about "The Lost Boys"? Because here it suddenly sounds...