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morosco said: "Oh... another thing that bothers me about the film is the cinematography. Much of the action is shot from a very wide and very distant angle. Because of that it's hard to connect with the characters."

Maybe those shots might not have been a problem when the movie was shown on huge theater screens in its original release? I mean, no matter how large some of our home theater screens have become, they still don't do justice to wide screen com

One would have to be pretty naive not to have known that corporate support of Pride always was a massive marketing/propaganda initiative.  But increasing their visibility in our community allowed us to increase our visibility outside our community. It was a big win for them, but I also believe it was a big win for us. I don't know that we will be better off without their support, however hypocritical it might have been. 

Same thing with corporations supporting&n

quizking101 said: "My friend runs Playbill Pride. This year, by the time it came to plan the event, they were unable to procure enough corporate sponsorship to help fund their usual festival.

However, although it was very last-minute because of a generous donation of space (the Gershwin breezeway) from the landlords of WICKED, they were able to throw a small, block-party event for a few hours on Friday. A bunch of shows had tables and free giveaways, as well as raffles and

sppunk said: "I just had flashback nightmares from seeing this show in December 2023. My god was itbad imo. And I was so angry we wasted money on it instead of some better West End performance."

I so wanted to leave at intermission but at that point it was too late to do anything else, so I stayed for Act II, and it only got worse. Some shows are meh, some boring, but this one made me angry as well. Over-the-top, grating performances— never seen anything s

We were in NYC the weekend before the Tony Awards, went to TKTS to buy DBH, were advised by the staff that both stars were out (this was for the Saturday night performance), pivoted to Smash and so glad we did. We really enjoyed it and seemingly so did the rest of the audience. While we were not obsessed with the TV series, we did see both seasons and thought it was quite fun. Don't quite understand how so many people hated the series, but also resented Smash for not b

SteveSanders said: "...I wonder if this is a case of the production/property trumping the performer. Seems possible that almost any good name in Gypsy would draw better than Idina in Redwood given the familiarity of the former and the topic matter of the latter."

I would think so. I mean, say someone is on the fence but curious enough to go to the Redwood site to read what it's about and they're greeted by "Tony AwardⓇ winner Idina Menzel stars in th

A Theatre Fan 2023 said: "I saw this in the second week of previews.I thought it was terrible and didn't enjoy the experience at all (it didn't even give me, 'It's so bad, it's good' feelings - I thought it was simply bad).I was sure thiswas destined for uniformly poor reviews, andto say I'm surprised by the NYT review is an understatement."

Perhaps that's why the press isn't invited to the second week of previews. Sure, some

First time seeing FC and I was entranced by the score and enchanted by the production. To say there is no set is ridiculous. It is spare, yes, but combined with Landau’s staging it creates some gorgeous stage pictures. My only dissatisfaction with the show is that there is just not enough story to fill out Act II and it ends up a bit repetitious. Jeremy was outstanding and I found him much more at home here than in Gatsby. 
Sunday matinee bonus: Groff was in the audience

I'm starting to think that shows like Hamilton and Fellow Travelers that have strong progressive/liberal themes and messages should NOT cancel. Why make it so easy for the bigots? That way the the administration would either have to cancel the show themselves and then have to explain the censorship OR let them perform, which would probably make quite a few MAGA heads on the Board explode. I mean wouldn't it be fun to see the KC PR office or Richard G

VP Vance and his wife were booed tonight when they entered the Kennedy Center. News flash to the liberals attending the event, Vance does not care and knows you hate him. All the booing is doing is adding "fodder" for FOX News and other conservative outlets showing how intolerant they believe the crowd attending the performance tonight was to the VP and his wife."

If so, then it will be one of the rare instances that FOX News and other conservative outlets repor