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Matt Rogers said: "PipingHotPiccolo said: "i loved the play in 2011 and i love this cast (seriously, Harris, Dreyfuss and especially Janney are some of my absolute favorite actors) but i just cannot bring myself to spend $250 to sit in the back of that horrible mezzanine or balcony. Good for them, I guess."Agreed. I thought we were in an economic downturn. How are there so many people willing and able to pay these prices? I really do not get it."In a K-shaped economy we are not all created eq...

The best thing about all this is the free and amazingly positive publicity Roundabout and the show are getting. Brava, Karen. Keep up the good work!

I'm seeing the Gillian Anderson /Billy Crudup London production in November. Press night is Wednesday so no reviews yet, but has anyone here already seen it? Any first- or second-hand reports on the production or on the relatively new Soho Place, where Zegler is taking up residency following the closing of Woolf?

quizking101 said: "https://www.theatermania.com/news/two-strangers-carry-a-cake-across-new-york-sets-closing-date-on-broadway_1853932/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAUXc-ZwZG9mBWZkaWQWUOhL7I-2z-YjmkbZF-u8_bzqS4AMFGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2M

I did not recognize the receptionist at first, but finally realized it was Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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...