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Went back last night to see the new stars. Sutton is still in Carol Burnett mode and is hilarious. I don't mind ham if it's based in truth. Aaron is always a weird one. He can act. He can sing beautifully.  He's gorgeous. But from Next To Normal on, he is always missing something...there is never a dynamic to him, especially when paired with someone who is obviously one of the most talented people on the planet. But I once again loved this staging, probably the last great Swe

I don't know how feel now. Weirdly, a lot of these reviews are actually good. What they don't like is that it did not play fealty to its source material.  Which I fully acknowledge but enjoyed the musical anyway. But, the complaint is, change some plot points, change some characterizations, but if you are basing a show on a great American novel, do not change the original author's INTENT. I love the novel and its ever-timely themes. So should I be upset? Wicked changes L

dramamama611 said: "The notion that it's terrific if you just don't think about it, is perhaps the most ridiculous idea I've seen on this board. Shucked wasn't "high art"; Rock of Ages wasn't "high art" but they weren't masquerading around as a literary classic, so yes, this WANTED to be.."

Ew. No.  It's not "masquerading around as a literary classic". It' is BASED on a literary classic. As much as th

In the middle of the spring "theatre dump", saw this last night. I liked it, a little less than Gatsby, but it was fun, full of real "songs" (my new criteria for what I consider a good show) and lovely performances.  I may have liked it a little more if I hadn't just seen the Stereophonic matinee, but that play still had ahold of my heart (I think it will be hard pressed for me to enjoy any of the many shows I'm about to see as much).

I did no

Saw this tonight and really enjoyed it. I love the novel, it is NOT the novel's characterizations .... but am okay with the adaptation. Actually, I think it's a very strong book. And yay for a good old fashioned Broadway score.  And I mean old fashioned in the fact there was actual MELODY!!!  Both up tunes and ballads, these were some songs! There were even real comedy numbers! I really didn't think I'd like the show this much, though I expected to like the leads.&nb

Jordan Catalano said: "Sam Gold did give us Enemy of the People, Dolls House pt 2, Fun Home… all of which I loved. So he’s got some good stuff in his resume."

Sam Gold is my favorite American director. But he's not Jamie Lloyd, who in my opinion is the greatest theatre director working at the moment.  In his less, let us say, "stylized" days, he gave me the greatest Assassins and the greatest Urinetown I have ever seen. The second grea

gibsons2 said: "God, I feel so terribly bad for Matt Gould. He is so talented and seems to be a very sensitive person... there was a lot of hype about this musical based on his score, particularly Woman Is song, there are couple of amazing covers on YouTube. I think that maybe Matt assumed that his truly amazing original score will finally get the acknowledgement and recognition it deserves, and the reality of a notvery goodbook and overall strange directorial choices will sink this

It's rather disappointing to read these comments from a group of people who are theatre-goers, people who post on here I would just assume are intelligent and empathetic. It's horrible to feel unsafe, I get it.  But to pooh-ppph the major reasons for this (I should say ONE reason, all the other reasons stem from the ONE--wealth inequality) is sad.  The wealthy do not care about poor, sick and desperate people.  They don't care about the middle class being robbed at