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ggersten said: "Ensemble1711444445 said: They make money in London but it's proportional- very few massive run away hits there. The shows that are hits in both places make way more here. Ticket prices are so much lower there it kind of evens out. I do wish they would pay their actors WAY more."

Can't speak to actor pay - but ticket prices have increased dramatically in London. And it wasn't just Evita. There are few massive runaway hits in either

I think we have to look at Sally and Phyllis's relationship.  Why would Sally cheat with her best friend's boyfriend?  Jealousy of course.  But a lack of self worth when she secretly compares herself to her fellow Follies girl. I'm guessing that's how it began with she and Ben, a way to secretly get back at her more refined roommate. But being (probably) bi polar (her actions with her sons also indicate this) she soon became obsessed and remained so. She probabl

TheatreFan4 said: "GirlFromOz68 said: "
it would be nice if we could go a day without pitching women against each other."

I'm not pitting them against each other, Lea just has a horrible ass attitude and I very much feel like that that is the reality of the situation that her divadom would never allow her to be overshadowed byher understudy which would happen if Hannah went on for her."

Oh please. No one is going to EVER oversha

I am a huge proponent of the Broadway Trevor Nunn flop production form the late 80's. I had refused to see it as I didn't like that girl who sang that stupid title song from Rags on the Tonys (oh foolish me)  and I had heard they changed so much form my beloved black album. But I just so happened to be walking by the Imperial and someone was selling a ticket for $5 for show that was about to begin.  So I thought, sure.  I love the songs.  

I fell in lov

chrishuyen said: "I'll be curious what Cromer brings to this. My main takeaway in Boston was that they needed to really hone in on the writing process (Florence Welch seemed like she was writing songs for a concept album about Gatsby rather than songs that were built to work within scenes) and find more clarity in the characters and the story they were trying to tell (it's a lot of characters to balance in a show, especially with bumping up Myrtle's role). Perhaps that

I saw Sunday at Glimmerglass last month and it wasn't very good, despite an amazing lead performance by John Riddle who leaned into George's Spectrum'd personality in the first act.  Unfortunately, Glimmerglass is primarily an opera company, so, though it might have been one of the more glorious SOUNDING Sunday's I've seen, the acting was at times 8th-Grade-School-Play bad. And it wasn't particularly well directed. The director never once showed us the actual pain

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "I cannot fathom how they would make their setup work for the Broadhurst. But then again, no Broadway house fits this one perfectly, even with a reconfiguration."

I assume that means creating a runway on the stagewith some onstage seating.

They want to tour it, so the show needs to be able to work in a proscenium setting."

I don't think the Broadhurst has a center aisl

My only real problem with the show is that, despite the magic realism of the premise, everything is treated as if this is the real world..How the world works, world history, the mechanizations of the 20th century, love, death.  It's all of a natural world.  EXCEPT the mother giving birth to a full grown man is just glided over without a mention.  I mean...it would have split her in two!!  In the film he is born a tiny little baby-sized old man and quickly grows (which

TheatreFan4 said: "I'm still cagey on his ability to do a new interpretation of a musical after his flop iteration of La Cage..."

This exactly. There are people I know (I did not see it myself) that love EVERYTHING but hated his La Cage.  Talk about a horror show, just go back and read its reviews on HERE. And how much was he really responsible for Oh, Mary?  I feel the Tony should have gone to Taymor, so I'm obviously biased, but, like Jordan, I re

Is the only reason "John Proctor" is closing after its limited run because the theatre has already been promised?  Has anyone heard of a theatre transfer? It seems crazy a show that is doing this well is closing completely. There also must be a hoard of young TV and movie actresses who might like a stab at Sadie's role (its a really GOOD role). I mean Purpose is closing too and it's doing good box office, but Proctor is doing better...AND it has a youthful zeitgeist pop