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I just wanted to add my two cents since no one seems to have addressed it. The criticism was made, why is Juan Peron shirtless during "A New Argentina"? Isn't this likely a wink to the idea of the descamisados--the shirtless ones--and the act even of Peron to take off his coat in public appearances to seem aligned with them? (Many men stripped their shirts off as a form of visual protest when Peron was for a short time arrested prior to his winning the preside

ScottK said: "Theatre Fan---what do you mean that Sunset/Gypsy werent EXPECTINGto turn a profit? That must be the most uneducated thing ive EVER heard about theatre investing. What investor goes in saying "I COULD USEA PASSIVE TAX LOSS THIS YEAR"!?!?!?--of course the investors were hoping to make a profit--of course the producers were hoping to make a profit (how do you think most producers get paid?!?!?) VANITY projects for WHOM? the producers? the investors? the other cas

Dancingthrulife2 said: "CarlosAlberto said: "GiantsInTheSky2 said: "Jesus Christ. Let me guess how you felt about a black mermaid,Jarethan."

This is nonsense, the mermaid is a fictional character, whereas Rose Hovick was a real individual who was not black."

It was adapted from a memoir whose narrative June Havoc later published her own to counter.

The show was also titled a musical "fable." Sure your gr

Kad said: "To be clear, I do not think Porter has intentionally changed the lyric- it seems like a slip-up- and I think "look" is the substantially better word choice there. I also don't want to present my interpretation as the "correct" one- I agree that the beauty of a brilliant piece of art like Cabaret is its ability to be interpreted multiple ways.

I've always seen "If You Could See Her" as a kind of shocking betrayal. The Emcee i

binau said: "But can you articulate what/why racism might be happening? I genuinely can’t follow because you keep saying it’s racism without explaining why. If Billy had white skin are you saying he would be treated differently? What do you think would be happening if he had white skin and why do you think that?"

The only possible argument would be that a Black performer simply CAN'T be egotistical, in bad voice, or miscast, and to suggest anythi

Owen22 said: "The Distinctive Baritone said: "Watching the whole clip where he also reveals his nonsensical “backstory” for his version of the Emcee as an American fleeing the Jim Crow South of the 1930s leads me to believe that he really has no actual “take” on the character - at least not one that is based on the text or the much documented history of how Hal Prince came up with that character and why. As a result, he is unable to answer the intervi

Off key singing, lousy ad libs, and hostility towards the audience are the sources for the criticism. NONE of this has anything to do with Porter's race, and anyone pretending to do so is the leftist equivalent of Fox News: bombastic accusations meant to stroke the egos of those who don't really want to think. 

Was anyone so lazy as to claim attacks on Beanie in Funny Girl stemmed from anti-semitism? To ask that question is to expose the nonsense directed at most of th

Ensemble1698878795 said: "joevitus said: "Pathetic becaue your fake outrage and wild mischaracterization of others on this boardis embarassing."

Embarrassing to who? Do you mean your embarrassing spelling?"

Typos are accidents and no big deal. Responding to any comments you don't like with blanket accusations of "racism" is lazy, pathetic, unwarranted and inaccurate. You'd be lucky if the worst thing

binau said: "It's funny because there is like 400 upvotes on reddit joking that it's the only time ticket sales will go up without the star. In my opinion, this is just fun joking narrative. The sales tonight look terrible, the sales for the rest of the week look terrible. No one knows who Marisha Wallace or Billy's understudy are, and I don't think they care to know either. A few online theatre nerds paying bargain bottom prices at last-minute does not turn around th