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Stranger Things isn’t turning out to be the megahit that was forecast by many folks. I’m sure it isn’t going anywhere before the final season drops in December. It’ll probably get a bump as the marketing machine revs up later this year.

Anecdotally just from polling friends and family who are visiting New York this summer, no one I know has much interest in seeing it, despite having seen the series on Netflix.

It seems like the kinda show that wo

I mean, if the price of great art is a few assaulted underlings, that’s a sacrifice that just has to be made, right? (This is sarcasm)

In all seriousness, it’s interesting that those who seem willing to give Rudin a pass, seem to conveniently ignore the fact that he’s been violent with his assistants. I don’t think Rudin should be cancelled, but he should be kept on a very short leash and hopefully kept as far from the crew as possible. 

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I still think he should be given a second chance, but with many conditions. The problem is Rudin is accustomed to always being the top dog / alpha male in the room, and he's definitely not used to having to answer to someone. Who will be the person who will keep him in line? Can he even be kept in line?

If not, it seems like he's basically being given carte blanche to restart his empire again with little or no oversight, which definitely shouldn't happen - regardle

Wayman_Wong said: "At any rate, Variety and the Hollywood Reporter havepublished pieces on the early reaction indicating that ''Snow White'' might well surprise its critics.Varietyfilm reporter Katcy Stephan praised Zegleras “a shining supernova,” adding that the film is a “visual feast with show-stopping new musical numbers.''

Not to be a stick-in-the-mud, but I'm always skeptical of these "early/ first reactio

No snark intended, but if I were either a producer or a creative of a show in previews on Broadway I probably wouldn't be making major changes to my show based off the opinion of people on message boards. I know industry people do sometimes read these boards, but I can't imagine that it would be a completely smart thing to use responses on either this board or reddit / ATC as a serious way of determining how to implement changes in a show. 

I could be way of

Call_me_jorge said: 

Democrats are really letting themselves be punching bags and not fighting this? This move should be resulting in lawsuits not concession posts."

Of all the many power grab moves the Trump / Musk administration has made over the last three weeks, I think this ranks near the bottom of the list of what Democrats should be actively fighting.

If this was a 'normal' president doing this, it would ab

I think it looks fine. I enjoy the little Ms. Gulch nod. For better or worse the visual style looks reminiscent of most other current / recent big budget fantasy properties on TV and film these days.

Seems like they're really downplaying the fact that this is part 1 which seems like a strange choice. I've seen people make comparisons online to Dune but to me that's not really apt, as Dune Part 2 wasn't officially greenlit until after the critical and

I actually saw a production of Carrie a few years ago in Los Angeles that was very effective in terms of dialing up the horror elements of the story. That production was staged basically in-the-round, with the audience virtually in the middle to the action.

I haven't seen that many 'horror' shows but it seems like ideally you would want to do something like that in as intimate an environment as possible. Staging a horror piece in a traditional Broadway or

Re: the Oscars, they were actually up in viewership this year and have grown considerably over the past three years from their all-time low in 2021.

Regarding this years Tonys, I didn't watch, as we had evening family plans for Father's Day - I suspect  a fair amount of people had similar circumstances. Being up against the highly anticipated House Of The Dragon premiere probably didn't help either.

I know for some people I know there's just no int

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: " But I have friends in DC and Boston (theatre workers and audience members) who complain about seeing the same people again and again, or people who are being hired for projects that they're not quite right for (either because they're a company favorite/friend, or because they're the best-but-still-not-great option)."

I have definitely heard similar thoughts from folks around the local theater scene more than once.

I live in the LA region, so fortunately have a lot of theatre options.  I think I prefer regional productions vs touring, but I appreciate both. I only get to NYC usually once a year on average so it's nice to be able to see productions of shows that people are buzzing about. I recently saw Fat Ham at the Geffen Playhouse with the original Broadway cast, and am looking forward to seeing A Strange Loop later this week at the Ahmanson - both are shows that I likely would not