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I finally saw this over the weekend. I thought it was fine, but definitely not as good as part 1. This felt a lot more padded and bloated and I agree with those who say it amplified the problems with second act of the show. Erivo was great, but I thought Ariana Grande was stellar, as was Jonathan Bailey. 
 

The new songs were merely OK. They may get nominated for an Oscar, but there’s no way either of them wins over ‘Golden’ from K-Po

Caught Paranormal Activity at the Ahmanson yesterday evening. I enjoyed it a lot  and the illusions and effects were very well done. They definitely use a less-is-more approach with the effects, but when they're deployed they're extremely effective - especially one moment late in the first act that had nearly everyone gasping. 

I believe it closes in LA tomorrow (not sure if this is touring or just a one-off?), but would definitely recomme

Loved Wildhorn’s score for Death Note, so am interested to see how how this turns out.

Interesting that he’s has been doing a lot of anime adaptations lately. However it doesn’t seem like anime is an area a lot of American theater writers are flocking to, despite its exploding popularity in the US. Broadway always seems to be a decade or two behind pop culture trends.

So in that light, it kinda makes sense for him to carve out a niche for

Elton John’s original demos for Lestat are also online, too. I especially like the Origin Of The Species number that was cut for Broadway.  

I caught it right after it opened and the Palace was only about half-full. The cast was good, but the show was very boring, which was shocking considering the source material. I heard it was much better in San Francisco where it had its tryout.


Didn't see Dance of The Vampires, but I wish I had. Everything I’

Overall, the Broadway Reddit seems a lot more fanboy / fangirl-y to me. Every time I go there (which admittedly, isn't a lot) the top threads seem to be about who stage doors, how amazing [insert actor] was last night, things that actors posted on IG, etc. 

What I appreciate about here is that there are number of users with industry knowledge and historical knowledge that are willing to share insights. The preview / review threads are extremely useful to me as someon

True, late night is on the decline but this was most definitely politically motivated. Paramount is trying to complete a merger with Skydance that was supposed to have closed at the beginning of the year. The FCC review has been extended 90 days twice already.

They already had to pay $16 million to settle a totally baseless lawsuit from Trump cause they know he has the power to tell the FCC to kill the merger. As we know, the president is certainly not above being petty especi

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