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Saw this over the weekend and thought it was top to bottom just delightful. Certainly one of the best things I've seen at Encores.

The show is odd, but the score is excellent and the cast is all on the exact same page when it comes to the tone and energy so it moves at a brisk pace.

Much has been said about Kerry Butler, and I echo all of it. She has never been better. Voice fits the score like a glove, she is bizarre and hysterical and heartfelt all at once. 

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Saw the show on Saturday afternoon after seeing it in Boston and found it on the whole disappointing.

I thought there was a lot of promise in Boston, it was deeply imperfect but there was a tour-de-force performance at the center and a lot of good ideas percolating that I hoped would be expanded.

Well. None of them were, and the tour-de-force performance here feels only "good."

The biggest issue to me is that there's no real perspective. I think it's a m

quizking101 said: "- CHRIS. RENFRO. Chris Renfro. Chris Renfro. By and large the breakout star of the evening as Aldopho. He came in guns blazing and ready to be both Latin lover and bumbling fool. Having only seen him in Oh, Mary, that man has a set of PIPES. Seriously, any production of this show needs to immediately start ringing his phone to get him on board. His chemistry with Laverne during his own song."

Chris Renfrow uses they/them pronouns.

But I had

THDavis said: "bryan2 said: "Please not Rachel in Evita for the win! Evita is another no set and people running around in their undies

just a rehash of the Sunset presentation down to the HOLDING a note way to long for no reason and paint all over the male lead at the end (blood , paint whatever)"

Which note was held for too long? If it isn’t “the truth is I NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEver left you…”, I don’

Scarlet Leigh said: "Last night was very enjoyable! Is the new book great? No but if I'm being honest last night made me realize that I don't know is Chess NEEDS to have a great book. The star of themusical Chess IS the score. Ever. Song. Is. A. Banger. As long as you have the plot there to bridge the gap between the songs, this is the rarest of shows where I don't think it matters much what they are saying so long as it moves us to the next song. We get it. Cold War meta

Is Chess fixed? Likely no. Did I have a great time? Yes. Was it thrilling to hear this music performed as well as it was tonight? Absolutely.

The new book is not great. There's over-narration, groan-worthy political jokes referencing modern day, a wink wink at the audience after seemingly every number, and if any of this had been delivered by a lesser performer than Bryce Pinkham, it would have felt like an absolute slog. But he is so charismatic and charming, that even when I was

joevitus said: "I don't get why everyone thinks this would cause more traffic/security issues than the walk during Sunset Blvd."

Tom Francis was moving the whole time. There were crowds, yes, but they weren't centralized in one 50 foot radius for 10 minutes (plus hours of waiting as was the case in London). The Evita balcony moment is in one place with a massive crowd of people in one place for about 10 full minutes. Add in that they blasted the orchestra and

I was also at first preview last night and while I think many of the performances deepened and improved, I found the staging largely uninspired and lackluster. The opening number is thrilling to watch and utilizes the turntable well, after that the staging felt very bare bones and by the books.

Luckily, the performance elevate the entire evening and if the performances were even slightly less impressive than they are, I think the whole thing would feel dull.

Henry sells his numb

BroadwayNYC2 said: "There just isn’t a case here. And that salary is delusional."

If she was paid out the standard 8 week buyout at scale, she has no case. If she's alleging that the production tried to get out of paying her that? Sure.

But yes, the roughly 13.8k/week the complaint says she "should" have been offered is truly absurd, and the word SHOULD is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the suit.

She had the right of first refusal,