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Saw the show tonight and basically liked it. I think it’s at its worst when it deals with the specifics of the filming Jaws - parts of it felt like a recitation of trivia from the Wikipedia page on the film - but gets a lot more interesting when the characters discuss other topics: acting as a profession, their relationships with their fathers, etc.

Really enjoyed Donnell and Shaw.  I tend to find Brightman annoying, and this time wasn’t an exception, but he had some g

jkcohen626 said: "Question: I believe the Broadway is losing around 700 seats for this show. If it now has around 1000 seats, how could that change the minimum?

Like I know the Nederlander has around 1200 seats and the Shucked orchestra has 6 people. That's not so far off from the DJ and the musicians at the end."

I read an old agreement once and my recollection is that the minimums aren’t tied directly to capacity, just the specific theatre. &nb

Matt Rogers said: 

3. The cleaning lady thing needs a paragraph all on its own. What the actual hell was that? Spoiler, I guess - She comes on for a few minutes in one scene mopping a floor and singing opera to herself. Way later in the show, she makes a second appearance in which she is still mopping the floor and singing opera to herself, but in this instance, two guys in suits are walking by in the background. They stop when they hear her singing and they grab her and r

I saw it last night and have to admit I’m puzzled by some of the raves I’m seeing.  It was a lot of fun with some great (and not-so-great) one-liners, but it didn’t add up to a great musical for me.

My first issue is the score, which to me was neither especially memorable nor funny.  The big exception was Alex Newell’s first act number, which might owe more to the performance than the writing. 

My other big issue was that the stakes felt so

ColdClimateDude said: "Parsons is not the star (or draw) he was a decade ago (or even five years ago), and the producers knew that. His most recent film tanked (despite it being unexpectedly wonderful) and when he was out with COVID during the off-Broadway run it sent that production into tumult. His u/s was incredibly well received so producers knew he could be a feasible option should Parsons be out, which is why they didn't want to give him above the title billing. So he walke

Jonathan Cohen said: "Jordan Catalano said: "How on earth could this be a surprise? Do they not have access to the same information that we do, here? Their average ticket price is TWENTY ONE DOLLARS."

The average ticket price was$21.36 but on social media, Jordan Cooper was claiming the average ticket price to Ain't No Mo is $50. Either there's two different sets of criteria being used to determine the average, or there actually might be some dis

For what it's worth, I'm a fan of the show, and I think the "squint-inducing" comment, while not itself strong evidence of malicious racism, should absolutely have been caught by an editor before publication. That said, I do think that the use of Korean in the song lyrics does undermine the dramatic goals of the show to a certain degree (at least for a general, non-Korean-speaking Broadway audience).

I had no problem with the use of Korean in the book scenes, because

I saw the show tonight and overall really enjoyed it. The musical numbers were some of the most fun I've had at a Broadway show in ages. To those earlier in the thread who were concerned about the set, I thought it looked GREAT live, as did the costumes and choreography.

On the other hand, I thought the book was pretty rough - the scenes dragged and the plot felt like mostly showbiz cliches.  I'm curious how much of the book was retained from the immersive off-Broadway ver