Profile for Charley Kringas Inc

The score felt way more unhinged live, the whole theater was really bumping during the bigger numbers.

Interesting little article with some notes by both Malloy and Kirkwood:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Exclusive-Inside-Roald-Dahls-THE-WITCHES-with-Dave-Malloy-and-Lucy-Kirkwood-20250703

In particular, they've been working on it since it closed, including "some pretty big revisions to tighten the show" and are hopeful for future productions. Malloy also mentions that the Morris dancers scene reminded him of Frogger, "so the music there is a hybrid of traditional Morris dancing and the theme music to Frogger", which absolutely flew over my head - compare the Frogger theme to the bit at 2:50 in Don't Say Mice.

The fact that they've only released half the cast album is so bizarre.

A bizarre but welcome surprise, looking forward to hearing most of this score again.

oof

The main emotional impact I felt from Dead Outlaw was a sense of wonder at the fleeting smallness of life, which is kind of a cerebral reaction for a show to provoke, and it doesn't surprise me that that didn't translate into boffo box office. I can't say the advertising was particularly good, either, and I would even include the dryly succinct title in that.

Also, my god, is the Longacre cursed or something?

ACL2006 said: "Four swings on for the closing show. Very bizarre."

Thematically appropriate, at least…

I've always loved "knitting sweaters and sitting still" and "living life in a living room" as Rose's examples of what "people who don't know they're alive" do.

this is going to be amazing

if jinkx joins as mary i’m buying tickets immediately 

It was clearly wrong of me to reply in that way and make things personal - neither of us is going to change the mind of the other.

BorisTomashevsky said: "Charley Kringas Inc said: "I'd like to think he would identify more with the character who kills himself."

Ah yes the side of tolerance and love and humanity strikes again. If not for doublestandards, the Left would have no standards at all."

do you have a big button that you wear that says "#1 fascism enthusiast" or is it an iron-on patch

I'd like to think he would identify more with the character who kills himself.

shame they're not doing Phantom, we could've had a really funny chandelier accident

Observation said: "I was watching the documentary about Paul Reuben’s on HBO (it is so good!) and I couldn’t help but think, if he were still around he would be a contender for Mary Todd Lincoln replacements for sure."

"my AMAzing PILLow!! heh heh!"

i asked chat gpt about it and it told me that the new ending is "all three beautiful and vivacious actresses vying for the coveted central role in Bombshell are smashed by a two-ton weight, much to the delight and satisfaction of the paying audience" is this true???

goddammit ):