Profile for Dirty Rotten Scoundrel

I am genuinely surprised by the praise for Christine Sherrill's Donna because I was cringing throughout almost all of her performance. She sounded like she was doing some sort of Guns n Roses impression for most of the show. Was she sick or something when I saw her? 

No doubt they are shady. However they poured about $100mil into this project and managed to drag Sleep No More through countless "final extensions," so it's interesting that they closed overnight with zero notice. Staff was apparently informed 1-hour prior to the ticketholder cancellation emails, and they've since scrubbed all of their social media presence.

I've left two shows at intermission: Spongebob and the Spamalot revival. Guess I should just avoid any shows featuring Ethan Slater in the future..

I have tickets for mid-May and received the below email this morning. I wonder what happened? This is very abrupt and clearly unplanned. Their website is still up (though the ticket portion is down) and they've turned off Instagram comments.

"Dearest Guest,

DAME said: "And those seats are so uncomfortable."

100%. I understand why the show is a one act, but two hours straight is probably 20 minutes too long to sit in those seats without constantly having to shift around in hopes of finding a bit of comfort. 

Saw it tonight. Sarah Snook is a revelation. And I know this praise has been very rightfully heaped on her already but it bears repeating: 

How the F*** does she do that 8 times a week?!

I imagine they backed up the Brinks truck for this. 

Also I can't help chuckling at some of the comments online saying that him returning is a recession indicator. 

I loved both Dead Outlaw and Maybe Happy Ending and would be thrilled if either won Best Musical. I'm honestly just all for well-executed and original musicals being recognized and rewarded. 

Ensemble1698878795 said: "I saw the final dress and saw this downtown. It doesn’t fill a Broadway house emotionally, but it is entertaining as hell. MHE is still the new musical front runner in my book."

This is a great way of putting it and I agree. I saw it twice at the Minetta Lane and it felt electric and BIG and immersive. It loses a bit of that in the Longacre, but is still excellent.

Email from the SMASH marketing team with the subject line "SMASH is a New York Times Critic's Pick!" just landed in my inbox. What hath Jesse Green wrought?

I've said my piece on Nick plenty already (tl;dr yikes), but I am not connecting with Adrienne's performance from all of the clips I've seen thus far either. She's singing purely and loudly, and I am not arguing at all that she's a talented singer, but I'm not getting any hint of genuine emotions behind all of that. I don't believe any of the words she's singing. Neither of them are working for me. 

Friend of mine was front row at the invited dress last night and said the person a couple seats over from him was asleep for most of the show.

This was my first Broadway show and I have been desperate for it to come back ever since. I am trying to keep my expectations in check because I have such a soft spot in my heart for the 2001 production - which, despite being flawed, was perfect to me. I like Timothee Chalamet but I hope he goes nowhere near this production. 

Absolutely thrilled to hear this! I know a lot of us have been hoping for this news for a while.
However, is it confirmed the touring cast will be leading the production on Broadway? I hope not. I was very unimpressed when I saw them at the Kennedy Center last year, particularly by Christine Sherrill's Donna, which was at times almost uncomfortable to watch.