Profile for KevinKlawitter

One theatre-themed movie from this year's Oscar nominations that may fly under people's radars - Kokuhô, nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. It's a Japanese drama about the orphaned son of a Yakuza family who is taken in by a family of Kabuki theatre actors and eventually rises to prominence as an actor himself.

The movie was a huge hit in Japan and received, I believe, 17 nominations at Japan's Academy Awards.

Ceej said: "Is it possible that the Matt Morrison rumors are true but he's doing the tour?"

Rumors on another thread are that he may be doing Titanique 

Will open at Aldwych Theatre on the West End on June 3

Mason Alexander Park talks to THR about playing Mary: "the way I play her, it's a bit like having a panic attack for 80 minutes"

These could just be wild rumors, but I saw social media rumblings about Darren Criss as Gatsby in the London Welch production with Rachel Zegler as Daisy.

I'm part of a voting group for theatre awards for productions from the Twin Cities. Our nominees for performer in a musical this year ended up with three women and two nonbinary. Sometimes it just shakes out that way. Overall we were less concerned specifcally about gender representation than making sure a wide variety of different companies and performing groups were represented.

Stevie Walker-Webb directing; will run February 12-March 8

EDSOSLO858 said: "The original cast will depart the Broadway company on February 22. Replacements to be announced later"

Lift your hearts to the horizon

Leave your fears upon the shore

Critic's Pick from Jason Zinoman at the NYT

Theatremania is a rave

The date is for the UK. AFAIK there's no stateside release date yet.

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"A show cannot be called a revival if it has never been on Broadway before; a revival is specifically a re-staging of a production that has previously appeared on Broadway. If a show is making its Broadway debut, it is considered a new production, not a revival." (AI generated response)



All you need to do is remember two years ago when Gutenberg! was deemed a revival despite not being on Broadway before due to the show being widely known/produced already.

Christopher Gattelli as director & choreographer

Only kind of connected, but the wonderful character actor Peter Jacobson will be leading a production of DOAS at the Hartford Stage in late February-early March

K. Todd Freeman, Jonathan Cake, John Drea, Michael Benjamin Washington, Tasha Lawrence, Jake Silbermann, Joaquin Consuelos, Jake Termine, Karl Green and Jack Falahee join the cast

Springtime said: "Sweaty Oracle on Instagram saying he will announce the next two replacements for Groff tomorrow."

I'm sure he is.