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Someone posted Julie Halston's speech on YouTube, and honestly the price of admission was worth it for this alone!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXAyihoX0jY

joevitus said: "DroughtofApathy said: "Cameras were set up in the rear orchestra, though I suspect we won't see any public footage of this concert. They've had the same setup for the Follies and Dolly concert the last two years and neither of those were ever released in any form."

I wonder if the Dolly issue was Bette not wanting the larger audience know what's happened to her voice."

Bette didn't appear at the Dolly conc

I absolutely loved the show.  I think they did an excellent job with the selection of singers for each song.  Robyn Hurder, Marisha Wallace, Jessica Vosk, and Andrew Rannells were the standouts.  Mo Rocca and Marc Shaiman did an excellent job as hosts moving things along.  And getting appearances by John Kander and Lorna Luft were lovely.

I think Julie Halston definitely stole the show.  I was cracking up throughout her entire story.  The co

I loooove [tos] and still listen to it and quote it on the regular. But it seems like such a strange show to bring back. I agree with everyone else saying it was a product of its time and its cast. A musical about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical seems like an odd choice for a Glee reunion on Broadway.

Someone on Reddit posted a link to a ticketing page that said sold out. It looks like that was the page that would have been used for selecting and buying tickets. There was also a link to an Upcoming Events page. I was able to access those pages even when the Rent 30 page was still giving an error. I’m wondering if some people knew about that and clicked through that way and were able to get tickets while the “main” page was still down?

https://tickets.broadwaycares.org/events/827

Before the site crashed I had opened up the link, which had a blue button that said “get tickets as 12pm eastern.” I didn’t refresh that page and still have it open. Obviously that button never went live on that page. Definitely confused how any one was able to get tickets if the website was fully crashed.

BCEFA just posted on Insta that the in-person tickets sold out within minutes today, but that there will be a lottery later this summer and a livestream.

I was never able to get past the “high traffic page” on several devices 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZDKRvRFNuQ/?igsh=MWRuNzV0b3R3M2d4dA==

Play Esq. said: "Took nearly a minute to get on the Equity page 3o minutes before on-sale...this is going to be a **** show :-/"

I’m just getting an error message now when I try to get to the landing page. So yeah, my hopes are not high!

TotallyEffed said: "Really? I paid $99 for a beautiful orchestra seat for Follies. Can't afford $300-450 to sit on the floor for this, especially when we don't know who is performing or if Liza will show. They also changed "signed copy" to just "copy," which I guess isn't a surprise at this point. I settled for a nosebleed which was still pretty expensive.



I'm hoping for Joel Grey and Ben Vereen to make appearances."

TotallyEffed said: "Tickets for the Carnegie Hall tribute are damn expensive."

I wasn’t too too bothered by them. More than Hello, Dolly!, but a lot less than what I paid for Follies. Half an hour in and there’s still plenty sub-$100 tickets available. I do think my expectations for this concert are incredibly high and I’m hoping for an A++ cast.

I’m just glad the queue was well managed. I think I still have PTSD from the Chorus Line Ac

I laughed and genuinely appreciate the added clarification in the subject line!

Charley Kringas Inc said: "The ur-example is the Hello Dolly revival, which sounds like a sickly child on the cast recording, but it's hard for me to think of a recent case where I preferred the cast album over a good bootleg. I want that bigness."

Dolly was my immediate thought when I first saw the post. That cast recording was so muted and sad compared to the joy in the live version. I don’t know what they were thinking. I will only listen to Bootlegs of

Transport Group just announced their big concert this year is going to be a tribute to Liza - Liza! at 80.  I loved the Follies and Dolly productions over the last 2 years, so I'll definitely be trying for tickets for this one.

Interestingly, the website says that everyone will receive an autographed copy of the book, which I'm sure will bump the prices up even more.

https://transportgroup.org/project/liza-at-80/

I can’t wait to read this! His career is fascinating.

Don’t they usually confirm with the nominees that they will accept before making the announcement? I’m sure the orange one with tiny hands wouldn’t risk having someone turn him down publicly.

So disappointed to hear that this run was cancelled. I’ve really been looking forward to it. I’m really not a fan of Christmas in general, but I adore this movie and will watch it and listen to the cast recording year round.

I hope at some point we do get to see a stage adaptation.

I’ll do the job for free theatre tickets and train tickets to and from Philly.

I have strong opinions about shows that people often disagree with and zero social media presence. I’m perfect for the job!

BrodyFosse123 said: "bwayobsessed said: "God I hope I get a bootleg of Dance 10, Looks 3"

So disappointed. It’s basically Simard standing behind a mic stand and wearing a floor length halter-top gown. Zero “performance.” Based on what a few said, I thought she was in costume and giving a Val character performance. Nope. Just her standing behind the mic stand and just singing the song.

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Her performance was hilarious.  She may have just stood behind the mic, but it was definitely not “just singing the song.”

Some videos from the wings of One, the original cast walking out, Dance Ten, and At the Ballet.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DMp8rP1u6PG/?img_index=1

WiCkEDrOcKS said: "ACL2006 said: "WiCkEDrOcKS said: "Was the orchestra in the pit? I was somewhat disappointed they didn't get a shoutout at all - I was hopeful they were going to be on the stage, in the same spots as the HK orchestra."

No. The orchestra was on stage in the same spots as HK. I'm guessing Hell's Kitchen is using the pit for something else?"

I was seated in a partial view spot, house right, and did