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The 5-person jury only selects the 3 finalists and submits them to the Pulitzer Board. The Board then has a discussion on the finalists which is followed by a vote to decide the winner. The Board can also vote to select an entry that wasn't made a finalist by the jury, or it can vote to not give an award at all. The last time that happened was 2006.

Play Esq. said: "Am I wrong in thinking the plan was to reduce the number of seats?"

Yes. 

binau said: "I know that this show is positioned as a play, but is it the kind of thing that could have gone in as a musical in another year/with a different set of producers or is it very much a play?"

Very much a play. The majority of the songs are only heard in small fragments - i.e., just the intro or just the background vocals.

The rules were different then. 

Only the nominating committee needed to see Illinoise at one of it's 8 performances last week. Regular voters have until the voting cut-off which is a few days before the awards.

BJR said: "Also worth noting London didn't get that Mendes/Marshall revival. (They got an earlier Mendes solo version in 1993.) So, it has been 30 years since they've seen Cabaret."

Well, no. There was a West End production directed by Rufus Norris that played for almost 2 years from 2006 to 2008, and then returned for a few months in 2012 and 2013.

Yes, the opening performance is a Monday matinee. Allows the press to also be present at the opening of The Heart of Rock and Roll that evening.

Don’t know about Ericka but Casey posted on his Instagram story on the day of the cast announcement that the press release was incorrect snd he would NOT be in the show due to a scheduling conflict.

New York Times review is out (gift link)

"There’s little else in New York theater right now quite as surprising as “Oh, Mary!” Written by and starring Escola, it’s a bit taken to an 80-minute extreme that’s silly, nasty, tasteless and, in the end, good theater — the kind of show that will leave you gagging, both in the sense that you’ll be losing your mind with joy, and that you might just be grossed out."

Agreed, though Chanler-Berat is actually just 5 and a half months younger than Uranowitz.

Sunset can't extend in London. It closes January 6 and Plaza Suite begins previews January 16.

It could be that her team wants to keep the focus on Sunset right now and let those performances get started before announcing her involvement in this.

Sara Ramirez should play King Arthur.

Here Lies Love will have to return the Broadway to its original condition upon closing, whenever that ends up being. 

There are 9 musicians playing live. 3 keyboards (including the conductor), 2 guitars, french horn, bass, percussion and drums.

It's gone now but Melissa Etheridge: My Window was briefly listed on Telecharge for Circle in the Square. Should be an announcement coming soon.