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Merle Louise
 Jan 16 2025, 08:43:41 PM

Thank you for posting this.

I saw her in Sweeney Todd, La Cage aux Folles, Into the Woods, and Kiss of the Spider Woman.

She was memorable each time.


Lily Tomlin’s ‘The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe’ Is Back
 Dec 16 2024, 09:59:26 AM

I saw this live on Broadway, and it is one of my favorite theatre memories.

"The play was soup. The audience was art."


La Cage aux Folles at Pasadena Playhouse
 Nov 21 2024, 05:56:26 PM

Response to Ermengarde:

From everything I've read about Arthur Laurents, I'm sure you're right; however, in this case it would be completely justified.

I did not know that about the orchestra. Thanks for the information.

And you are right. It's very poor.


La Cage aux Folles at Pasadena Playhouse
 Nov 21 2024, 10:57:31 AM

I saw this Tuesday night.

I have rarely seen so many bad choices made by a production team. The direction, the set, the costumes, the choreography, the orchestra (if you can call it that), EVERYTHING is wrong.

Any production that can make a Jerry Herman score sound small and amateurish has a major problem.

If this had been my first exposure to La Cage aux Folles, I would have said that it is an awful musical. Thankfully, I saw the OBC at the Palace and know other


CABARET at the Kit Kat Club (2024) Opening Night Critics' Reviews
 Sep 4 2024, 11:42:10 PM

I saw this tonight.

Steven Skybell is excellent.

Bebe Neuwirth's "What Would You Do" is one of the greatest moments I have ever seen.


THE ROOMMATE Previews
 Sep 3 2024, 11:06:42 PM

I'm trying to be more positive, so I'm going to focus on that.

I thought it was oddly appropriate that once the house lights went down and the stage lights came up both actresses walked on stage and basically acknowledged the audience applause. I wouldn't exactly call it a pre-show curtain call, but it was close to that.  After that, they took their places, and the play began.

Mia Farrow is sublime in this.


OH, MARY! Reviews
 Aug 24 2024, 06:33:10 PM

I saw this last night.

Inspired lunacy! The energy from the cast was incredible. I often find plays like this a bit tedious after awhile; however, that really was not the case last night. The scene at Ford's Theatre was pure gold, and the final scene was very funny, albeit a bit too long.

The cast was uniformly excellent. I particularly liked Tom Macht.

Fun evening!

 


Ogunquit Playhouse: A Little Night Music
 Jul 22 2024, 06:06:10 PM

Thanks, Ren!

Your report makes me glad I bought a ticket.


Ogunquit Playhouse: A Little Night Music
 Jul 22 2024, 02:07:02 PM

CJ, thank you for the information.

I've never seen A Little Night Music live and am very excited!

Edit: I bought a ticket for 8/1, Seat H-105.

 


Ogunquit Playhouse: A Little Night Music
 Jul 22 2024, 09:01:43 AM

I  know there was a thread about this, but I can't find it.

If anyone has seen this, can you make a seat recommendation for a shorter person?

Is the first row too close?

Thank you.


Where Are You, Dollypop?
 Apr 1 2024, 03:01:33 PM

Why is it that you can't go out without a baseball bat?


Chita Rivera has died
 Jan 30 2024, 08:22:24 PM

In 1984 I was twenty-four and left my Southern state to fly to New York to see Chita Rivera in The Rink. I have loved her ever since. I made return trips to see her in Jerry's Girls and, most memorably, Kiss of the Spider Woman. Legend is a word too often bandied about. In the case of Chita Rivera, it fits! 


THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA Off-Broadway with Tim Daly, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Lea DeLaria
 Jan 7 2024, 03:22:52 PM

Sinister Teashop, please elaborate on your statement. I always thought Williams had very little, if anything, to do with the Iguana film. The only thing I can ever remember reading about Williams and the film is that he objected to the casting of Ava Gardner.


THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA Off-Broadway with Tim Daly, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Lea DeLaria
 Jan 7 2024, 12:38:29 PM

Owen 22, you are absolutely correct. The film version is vastly superior. The screenplay is a major improvement over the stage version, and the cast is incredible, especially Ava Gardner and Grayson Hall.


RIP to the wonderful Sheila Smith (Mame, Company, Follies, Sugar)
 Dec 4 2023, 04:00:22 PM

Playbill obituary link.

Ermengarde, thank you for making me aware of this sad passing.

I hope I posted the link correctly.

Sheila Smith


RIP to the wonderful Sheila Smith (Mame, Company, Follies, Sugar)
 Dec 3 2023, 06:56:12 AM

I am genuinely sorry to hear this. I first became aware of her when PBS aired Taking My Turn in 1984 and later saw her in Harold Prince's 1994 Show Boat at the Gershwin. She was obviously a very dedicated performer. May she rest in peace.


Candy Puns for Bat Mitzvah party
 Oct 26 2023, 08:20:10 PM

I love Twizzler on the Roof.

Not only would I eat it, I'd go see it.


Forgotten Musicals
 Aug 13 2023, 10:42:03 AM

I loved The Rink.


The brilliant Tom Jones (The Fantasticks, 110 in the Shade, I Do! I Do!) has died at 95.
 Aug 12 2023, 12:54:14 PM

"Without a hurt the heart is hollow"


First National Tour
 Jul 30 2023, 01:22:44 PM

Harvey Evans and Larry Kert did a tour of it at one time. Not sure when.


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