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I wish people would accept that Millie cannot be revised and we should just give it up. I've said before that it's really shocking to me that in 2002 somebody decided to turn a wildly racist British musical from the 50s into a brand new musical comedy. It was on borrowed time the day it premiered. It came out the same season as the revised Flower Drum Song while banging the same Orientalist drum that the original Flower Drum was being revised to correct. And yet, it was "new"

OhHiii said: "RW3 said: "WldKingdomHM said: "Looks like a stunt. Upcoming weeks looks like they are in trouble selling wise. Reminds me of the Parade stunt"

Wait, you genuinely believe that the Parade producers hired people to have an anti-Semitic protest outside of the theatre?"

Hate to say it, but this has been a rumor in the industry since it happened. And the evidence isn’t not convincing given there were other sho

Kiss of the Spider Woman is not happening. The movie just wrapped. I’d honestly say that because there’s going to be a film version with an A-Lister that property isn’t just delayed, it’s finished. At least the version with whatever team was working on the revival is. Unless the producer decides to sit on the rights but wasn’t the rumor that the rights were revoked? Don’t see a revival happening within five years of the film and if the film is at

Jordan Catalano said: "I think they thought Erivo would be a MUCH bigger draw and justify those stupid ticket prices."

As I said to a friend when they sent Cynthia on TV to promote it, the only people interested in something like this already know the show and therefore know what kind of role Petra is. You can't trick them into turning out for something like this unless you just refuse to say who's playing what roles. And once a lot of people saw who was goin

Dolly80 said: "I cannot wait to see this- but I agree that she certainly isn’t a lock for the Tony. I’m sure she’ll be great, but vocally this role isn’t a natural fit for her.
Nicole S will really be the big story on Broadway ant the end of the year, and I predict she will walk away with that award quite comfortably.

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The last time everyone was aflutter about Audra being vocally miscast was Lady Day and well, we all see how t

Play Esq. said: "Reminding me of the (amazing…) Renaissance tour. Poor thing couldn’t keep up with the incredible talent on stage, especially her mother. Clearly, talent is not inherited.

I will say she improved throughout the tour."

I say this as a card carrying Hive member, Beyoncé's talent was not innate. It was built. She herself will tell you that. She studied to be everything she wanted to be and you can see the evolution from

sortofpedantic said: "SonofRobbieJ said:


Do we think blackface is essential for Burrs in this? I think George C. Wolfe could get away with that in 2000, but not sure how that plays now. Will it need to be a black actor? Or can they just reconceive the type of 'clown' Burrs is?"

I would personally never vouch for the use of blackface in any production, but however they wind up staging it, I sincerely hope that we're able to finally

MrsSallyAdams said: "A rewatch of the film gives me a greater appreciation of Marco Pennette's libretto. It makes some smart tweaks to the plot and adds some great gags.Most importantly the musical likes the leading ladies far more than the film does."

I have loved this movie since childhood but in adulthood this latter part has really stuck out to me. Ernest is redeemed by the story because he chooses not to take the potion excusing all previous actions whi

Kad said: "Yeah, Schubis realistically the only role in Whistle for Lane- he’s not right for Hapgoodand all the other male roles are very small, but it’s an odd choice for him. It’s a featuredrole with very little singing and nota lot of showcase potential. Feels like something he could do in his sleep, really.

Whistle was last reported by that guy as being a Tripp Cullman-directed CSC production, which was extremely plausible. But a Broadway production w

As a Black person and a director, my question when it comes to color blind casting, is why Cliff? There is more depth to be found in th subtext by casting a person of any other race as Sally or the Emcee. They are both figures who by ignoring the world around them are ignoring their own interests (if we entertain the idea that th Emcee is real). There *were* Black performers who like many Jewish families found themselves leaving Berlin when it was almost too late or stuck in prisons/camps bec

rosscoe(au) said: "Spoilers for those that haven’t seen the film. I really wished the film ended on a down beat note, just after the Mahjong game, with her winning and it ending with that stunning speech about how every time she looks at him, she’ll know he’s sad. The film worked brilliantly for me up till the tacky happy ending on the aircraft. Of course that’s not how Hollywood works."

I remember rolling my eyes at the ending change but know