The next Desiree should be Nicole Scherzinger
Jun 13
2025, 04:41:50 PM
I am a very lonely Anika Noni Rose truther for Night Music.
Audra in Passion and Follies (not or. and!)
Nicole in a new musical! (*cue laughter from the producers in the crowd*)
I would've cut off my left arm for a Nicole revival of Evita ten years ago.
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DEATH BECOMES HER Reviews
Jun 12
2025, 11:01:15 AM
Am I crazy or did Hilty not say she was dealing with a vocal injury in her NYTimes profile a few weeks ago? It was posted in this very thread. Why are you all pretending you didn’t know?
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Encores! 2026 Update?
Jun 11
2025, 10:38:18 AM
HIGH SPIRITS!!!!
Donna Murphy as Madame Arcati? Or Audra? Jen Simard?
I've wanted Audra in a real comedy for years. She's always singing comedic songs in concert and then is only cast in deeply dramatic work.
The last time La Cage was revived on Broadway there were questions about how relevant it was but I think the times we're in reflect the times it was written in. Billy...sure whatever. I'm always holding out hope he'll surprise me one da
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BEETLEJUICE Returning To Broadway Fall 2025
Jun 1
2025, 07:28:17 PM
Mr. Wormwood said: "I like the show but I'm not a fan of the emerging trend of touring productions making Broadway a "stop." However, if it's for a limited holiday run, I imagine it'll do pretty well."
It's interesting though. In the past this trend has always seemed to reoccur when things are slow overall. Despite the weekly death watch for certain shows, the industry is anything but slow at the moment.
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AUDRA GYPSY Reviews
Jun 1
2025, 02:01:48 PM
Audra is now a bad actor? okay lol!
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LuPone on McDonald
May 30
2025, 08:02:19 PM
binau said: "I actually wish Audra would step in and try to calm it all down. She is likely the only person people will listen to. Audra, if as you claimed there is no rift between you and Patti surely you don’t want to watch your friend be destroyed for her imperfections. If you are Patti’s friend as you suggested I think she could use the help."
Why would it be Audra's responsibility to "calm it all down?" She isn't the one who caused
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LuPone on McDonald
May 27
2025, 05:28:20 PM
SmokeyLady said: "And now your calling people you don’t know idiots?"
No, I'm calling people over the age of 16 who believe in "reverse racism" idiots. Whether I know them or not. I feel as though that sentence wasn't hard to comprehend.
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LuPone on McDonald
May 27
2025, 05:24:34 PM
Oh no, won't someone think of the dominant majority who created the oppression we live amongst? It must suck to be them!
For some reason I find tears not to be close at hand, but thanks for the reminder.
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LuPone on McDonald
May 27
2025, 04:42:39 PM
gibsons2 said: "Papi2013 said: "You all are calling each other things and then criticizing Patti. She is just being bitchy. You all are being childish, antisemetic and expressing reverse racism. Very dark. The "those people" commentis one of the nastiest things I have read here . But that is just today."
What reverse racism are you talking about? There is the user Ke3 whose disgusting racist comment I've reported and thankfully, it was quic
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LuPone on McDonald
May 27
2025, 02:14:59 PM
verywellthensigh said: "Kecia was overdramatic, self-righteous, and conflating a minor conflict into major abuse.
Patti is basically the "Sure Grandma, lets get you to bed" meme personified with a side order of "Okay, Boomer".
The chances of anyone on this board having to deal with either them in any kind of involved way is nil. And that's a good thing.
On things that matter: Did you all see that footage of the silhouette of a child wandering through a firebombed school in Gaza?
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I know i’ve said some very strong things in this thread (and i meant every last one of them) but you didn’t feel utterly bizarre when you searched for this picture of a child in the midst of suffering so that you could use it as a cudgel in this unrelated discussion? I mean this is like….what?
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LuPone on McDonald
May 27
2025, 11:54:03 AM
MB124 said: "Ke3 said: "TotallyEffed said: "They certainly called for Laura Osnes and that Bailey MTV mess of a girl to never work again and it actually worked in their cases."
Ah yes, Laura Osnes and a girl whose name you can’t even remember are certainly on the level of people finding fault with every major Black performer."
My point is this message board has “found fault” in everyone, everything, everywh
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LuPone on McDonald
May 27
2025, 11:29:42 AM
MB124 said: "Ke3 - In the words of Lorell Robinson, “youuuuuuuuuuuuuu’re impossible.”
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go tap dance for the white folk."
You’re the one trying to invent statements to better fawn over white people. I didn’t say anybody had to like Audra’s Rose. You’ll notice I haven’t said much of anything about Gypsy at all because nothing I’m saying is specific to Gypsy. Or fran
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LuPone on McDonald
May 27
2025, 11:26:00 AM
TotallyEffed said: "They certainly called for Laura Osnes and that Bailey MTV mess of a girl to never work again and it actually worked in their cases."
Ah yes, Laura Osnes and a girl whose name you can’t even remember are certainly on the level of people finding fault with every major Black performer.
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LuPone on McDonald
May 27
2025, 11:00:33 AM
Jimbob2 said: ""She's done seven. I've done 31. Don't call yourself a vet, bitch".
Patti Lupone should get in a time machine and see if she can get those 31 shows being Black. Would her obnoxious behaviour be seen as hilariously diva-ish and oh-so-camp? More likely she'd have been seen as an 'uppity minority' who quickly founddoors no longer open for her.
What makes this all a bit Norma Desmond is that Lupone hasn't noticed
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LuPone on McDonald
May 26
2025, 07:34:54 PM
Georgeanddot2 said: "You connected black women and physical violence....
and used "massa" in a sentence.....
You're the only person who have used racially insensitive language."
If you couldn't imagine the sardonic tone surrounding "Well as long as Massa doesn't think it's racist" I don't really know how you understand Sondheim shows. Perhaps you'd like something by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It's all sp
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LuPone on McDonald
May 26
2025, 07:29:32 PM
Georgeanddot2 said: "Ke3 said: "Georgeanddot2 said: "If I'm being honest Patti's comments in that article might bethe kindest thing I've ever heard an Italian person say about black people"
The fact that you think this makes it better. God you forget that theatre is full of losers from Omaha until the topic is something that requires actually thought or consideration for another human being and then you're quickly reminded.&
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LuPone on McDonald
May 26
2025, 07:18:51 PM
Georgeanddot2 said: "If I'm being honest Patti's comments in that article might bethe kindest thing I've ever heard an Italian person say about black people"
The fact that you think this makes it better. God you forget that theatre is full of losers from Omaha until the topic is something that requires actually thought or consideration for another human being and then you're quickly reminded.
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LuPone on McDonald
May 26
2025, 07:13:35 PM
Georgeanddot2 said: "Ke3 said: "It also kills me when you guys come in here loudly pronouncing that you don't find certain things racist and it's like...Massa doesn't think it's racist? Oh in that case we'll all just shut up then! Who do you people think you are? Why would your opinion on racism stop us from speaking about it? I mean really. What makes you think you matter?"
Kecia is that you? You and Patti should fist fight in
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LuPone on McDonald
May 26
2025, 06:59:56 PM
It also kills me when you guys come in here loudly pronouncing that you don't find certain things racist and it's like...Massa doesn't think it's racist? Oh in that case we'll all just shut up then! Who do you people think you are? Why would your opinion on racism stop us from speaking about it? I mean really. What makes you think you matter?
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LuPone on McDonald
May 26
2025, 06:49:05 PM
MB124 said: "Ke3 said: "It's really not that hard to understand why a white woman responding to feelings that she's racially insensitive by calling the Black woman in question a bitch would be perceived as just a further example of her racism but of course it's hard to understand for the average BWW poster. Lol. Patti's gonna Patti and the white losers on this board gonna defend it every time. Oh well!"
The OP said that her “bitch&r
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