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JBroadway said: "Tina Benko is on in an ensemble track. According to Sam Gold’s pre-show speech, she was asked to join the show YESTERDAY, and was flown in from Texas last minute. Script in hand, but she’s doing great.


There’s some track-splitting going on too. Danny Wollohan’s Porter was fantastic. I could hardly believe that wasn’t his regular role."

I read this as "Julie Benko" at first and thought "how

Jordan Catalano said: "If you see Mary Louise Parker on stage enough you start to sound like a broken record, saying she’s “extraordinary”, but she truly is and I can’t think of any other word to describe her. Seeing this today and up close, she shows us yet again, she’s one of the great stage actresses we have and maybe ever have had.


The fact they’re all older now and playing the same roles has only, I imagine, made their perform

joevitus said: "Auggie27 said: "
"It's a common misconception (as indicated by the people who liked your comment) but no: when it comes, to music and musical terms, a crescendo is a gradual increase in loudness, not the highest, loudest moment."

Except I'm not discussing music. My sentence that you cite says, musical comedy, meaning a show. The book scenes, the storytelling. The show itselffeatures builds

CarlosAlberto said: "Sho-Tunes-R-Us said: "CarlosAlberto said: "Dollypop said:

"Not Loretta Swit?"

I vote for Loretta to replace Jane Lynch as Mrs. Brice. We need more Loretta Swit in our lives."

Uh ... Loretta Swit is 84. Fanny's great-grandmother?"

UH...IT. WAS. A. JOKE."

But like all of dollypops tired "jokes" it isn't funny. Henc

Skip23 said: 



Casting is a sh*t show. Only believable performer paired with her role is Toni DuBuono as Mrs Strakosh. Jane Lynch may be off-handedly (that word!) humorous, but she seems to skit around the role of the ultimate Jewish Mother (!!!!!) rather than landing on obvious mannerisms. Which, in this case, would have been refreshing to revisit.Jared Grimes as Eddie Ryan (???) doesn't work. Nice tapping, but the racial switch adds nothing to the character. T

CarlosAlberto said: "BrodyFosse123 said:

FUNNY GIRL the name is selling tickets - not Beanie’s or anyone else’s name above the title. Fans of the legendary 1968 film are why folks are excited about this revival and what is prompting folks to buy tickets. Everyone I know could care less about Beanie.



Well, those “folks” you speak of are in for a huge disappointment…from what I’ve read the Broadway stage ve

Sutton Ross said: "..so all the haters can be quiet now :)

Trying to control people on the internet must be so exhausting for you.

Ramin sounds incredible, Jared looks amazing. Sadly, a thin nasal voice (Christina Applegate or Anna Kendrick) does nothing for me or this production. Oh well. The rest of it will be amazing, Im sure!"

The only exhausting person on this thread, as per usual, is you.

Beanie sounds like so many who sing

binau said: 


Wishing Taron well can and should continue to be discussed in this thread if people want to, it just has nothing to do with the issue that is also being discussed. There is no need to draw any connection between these issues. And I love being able to reference this case with ‘The Producers’ musical because we are on a Broadway forum, but of course someone instead of just accepting in good faith I am trying to be playful has to say it’s