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Oh, duh. How did I forget the plot of THE FANTASTICKS?

I think Rosie has been wonderful on Kimmel. A couple off moments, but understandable when she's been away for a while. I would love to see her return full-time.

Do we have any info on what gender El Gallo will be? I know that the fathers are now mothers and both the lovers sons --- is there further gender-swapping or is that it? Have the creatives said anything?

I am quite the Chekhov fanatic but have never found Ivanov particularly appealing. Very curious about this. But I will admit I am saving my ticket purchase until reviews come out...

Agreed that the sensational Michael Starobin orchestration is the best... or at least so ingrained in my conception of what Guys and Dolls IS that it's hard to hear anything else as exciting. And I think --- whether they are conscious of it or not --- this is true for many, many fans of the show. But it will be great to have this as a historical document, and I'll listen with an open mind.

I also liked this one a lot more than I was expecting to. Maybe my expectations were just on the floor. I found Rabe quite breathtaking.

Sam Davis is really first-rate. I trust that whatever he'll do to the score won't flatten it or remove its charm.

I didn't LOVE the play at the Yale Rep. Was my first experience of Ionesco. Not sure if it was the performances (though I loved Reg Rogers) or the direction (though I can't fault anything specifically) or just the play itself... would be very curious to see this if it transfers, and measure the two against each other to see what it was I didn't love.

I love that he now has 2 Bowie musicals on his resume. (Unless there are more I'm missing.)

MezzA101 said: ""Our Time"https://youtu.be/Iqe3wlQu23M?si=oEl3CFVbBaLTGnHG"That's the hunkiest Charley I've ever seen...

They're not using backing tracks, I don't think --- just a good reduced orchestration and a fair amount of synth patches on the keyboard books.

gibsons2 said: "halfhourcheckwithmerman said: "Oof, they are really trying to get somesubscriptions."To be fair, this upcoming MTC season looks really exciting. Interesting plays in addition to some popular celebs make the subscription worth it."Yes! I just bought a subscription... guess I'm a chump...

Oof, they are really trying to get some subscriptions.

SO excited for a new Ruhl play --- the source material is quite out there... but when is Ruhl not "quite out there"? Thrilled to see what she'll do with it, and Les Waters always gets the best out of her work.

She would be terrific.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "The first 3 of those came out before the rule-change about being "written for the theatre" and the "classics" rule.Before that rule-change, it was a lawless time where basically anything new-to-Broadway was deemed eligible for Best Score, such asTOMMY, GIGI,SEVEN BRIDES, and the extremely-posthumous noms/wins for R&H(State Fair), T.S. Eliot (Cats), and perhaps most egregiously Scott Joplin (Treemonisha, nominated 60 years after his death)."I didn't know this! Th...

Aren't there many examples of this? CHESS, EVITA, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, HADESTOWN?

BRILLIANT.

She writes: A Statement From the Offices of September L. Davis To my most loyal Remember September heads. My September Babies. My Ginger Snaps,I’ve had the most HORRIFIC weekend. I feel so obtuse. So embarrassed! Could it be true what my friends, colleagues, and community are saying about me? How could I have missed the signs that I was hurting my friends? Dear Lord, I’M AWAKE NOW! I get it! I am a horrible person. A horrible, horrible person who needs to find their way back! But how?! How do...

Fred Mason said: "I actually think mostly anytime Rose is not on stage in Act 1, the show could be cut. All I Need Is the Girl, If Mamma was married should be cut. Just go from the TT Grantziger scene;Rose rejecting his offer and causing a scene, June bemoaning her mother, and go right to the scene before Everything’s coming up Roses. All I Need is the girl is an old fashioned break for the audience song but it just stops the action as intended."We can put this in rep with my bold vision of S...