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I have a very miniscule grain of hope with this, only because Greta Gerwig is one of the 2 writers on the screenplay...but from the trailer and the visuals it looks just terrible. 

I agreed with what Peter Dinklage said, but I also see that acting work for little people is rare and far between. I appreciated that Mirror, Mirror actually hired actors of stature to play the Dwarfs. As opposed to Snow White and the Huntsman where they shrunk down famous actors. 

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Saw this last night and kinda of agree with a lot of the posts on here, this show is a mess....but a beautiful mess. To quote former critic Scott Brown "It's a Messterpiece" . You have a stunning score from Jason Robert Brown, a tremendous performance by J. Harrison Ghee, great set design, stunning lighting...But OMG what was Taylor Mac thinking. This show is all over the place, characters are introduce and never heard from again, the addressing the audience as the writer i

Got to check out one of the first previews of Little Bear Ridge Road and it's a really lovely small play, that packs a wallop in it's ending. Not a lot of dry eyes leaving the theater that afternoon. I"m not has familiar with the works for Samuel D. Hunter (really couldn't stand the whale), but this is a pretty solid piece, about a 30 something year old man who comes to his small hometown in Idaho to settle the sale of his later fathers home. He goes to stay with his aunt, pl

Got to check out one of the first previews of Little Bear Ridge Road and it's a really lovely small play, that packs a wallop in it's ending. Not a lot of dry eyes leaving the theater that afternoon. I"m not has familiar with the works for Samuel D. Hunter (really couldn't stand the whale), but this is a pretty solid piece, about a 30 something year old man who comes to his small hometown in Idaho to settle the sale of his later fathers home. He goes to stay with his aunt, pl

Caught this last night and I had a blast. Not a great show, but so much fun while you're immersed in it. As most have said on this board, both Meghan Hilty and Jennifer Simard are SLAYING these roles. It looks like they are having so much fun and are playing off each other beautifully. Personally loved Meghan's soliloquy towards right after the book party. And of course Jennifer Simard's deadpan line deliveries are killer. I gotta say I thought Michelle Williams was fine, the girl

For all of those coming to Chicago for Death Becomes Her over the next month, do yourself a favor and while in town check out the new Brandon Jacob-Jenkins play Purpose at Steppenwolf. It has been extended into May and it is another really fantastic play from one of this countries best playwrights. You know when you step into a Steppenwolf play and see a dining room set-up, ****'s gonna go down. And does it indeed go down, one of the most tense, funny, exciting, brutal dinner scenes

I caught this show this past Friday and really went in with no expectations...and I was thoroughly charmed with this whole production. Yes, it has book issues, especially in the second act, but I didn't care. Jerry Mitchell knows how to stage a big production number and there are quite a few in this, and that is when the show just soars. I also agree with everyone here, Jasmine Amy Rogers is giving a "star is born" performance and not just in her singing and dancing, but in her

I totally agree that Jonathan Groff's performance was fantastic and as of now, it is the lead male performance (musical) to beat. The only performance that I can see coming in next season that could be a major contender is James Monroe Iglehart for A Wonderful World. Supposedly, it is on track to come in next season, but we'll see. I saw it in Chicago and it is a phenomenal performance in the vein of Audra McDonald as Lady Day or Jessie Mueller as Carole King, where it goes beyond imp

I too saw this in Chicago and agree with everyone that this is a big old mess, but I think there could be some salvation here. I really hope they keep Javiar Munoz, who was hands down the best part of the show. Not just him the actor, but the role of Nigel was the most thought out and fully realized character. He got the two best songs of the show, and it's almost like this was the character Elton John and Shaina Taub were the most interested in. Ironically, kind of like that documentary

I was there last night and was blown away, defintley by the first Act. I always felt the second act kinda loses momentum after the come to my house number. But, that’s a quibble with the show itself, but this production is a stunner. 
I loved the look of this show creating kind of a kubreckian mod 60’s black and white feel with pops of color from different items in Tommy’s life was a brilliant choice, it’s almost like we are watching Tommy’s memory. And