The Public announces two new musicals for 2025 season Jul 8
2025, 06:42:36 PM
inception said: "Micaela Diamond joining this is new info.
I have space left for one show in November... was thinking maybe CSC's The Baker's Wife? Unless I scrap something else like Seth Myers at Beacon Theatre"
I saw this production of The Baker's Wife at the Menier, and really enjoyed it. It really is just a soap opera set in a French village on stage. The staging and energy of "Bread" is a winner and choices made for some of the m
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Best Chess Recording Jun 19
2025, 06:52:24 PM
Musigamist said: "While researching, I did also discover that there's a 2015 Hungarian live recording, too.
https://chessthemusical.weebly.com/chess---hungary-2010-16.html"
And here's what appears to be a pretty comprehensive listing of all Chess recordings:
https://castalbums.org/shows/Chess/73/
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Best Chess Recording Jun 19
2025, 06:48:33 PM
While researching, I did also discover that there's a 2015 Hungarian live recording, too.
https://chessthemusical.weebly.com/chess---hungary-2010-16.html
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Best Chess Recording Jun 19
2025, 06:40:35 PM
joevitus said: "pmensky said: "Musigamist said: "pmensky said: "Danish Cast Recording"
Having listened to the Original Recording, Broadway, London Concert, Dutch, Swedish, and Norwegian recordings multiple times—I second this. If I'm wanting to hear it English though, it's the Original Recording for me."
The Danish Cast RecordingIS in English."
Are there two of them? The only one I'm aware of is, in fact, in Danish."
The three Denmark/Danish recordings I'm aware of are:
The 2001 Danish Recording in English from the Denmark Tour—Originally a Complete Recording and later abridged due to licensing issues. This a favorite of many due to the completeness of the album (my copy says 2 hrs, 19min), remarkably clear vocals compared to the concept album, and the almost symphonic sound production.
Then there's a 2012 Danish Highlights Album in English, and finally, the 2018 Chess Highlights Album in Danish.
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Best Chess Recording Jun 17
2025, 09:31:35 PM
pmensky said: "Musigamist said: "pmensky said: "Danish Cast Recording"
Having listened to the Original Recording, Broadway, London Concert, Dutch, Swedish, and Norwegian recordings multiple times—I second this. If I'm wanting to hear it English though, it's the Original Recording for me."
The Danish Cast RecordingIS in English."
Apologies for not being clear—there is both an English versi
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Best Chess Recording Jun 17
2025, 05:36:15 PM
pmensky said: "Danish Cast Recording"
Having listened to the Original Recording, Broadway, London Concert, Dutch, Swedish, and Norwegian recordings multiple times—I second this. If I'm wanting to hear it English though, it's the Original Recording for me.
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Broadway prices this fall Jun 16
2025, 09:43:38 PM
justherehanging said: "I called the box office and I was trying to find a good ticket for Harry Potter this fall, but with the announcement of that new cast member from the original movies the best way I could find isfor the dates that I wanna go in lower Orchestra $287
what is everyone’s thoughts on that price? It seems very high
also I was inquiring about tickets for Kristen today. I cannot find anything in the orchestra that is less than $280
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2025 Tony Awards Reactions Thread Jun 8
2025, 11:01:10 PM
YES!!! YES!!! YES!!!
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2025 Tony Awards Reactions Thread Jun 8
2025, 10:54:55 PM
PipingHotPiccolo said: "wait why is RWHC performing but Boop and Smash are not? I though it was the best of that bunch but still that seems wildly unfair?"
RWHC was nominated for Score, the other two were not—at least that's how I'm rationalizing it.
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2025 Tony Awards Reactions Thread Jun 8
2025, 10:07:04 PM
Observation said: "Not ready to see Gavin up there..."
And Maggie Smith rip
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2025 Tony Awards Reactions Thread Jun 8
2025, 08:38:34 PM
Fix the mikes!!
Please and thank you
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GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK To Air On CNN 6/7 Jun 7
2025, 08:38:35 PM
The most surprising thing to me in the broadcast was the audience reaction to the video montage—when I saw this in March the audience was stunned and appalled; you could hear the gasps, no clapping whatsoever. The ecstatic applause tonight is a very different reaction.
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London Theater - December May 31
2025, 09:55:46 PM
I can't believe I forgot to mention Ride the Cyclone at Southwark Playhouse!
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London Theater - December May 31
2025, 05:44:39 PM
Not previously mentioned, I have "Playboy of the Western World" and the new Sherlock play with ALW/Time Rice Music up in Birmingham booked also.
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OEDIPUS - Roundabout Theater May 24
2025, 12:55:00 PM
Performances begin in November per the show website.
https://oedipustheplay.com/
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FUNNY THING...FORUM - Corden May 22
2025, 10:16:02 AM
ACL2006 said: "Has Corden done anything since his talk show ended? All of his movies were busts and I think, in general, he's not viewed as being that funny anymore."
He starred in The Consituent last summer at the Old Vic. Great performance in a mediocre play with incredibly discombobulating scene changes.
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DEAD OUTLAW Reviews Apr 27
2025, 05:01:21 PM
Critic's Pick from Jesse Green:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/theater/dead-outlaw-review.html?unlocked_article_code=1.C08.jU3M.lach8B9-yU1G&smid=url-share
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DEATH BECOMES HER Reviews Apr 22
2025, 01:04:14 PM
Tour launches September 2026 in Cleveland.
https://www.playhousesquare.org/news/detail/death-becomes-her-announces-multi-year-north-american-tour-launching-in-cleveland-in-fall-2026?utm_campaign=250421-DEATH_BECOMES_HER_ANNOUNCE-NA&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua
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Leslie Odom, Jr. to return to HAMILTON for limited rin Apr 14
2025, 09:26:34 AM
quizking101 said: "Also, the lowest price mezzanine tickets are $213.50, with most of the orchestra at $269 and above"
On TodayTix, you can bypass the queue on BroadwayDirect and tickets start at $166 for those dates. (Haven't gotten in to BD yet to see prices there yet).
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Good Night and Good Luck Reviews Apr 4
2025, 10:35:32 PM
Danielle0314 said: "MemorableUserName said: "Deadline
‘Good Night, And Good Luck’ Review: George Clooney Makes Broadway Debut Battling Alternative Facts Through The Decades
https://deadline.com/2025/04/good-night-and-good-luck-broadway-review-george-clooney-1236357126/
"Making clear-as-day the similarities between those long ago days of McCarthyite propaganda and today’s Trumpian “alternative facts,” not to mention a news media that’s often either too cowed or too overwhelmed to call a lie a lie,Good Night, and Good Luckis too knowing or too winking by half to seem like anything other than rather uninspired agitprop.""
As one who may not be able to see the show, can someone please spoil for me the ending they talk about here, that makes the audience gasp?? Forgive me if I missed it stated elsewhere! Thanks!!" Click Here To Toggle Spoiler Content The show opens and closes with Clooney/Murrow giving a speech at what seems to be an awards banquet. He’s saying things that apply very obviously to both time periods.
At the end of the play, McCarthy is investigated and removed from his position which we see via original footage. This morphs into a montage of video clips from them all the way up until now of “sensational,” “provocative,” dramatic political content ending with a certain recent gesture by Musk then blackout. That’s what most people are referring to. Then Clooney/Murrow berates the audience for allowing this to happen saying that all of these actions happen because we’re entertained by it and thus won’t do anything about it.
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