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I greatly miss No Way to Stop It from Sound of Music since it is a major thematic song about accommodating Nazis.   I miss Bushel and a Peck from Guys and Dolls, but like the addition of Adelaide. I miss Shall I Tell You what I Think of You and I Have Dreamed from King and I, I like the addition of the new Glamorous Life in Night Music movie (though the movie is weak). Miss Music and the Mirror from Chorus Line movie (and that movie is terrible). Miss the Bernstein songs from On The Town

You named so many great theatre moments. I would add Mary Martin's Flying in through the nursery windows in Peter Pan which was breathtaking. I would also cite the original Nicholas Nickelby staging with the cart going off under the bridge. The London Bridge sequence on the revolving set in the original production of Oliver! Hal Prince's original staging of the final scene in the original Cabaret where the characters repeat key lines. Hal Prince's and Boris Aronson's arrival o

BREAK A LEG for the company of Maybe Happy Ending. Finally, an original musical, not another revival, or a weakly plotted  jukebox retread,  or a movie desecrated with a generic mediocre score. Great to see Darren Criss originating a role.  Broadway needs more original new musicals. Last season had several good ones from Outsiders to Suffs to Gatsy and Sondheim's final show.  We need more new shows, so good luck to this season's newest show

Many Bay Area theatre companies and arts organizations have cut back due to sparse audiences and loss of subscribers . Even before the pandemic, audiences were getting sparse; after covid, audiences have almost disappeared for many venues.   SF Opera, SF Symphony, SF Ballet have all made cuts to their season offerings and often offer substantial discounts. Best of Broadway offers substantial discounts for most shows except Wicked. 42nd Street Moon, ACT, even Theatreworks in Palo Alt

Would Guys and Dolls appeal to modern movie audiences?  The West Side Story remake died at the box office, and it was very well filmed. Guys and Dolls harkens back almost a century ago to a long-gone New York. Lots of wonderful casting suggestions in the comments, and Rob Marshall is a top choice for director -- but is there a sufficient market to recover the enormous costs of a film musical? Didn't Les Mis underperform at the box office, &nbs