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I do wonder what this means for a cast recording, if one is happening. 

Seems like if one is avoiding any kind of details about the show itself, they should just avoid discussions about the show and wait for the press releases announcing pertinent details about the transfer. 

Sherie Rene Scott (!!!) will be taking over as Magenta starting 6/26. Press release just went out. Lewis will have her last performance tomorrow.

I mean, after that Tonys opening number, nobody should be surprised. It was basically a soft launch of the transfer. 

I think people are underselling the fact that, up until just after the new year and Hilty's departure, DBH had been doing pretty darn well.  But after the holidays and Hilty leaving, it entered into a freefall that only got worse as spring musicals opened and there wasn't really any major marketing push to keep it in focus or big casting changeover to generate excitement.  

I don’t think this was a show that would’ve run for years, but it suffered a surprisingly stark decline.

And yet Groff starred in Merrily We Roll Along, one of the floppiest flops to ever flop. 

I'm not a fan of Passion but if it's being revived with stars like Erivo and Groff, it will do well. 

But the majority of speeches were not immediately shared on Instagram and many still haven’t been. And it looks like, over on the Tonys YouTube, they’re still adding speeches and Ali’s was uploaded before folks like Joshua Henry, Laurie Metcalf, and both Best Play and Best Musical. 
 

If this was an instance of everything being uploaded except Ali’s, it would be suspicious. But it’s not, at all. 

Considering colonization is an extremely longstanding practice carried out by a great number of societies throughout history and Bourzgui does not name any offender specifically (just as he does not name any particular billionaire specifically), it’s pretty clear he’s condemning the atrocious practice as a whole and not any one single offender even if he may have had them in mind. It is a very deliberately constructed speech. 

Great cast but wish they were in a better Shakespeare play than this one.

There’s no question that Ragtime is successful, but once it concluded its initially contracted run and entered into extensions, it also converted from being a nonprofit production to a commercial one and lost its financial advantages like lower salaries. Its costs have shot up substantially. (To say nothing of the fact that LCT has only one Broadway space and it is its main selling point). 

Ann Harada.

Looking at ticket availability this week and weekend for the major musicals, it looks like Ragtime is the only one selling out. Lost Boys, Jellicle, and Schmigadoon all have a lot of availability. If any of these shows saw a move in sales, it doesn’t seem substantial or immediate. 

Jarethan said: "
Itwas not helped by that performance and, historically, shows have not been boosted by wins only in the categories in which they won. ."

...where else would a show win if not in the categories in which they won?