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Glad you worked out a schedule that wouldn't stress you out! Hope you enjoy everything! 

I agree in re: Kail, but he wasn't attached to the recent workshop nor was he named in that Broadway Journal piece. Jenny Koons is the attached director. 

Don't really love the design in those production photos- it has a sort of austere, cold quality.  Not a lot of that bohemian or grunge feel at all. While we shouldn't be pining for a duplicate of the original production, I do think the vibrant eclecticism is needed. Everything here looks ready for a Vanity Fair photoshoot. 

If only they had kids who wanted to be on Broadway, maybe they could've been up for hosting the main show. 

The Newman is a deceptively large and well-equipped space that has housed larger technical productions than Hamilton. I doubt it limited Hamilton in any real way- its design makes perfect sense for the production and material. 

I was surprised that it recouped faster than Every Brilliant Thing and cost slightly less to capitalize. 

It certainly has the ingredients of an event and I imagine investors will be falling over themselves to get in on it. 

whatever2 said: "i might have missed something, but wasn't this supposed to get a run at The Public first?"

It was rumored but never announced. 

This really will go down as an example of bafflingly inept producing. Just poor judgment all around. 

I have high hopes for this and I’m glad ART has given an artist like Malloy and his collaborators the space and resources for larger scale works. How I wish his Moby Dick that was produced there was seen by more people- it was truly a one of kind piece of genius. 

The link doesn't work- it looks like http is included twice. The link embedder automatically includes http so you don't need to include it in the url when you paste it in. 

ACL2006 said: "Should have closed this past Sunday. Now the cast has to show up on a holiday weekend when there's nobody in the audience."

I mean, it's air conditioned and they get pay and another benefit week. 

It's a really weird thing. It was only announced two weeks ago and there's barely been any kind of major marketing or press push. People genuinely do not seem to realize it's even happening. 

Celebrity Autobiography seems like it could get abridged.

TheGingerBreadMan said: "A friend of mine who knows Sergio Trujillosaid that Matthew Broderick was also considered for Applegate. I don’t know if he ever got into negotiations, or how far the “consideration” went, but apparently he was in the running. That would be horrible casting, IMO."

Broderick has become the very rare performer whose casting will make me avoid seeing productions. 

NPH has proven to be a very reliable box office draw and it's a good role for him- albeit one that seems like he could do in his sleep- so it makes sense. Sucks for McClure, but it's obvious this revival will need star power and Applegate is the easiest role for a name. 

Worth pointing out that the Chitas awarded Arturo Lyons & Omari Wiles last year for their work on Jellicle when it was at PAC. 

If you're comfortable doing it and the weather is amenable, a Citibike would also be a very effective- and easily the fastest- option. 

Although a car into the Times Sq area is a nightmare, the Heated Rivalry venue is pretty far west, between 10th and 11th avenues. She could take a car down the less busy 10th ave and get off at 47th and 9th and walk. I don't know that it would save time compared to taking the subway, but it would largely avoid the theater district traffic jams. 

Edit: wait, forgot it was a 5pm curtain on a weekday. Still within rush hour when she would be getting out.