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Yeah, celebrating the 5th anniversary of its opening is far, far cleaner than deducting the time lost to COVID and then coming up with a new date to celebrate.

It's already been reported Boop's capitalization is somewhere around $25mil - it's already a very expensive production.

Incredible initial cast but announcing over a year in advance would seem to risk at least one or more of these actors dropping out. 
 

Edit: Ermengarde, we have to stop meeting like this!

JSquared2 said: "Kad said: "
In what universe is Adam Lambert considered a "B Lister"? He's certainly as big (if not bigger) than Nick Jonas."

It's not a knock on him or his talent, and I certainly don't particularly care about Nick Jonas either way, but Jonas is undeniably a different level of celebrity than Lambert. 

Voter said: "So does this mean The Connector will transfer in the spring or summer if Ross is still attached to lead it still?"

The Connector isn’t transferring. 
 

and re: Suffs- Emma Goldman is not a large role. Taub will only need to take the weeks of Ragtime off. 

It’s intriguing casting but I’m not entirely sure how it’ll shake out, box office wise. I assume Lambert has a dedicated fan base that will turn out but I’m not sure about Cravalho being a big draw- people certainly know Moana but they may not know her, specifically. Regardless, I think it’s telling they went with 2 sort of B-list names rather than one A-lister in one of the roles. 

I would be really surprised if he had any desire to actually appear in a Broadway show himself. Despite his Weird Al persona, he’s an exceptionally private and introverted person. He barely even speaks in his concerts. 

A friend just posted that they’ve received notice tonight’s performance is canceled, as well. 

I believe Ockert died before the first workshops of the show and even before Lane was attached. He may have had a vision for the production, and he may have helped developed the script and left notes, but to imply Stroman did little but follow a recipe her husband left behind is both untrue and rather gross. 

I haven’t heard any plans for filming- and honestly, how often do straight plays get filmed these days?- but I had heard there were plans for further extensions if it seemed viable. If it’s reliably turning in these grosses, I can’t imagine this will be its only extension. It’s also a low cost show to run, which helps immensely. 

I knew Oh Mary was doing very well, but I genuinely am surprised by it cracking 1mil! That’s incredible

I’m a big fan of The Producers, but it is kind of hard to imagine it being done well at a smaller scale unless it’s kind of a tongue-in-cheek, deliberately low-budget  Dames at Sea vibe. 

I’d like more details on why they didn’t or couldn’t receive those grants. 

Weird Al is an extremely talented musician, a singular comedic voice, and by all accounts a truly wonderful person- I'm glad he's being appreciated more and more rather than being considered a novelty act or a punchline. You don't last over four decades in pop culture for no reason and in many cases, he's outlasted the very artists he's parodied. If this does come to pass, you can count on it being like very little else we've seen on Broadway.