Profile for Kad

Myers neglects to mention that under her tenure as AD at Oregon Shakespeare, the company almost shut down entirely. While she had to contend with issues outside of her control, like COVID and wildfires, she refused to help right the ship and programmed seasons that did not appeal to the theater's core audience right when they needed those audiences most. They've since managed to make a remarkable turnaround. 

This is definitely a little confusing. It doesn't sound so much like a subscription, it seems more like a ticket concierge service that just handles buying tickets for you according to your parameters in a bundle. Their site is... very thin on details. 

"Beavers, whose family had a subscription to see shows touring in Florida when she was growing up, was amazed to learn that Broadway did not have a similar program in 2020. “Why do they have it, and we can’t?” she asked"

This quote does not fill me with confidence. 

Those are long term factors that are part of, but cannot be wholly responsible for, the drop. Issues such as the spike in the costs of energy and consumer goods and the alienation of countries that provide NYC with tourists, both caused by our idiotic administration, are things that have immediate impact and compound the long term underlying issues. 

The fact that a Dreamgirls revival can't seem to actually come together is one of the weirder Broadway mysteries. 

There was an adaptation of The Jungle Book directed by Mary Zimmerman from over a decade ago that seems to have been shelved after premiering in Chicago, as well as an adaptation of Pinocchio that premiered in the UK in 2017 and then hasn't been seen since, either. 

Considering the lackluster success of Disney's major productions in the last 10/15 years (Aladdin aside), I wouldn't be surprised if they would rather to pivot to getting things out to be licensed inste

hak5 said: "could be Suzie Toot w/ the tap dance ?"

Suzie Toot is touring until the end of July, so it is likely not her. 

Columbia is a light enough lift of a role that any number of queens could do it. I wouldn't be shocked if it was someone like Plasma, though. 

I don’t really think Matteo Lane would be much of a draw in any show, which isn’t a slight against him- he’s kind of a niche figure at best and isn’t broadly known. He has yet to have a major breakout role in film or TV, or even a hit comedy special that brings him to wide attention. He also seems to be doing the bare minimum plugging of it on his social media. 

CoffeeBreak said: "I bet they have some aces up their sleeve for replacements. Hopefully some cast with more professional cred to enhance the show."

Why do you constantly impugn people with established careers just because you don’t like their work? There was never anybody in the cast who wasn’t an established professional.

gibsons2 said: "Theatrefan2 said: "Schmigadoon doesn't seem to be getting a significant post Tony's bump

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Because it sucks and WOM matters more than a Tony win"

It has fine WOM, regardless of whatever one may think of it themselves. 

Grosses down 7% from this week last year. The shows that have been doing well remain doing well, but everything else is taking a hit and a number seem to either be in freefall or plateauing at unsustainable grosses. 

Every single one of Disney's live action remakes has done remarkably well, particularly overseas (except for Mulan, thanks to the pandemic), even as it seems like they have absolutely no cultural staying power. I expect the same for Moana. 

It seems like embedded links in posts no longer are a different color to indicate they're clickable (example right here). They show up as blue in the editing textbox, but not on the actual post. 

Courtney, take your break.

I did find it very weird that Arden was so cagey about the extremely obvious coming out message in "Superhero" in that interview with Vulture. Even the interviewer was incredulous about how Arden was trying to spin it. How show handles Sam's perceived queerness isn't exactly empowering- it's more or less consistently a running joke. Choosing to lean into it for Pride seems a little... opportunistic, I suppose.

EDSOSLO858 said: "Broadway61004 said: "I like the cast, but are these really big enough names to sell this show? I mean, yes, they obviously all have their fans, but are the majority of Superman and Heated Rivalry fans going to flock to a 3-person Broadway show that most tourists have probably never heard of?"

Of course. The vast majority of people thatsee shows nowadays go just for their favorite celebrities and not for the shows themselves."<

Starring François Arnaud, David Corenswet, Yvonne Strahovski in 2027, theater tba

It still needs to be grossing substantially more weekly in order to recoup in the next several years. That is its major hurdle now: a lot of debt and a high running cost.  

I do think there is a general trend in regards to female directors to overemphasize their failures and attribute their successes to others. I don't think it's necessarily a conscious or deliberate choice, but I do think there is an unconscious bias given the fact that directing has been extremely male-dominated until fairly recently.  There is a conservative (small c, not political) streak amongst theatre fans that results in wariness toward breaks with tradition and convention.&

EDSOSLO858 said: "Kad said: "The discussion on the board has been far more respectful and thoughtful to the material than Mark Strong's book, which treats it like a joke."

*Danny* Strong"

Oops, yes, thank you!