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Tonight was the NYC premiere of Stop That Train; Ru was never going to be available tonight. 

I could see it transferring to an Off-Bway nonprofit first to generate hype. 

Yeah, I would definitely argue that the central plot is basically melodrama (I do not mean this as a pejorative) with some political intrigue for spice.

ACL2006 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "BWW on it first, “Hello!” from tonight’s reopening:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY3EcnWHQsk/?igsh=dDJvcHlpYjB0Z2Uw"

Why film, BWW? What's the point?"

They wouldn't have done it without the permission of the production, which clearly would want the press. 

Ball of Buttah said: "Poor Jojo. I'm sure everyone missed out on her version of the songs. Great attitude, though.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY2YN38O14g/?igsh=MThudXNudmtzamk2ZA==

Maybe Jessica Vosk can do the tour?? /s"

They can't afford her! 

I really cannot get through this video because of how off-putting and meandering he is (a 12 minute video is an eternity when a black hole of charisma is staring, unblinking, directly into the camera) aside from the links between Blackstone and Trump, is there anything here that isn't just SO doing conspiratorial spitballing?

I really don't remember it being anything more than a couple of modestly quick rotations? It's not like they put her in a centrifuge. 

In hindsight, I think that despite the success of DEH, Greif was never as strong a contender there as it may have appeared. He got very little acknowledgment anywhere for his work on DEH. 

It looks like she hasn't appeared on stage since she did a production at Pasadena Playhouse in 2017. Considering how often she was doing theater in the early-mid 2010s and how ubiquitous she was at theater events at that time, I wonder if she's pulled back for a reason? 

I don’t know that any amount of revisions will make the book work, but the choice to make it a meta commentary on how absurd the show is definitely was a move that undercut the production. How could anyone invest emotionally when it felt like every scene ended with Bryce Pinkham shouting a variation of, “Well THAT just happened in our COLD WAR MUSICAL”?

I don’t think there’s any world in which any production of Chess is going to be a hit without some kind of major A-list celebrity casting.  Despite some bangers in the score, it is a convoluted, messy show. It will live on in cast albums and theater fan dreams. 

I wonder if it's an actual Broadway revival and not something off-Broadway at the Lortel or something. 

It’s surprising we’re seeing ODC before Osage, but I have to imagine the cost of such a large cast is what is probably most holding a revival of Osage back. 

Just received a press release confirming this, with further casting in Lily Rabe and Joe Keery. Directed by John Benjamin Hickey. Hudson Theater, Sept 29- Jan 17.  Amex presale tomorrow. 

Julia is Polly and Allison is Silda. 

EvanstonDad said: "Now it makes me wonder how many times I've silently enraged someone by wearing my baseball cap LOL."

Odds are you are going to silently enrage somebody here no matter what you wear or what you do. 

I wish we would get these stars into new works by rising playwrights rather than in revivals of mid-tier works. 

Grabbed a front side mezz seat for an early Tuesday in March for $89. Seems like a good enough deal for what will surely be a hot ticket.