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The fact that this couldn’t sell tickets even before disastrous word of mouth and negative reviews suggests the title is not a sufficient draw alone. 

quizking101 said: "(I do wish his character was a bit more rounded since the constant befuddled annoyance got a bit tiresome after a while)"

This was a major sticking point for me in the television series, as well. It's really hard to embrace such a negative protagonist character in a show like this. (Season 2 remedied this really well, though!). 

Even if one can set that aspect of Jackson's life aside, to me it is a tragedy that even in death he cannot escape rampant  exploitation to the degree that the man, however talented, however flawed, will be obfuscated forever and turned into a revenue-generating IP like Mickey Mouse. 

Other than QoV, these weren’t outlier reviews. This season has been weird and definitely thin in terms of new musicals, but it had a consistent quality level.

 

Reviews are only one aspect of what determines Tony winners. There are 800-odd voters and critics make up a statistically irrelevant part of that body and frankly reviews a whole don’t matter much unless there is overwhelming consensus in either direction, positive or negative. Plenty of very well-reviewed shows and performances have gone home empty handed; plenty of shows with adequate reviews have taken home big prizes. 

CoffeeBreak said: "This is now a Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) or Schmigadoon situation."

Put your phone down and pretend like you’re having a good time at the opening you’re allegedly attending. 

Jumpin_J said: "This one quote from Robert Hofler ofThe Wrapbasically says it all for me if I should go or not. Answer: I'm not.

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Huh? This simply does not happen in the production. 

Queen of Versailles with Tesori and Tony Kushner. 

2010 was a bleak year. I recall rooting for the fun rockabilly score from One Man, Two Guv'nors to win. 

Reviews will be interesting- I would bet on mixed-positive. The show, as written, has enough generally agreed-upon faults that can't be ignored, but the production and cast are pretty terrific, so it's a question of what will weigh more for critics. 

At this point, you're just doing this to be irksome. Stop. 

I think Michele coming into Funny Girl was a pretty singular event that depended on several things coming together that would likely have not had the impact it did if she had been part of the production from the start.  

There was also the last year's incident with one of the managing directors of the Met's board who promised a $10mil donation but was later exposed to be a fraud and was stealing vast sums of money from various wealthy individuals he ingratiated himself with. 

I just realized that this is the second collaboration between Mike Stoller and Iris Rainer Dart...

...the first was The People in the Picture.

The only thing that causes people to avoid beaches like this is red tide.

“Competitive” doesn’t really describe the category this season- it’s more like a number of performances are all at about the same level and nobody really has yet broken through. In this and a number of major categories, it’s a “well, somebody has to win” year. 

I have a feeling Vosk will be another performer who parleys her Broadway credentials into a very lucrative concert career.