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Pinkins is one the MVPs of the production and makes an absolute meal out of Jacqueline, but it is nevertheless a pretty small role. 
 

McElroy is fine. He gets some laughs and to show off his body, but his role is even smaller than Pinkins’ with probably less than ten lines in total.

Yes, the fact that Encores can swing from something like The Wild Party, which was essentially a fully-staged, largely realized production, straight to La Cage, which is not at that level, is kind of an issue for audience expectations. 

The critics have been pretty positive for them both (Porter’s vocals aside) so I don’t see why they’d call out. 

Beaches stumbled so Mystic Pizza could face-plant. 

We understand that when somebody says “nobody wants to see this,” it’s hyperbole and not them telling you how you should feel, right? 

The issue is there is quite a bit of set, but isn’t consistently or well used.

as for not being off-book… Porter was deeply reliant on his script the entire dress rehearsal yesterday and he was the only one in the cast for whom this was the case. It was absolute murder on the pacing. 

TNick926 said: "The Frogs was written by Aristophanes, not Shakespeare…."

Wayman_Wong means "Fear No More" is Sondheim setting Shakespeare to music used in the adaptation of The Frogs. 

As I've said before, I think the Paddington puppet/suit will serve as a big draw. It's almost like stunt casting, but the celebrity never leaves. It makes the production the event, rather than a specific performer. 

I don't think that's a controversial opinion. While people miss out on award nominations all the time because there can only be so many nominees, Schwartz being shut out of such a thin category this year in favor of an utterly unremarkable score for a play can only be interpreted as a deliberate snub. 

It was thrown up last minute with no fanfare and barely any marketing. I haven't seen any presence of it on my social media feeds, either in the form of ads or people attending. There's certainly a world in which this could have run- god knows tickets were affordable- but there seemed to be no attempt to let people who weren't already standing on 44th street know it was even happening. 

Jordan Catalano said: "How much riffing was done during “I Am What I Am”?"

I will say that Porter absolutely nails this. 

I really hesitate to fully counter what you're saying, quizking, because what I saw last night was very much in progress and things will likely settle and change over the next several days. But I would say: temper your assumptions, just to be safe. 

Scarywarhol said: "Yall can log in?

I sure can't!"

You have to create a new password to log in for the first time on the updated site. It's working fine for me but I do agree it's a much clunkier layout than it was previously. 

I was at the final dress tonight and for now I will say that I expect this to be a divisive production and needs time to cook.  

Titanique also has a sizable orchestra as required by the venue, further adding to its costs.

It also never recouped off-Broadway despite running for several years. Those rights are a major drag and I think there’s a ceiling to what audiences are willing to spend on a show like this.

I forgot about Fear of 13... they never actually formally announced their early closure in a press release, did they? So strange.