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DREAMGIRLS is finally returning to Broadway
 Sep 15 2025, 06:34:13 PM

Didn’t Newell also frequently call out of Once on This Island as the run progressed? And that role was even less of a lift than Shucked. 
 

Regardless, it seems likely that less established names will be sought for this. 


Satiric Obama show 44 THE MUSICAL to open off-Broadway in October
 Sep 15 2025, 05:11:37 PM

I really just can't wrap my head around how anybody could look around at the state of the country over the last several years and think, "You know what we need? A musical satire about Obama!" 


Dylan Mulvaney Show Cancelled?
 Sep 15 2025, 01:18:12 PM

Nobile co-owns one bar/restaurant, the Friki Tiki in midtown, and it opened two years ago. And last season, Seaview produced three high-profile and profitable productions- Romeo & Juliet, All In, and Good Night and Good Luck.

He's doing very well and I suspect he doesn't need to keep unearthing old usernames to use a message board he's gotten himself banned from continuously for almost ten years. 


WAITING FOR GODOT 2025 Previews
 Sep 14 2025, 06:49:43 PM

John Adams said: "ChairinMain said: "Okay hear me out....I think the set itself is the tree. The tunnel, made out of wood, is evocative (deliberately?) of a cross section of a tree trunk."

I wonder if it might also evoke the moon, as in "Two Men Contemplating the Moon"?
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I also thought it was evocative of a large eye watching them. 


WAITING FOR GODOT 2025 Previews
 Sep 14 2025, 12:54:10 PM

Considering how hard they've come down on much less notable productions in the past, perhaps they just see this as too high-profile and lucrative a production to be so strict with? 


Cabaret Lawsuit bigger picture questions
 Sep 12 2025, 09:19:23 PM

There are plenty of Billy/Marisha posters, particularly up here in Harlem where I live. It never stopped. 


Cabaret Lawsuit bigger picture questions
 Sep 12 2025, 06:44:40 PM

Cabaret advertisements have been very common throughout the city throughout its entire run and all of its cast changes. 


A Casino in Times Square?
 Sep 12 2025, 02:20:03 PM

Weird how some people just keep showing up someplace they aren’t wanted, sometimes a place they’ve even repeatedly banned from, huh?


CABARET sets closing with Porter and Wallace to star
 Sep 11 2025, 07:26:00 PM

I would also be very surprised. Typically the performers who remain non-union are those for whom working in union jurisdiction is unusual and not what they generally do. 
But also… how would you know she’s non-union? Unless she’s come out and said it, or appeared in a reading or something and did not have the asterisk next to her name, that’s generally not public knowledge. 


CABARET sets closing with Porter and Wallace to star
 Sep 11 2025, 06:57:48 PM

There is a difference between being a member of Equity and working an Equity contract. You do not have to be an Equity member to work on an Equity contract. You will still have dues deducted, the producer will still make contributions to Equity League's health and pension fund, you will still be protected by the contractual language. The union cannot force you to join. 

I don't know the specifics of the pre-show performers, but there is no way they are p


Breaking character… acceptable?
 Sep 11 2025, 06:04:24 PM

For me, it's acceptable- sometimes even necessary- when it's to address something unexpected or that has gone wrong that most of the audience could realistically be assumed to have seen. It breaks the tension and creates a "magic of live theatre" moment and then everyone can move on.

Some shows also create moments for performers to ad-lib and since that's part of the production, sure.

But "fake breaks" or performers trying to make a moment happen?


CABARET sets closing with Porter and Wallace to star
 Sep 9 2025, 08:49:05 PM

Interestingly, the complaint doesn't entail any of that. The investor is alleging that the producers defrauded him by not sharing profit from the weeks the production was profitable and then alleges they did not provide access to financial records. It frankly just seems like he regrets investing in a flop and is trying to get some of his money back. 


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/7/25
 Sep 9 2025, 06:27:02 PM

gibsons2 said: "witchoftheeast2 said: "Kad said: "Individual weekly grosses tell one story: the story of that week. Before pulling a chicken little, we need more information.

if you look at BWW’s line graph comparing this week to the previous few years, you will notice every year has had a steep drop during this week. In fact, the grosses for this week over the last several years have all been similar. The difference this year is that the grosses we


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/7/25
 Sep 9 2025, 06:25:22 PM

There’s always money in the banana stand.


CABARET sets closing with Porter and Wallace to star
 Sep 9 2025, 06:15:45 PM

Whatever this production’s faults, I don’t really see this lawsuit as having much merit. The production hasn’t been consistently profitable for months and has a running cost of around $1mil weekly. Even supposing the production had kept pulling in the numbers it did when Redmayne was in, it still wouldve taken at least two years or more for any investors to start seeing returns. 


Variety: 'Secret Garden' Musical Revival Set With Tony Winner John Doyle
 Sep 9 2025, 05:11:01 PM

Doyle used actor-musicians at Classic Stage Company in Allegro and The Cradle Will Rock. 


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/7/25
 Sep 9 2025, 04:41:56 PM

Individual weekly grosses tell one story: the story of that week. Before pulling a chicken little, we need more information.

if you look at BWW’s line graph comparing this week to the previous few years, you will notice every year has had a steep drop during this week. In fact, the grosses for this week over the last several years have all been similar. The difference this year is that the grosses were higher in the previous week, making the fall appear worse- but taken as an


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/7/25
 Sep 9 2025, 04:04:57 PM

malcs98 said: "With numbers like these, I think it could be safe to assume that the 2025/26 season could be Broadway's last..."

Broadway has survived the Great Depression, wars, NYC's near-bankruptcy in the 70s, AIDS, 9/11, Hurricane Sandy, COVID, but, yeah, sure, let's call it based off of this week's grosses. 

 


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 9/7/25
 Sep 9 2025, 03:01:05 PM

These drops are not good. This is never a particularly amazing time for Broadway, but drops like this are really unusual. Of the shows that were running this time last year, only Hadestown, Hamilton, Oh Mary, and Wicked did not see drops in gross. 


OH, MARY! Reviews
 Sep 8 2025, 06:15:12 PM

Well, Krakowski will be the oldest performer to play Mary thus far, so it would make sense to pair her with someone a little older, as well. 


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