inception said: "I keep getting ads for this show on Instagram even though I'm on the West Coast. It says something like strictly limited 8 week run. I might be tempted if it extends & runs longer. But I wonder how good their ticket sales actually are?"
It was initially 8 weeks but is now running through Sept 7.
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"La Cage" at City Center
The issue at the dress rehearsal (which was played to an almost entirely full house, all 3 levels of seating aside from the front center orchestra area cleared for the creatives) wasn't that Porter was holding a binder, it was that he was largely looking down and reading from it the entire time. He will obviously get better with it with time, but there was a startling lack of familiarity with the text even under the constraints of the process and that will hold him back even
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AC126748 said: "I read an interview with Debbie Gravitte on TheaterMania that said her son Sam Gravitte was appearing in this show. I don’t see him on the website cast list. What role is he playing, or is he an understudy?"
He's currently in A Walk on the Moon at the Pels, not in this.
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I usually have poor recollection of celebrity sightings, but sitting behind the voluminous red hair of Bernadette Peters at a performance of the John Tiffany Glass Menagerie definitely sticks in my memory.
"La Cage" at City Center
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.
"La Cage" at City Center
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.
"La Cage" at City Center
The critics have been pretty positive for them both (Porter’s vocals aside) so I don’t see why they’d call out.
"La Cage" at City Center
John Adams said: "Scarywarhol said: "I think Encores! would do well to strip back to music stands and do an expectation readjustment after next season because the most unfortunate thing here is the desire to present a fully-cooked "concept" revival in a very undercooked setting."
I wholeheartedly agree.
When an overabundance of information - i.e., "a fully-cooked 'concept'"is presented, the viewers' ima
"La Cage" at City Center
Ensemble1698878795 said: "TheatreFan4 said: "So... I'm a bit confused after watching the little promo video they put out. Does this still take place in the French Riviera, because I feel things like the Eartha Kitt Catwoman reference is a little weirdly American? And why did they modernise it with their references so they could include Beyonce? I feel like La Cage echos a time long ago that it feels misplaced to try and bring it to today so literally...
Like I
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Jason Robert Brown Says Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Is Still Waiting for a Broadway Theatre
We understand that when somebody says “nobody wants to see this,” it’s hyperbole and not them telling you how you should feel, right?
"La Cage" at City Center
Why are we maintaining the illusion that Encores presentations are still 'concert stagings'? They are not and have not been in a very long time, except in the sense that they are contractually designated that to receive favorable union terms. They have become stripped-down, fully staged productions and with that comes a different set of expectations.
If performers are all book in hand and standing in front of mics with minimal staging, that's one thing. If it'
"La Cage" at City Center
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.
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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.
Paddington Al Hirschfeld March 2027
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.
Stephen Schwartz: "Queen of Versailles was a really good show!"
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.
"La Cage" at City Center
BrodyFosse123 said: "It's nice, though to see phrases like "absolutely nails this" in regards to Porter. I was concerned about Porter's stamina, and vocal fry (as have been criticized in the past).
That was a sarcastic remark when they asked they hoped Porter wasn’t going all over the place with his trademark over-riffing. In other words, if you were expecting his over-riffing, then he absolutely nails it. 🤣🤣🤣"
No,
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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.
"La Cage" at City Center
Jordan Catalano said: "How much riffing was done during “I Am What I Am”?"
I will say that Porter absolutely nails this.
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