EDSOSLO858 said: "Kad said: "The discussion on the board has been far more respectful and thoughtful to the material than Mark Strong's book, which treats it like a joke."
*Danny* Strong"
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Lincoln Center Theater 2026-2027 Season
I, like a lot of people in NYC, was introduced to Lear's work with her production of The Good Person of Szechwan starring Taylor Mac in 2013 for the (sadly now defunct) Foundry Theatre. It remains the best production of a Brecht play I've seen in NYC. It transferred to the Public and is presumably what led to her leading Public Works, the several first seasons of which were incredible works of artistic community engagement and true delights.
She has certainly had her shar
CHESS Sets June 21 Closing
The discussion on the board has been far more respectful and thoughtful to the material than Mark Strong's book, which treats it like a joke.
The BWW Tech Support Thread
Yes, I'm on a laptop presently and the alignment has been randomly becoming this:
Why wasn’t Rebecca Luker nominated for her Maria in The Sound of Music?
Neither Luker nor the production were nominated for many awards at all. It just wasn't well-received and it was overshadowed in a season that also had Cabaret, Ragtime, The Lion King, and even Side Show.
Lincoln Center Theater 2026-2027 Season
LCT apparently has a new artist doing their key art. It’s very striking! 
Could this 31-year-old be the future of Broadway?s
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.
"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
Birthright
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.
Spotted Celebrities in Audience
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
Mystic Pizza coming to Broadway?
Beaches stumbled so Mystic Pizza could face-plant.
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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