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Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center
 Feb 7 2025, 08:48:47 PM

The union really has no power in this situation. 


Donald Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center
 Feb 7 2025, 06:53:51 PM

If I were running an arts nonprofit relying on federal grants, I would be preparing for the worst as President Musk and Supreme Leader Trump tighten their grasp.


STRANGER THINGS to transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theatre in spring 2025
 Feb 7 2025, 03:10:13 PM

The press release for this did specify the tickets were both in limited supply and for “select performances,” so while the exact days/dates weren’t mentioned, it was still clear this was not a free for all. 


City Centers 24-25: Ragtime, Urinetown, LaChiusa's Wild Party, Love Life
 Feb 7 2025, 10:03:45 AM

Settle was much, much better in performance on Wednesday than in that video. 


Workshop
 Feb 6 2025, 06:05:15 PM

Honestly, I would start with writer’s groups, playwriting courses, or open call play development programs before even thinking about representation or professional development. 


Good Night and Good Luck Question
 Feb 6 2025, 05:51:08 PM

Really did not expect Ilana to be making her Broadway debut this season, or with this play. 


CATS Jellicle Ball - Studio 54?
 Feb 6 2025, 05:19:25 PM

Closing the mezz would eliminate a huge chunk of tickets that can be sold, which would drive up the price to a likely very unsustainable point.

I would imagine, since they don't need a lot of backstage space for this, the runway would start on the current stage with seating there, too, then extend into the house to someplace before the mezz overhang point.

None of the proscenium houses on Broadway are really ideal for this, frankly. Circle in the Square would be the


CATS Jellicle Ball - Studio 54?
 Feb 6 2025, 04:31:39 PM

I don’t think they would need extensive renovation. They just need to create the catwalk stage out into the house and then handle seating on either side. 


City Centers 24-25: Ragtime, Urinetown, LaChiusa's Wild Party, Love Life
 Feb 6 2025, 02:45:27 PM

WiCkEDrOcKS said: "FWIW, it's a NY Times Critic's Pick. Not a rave, but very positive."

Kind of a weird review overall, particularly for a critic’s pick. 


Betty Gilpin joins OH, MARY as Mary Todd Lincoln. Extended through June 28th, 2025!
 Feb 6 2025, 09:05:46 AM

Titus will be so good. 


City Centers 24-25: Ragtime, Urinetown, LaChiusa's Wild Party, Love Life
 Feb 5 2025, 10:48:50 PM

Wilson is def an odd choice, but the conception of Cladwell is also kind of off. The character is really written as a melodrama top hatted robber baron, and that leant itself to John Cullum incredibly well. Cladwell here is given a black turtleneck and blazer, which reads as tech ceo from the recent past. But nothing else is done to support that potential take on the character so it’s sort of in between the two visions. 


City Centers 24-25: Ragtime, Urinetown, LaChiusa's Wild Party, Love Life
 Feb 5 2025, 10:32:30 PM


A very solid, entertaining production of a very kooky little show- with a couple of large caveats. I’m glad to report that this material holds up wonderfully thanks to its smart, tight script. Although it helped herald in the age of the self-aware meta musical, it avoids aging poorly by not indulging in specific parody and reference, but by sending up tropes and character archetypes of the form. And its satire remains as biting as ever, depressingly.

The cast mostly shines,


City Centers 24-25: Ragtime, Urinetown, LaChiusa's Wild Party, Love Life
 Feb 5 2025, 04:48:03 PM

Surprised there's been no reports from the final dress of Urinetown last night! Regardless, I'll be there this evening and I am very much looking to it- though I do wonder if it will seem.... far more prescient than ever.


Kiss of the Spider Woman - Still no distributor...
 Feb 5 2025, 02:51:44 PM

My impression was that this Sundance’s slate of films overall did not create a lot of buzz and many films there have yet to find distribution. 


REDWOOD Previews
 Feb 4 2025, 10:35:50 AM

While you’re out there Googling Broadway historical trivia to make yourself look knowledgeable, why don’t you look up some better comebacks? 


REDWOOD Previews
 Feb 4 2025, 09:13:29 AM

Since the rise of the workshop in the last twenty years, that’s where big changes happen, not during a production in performance. 


Chess 2025
 Feb 3 2025, 08:08:52 PM

As recently as last week, Broadway marketing agencies were working on pitches for this, so if it is postponed it happened very recently. 


Peter Dinklage, Lupita Nypng'o, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sandra Oh to star in Shakespeare in the Park's TWELFTH NIGHT
 Feb 1 2025, 08:38:31 AM

The only major impediment to SitP is rain. There’s really no way to avoid it, of course. 
 

But I agree that attending a show at the Delacorte is a singularly charming NYC experience. I would even say that the overall experience tends to be better than the quality of the productions themselves (which can be very very hit or miss).


Peter Dinklage, Lupita Nypng'o, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sandra Oh to star in Shakespeare in the Park's TWELFTH NIGHT
 Feb 1 2025, 08:03:51 AM

Have you ever seen a show at the Delacorte…? That’s not the experience at all. I worked there for several summers in college and attended many productions there since. Sirens are almost never a problem- the Delacorte is far enough inside the park that you really cannot hear traffic- and audiences are not any worse behaved than anywhere else. Being outside helps diffuse any audience noise and the audience is far more spread out than in any Broadway house. The only issue is he


Jenny Gersten Named VP and Artistic Director of Musical Theatre at NYCC
 Jan 30 2025, 04:50:39 PM

Gersten is an excellent choice for this.


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