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Many people use ChatGPT or image generators or the like in their day-to-day lives for fun, but when they're being asked to spend money on something that has been AI-generated, particularly something creative, the sentiment shifts. 

quizking101 said: "
Plus, since the Megan Thee Stallion casting for MR, there is also a bit of teeth gnashing going on right now about casting non-theatrecelebrities into roles that could’ve gone to experienced theatre actors, but instead choosing the cash grab."

Always interesting to see which people and productions get a pass for star casting and which don't.  

We know Erivo can do it. It's a question of whether she is asked and if she even wants to. 

Ensemble17591322022 said: "Does this excellent multi-tasker who was provided with her Dracula script ahead of time have her lines down yet?"

Good god get a grip. 

Yeah the last thing I need to see is Trump from the perspective of the British. 

Beaches doesn’t have a single Friday or Saturday night performance in April and May that looks to be more than 30% full- and that’s including orchestra seats that are clearly being held by the production. In fact, there are quite a number of performances where only a handful of mezzanine tickets seem to have been sold at all. Even an advance of $1.5 million would require thousands of sold tickets. 

I’m surprised that Spotify didn’t already have a system in place in which verified artists had to approve tracks being credited to them. 

OuttaTowner said: "Can anyone tell me the run time of the performance? I see that the matinee starts at 3. "

It’s less than an hour and a half. I saw a 7pm performance and was out on the street by 8:30, and that included waiting on a friend to use the bathroom. 

Radcliffe is also the selling point of this production. If he's out, there will be so many refunds that canceling the performance is the better option, regardless of whether there is a billed understudy. 

Now we can all not see it from the comfort of home. 

Although I would hesitate to call Cole Escola a drag queen, per se, so much of their work has been based on playing female characters. 

I wouldn't be surprised if this was just the first of big names being slotted into the show for 6-8 week runs before it ends. 

Wow, that's a major get. 

As with all announcements like this, I will hold my excitement for when it actually starts production. How many movie musicals over the years now have we been told are in development? 

Oh Mary is also an extremely undemanding straight play with a total cast, including understudies, of 8. It almost certainly still broke even last week- I would be surprised if it didn’t also still turn a profit. 

I swung by the box office a little before it closed and got a good orch seat for 3/31. Since they extended the offer until Friday, it’s a very good deal. 

I would bet that Oh Mary was a comparison point in discussions about bringing Titanique in and they do have a lot of overlap. Schmigadoon, probably less so- it's more of a conventional musical comedy. 

It doesn't appear that the info for Stranger Things from last week is included here. 

Overall, though, considering the weather disrupting things this weekend, this week is not bad at all.