50th Anniversary Revival of A CHORUS LINE still on track for 202 Jun 16
2025, 04:51:35 PM
Well, with the announced cast, it seems exceptionally unlikely that this incarnation will become a full production.
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Matthew Broderick & David Cross to co-star off-Broadway in new TARTUFFE written by Lucas Hnath Jun 16
2025, 03:46:54 PM
Cross seems like much better casting for Tartuffe, honestly.
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Matthew Broderick & David Cross to co-star off-Broadway in new TARTUFFE written by Lucas Hnath Jun 16
2025, 03:07:03 PM
I've never seen Broderick be anything but a vacuum of charisma onstage. The rest of the cast is incredible and hopefully the production can counterbalance him.
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Jamie Lloyd-helmed EVITA revival to play the London Palladium in 2025 Jun 15
2025, 03:54:23 PM
The Hudson's windows don't have balconies, though. They're also not floor to ceiling, they're about waist-height on the wall in that room.
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The next Desiree should be Nicole Scherzinger Jun 15
2025, 02:17:12 PM
MB124 said: "This imaginary production should be site-specific, at an IKEA. Otherwise, I don’t want it."
Every audience member will be given an allen wrench and illustration-only instruction booklet and they will help build the Armfeldt family manse.
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The next Desiree should be Nicole Scherzinger Jun 15
2025, 01:44:29 PM
Swedish people really do find themselves in some wacky romantic entanglements, though. Very unique to the culture.
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The next Desiree should be Nicole Scherzinger Jun 15
2025, 01:30:21 PM
One aspect of Sondheim's brilliance was his willingness to let people try new approaches to his work- it seemed like he was willing to sign off on any experiment, just to see if it actually worked. I don't know if it was his conscious goal, but it kept his work alive and even managed to eventually return his flops to relevance (and in the case of Merrily, into an actual hit and bonafide part of the canon). Andrew Lloyd Webber has seemingly come around to this way of thinking, as well.
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Jamie Lloyd-helmed EVITA revival to play the London Palladium in 2025 Jun 15
2025, 01:17:33 PM
I mean, Evita as a show is itself conceptual. It is not a traditional book musical- it is a series of musical numbers that illustrate events or ideas. I don't think it really can hold up if you try to make it a realistic or literal production.
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‘Goddess’ brings Afro-Jazz mythology to life & Amber Iman reigns supreme Jun 15
2025, 01:14:41 PM
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "When we look back, the Hamilton/Fun Home era of the Public will likely be the high point of Oskar’s tenure (an era that also included doing that Richard Nelson play ON election night 2016). Trying to replicate that will only end in failure.."
I would extend that era back to Hair/Twelfth Night in the park, and then set the cutoff point to the pandemic. It's an incredible period in which the Public really dominated the Ameri
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2025-2026 Broadway Season Jun 13
2025, 06:05:08 PM
spicemonkey said: "RippedMan said: "Looks like "Little Bear Ridge Road" is coming for this next season. It's such a tiny show. I think it would only work at the Booth."
if true, this will be thebroadway debut (so overdue) for Samuel D. Hunter!"
I had to stop and think about that for a second- it is wild he hasn't had a work on Broadway yet.
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Rob Madge's MY SON'S A QUEER... not at the Lyceum February 2024 Jun 13
2025, 12:24:19 PM
iluvtheatertrash said: "It's really blowing my mind how many of you watched the show and STILL are misgendering Rob. Were you even paying attention?"
Nobody is doing it intentionally or maliciously.
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Which Death Becomes Her Is Better? Movie or Musical Jun 12
2025, 06:09:13 PM
I think the musical improves on the movie in quite a few ways, in terms of plot and structure. I think it's the "better" piece overall.
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After the Tony’s… Broadway show closing death watch Jun 12
2025, 01:07:49 PM
Quite a few people on this board floated the idea that "vote splitting" would occur that would result in Jasmine winning Best Actress.
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Encores! 2026 Update? Jun 12
2025, 11:55:23 AM
I would love to see Amber Iman as Kate in Wild Party.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/8/25 Jun 11
2025, 06:26:06 PM
Stone was certainly an exception, but so was the Mendes Cabaret revival, which was able to pull in notable replacements during both its runs. If this revival had been as lauded here from the get-go, it maybe would be able to attract bigger name replacements.
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SMASH To Close June 22, 2025 Jun 11
2025, 05:27:04 PM
I wish we would move on from treating every show closure as an unjust tragedy.
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Report: The Phantom of the Opera May Be Readying an Off-Broadway Return Jun 11
2025, 02:47:55 PM
I’ve had it confirmed to me that Diane Paulus is indeed directing this.
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SMASH To Close June 22, 2025 Jun 10
2025, 09:18:05 PM
I thought this would make it through the summer at the very least- its advance must be as dire as its word of mouth, and it must have more shallow pockets than those behind Boop and RWHC.
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Jamie Lloyd’s EVITA on Broadway Jun 10
2025, 02:47:12 PM
We still don’t definitively know what the staging will be. We know they filmed Rachel singing on the theater balcony, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that’s how the show will be staged.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/8/25 Jun 10
2025, 02:02:57 PM
Sammy232 said: "Kad said: "No major developments here- the strong shows remain strong, the struggling shows continue to struggle. Modest upticks for Boop, Dead Outlaw, and RWHC won't help them much.
Cabaret needs to do something soon, though. It hasn't recouped and I don't think it's had a profitable week in a while."
Wasn't Cabaret rumored to need 1mil a week to break even? It's looking pretty grim. There seem
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