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Grosses down 7% from this week last year. The shows that have been doing well remain doing well, but everything else is taking a hit and a number seem to either be in freefall or plateauing at unsustainable grosses. 

Every single one of Disney's live action remakes has done remarkably well, particularly overseas (except for Mulan, thanks to the pandemic), even as it seems like they have absolutely no cultural staying power. I expect the same for Moana. 

It seems like embedded links in posts no longer are a different color to indicate they're clickable (example right here). They show up as blue in the editing textbox, but not on the actual post. 

Courtney, take your break.

I did find it very weird that Arden was so cagey about the extremely obvious coming out message in "Superhero" in that interview with Vulture. Even the interviewer was incredulous about how Arden was trying to spin it. How show handles Sam's perceived queerness isn't exactly empowering- it's more or less consistently a running joke. Choosing to lean into it for Pride seems a little... opportunistic, I suppose.

EDSOSLO858 said: "Broadway61004 said: "I like the cast, but are these really big enough names to sell this show? I mean, yes, they obviously all have their fans, but are the majority of Superman and Heated Rivalry fans going to flock to a 3-person Broadway show that most tourists have probably never heard of?"

Of course. The vast majority of people thatsee shows nowadays go just for their favorite celebrities and not for the shows themselves."<

Starring François Arnaud, David Corenswet, Yvonne Strahovski in 2027, theater tba

It still needs to be grossing substantially more weekly in order to recoup in the next several years. That is its major hurdle now: a lot of debt and a high running cost.  

I do think there is a general trend in regards to female directors to overemphasize their failures and attribute their successes to others. I don't think it's necessarily a conscious or deliberate choice, but I do think there is an unconscious bias given the fact that directing has been extremely male-dominated until fairly recently.  There is a conservative (small c, not political) streak amongst theatre fans that results in wariness toward breaks with tradition and convention.&

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"

Oops, yes, thank you!

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

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. 

Yes, I'm on a laptop presently and the alignment has been randomly becoming this:

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. 

LCT apparently has a new artist doing their key art. It’s very striking! 

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. 

Paywalled.

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

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.