CHESS Sets June 21 Closing May 28 2026, 09:08:48 AM
Ensemble1763372746 said: "Kad said: "nealb1 said: " Several comments here on the thread referred to the Trump & Biden jokes in the show and being in bad taste. So......? It's really no big deal. And, the show isn't shoving anything down anyone's throats.."
It's not that those jokes are in bad taste- it's that they're hacky and tonally out of step with the show (a show set forty years ago!). The show manages to ma
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Eugene O’Neil Theatre on fire!! May 28 2026, 09:05:37 AM
ACL2006 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "BWW on it first, “Hello!” from tonight’s reopening:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY3EcnWHQsk/?igsh=dDJvcHlpYjB0Z2Uw"
Why film, BWW? What's the point?"
They wouldn't have done it without the permission of the production, which clearly would want the press.
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CHESS Sets June 21 Closing May 27 2026, 02:30:47 PM
Ball of Buttah said: "Poor Jojo. I'm sure everyone missed out on her version of the songs. Great attitude, though.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY2YN38O14g/?igsh=MThudXNudmtzamk2ZA==
Maybe Jessica Vosk can do the tour?? /s"
They can't afford her!
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Sweaty Oracle: The Conspiracy to Buy Broadway? May 27 2026, 01:36:31 PM
I really cannot get through this video because of how off-putting and meandering he is (a 12 minute video is an eternity when a black hole of charisma is staring, unblinking, directly into the camera) aside from the links between Blackstone and Trump, is there anything here that isn't just SO doing conspiratorial spitballing?
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The hardest Tony category to define. And the one performance that defines i May 27 2026, 01:03:44 PM
bear882 said: "I have less of an idea about the 2017 Tonys for Best Direction of a Musical than some of you, but here are my guesses:
Dear Evan Hansenwas renowned for its performances and score. The direction wasn’t as fancy.
Great Comethad eye-catching direction by Chavkin and I am still a little miffed it didn’t win for the scoreand orchestrations, butDEHwas probably always winning that. The show had also been around in N
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THE LOST BOYS Reviews May 27 2026, 12:39:40 PM
I really don't remember it being anything more than a couple of modestly quick rotations? It's not like they put her in a centrifuge.
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CHESS Sets June 21 Closing May 27 2026, 12:38:18 PM
nealb1 said: " Several comments here on the thread referred to the Trump & Biden jokes in the show and being in bad taste. So......? It's really no big deal. And, the show isn't shoving anything down anyone's throats.."
It's not that those jokes are in bad taste- it's that they're hacky and tonally out of step with the show (a show set forty years ago!). The show manages to make political jokes that are toothless groaners for ever
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The hardest Tony category to define. And the one performance that defines i May 27 2026, 11:30:44 AM
In hindsight, I think that despite the success of DEH, Greif was never as strong a contender there as it may have appeared. He got very little acknowledgment anywhere for his work on DEH.
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We Need Judith Light Back On Stage May 27 2026, 10:28:46 AM
It looks like she hasn't appeared on stage since she did a production at Pasadena Playhouse in 2017. Considering how often she was doing theater in the early-mid 2010s and how ubiquitous she was at theater events at that time, I wonder if she's pulled back for a reason?
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CHESS Sets June 21 Closing May 27 2026, 09:56:10 AM
I don’t know that any amount of revisions will make the book work, but the choice to make it a meta commentary on how absurd the show is definitely was a move that undercut the production. How could anyone invest emotionally when it felt like every scene ended with Bryce Pinkham shouting a variation of, “Well THAT just happened in our COLD WAR MUSICAL”?
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CHESS Sets June 21 Closing May 26 2026, 10:39:20 PM
I don’t think there’s any world in which any production of Chess is going to be a hit without some kind of major A-list celebrity casting. Despite some bangers in the score, it is a convoluted, messy show. It will live on in cast albums and theater fan dreams.
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Three Days Of Rain/A Few Good Men/Other Desert Cities revivals May 26 2026, 02:30:43 PM
I wonder if it's an actual Broadway revival and not something off-Broadway at the Lortel or something.
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Ed Harris, Allison Janney & Julia Louis Dreyfuss - OTHER DESERT CITIES Revival?? May 26 2026, 10:49:09 AM
It’s surprising we’re seeing ODC before Osage, but I have to imagine the cost of such a large cast is what is probably most holding a revival of Osage back.
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Ed Harris, Allison Janney & Julia Louis Dreyfuss - OTHER DESERT CITIES Revival?? May 26 2026, 10:07:39 AM
Just received a press release confirming this, with further casting in Lily Rabe and Joe Keery. Directed by John Benjamin Hickey. Hudson Theater, Sept 29- Jan 17. Amex presale tomorrow.
Julia is Polly and Allison is Silda.
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Caps in theaters May 26 2026, 09:55:38 AM
EvanstonDad said: "Now it makes me wonder how many times I've silently enraged someone by wearing my baseball cap LOL."
Odds are you are going to silently enrage somebody here no matter what you wear or what you do.
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Three Days Of Rain/A Few Good Men/Other Desert Cities revivals May 26 2026, 09:43:35 AM
I wish we would get these stars into new works by rising playwrights rather than in revivals of mid-tier works.
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Official: Jamie Lloyd's EVITA to open on Broadway in Spring 2027 May 26 2026, 09:38:25 AM
Grabbed a front side mezz seat for an early Tuesday in March for $89. Seems like a good enough deal for what will surely be a hot ticket.
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Ed Harris, Allison Janney & Julia Louis Dreyfuss - OTHER DESERT CITIES Revival?? May 26 2026, 08:02:35 AM
Count me in as excited for the cast but not as hot on the play itself. That original cast and Mantello’s direction elevated what I thought was a fairly boilerplate entry into the “secrets revealed family drama” genre. Would much rather see that trio in August: Osage County or a new work.
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Caps in theaters May 25 2026, 06:30:17 PM
Disappointed that we've had 26 posts without a single "does anyone still wear a hat?"
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Jerome at PH May 25 2026, 01:06:36 PM
I saw it on Thurs and it did not yet seem fully ready for audiences. Two instances of line being called and a general sense of tentativeness and dropped cues in the second act.
The play itself was a miss for me. Despite a promising premise- an older committed gay couple in rural Arizona in the early 90s takes a third- it does surprisingly little with it. The setting is not explored at all and the time period is utilized only to address AIDS in a hamfisted way. Th
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