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A couple of quick thoughts.

1. It is almost exactly 19 years since my favorite day in Broadway history, the day New York Magazine unceremoniously dumped John Simon. And today, Sara Holdren, who has finally found the antidote to the stench in his office, beats him at his own game, and would show him how to do it without applying his usual overdose of intentional bigotry: "[A]s the Emcee, Eddie Redmayne is on his own look-at-me planet. His singing voice never leaves a plug

uncageg said: "All I can say is that you are way off base regarding the "conspiracy Theory". Having no information on it and basing it on "firmly held convictions" does not make it so."

Are you saying that I have mis-stated the conspiracy theory about the Shubert acquisition of NWS? How am I off base? Do you understand that a conspiracy theory is not rooted in facts, and that there are people who nonetheless firmly believe it? There is nothin

@Matt Rogers "they have had plenty of quality shows"

I don't think the list you c&p'd bears out your assertion but you are obviously entitled to your opinion. Understand, though, that my observations (assuming I was within your target) were addressed to a smaller sample (the degradation to which I referred) and the scope on which the OP focused (NWS->Bway). I hardly think you are suggesting that NWS  contributed to the "quality" of, e.g., Re

Once upon a time, NWS was Dodger Stages. The ambition of Dodgers at the time aligned pretty much with the "concept" of the OP in this thread. They hoped to have in-town equivalents of out-of-town tryouts, without the costs of going out of town, and with the talent pool mostly built-in. The concept failed, the Shuberts took it over, and things went downhill fast. Part of it was the broader decline of commercial off-B, part of it was the ascension of non-profit off-B into real estate

In this thread, we can witness the convergence of this board's most popular phenomena. First and foremost, we are hearing the death rattles of the fabulous invalid. Second, we are being bombarded with incorrect information because people complain first and read second (or never). [E.g., Lyft/Uber: The number of licenses has been capped, and a flat rate congestion charge has been added. The "disabled": There is an exemption available. Etc etc etc] And last but not least,

Bettyboy72 said: "Can anyone going in the next few days let me know how high the stage is. The first few rows are cheaper than mid orchestra. I need to buy tickets soon but don’t want to be craning my neck. Thank you."

I cannot answer your question, but I will say that this is a show I prefer from a vantage point (front of mezz>orchestra) but not the first few rows of orchestra regardless of stage height because there is quite a bit of action played on the l

Kad said: "It seems to me it would make the most sense for them to get someone like Adele, Lady Gaga (in her more stripped down, Tony Bennett form), or the like. That would be huge- and frankly a bigger event than a collection of Broadway names."

It makes the most sense in terms of overall effect but I see 2 big negatives in it. 1. It would be quite attenuated from Broadway (and would produce the same sort of howls that dimming lights for Joan Rivers did) and 2. It i

Neither Ben (nor in this century at least, Marc) Platt has a relationship with the Nederlanders. I don't know what's going to open the Palace, but it would make more sense for it to be a collection of "divas" [of which perhaps Ben might be one] that can span generations and be a helluva lot more inclusive than what has been bandied about here. If they build a gala around a man, I'd think it would be the one who is their biggest star of this century. The implication that

This subject is hard to sort out because of a variety of factors, most mentioned in this thread. As usual, there are no rules. First and foremost, the overall market can fit on the head of a pin unlike for, say, some skin care, weight loss, or food product. That means the value of influence is pretty earthbound. (An analogy, in days gone by, was advertising. Shows would spend heavy on NYT ads, but national ads would be close to non-existent.) There is a maxim that you need to remember that yo