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Having worked this show for over 10 years, I can tell you that this all should be laid at the stagehands feet.  They insisted that they not work with masks, while the others had to do so.  I believe in unions but consistently with the stage hand union it is all about their convince and their paychecks before anything else.  Plus wardrobe staff did go to HR because of the fact that they did not warn the staff that staff had possible exposure, which is what they are required to d

Wati...you mean that there is are critics who actually criticize?  What is the world coming to?  I mean, everyone seems to stand and applause the weakest of attempts, a buzzard ****, if you will, but to actually criticize something because it is terribly written, bland, grotesque in taste and has no point of value?  What is this new revolution?  No one is taking them to task for being negative and judgmental? 

Hmmm, how will they all live with themselves. 

<edited by BWW staff>> sometimes we as humans age 14, 24, 44, and 84 can make stupid choices in life and thus find ourselves in a situation that isn't the best.  Does it make it right for an "alleged" predator to take advantage of the situation? No.  And, should that prevent someone to come forward? No.  But you see herein lies the real rub, he said, and then he said or doesn't even remember and there are no valid and substantiated witne

This reminds me of Lapine's "Annie" revival. He didn't like the musical and tried to re-write it and it did not work, so much so they scrapped the revival version and took the original on the road after the revival run.

It seems the same here.  Nothing wrong with revivals as long as directors love the musical that they choose to revive - revive, not rewrite.  Therefore, the simplest solution is to do your own new musical based on the same subject matter, wit

How about just sing the song - it's beautiful enough as it is - it doesn't need a fussy arrangement.  She scoops and slides - a clear indication that the vocal technique is harder and harder to keep up and in shape. That is why she made the right decision to wind-down the opera career.  Best leave now before it becomes more than apparent that the voice cannot negotiate the genre.  However, the tone of the voice is still beautiful to say the least.  But if you quest

you could take the comment, "her - I mean them." as either, a self- correction because this is the first time according to the show, "a transgendered person stars in a leading role", or to the referencing "White Men," or to the fact that one character is "strangely attracted to her" that would be because of the middling of the characters sexual being.  Or, it could be as many of the offense brigade these days declares, that it was a off-the-cuff sn

it isn't foolishness and many, many performers have no say so in the design - it is laziness and inattentiveness and it is obvious when a critic feels compelled to comment upon it.  Just because a performer collaborates or says I want to look like  this or that, doesn't mean it's in the best interest of the character or the actor - get real.  It could be not wanting to be critical in a moment during the design process when it's easier to make the decision and ge

Okay so the NYT hired or assigned a writer that isn't necessarily sensitive or tactful. Yes the wonderful performer is large - as if that needed to be pointed out unless you are blind, in which case, after reading the review, even the blind now know this fact.  It doesn't need to be pointed out, she knows she is large, and so does the audience.  What does need to be pointed out is that the costume designer is untalented and unskilled at adapting styles to fit every body type