Dear Evan Hansen... What did i just watch? Oct 27
2024, 06:56:53 PM
Almost of of his lies come from an attempt to maintain a misunderstanding from Connor's parents. This seems kind and respectful at first but obviously turns into something much worse. As someone who suffers from extreme anxiety I saw myself in Evan off-broadway. For three years the man that worked at the Taco Bell next to my work called me by the wrong name because I didn't want to embarass him by correcting him. It led to a surprising amount of lies and social acrobatics fr
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Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga to Lead OLD FRIENDS On Broadway Oct 23
2024, 01:37:21 PM
I think maybe you're mixing up the actual West End show with the one-night only gala concert"
You're right that the concert had HUGE names... I just meant there was a lot of West End name recognition in the eventual West End production. Aside from the leads, there isn't the same level of BROADWAY name recognition. The folks coming over from London are all marvelous (especially Joanna Riding!!!) but they don't have much Broadway pop. I poorly articulated what I was
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Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga to Lead OLD FRIENDS On Broadway Oct 22
2024, 01:19:24 PM
This is sort of disappointing. These are all great talents but I was hopeful this was going to be filled with Broadway stars the way the West End version was filled with some West End heavy hitters. I sort of don't understand what the point is... but it'll probably be a lovely show.
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Our Town or Stereophonic Oct 18
2024, 01:56:30 PM
"Stereophonic,....but not this new cast."
So... Our Town? Or are you recommending Back to the Future?
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Sadie Sink in JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN - Broadway (Spring 2025) Oct 18
2024, 11:49:59 AM
This play has been done at basically every college that has a theater program. It's great for that. Wonderful opportunities for young actors, a little thoughtful, theatrical ending. Danya Taymor tho... I bet she could rustle up some spectacular staging for that ending. It may well elevate the whole property. I agree that the play is not terribly sophisticated and it certainly lacks a nuanced take on The Crucible... but I think there's a chance this production might elevate the materia
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OUR TOWN Previews Sep 29
2024, 05:34:11 PM
"but telling me i wasnt bored out of my mind when i was bored out of my mind is the height of stupidity"
That's not what I said. In fact, based on the cast and director I'm sure you were.
I was trying to articulate that the play itself is not any of those things you said. You said what you said with such surety that I was trying to mirror your energy. Everything you articulated is actually what is often wrong with productions of Our Town and what has r
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Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now! Sep 27
2024, 01:39:21 PM
I saw them do this and thought it was pretty delightful. I will say... seeing all three on stage sort of makes one of them look a good deal less talented than the other two... even as all three are lovely stage presences.
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Rachel Zegler & Kit Connor-led ROMEO + JULIET Previews Sep 27
2024, 12:17:27 PM
"Much more helpful than simply writing "it's bad" like so many."
Agreed, yea. I really appreciate the description! I don't know why people comment negatively without explanation.
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Rachel Zegler & Kit Connor-led ROMEO + JULIET Previews Sep 27
2024, 11:20:16 AM
Imma be honest but the more AKarp2013 talks about the production the better it sounds.
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OUR TOWN Previews Sep 27
2024, 09:54:12 AM
"this is a... overly earnest play..."
No. It's not.
"its stultifying boring to sit through.. "
No. It's not. I haven't seen this production but I have seen about 15 other productions (a few high school ones) and a good production is funny, interesting, and delightful.
"but because the play is so one note..."
This is a wild assertion.
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Rachel Zegler & Kit Connor-led ROMEO + JULIET Previews Sep 27
2024, 08:09:58 AM
Because Romeo is older. It's in the text that way.
But I agree that it probably doesn't matter that much if the production is not leaning into that.
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THE PREACHER'S WIFE by Tituss Burgess & More Set for Alliance Theatre 2023/24 Season Sep 25
2024, 10:45:49 AM
While everyone says their show is "going to broadway," Titus Burgess said at his concert in Chicago last night that The Preacher's Wife would play Broadway next year.
His concert was pretty spectacular. It was more jazz and rock than Broadway, and I think a lot of folks were hoping for a lot more Titus Andromedon (there was none).
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SeatGeek Hates Blind People Sep 19
2024, 03:02:50 PM
Yes! Of course that's true. I've just only ever had trouble with SeatGeek shows. It may actually be Ambassador Theatre Group. Since I think they're behind both Sunsent and Cabaret (and the show I tried to buy last year with similar issues).
Regardless. Bummer. Haha.
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SeatGeek Hates Blind People Sep 19
2024, 02:31:38 PM
That is an intentionally inflammatory title. But.
My husband is legally blind and needs to sit in the first few rows or it might as well be an audio recording. In the past we've always bought front row seats way ahead of time and there's been no issue. It used to be that front row seats were "regular" price which we're more than willing to pay. This has changed in the last few years and many shows now price the front row at "premium."
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OUR TOWN Previews Sep 18
2024, 12:11:34 PM
"Hand-wringing" feels really dramatic for what was said. Obviously, they can do what they want and I have no doubt that it could play really well without the intermissions... but I can't think of a play that feels more dependent on its intermissions for resonance and intention. Perhaps August: Osage County and Proof... but still. The intermissions feels like a part of the play to me in a way I can't quite say they do in other plays. Again, will it probably work? Sure! <
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OUR TOWN Previews Sep 17
2024, 03:15:17 PM
No intermission is WILD! There's supposed to be two. And it plays beautifully that way.
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BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB on Broadway Sep 16
2024, 11:26:59 AM
The book was a little wobbly but goodness gracious did this give me a high for days. If I lived in the area I'd have gone back again and again.
Natalie Venetia Belcon was EXTRAORDINARY.
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A WONDERFUL WORLD To Open On Broadway Fall 2024 Aug 27
2024, 01:27:23 PM
In Chicago the book wasn't just bad but deadly. The direction, performances, and music were all pretty terrific but it just hung there like a sad, raggedy drug store pinata. You could feel the audience wanting to love it and erupting whenever the music and performers did their thing. I'm not sure adding directors is the move.
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A.R.T. Gatsby to London Aug 26
2024, 11:41:43 AM
"I was taught that the punctuation goes INSIDE the quotation marks. In the context that Huss gave, it should be inside."
They do sometimes. I can no longer see the post I was referencing but someone wrote "these people"? which was correct as the original quote was not a question. Adding a question mark changes the meaning of the quote. If that's not what you were referencing, that's chill, but there are many times where the punctuation correctly goes a
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A.R.T. Gatsby to London Aug 26
2024, 11:18:28 AM
"Also, the punctuation goes inside the quotation marks, a mistake people on here make constantly."
Questions marks don't go inside the quotation marks if the quote is not a question.
The Broadway Gatsby is a nice pop musical that betrays its source material. The ART Gatsby is currently a failed work of art. Hopefully they can make it a success.
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