Profile for KJisgroovy

This show was lame in Chicago but it wasn't terrible. The issue was clearly the book and a lack of memorable songs. There was a song and a half that were sort of embarrassing but everything else was bland but nice. The songs didn't really propel the story and many of them did not feel like they were in the right place. 

It's astonishing folks can work for so long on something, spend so much money, and make so many changes and still end up in the same place they started

I adore this play and I wish I could see this production but it's an odd sell, no? There's a lot of great actors here but the only real star is Taraji P. Henson. I love her but I'm not sure she has ever carried a box office success? Cedric the Entertainer's only other Broadway credit is rather notorious for his inability to draw a crowd so... what did they think would set the box office on fire here? I hope it's great and I hope they have a smashing success... ju

 "I want our industry to care more about our stage veterans" 

Why would the industry care about stage veterans when audiences don't? Only a handful of "stage veterans" tour or play regional houses. They have no real fan base outside of NYC. Hiring a "stage veteran" for a show that's been running for a million years, aimed at tourists makes no sense.

People aren't compelled to see Danny Burstein becaus

It's a lovely play and a lovely production (with a really terrible lead performance). Wesley Taylor and Molly Griggs are both exceptional in roles that might appear thankless in other hands. They need a magnetic star in the Katherine Hepburn part if they're planning to transfer. They don't grow on trees. Still, if they found one... I think it would be really something. It's also a role that a semi-capable actress without a lot of charisma could knock outta the park in her slee

Bruce Willis was indeed lambasted while in Misery, online and in the press. It's sad to think it was maybe the beginning of his dementia. Al Pacino was also written about in the press about his earpiece in China Doll. 

Both rightly, in my mind. While Erivo has the harder task, it's also the only thing you're going to see in Dracula. For me, an actor needing help navigating a role is understandable but keeping the audience's money for an unprepared show isn'

I thought The Outsiders was a pretty middle of the road, sometimes silly, musical that was elevated by it's creative and iconic direction and design. Her production created real stakes that I don't think subsequent productions will be able to reach with just the material. I also thought she was able to craft a real sense of structure out of Pass Over which on the page reads pretty directionless to me. I realize that's partially the point of Pass Over, but I think Taymor's

"I definitely agree with this to some extent but Hamilton goes so far as to imply Alexander was anti-slavery."

He was publicly and privately against slavery and actively fought against it when very few did. People and history are complicated. I agree that Hamilton sadly avoids that nuance, but that's not what the creators decided the show was about. Every show can't tell every story. Many other choices Miranda made actively violate the historical record, particularly

I saw this a million years ago off-broadway and at Steppenwolf twice (both before the pandemic and after).

I liked this production a lot. It felt like it centered Agnes in a way that I did not feel the original did. Then it felt almost like a two-hander, here it feels like Agnes is what everything else revolves around. This was because Coon was so magnificent but also because I felt like Smallwood isn't nearly as alive and mysterious as Shannon was. Smallwood gave a terrific perfor

That's maybe 10 pills. It's certainly possible he'll be convicted and spend time imprisoned but, I can't imagine his career is "cooked" if he goes free. This is not a serious amount of a drug that many people argue has a lot of therapeutic value. This is easily spinnable and, let's be serious, not that big of a deal. 

Now. Is it extremely arrogant to think you can get away with something like this? Yea. He's the worst person. But the "crime&q

It's interesting to me because as a young person the idea of a "controversial title" was a little silly. Who gets upset about a word? BUT. With the popularity of Prince F----t I found that word all over the media I frequent and repeatedly in my inbox. Again, it's just a word and it doesn't bother me much... but having to confront that word over and over again alongside notifications from Redfin and NYTimes Cooking emails was really something. 

The actual use