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"the only people not coming over from the Steppenwolf production are Tamara Tunie and Ayanna Bria Bakari" 

Which is a third of the cast. I've heard that at least one of the cast members not transferring did not get along with the director.

"Latayna Richardson Jackson is not a good actress"

The role is written in such a way that the performer just has to say the lines and they'll still do a swell job. That's what Tamara Tunie did and sh

I thought this was fairly spectacular from top to bottom. The main cast was particularly stunning. I was sort of worried with a lot of these comments but I didn't see very many false notes. It seems like people view Gypsy through a very fixed lens and after seeing the show many of these comments feel like folks very personal expectations not being met. Which is certainly valid! I just thought the production delivered on all fronts. And Audra gave a titanic performance. 

(I did

Final performance was lovely. Was not expecting much from Ana Gasteyer but thought she was hilarious.  Not great material but I thought everything was very tight and funny. Nikki Renee Daniels was not present and was also not mentioned in Sutton's list of thank yous and emotional goodbyes to the folks not transferring to LA.

Are they really not gonna make a cast recording? Odd since this is a new-ish version of the show that I'd imagine they'd want to license

Lookingglass is doing a new production, Circus Quixote... in the past their circus shows have been incredibly impressive and often dramaturgically sound. Since this is new... can't speak for how successful it is but I have tiny hopes. The Court is doing a production of A Raisin in the Sun that we know very little about yet but I'd imagine there might be at least a little bit of added resonance seeing it just a few blocks from the neighborhood Hansbury based the fictional "Clybour

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

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

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

"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