Profile for CurtainsUpat8

You don't understand what theatre is about at all.  What a silly thing to write. It takes place in Sweden. You can twist yourself into a pretzel to prove otherwise, but it sounds really dumb.  
Write more plays for people of color. That is the answer. Explore the black experience in new ways!

Gypsy is miscast. Mama Rose would have had a ENTIRELY different experience if she was black woman in Vaudeville with a black daughter and a white partner. THAT is just

It's not "loosely based in Sweden" Jackass. It IS in Sweden.
I don't believe in blind casting. I cast to serve the piece. I wouldn't cast a person of color as Desiree anymore than I would cast a whilte person as Effie in DreamGirls. 
Blind Casting exists to capitulate to actors who complain they aren't able to play a role.  It doesn't serve the play, it serves the ego of actors.
Write more plays for people of Color.  Purpose was fant

My Bests and Worst Moments.

Best:
Audra  Finally belting! I am a voice teacher. I have been saying since the beginning that Audra is able to belt, she is choosing not to, or she doesn't know how to. I know that sounds crazy, but I have seen it so many times. Very Legit female singers are often told from an early age to never belt and they are scared and afraid to do it.  It's a real thing.

Hamilton
Cynthia was charming and much funnier than I

I saw this about ten days ago. I can't imagine they changed that much from then until now.

Most of what I am going to write is about the NY Times review.

This is a show every person who loves and "studies" Musical Theatre should see... regardless of it's flaws this is must see. It's an intellecutal, dense piece which requires the audience to come prepared. It's sometimes difficult to sit through... and some times it's sublime. The word the r

I just got back from the Matinee.

Wow. I have never seen a production or heard the score. I am a big fan of Light in the Piazza so I was really looking forward to it. 

I thought it was sublime theatre. It is very dense musically and dramatically.  I can see why some people are not going to like this. It's not easy to sit through. It exists to tell a story. It's not there to "entertain" in the usual sense. 
Jeremy Jordan is such a gre

I learned a lot about Liza by watching this. I thought it was very interesting. Liza never really opens up about her relationship with her Mom. The "real" story. She is coy about somethings. Michael Feinstein says iin it that Lize is never going to "dish" about her real relationships with other Celebs. 

I did wonder when this was made. Some of the people look much younger than they do now... John Kander is now in his mid 90's. He looks like he is in his

I saw this on Wed Matinee. It was wonderful. Samuel Hunter certainly knows how to write a play. I enjoyed Paul Sparks much more than I liked Brian J Smith.  It's surprisng to me that Brendon Frasier would have played the Paul Sparks part and not the other part. It's  90 minutes. Very intersting if you listen. The scene in the dark didn't bother me as much as others. It's not that long and soon forgotten. I enjoyed it very much.

The audience was another sub

wearing a sash that says "Whiteness" is about as close as you get to reverse racism as possible. It's as offensive to me as Blackface. Theatre has become a joke.  It's not about telling the story the author wrote anymore... Colorblind casting was begun by actors who want jobs. Nothing more. If colorblind casting works so well... can I do an all white cast of a August Wilson play? I should be able to.  It's colorblind. The author is the KING of any production. N

I keep reading how Gypsy has the greatest book ever created... the greatest musical of all time. Who decided this? I can think of ten shows that have books as good. It's not the greatest show ever written. It's a good show. A great show. But it's not the "best" show ever written. It's become a vanity show for actresses who have achieved a certain status... doesn't matter if the show or the role really fits them... squeeze them into the show.... Kelli O'Hara y

I enjoy reading Show-Score. Gypsy has a score of 77%, which is pretty low on that site.  There are only 72 people who wrote something. It seems odd to me that so few people would be writing. I also notice that sometimes the number of people writing reviews... goes down....  I am not sure how that happens. There are also a whole day when the number doesn't rise at all.
It seems to me, and of course I have no proof other than what I have observed, that the site is holding bac