When I saw the headline I thought was going to be in response to the reports of the Met's New Year's Eve gala performance of Aida 2 weeks ago Star Piotr Beczała was so ill he gave one of the worst performances of his career. At intermission it was announced that he was ill, but he continued with the second act anyways even though he could barely sing. He was replaced for subsequent performances. The biggest shame was they knew full well as report
Actually makes a lot more sense for Rannels to take Mulaney's material.
chrishuyen said: "
. Though on that topic, based on rehearsal footage, I'm not sure if they swapped the chairs around but Andrew Rannells is sitting in John Mulaney's spot while Lin Manuel Miranda sits in Richard Kind's spot. And while I do think those tracks suit them as actors I wonder if they'll give John Mulaney's opening to Lin, being the more famous one, or if
No need to spend a fortune. Even with Escola, there were plenty of reasonably priced seats if you bought as soon as tickets went on sale. I bought when the Autumn extension was announced & got a great seat for $99.
ColorTheHours048 said: "I would spend an absurd amount of moneyto see Amy Sedaris as Mary."
Yikes! When he says the following it just makes him sound even more racist:
"My second reason for revising my opinion is trickier. McDonald happens to be able to play “white” — or maybe raceless — convincingly."
So it's OK because Audra can "play white"?? What a load of bs.
Why it is OK is because she's 1) a human being & 2) a great actress. Her colour or whatever colors he thinks she can pass for should not be any consideration.
MezzA101 said: "NYT: I’ve Changed My Mind. Audra McDonald Was Right.
That would be like saying, " Why should Baltimore & DC have their own seasns when they're right beside each other." Or why should Dallas & Houston when they're only a few hours apart.
RemlapLBC said: " You obviously don’t live in Southern California. Costa Mesa subscription is its own two week run which is better than one week in many markets. People aren’t going to fight So Cal traffic for 2-3 hours each way to get to Pantages from S
Ceej said: " It would seem that way unless they're doing it locally and their other tour import is a White Christmas mini-tour. They usually do 2 tours and BTTF is definitely one. Not aware of a BRIGADOON, SPAMALOT, or XANADU tour and I doubt they're doing 5 local shows."
There is a Spamalot tour launching September 2025, so that's probably the touring production
DAME said: "So is the Sweeney tour not happening? That is a shame. I would have thought the title would have sold well."
Sweeney is done a lot regionally. Even while it played Broadway there was a stand alone production playing in Seattle at the 5th Avenue, which usually hosts a few touring productions. If they had had plans to tour, then performance rights would have been withdrawn.
When I saw Gatsby in November I sat beside a young elementary school teacher from Florida for whom it was her first Broadway show ( & first trip to NYC). She was quite excited to be seeing Mr. Jordan & Ms Noblezada in person for the first time. She was literally shaking the whole row out of excitement. Her boyfriend had a work conference to attend & she tagged along since his work was
I don't think the greatest performance or theatrical moment I witnessed this year was in any play. For me it was seeing Madonna during one of her LA shows in March at the Kia Forum. Specifically the production of Live to Tell, when she performed while being carried across the stadium in a box while all the screens unfurled with images of creatives who passed during the AIDS crisis of the 80's & early 90's. It was stunning and so emotional.
Earlier in the Autumn is looking better & better to me after reading about show cancelations this week. If I had traveled this week I definitely would have purchased tickets to one of the performances that ended up getting canceled.
Lots of illness everywhere. Many at my work have been off all month with something that seems more serious than a cold or flu. Of course none update their phones when a new software update prompt comes, let alone updatin
Looking at theatre listings for Paris around Easter and noticed last night that Titanique will be playing the Lido 2 Paris starting the week after Easter, from April 24 scheduled through to May 31 for now. I'm guessing the London production?
Since reopening the Lido 2 has been presenting English language musicals, with projected translations in French. Their current Hello Dolly looks very good in their YouTube trailers.
