BroadwaysBroad said: "Hadestown, one of my favorite shows, is quite elementary in its lighting design and looks like what AI might “xerox” out."
That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen posted on BroadwayWorld--and I've seen a helluva lot of stupid things posted here. Bradley King won a goddamn Tony award for the lighting design of Hadestown, and his design was evocative and gorgeous. He also won for Natasha/Pierre.
This is shaping up to be a legendary cast. Anyone questioning Cynthia Erivo's acting ability obviously never saw the Color Purple. Either that or is a complete idiot with zero taste.
BOWEN YANG AND KEALA SETTLE, PEOPLE! (On top of everyone else!)
As Mark Twain did (or did not) say, "The reports of my death are grossly exaggerated." I just came to bump this old Follies thread for a Twitter pal and today I'm just checking in on the Funny Girl and Into the Woods posts. Hope you're all well. And, as Alan Jay Lerner wrote, "Take care of this house."
I was 14 when Company opened and quickly became obsessed by it. I ended up seeing it four times: once with Dean Jones and three times with Larry Kert.
The documentary about the making of the album is so powerful and moving, and no one who had ever seen the documentary but NOT the original production will believe me, but onstage Dean Jones was cold and withholding, to the point of being uninvolving. His "Being Alive" was, frankly, unmemorable.
Here's the gorgeous "Weekend in the Country from that concert performed by a flawless sextet consisting of the late Rebecca Luker, Judy Kuhn, Michael Cerveris, Michele Pawk, John Dossett, and Hugh Panaro. The orchestra was led by Kevin Stites with a 75-person "Broadway Star Chorus."
ljay889 said: "An extremely extensive interview with Patti from the the Times. She reveals a letter Sondheim wrote her right before the pandemic where he finally complimented her as a singer.
The end of that excellent Time magazine interview with Ariana and Rachel has Rachel giving us an exciting little spoiler that shows what Tony Kushner is bringing to the script. Rachel says that Tony gave Lieutenant Schrank a monologue at the beginning in which he says that with the construction of Lincoln Center forcing all of them out of their homes, the Jets and Sharks have more in common than they realize:
SHOP BROADWAY
