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That final sequence needs to give a sense of opulence (we have a huge budget now, we are playing THE BIGGEST house now) the Garden of Eden or Christmas Tree Fantasy (I've seen both on stage) can accomplish this by using lavish set pieces (trees, fake snow falling, a giant xmas trees, vines) and BIG costumes (head pieces, sequins, feathers).  This version does not do this.  Because the prior "mini strip" moments take pace on the passerelle and/or in front of t

Saw this last night.  I thought it was a pretty solid production with some very strong acting by Audra.  My main quibble is with the choreography.  If you are not going to use Robbin's GENIUS original choreography, then it needs to be MUCH BETTER, this was not.  Maybe it was lost on me, but the classic and purposely overly simplistic "Extra Extra/Newsboys" number needs to be so memorable that it becomes comical and absurd that they keep trying to sell the sam

I saw this last night and my goodness what a thrill!!!  As others have said, not everything works - the ensemble numbers are confusing without a set, not sure I would have understood them without being familiar with the original production - but such BOLD choices that largely pay off.  Even though I knew these moments were coming, I found myself gasping when Tom Francis walks in from the street and through the house, and nearly wept during Nicole's wonderful As I We Never S

Went back tonight.  They now have smoke coming out of Helen's "hole" which adds to the effect.  The wedding promotion tonight was Skittles, Taste the Rainbow.  I sat really close up front and noticed they add some make up to Megan's jaw as "time progresses" in Act 1 to make her skin look saggy - the transformation is still kinda hard to read, though I noticed Megan has wires in her boobs so after she takes the potion and stand in front of the mi

t the third night of the DEATH tryout,the televised wedding between Madeline Ashtonand Ernest Medville had a brief sponsorship message by Popeye's Chicken. What is happening?On night one, the wedding hada verbalad for KFC - the sponsorship line is delivered by Madeline. On night 2, the line was Get In the Zone, Autozone.How often is this line going to change? Is it an on-the-spot lineonly known by Megan Hilty? Are they testing differe

dave1606 said: "Anyone who has seen this can you let me know the runtime? Many thanks."

tough to tell since it was first preview and I imagine they will be making some cuts, but Act 1 ran about 80 minutes, act 2 was closer to 45-50.  Very short speech by Director at the top of the show.   

I think one thing they will need to work on is timing of jokes.  There were many lines that went unheard because the audience was laughing or clapping.&n

Just got back from the first preview and I thought this was hilariously campy, beautifully sung, and designed.  It's really impressive that they were able to pull this off; modernizing it enough for today's realities (botox, fillers) but still maintaining the 90's nostalgia.  I think this is in really good shape for a first preview - I could see where they might make some trims but it did not run that long.  Act 2 is not a strong as Act 1 -just as in the film, the e