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Wick3 said: "I’m a Cabaret fan but will admit it does need stunt casting.
The 2014 revival closed after it couldn’t find any other celebs to cast as Sally Bowles after Michelle Williams and Emma Stone."

That revival didn't remodel a theater. The initial investment of this production is MUCH greater. Clearly they've plotted selling Eddie at 100% asking price for tickets to make up a chunk of it and then x number of years at y percentage a

QueenAlice said: "They will need to stunt cast with names that can sell a large number of$400+ tickets, as that is what the recoupment schedule demands to break even."

I guarantee those producers have had their fingers busy dialing ANY possible replacements for months now. I don't think they'll need huge huge names but a B list pop star here, a fresh from a buzzy tv show actress there, a broadway name here, etc they can inch their way there.

Do we

I saw this last night and agree with everyone's thoughts. The score has NOTHING memorable, nobody is insanely terrific just "way better than their material" at best for some, and the score is both too simple but too long to just be the simple story.

I'd cut the framing device entirely. It's there for basically no reason and those moments could be used to give our leads...any sense of character. Why does everyone only sing about traveling? Why doesn't our l

I saw this last week and agree the script is meeeeeeessssyyyy. The cast are all talented but where they play multiple characters and the character types are all similar types (lots of politicians and journalists) it takes you a while to get the hang of when who is playing who. 

I also found the staging to be distracting and clumsy. As we left I asked my friend if he enjoyed watching three hours of Local 1 moving Ikea tables behind actors every 5 minutes. They have to cover a l

Marlothom said: "This week's BEAUTIFUL episode of Feud: Capote v. The Swans, is how I imagine a Follies movie would be. I think the concept of a "documentary" being filmed about the party, could also provide interesting angles, ways of placing focus in certain parts of the party, and a bit of eavesdropping (hearing things we are not supposed to be hearing)."

The semi-recent revival at the National Theatre sort of used a documentary being made as a threa

BroadwayNYC2 said: "It’s become very popular amongst younger theatre fans who are way too online to hate Sutton Foster no matter what she does, so taking a lot of this with a grain of salt."

This. I was there and she wasn't perfect and isn't reinventing Lovett but she was very good and VERY funny and will be great once it's in her body more. I'm fine with not liking how Worst Pies is placed, but people seem to think she personally closed Beetlej

I've sat in the balcony for most if not all Encores for at least a decade and that was the FIRST time I couldn't hear...well, anything.

Ensemble atmospheric (inner monologue??) tapping was VERY loud and outdid any time anyone opened their mouth. I thought when they'd sing we'd get more amplification but man did the band (trumpet especially) drowned out everything. I'm pretty familiar with the R&H catalog but still had no clue what song was what. 
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You also have to take into account that most often it's "Name"+"in this show" more than just the name. Ticket sales dropped when Nathan Lane left the Addams Family meaning he was a name draw in that show/role. When he does straight plays like Butley, Angels in America, and Gary the tickets barely move. Radcliffe in a musical is a bigger draw than him doing Irish drama. Add in a very well reviewed revival of a musical by a beloved composer shortly after his death, and G