SMASH Previews
Apr 3
2025, 12:42:40 PM
TheatreFan4 said: "
This is your first footage of this show and there is not a single set piece on stage. WHAT is happening?"
Well... there are so few set pieces in the show. And when they appear, they are hideous.
The show is nearly three hours of people in jeans and a teeshirt talking and talking and talking on a bare stage. WHERE is th
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Erivo to host the 2025 Tony Awards
Feb 19
2025, 03:10:00 PM
Broadway61004 said: "SonofRobbieJ said: "She's a Tony-award winning actress and two-time Oscar nominee who is the star of one of the biggest movies of the year and the most financially successful stage-to-screen adaptation of all time. She's an actual star now. Like...what are ya'll talking about??
Maybe she'll be great. Maybe she won't. Maybe lots of people will watch. Maybe they won't. But to this that this is a *bad* choice is...truly bo
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Erivo to host the 2025 Tony Awards
Feb 19
2025, 02:44:57 PM
ACL2006 said: "They'll definitely get an uptick in viewers this year with Erivo hosting and Grande (likely) making an appearance."
And a new trailer for Wicked: For Good.
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Erivo to host the 2025 Tony Awards
Feb 19
2025, 02:06:46 PM
BrodyFosse123 said, "YES! Thanks to the manic oversaturated WICKED press tour, I’ve come around and truly have fallen in love with her and blown away with everything she’s about. She’s owned up to her over-sharing social media ranting and in the future to just keeping things within her personal circle, I’m excited to see her holding court at the Tony Awards."
Absolutely! I find her endlessly charming and fascinating to listen to. Whenever I se
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SMASH On Broadway reveals casting
Feb 4
2025, 12:17:46 PM
This is fabulous. The orchestrations are lush, and the new lyrics are sharper than ever. Taking the closing number from a 40-minute episode and transforming it into an exciting opening number for a 2.5-hour show is a significant challenge. I believe they more than rose to meet it.
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Universal's WICKED Film - News & Discussion Thread
Jan 24
2025, 11:08:20 AM
Kad said: "There are ten Best Picture nominees and 5 Best Director nominees. People are gonna be left out, that’s just how it is. Chu has consistentlynever been considered a strong contender for this, for a number of reasons (many of which have nothing to do with the quality of his work)."
I get your point, but the DGA is notoriously tough to break into. It took Christopher Nolan 20 years just to get a nomination. Given that the film scored 10 nominations, it&r
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Universal's WICKED Film - News & Discussion Thread
Jan 24
2025, 09:38:13 AM
Just putting this out there for anyone who needs to hear it: your life will get so much better if you focus on what brings you joy instead of getting stuck on what makes you miserable.
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Universal's WICKED Film - News & Discussion Thread
Jan 23
2025, 09:06:53 AM
Wicked earned 10 Academy Award Nominations including Best Actress (Cynthia Erivo), Best Supporting Actress (Ariana Grande), and Best Picture.
It also gets a nom for Production Design, Costumes, Editing, and Score (this one is a lovely surprise).
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SMASH On Broadway reveals casting
Dec 19
2024, 12:27:30 AM
Sutton Ross said: "
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Wow, that's incredibly dumb and ridiculous. Kinda like when Jimmy screams at Derek that "HE DESERVES HIS SONG TO BE ON BROADWAY CUZ HE WORKED REALLY HARD ON IT!" Nah."
Barbie used the same messaging in several of its trailers...
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Universal's WICKED Film - News & Discussion Thread
Dec 13
2024, 02:30:26 PM
For anyone like me who enjoys following betting odds, here are some updates from Gold Derby based on the last week of Awards nominations:
Wicked moves up to #4 (from #5) in the Best Picture Race
Cynthia Erivo moves up to #4 (from #5) in the Best Actress category
Ariana Grande remains at #2 for Best Supporting Actress (I suspect she'll take #1 in the next week or so).
https://www.goldderby.com/odds/combined-odds/oscars-nominations-2025-predictions/
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Universal's WICKED Film - News & Discussion Thread
Dec 10
2024, 09:47:21 AM
joevitus said: "Seb28 said: "Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Wicked just received 4 Golden Globe nominations in the following categories:
Best Actress in a Motion Picture-Comedy/Musical (Cynthia Erivo)
Best Supporting Actress in any Motion Picture (Ariana Grande)"
Glinda is a lead role."
Yes, but if both Grande and Erivo were nominated for Best Actress, the votes for each would cancel each other out. And
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Universal's WICKED Film - News & Discussion Thread
Dec 2
2024, 12:54:00 PM
There is no need to apologize. This forum has always excelled at yucking people's yums.
I always find that if I’m ever looking for a dissenting opinion on something I enjoy, this is the first place to go.
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Universal's WICKED Film - News & Discussion Thread
Nov 28
2024, 12:17:18 PM
I don't see the hype dying down any time soon. The film is holding exceptionally well, even against Moana. It'll continue playing well through Christmas, and Universal is willing to pay for an expensive Oscar campaign. Ariana's nomination is seemingly locked, but pieces like this are already coming out in favor of the film... and Erivo.
I must say, I've never been a huge fan of the stage play, but I understand its popularity. This film, for me, perfects nearly everything I find weak about the show. Splitting it into two films was a brilliant idea, as I'm now wildly invested in the characters, and I found the world completely immersive.
Jon Chu is an incredibly detailed director, as displayed in Crazy Rich Asians and In The Heights, but this film is on a level beyond those two.
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Universal's WICKED Film - News & Discussion Thread
Nov 18
2024, 09:26:49 AM
EDSOSLO858 said: "This is going to flop hard.
It’ll have a nice first week, but most of the reviewswill be tepid (save for the two leads’ performances) and it will be overshadowed by MOANA 2 come Turkey Day."
I read this thinking it was a quote from over a year ago. Laughable.
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Audra McDonald-led GYPSY for 2024-2025 Season!
Jun 1
2024, 12:52:26 PM
Ensemble1709724344 said: "Can we get some hints at some casting rumors??"
Think Oscar nominee. It should be announced in tomorrow's full-page A&L ad... ;)
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The first look inside
May 31
2024, 03:36:13 AM
MezzA101 said: ""Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats" from CATS: "The Jellicle Ball" | PAC NYC - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys00pB-NJxs"
GAG! This is going to be so special. That was fierce.
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Smash -- Series Discussion
Mar 21
2024, 08:38:11 PM
She's already an EGOT...
Maybe she wants to... PRODUCE? LOL. There are lots of incentives for producing, and Hudson has shown she wants to try as many things as possible.
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COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Dec 11
2023, 09:31:51 AM
marytylermoore said: "JP2 said: "TaffyDavenport said: "Too Beautiful for Words" is listed on the soundtrack, and, regardless, "Miss Celie's Blues" wouldn't replace it anyway. It would replace "Push Da Button," if anything, but it hasn't, since both are in the film."
Lyrically, "Miss Celie's Blues" does the same thing narratively that "Too Beautiful For Words" does in the mu
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Would Heather Headley Have Won the Tony if She Had Opened in THE COLOR PURPLE?
Dec 11
2023, 09:30:57 AM
TaffyDavenport said: "As Heather Headley's concert at Carnegie Hall approaches, I was thinking about the 2016 Tonys. Would her triumphant return to Broadway have been enough to beat Renée Elise Goldsberry, or was Hamilton too much of an unstoppable force that year, with only Cynthia Erivo able to prevent a sweep of the acting categories?
I don't usually post hypothetical questions like this, but I'm curious to hear people's thoughts.
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COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Dec 10
2023, 01:18:11 PM
TaffyDavenport said: "Too Beautiful for Words" is listed on the soundtrack, and, regardless, "Miss Celie's Blues" wouldn't replace it anyway. It would replace "Push Da Button," if anything, but it hasn't, since both are in the film."
Lyrically, "Miss Celie's Blues" does the same thing narratively that "Too Beautiful For Words" does in the musical.
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