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I think people are perhaps underestimating the staying power of this CABARET … I don’t think it will be around forever, but I think it has legs to run for at least another several years. Especially if they are smart with the stunt casting.

MERRILY if you are looking to see a perfect production of an otherwise flawed show. It really is so special.

Gatsby is a fun night at the theatre ... if you like spectacle & seeing what you paid for (despite some shortcomings in both book & score) then I say go with GATSBY. I had a great time.

**though I couldn't help but mourn HERE LIES LOVE no longer beautifully inhabiting that space.**

It was speculated that BOOP was holding out for THE BROADWAY ... but I suspect Gatsby will last till the end of Jeremy & Eva's contracts. I would not be surprised if Boop takes the majestic ... or The Palace? pending Tammy Faye's success.

Curious if they will go the falsettos route with the two act structure of two different stories? I think this could be a wildly fun night of theatre if they don't base it solely off season one. Let's have these characters wonder into as many different eras of broadway as possible! 

It woud be eerily meta if Schirzinger were to replace Close in a film adaptation ... if one ever gets made. lol. 

This has got to be the most exciting race for BEST MUSICAL in over a decade. 

TBH … I think the race for best musical is a bit more open than most think. The only show that doesn’t stand much of a chance is W4E (IMO). 
 

I could see a world where any of the other remaining four take home the gold. 

If ILLINOISE were to take best musical and sales were still strong ... I could see it moving to a smaller house post labor day. 

At this point … is there anything that could plausibly beat ILLINOISE for the tony? … I so wish that HLL had opened in the spring :( 

So it's starting to look like Hell's Kitchen vs. Illinoise? Suffs will certainly be in the conversation. Hoping for Here Lies Love to get in there ... with other possibilities being OUTSIDERS, W4E, THE NOTEBOOK. 

I do find it fascinating that Hell's Kitchen could possibly win BEST MUSICAL, after the colossal failure of last seasons attempt at a love letter to the city (NY, NY).

Initially thought this show was the frontrunner for BEST MUSICAL after seeing it back in previews ... then started to think it didnt stand a chance after the reviews. Now ... I am hopeful again that it will (at the very least) be nominated.

lol ... after the OUTSIDERS reviews I am starting to wonder if it will come down to W4E vs. ILLINOISE ?? I'm just baffled by this season. Certainly makes for an exciting awards season. Probably the most unpredictable in over a decade.

Cautiously optimistic that RANKIN will find her Sally ... preview audiences didn't quite warm to Natasha Richardson initially either. There is a lot to unearth with Cabaret. So much to mine out of that material. Fingers crossed the preview period will allow her to usher in a take on Sally that all of us will come to love.

I am itching to hear reports on how Gayle Rankin’s performance is …

In a world where you should run to see THE NOTEBOOK as soon as humanly possible because it is stunning.

LOL ... The Notebook is by far in a way the front runner for BEST MUSICAL. I don't think Water for Elephants or The Outsiders is going to knock it off this list.