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Re: DAMN YANKEES - 2027 Broadway revisal (Marquis) - Harris, Hough & Scott

Sep 28, 2026 — 11:34:35 PM

TheatreFan4 wrote: Nobody under the age of 60 is watching let alone being enthralled by "I Love Lucy". You're over 20 years removed on that getting aired on Nick at Nite.Current Audience Demographics:While the show was originally designed to capture a broad, "co-viewing" nuclear family demographic in the 1950s, its modern audience is uniquely multi-generational: [

DAMNY YANKEES (Marquis) - 2027 Broadway revival - Harris, Hough & Scott

Sep 28, 2026 — 1:16:12 AM

I saw the 1994 REVIVAL of this show. Now we are told we’re getting a REVISAL of this show. Why?Approximately 40 years had passed since DAMN YANKEES premiered on Broadway in 1955 to the 1994 revival. The revival ran for over 500 performances because it worked and audiences liked it.Now, here we are awaiting a REVISAL of this show. Do producers, etc. really think audiences are so dumb today that we can’t see a show, set in mid-50s America, without it being overhauled and shoehorned into 21st ce...

Re: Rise Up! Hamilton: The Anthology - LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA UNBOXING

Sep 25, 2026 — 3:07:51 AM

Luckily, it’s streaming on Apple Music, Amazon, Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify, etc.

Re: New Complete Recording of Guys and Dolls

Sep 18, 2026 — 7:31:43 PM

I’m really enjoying this recording; just finished Act I and will listen to Act II later. I was in high school when I saw my first GUYS AND DOLLS; the 1976 production starring Robert Guillaume, Ernestine Jackson, Ken Page and more. It had a run of 12 previews and 239 performances. I was surprised to find that cast recording streaming on Apple Music…but nowhere else.The 1992 revival was great and the recording is a testament to that. There’s a 50th Anniversary National Tour recording starring M...

Kentucky Schools Production of “Ragtime” Cancelled by School Board

Aug 26, 2026 — 11:03:41 PM

I followed the link, but I’m not seeing a reason. Could it be about a tour conflicting with this production?If that’s the case, it happens all the time.

Re: Dolly Parton has passed away at age 80

Aug 25, 2026 — 3:35:05 PM

The whole country will mourn her…and, in these times, that is as it should be.Legend. Icon.

Re: This Ain’t No Disco Will Get Long-Awaited Cast Recording

Aug 20, 2026 — 8:22:54 PM

Well, I guess this will be available in about 4 hours on the west coast…Looking forward to it…I think.

Liza in GYPSY

Aug 12, 2026 — 1:22:11 AM

I didn’t want to derail the GYPSY/Bernadette Peters thread, so I started this one.i think there was a window in which Liza could’ve been a great Mama Rose. She included “Some People” in her live concert appearances for years. With “Liza’s Back,” she performed “Rose’s Turn” successfully. Now, since that window has been long closed, I will always wonder about what might’ve been…Does anybody else have any thoughts on this?

City of Angels at Ogunquit Playhouse

Aug 10, 2026 — 1:00:41 AM

I’ve got friends who saw this over the weekend and loved it! The clips on the Ogunquit website look great.Has anyone here seen it?

New THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG recording…

Jul 31, 2026 — 1:03:24 PM

This is another Spanish Cast recording helmed by Antonio Banderas.i haven’t listened to the entire recording yet, but i really liked the previous Spanish Cast recordings of COMPANY and A CHORUS LINE; also with Banderas involvement.I don’t speak Spanish but these recordings are great to listen to if you’re familiar with the Broadway recordings.

THE LOST BOYS Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread

Jul 24, 2026 — 10:48:31 PM

I’ve never seen the movie. I hope to watch it this weekend before listening to the Original Broadway Cast album. I’m in L.A., but I have friends that liked the show in New York.Someone, early on here, asked if there was an Overture. I see there is not one…which, to me, means that there may be no stand-alone numbers that would warrant one. Sadly, overtures are mostly a thing of the past. Still, I’m really looking forward to listening to this once I’ve familiarized myself with the story.i guess...

Dear World is Herman’s best show

Jul 14, 2026 — 3:50:00 AM

I’ve never seen a production of DEAR WORLD… However, I think it’s a great cast recording; magnificently produced by Thomas Z. Shepard.

Why wasn’t Rebecca Luker nominated for her Maria in The Sound of Music?

Jun 28, 2026 — 10:10:40 PM

I really enjoyed this production when I saw it with Rebecca Luker. It was my first time seeing the Broadway SOUND OF MUSIC. I’d only seen the movie prior to this. The production with Luker was very nice…but the first time the show “wowed” me was when I saw it in London at the Palladium; the 2006 production. I’ve posted about this here before (I don’t have the time to find it), but in the Palladium production, when the Trapp family was about to sing at the Salzburg Festival, the Nazi banners d...

Is the Hercules Transfer Dead?

Jun 28, 2026 — 8:21:10 PM

I’m sorry, but as John Adams sang in 1776: “Does anybody care…”

LIZA! at 80! - CARNEGIE HALL in

Jun 28, 2026 — 8:18:00 PM

There’s a lot of footage on YouTube. Just search Liza At 80.

Rumor: Edward Albee's THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA? Broadway Revival starring Steve Carell and Sarah Paulson

Jun 19, 2026 — 7:18:20 PM

Augie27 wrote: "Sally Field was a small firecracker who finally detonated, and when she unleashed her fury, via fireworks, the play galvanized in news ways."Augie27, you stated this perfectly. I saw Bill Irwin and Sally Field as well. I can still remember the absolute ferocity let loose when Sally Field, in her Broadway debut, detonated! I'll never forget it...

Trump Takeover of the country

Jun 12, 2026 — 11:59:15 PM

Looks like CNN is about to show the start of the removal of his name. I saw a bit of the live stream hours ago…

HAMILTON 4K and Blu-ray

Jun 6, 2026 — 3:41:53 PM

Releasing June 16.

BRIGADOON in Pasadena

May 22, 2026 — 2:43:33 AM

I’m really looking forward to seeing this on Saturday evening, May 30th.it took me three attempts to get through the movie, but ultimately I found it enjoyable.The rave L.A. Times review of the Pasadena Playhouse production has me intrigued!

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang remake in development

May 15, 2026 — 1:03:11 AM

Ah, once again I stumble on a years-old thread and read through it just long enough to realize what I’ve done.i saw the original movie in a Drive-In on Cape Cod, with my family, when I was 10 years old. I was the oldest of 3 kids and I remember my younger brother loving it. I sort of ended up loathing it as my brother wore the album out.i saw the original West End production with Michael Ball in 2002. Had I been in an aisle seat, I probably would’ve left after the car flew over the audience…f...

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