New EVITA West End recording…
Oct 24
2025, 01:45:19 PM
This was released digitally today. It sounds OK, but it’s not complete; just more of a highlights album.
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The Great Diane Keaton has passed away..
Oct 11
2025, 04:36:15 PM
She's just someone I always felt would be here...very sad.
When I first moved to LA, I saw her coming out of a store on Melrose Avenue, laden down with a lot of bags. I offered to help and she gave ma a very Annie Hall-like "Oh, no...I'm fine. Thanks." This was around Christmas, 1984.
If you haven't seen MARVIN'S ROOM, she gives a beautiful perfomance. There's a moment in the film, with her, that just breaks me every time I see it.
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Jamie Lloyd on Evita coming to Broadway
Sep 30
2025, 01:36:50 AM
For those that saw the production in London, is it special enough to play Broadway without the balcony gimmick?
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Complete MY FAIR LADY recording
Sep 29
2025, 03:02:56 PM
A short making-of video of this recording:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy9eE5A_7is
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Complete MY FAIR LADY recording
Sep 28
2025, 05:50:24 PM
There was a proposed remake of MY FAIR LADY some years ago. It was set to star Carey Mulligan as Eliza Doolittle. For the role of Professor Henry Higgins, actors Colin Firth and Hugh Grant were both considered.
The project, which ultimately did not go forward, included other key figures: - Emma Thompson penned the screenplay for the new adaptation.
- Producers Cameron Mackintosh and Duncan Kenworthy were attac
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Broadway Grosses delayed until Thursday?
Sep 27
2025, 12:28:16 PM
Rob,
Will the Broadway grosses no longer be posted in the Broadway Chat?
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Complete MY FAIR LADY recording
Sep 27
2025, 12:25:26 AM
The complete recording of MY FAIR LADY has been released today, digitally, on all platforms.
Like his earlier complete recordings of OKLAHOMA! and CAROUSEL, John Wilson and the London Sinfonia bring us a complete recording of Lerner and Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY. The Julie Andrews/Rex Harrison Broadway and London recordings are go-to choices, but this new recording is definitive as a complete document of the score.
I’m listening now and it’s pretty remarkable!
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CABARET sets closing with Porter and Wallace to star
Sep 9
2025, 06:09:22 PM
https://deadline.com/2025/09/cabaret-broadway-investor-lawsuit-1236513724/#recipient_hashed=598ef19ae68f0d25fc9ef5f6b388ff107e8577493db5f392d0c6145bd4b2cd2d&recipient_salt=fffb9e9efcb0d359a5fe0b39a3aed428b1f08632d411e5dcce1aa954e6760b13&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Deadline_BreakingNews&utm_content=632546_09-09-2025&utm_term=7834256?utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=1757453001-Breaking+News+Alert&utm_content=632546_9-9-2025&utm_id=632546
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Jamie Lloyd-helmed EVITA revival to play the London Palladium in 2025
Sep 5
2025, 10:51:48 PM
I saw RAINBOW HIGH on one of my music services late last night. I figured I’d get it today and didn’t listen to it. Today it is gone. I think I saw it on Apple Music…
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MAYBE HAPPY ENDING Reviews
Aug 25
2025, 12:16:56 AM
I don’t understand why this current issue with MAYBE HAPPY ENDING is being discussed in a string called MAYBE HAPPY ENDING Reviews. It deserves its own thread as we’ve all seen and read the reviews by now. I think this all stems from some people bitchily *redirecting* posters to threads that have nothing to do with the issue they’re trying to bring attention to…the only common denominator is the title of the show.
Earlier this week I posted a Deadline article a
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Trump takeover of Kennedy Center
Aug 22
2025, 03:15:41 PM
From earlier today. Possible renaming of The Kennedy Center.
https://deadline.com/2025/08/trump-kennedy-center-renaming-1236495493/#recipient_hashed=598ef19ae68f0d25fc9ef5f6b388ff107e8577493db5f392d0c6145bd4b2cd2d&recipient_salt=fffb9e9efcb0d359a5fe0b39a3aed428b1f08632d411e5dcce1aa954e6760b13&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Deadline_BreakingNews&utm_content=628613_08-22-2025&utm_term=7834256?utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=1755885023-Breaking+News+Alert&utm_content=628613_8-22-2025&utm_id=628613
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How Bad Will the Kennedy Center Honors Be
Aug 13
2025, 06:02:23 PM
I believe that all recipients have accepted and agreed to be there for the ceremony. That's how it's always been stated in the past.
Can you imagine if this was broadcast live? If his hosting performance will be anything like his seat-of-his-pants press conferences, this could go on until, as Frank sang, the wee small hours of the morning...
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Erivo will star in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl
Aug 2
2025, 02:00:58 PM
Digitally, a track of Adam Lambert singing "Heaven On Their Minds" has been released on a number of platforms. It sounds great.
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Billy Porter:
Jul 22
2025, 12:39:12 AM
GYPSY, since its inception in 1959, has always been called a fable…even though it’s loosely based on real people. Being recognized as an American fable, the current casting of this most recent Broadway revival, with the justified Tony-laden Audra McDonald, can possibly be faulted for casting a lead who had not been known as someone with the vocal chops to accurately handle the score as written. Got it.
CABARET is not anyone’s fable. It is based on an historical perio
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Best Chess Recording
Jul 11
2025, 02:05:43 PM
I own most of these recordings on CD. I’ve also got most of them digitally, too…for streaming. Almost all of the CHESS recordings have things that make them worth listening to; some more than others.
I wish the OBC recording was available to stream. Hopefully, we’ll have a new Broadway cast album by the end of the year or shortly thereafter.
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Report: The Phantom of the Opera May Be Readying an Off-Broadway Return
Jun 30
2025, 03:49:27 PM
Here's a link with an article about the "venue"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/218_West_57th_Street
More tickets going on sale July 9th.
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New Barbra Streisand Album
Jun 29
2025, 07:23:53 PM
I really enjoyed this new album. The material has been carefully chosen so that Barbra doesn't have to go through any vocal gymnastics...and that's just fine. I don't think there's a bad track on the whole album and i've listened to it completely four or five times now.
I was really curious to hear her with Dylan...and I think they work very well together. After hearing the three tracks that were released prior to the actual June 27th release date, I had to jum
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La La Land Stage Version?
Jun 27
2025, 11:03:06 PM
I think LA LA LAND’s acclaim upon its original release was somewhat justified. It was so NEW in its approach (to anyone not familiar with the great film musicals of yesterday). When revisiting this lately, the score is weaker than I remember during my first viewing and the story is too paper thin to hold interest in a 2-hour plus Broadway musical.
However, when I want to impress people with my home theatre setup, LA LA LAND’s opening number on that
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Cabaret Review-Guthrie Theatre (Minneapolis)
Jun 27
2025, 10:32:40 PM
I’ve never seen any iteration of the Studio 54 revival production that’s been playing, closing and reappearing for decades. However, I did see two productions in London’s West End that were each somewhat groundbreaking in their own way.
i don’t recall the London venue or year of the first revival I saw there, but the second and latest revival I saw there played the Savoy.
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DEAD OUTLAW to close June 29
Jun 23
2025, 10:19:38 PM
The performance on the Tony Awards was intriguing and I do hope it tours.
Will Part 2 of the cast album be released?
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