Profile for cdf1983

Someone in a Tree2 said: "Isaac Powell wasabsolutely magnetic in both Once OnThis Island and in West Side Story, though he did read super-young back thenin 2018/2020. Apparently he's now 29 or 30--still young for Gatsby, but I'm absolutely intrigued with what he might bring to the role."

Isaac (29) is closer to the age of Gatsby (32) than Jeremy Jordan (39) is. Neither of the Gatsby’s are really sticking with book accurate descriptions of character and

QueenAlice said: "The cast for this for this looks young, model beautiful and rather vacant. Which is very much the book. My hunch is that this adaptation will be dark, cynical, more faithful to the tone of the novel and not very commercial. Has anyone heard anything of the score? I've become rather dubious of people from the pop world writing musically tuneful musical theatre scores that actually further the plot."

The music is incredible, in my opinion. Of cour

DaveyG said: "TaffyDavenport said: "Now that rehearsals have started, the Oracle has effectively confirmed that Isaac Powell is Jay Gatsby, Ben Levi Ross isNick, and Australian newcomer Charlotte MacInnes has been cast as Daisy, with Solea Pfeiffer presumed to be playing Myrtle."

Let's not give the "Oracle" any credit. He's been constantlywrong about casting for this production over the last few months. Now that there's a publicly a

TobiasRagg said: "TobiasRagg said: "Yeah, they really are harmless. I’ve just never seen fandom to that level and I had to remove myself before it completely ruined the show for me.

There’s about 50 memes posted every day, a guy who is pretending his last name is Maitland because it gets him attention in the group and posting at least once a week “I’m so lucky I have this last name”, and a week later, there’s still Tony Award ba

The absolute worst, in my opinion, is the All Things Broadway group. It's a constant cycle of repeated memes, people going "omg I have an audition in two days what should I sing???" and just really bad behavior from the guy who runs the whole thing (who is treated like he's a king (plot twist: he's not)). The Anastasia one was rough when the allegations came out about the racism backstage. The Great Comet and Hadestown groups are really good (some hit or miss posters, bu

AuroratheGeek said: "I wouldn't be surprised if Patinkin was supposed to take over after Oak's original tenure, but then his schedule changed he told them that it had to be earlier or not at all. Personally I'm excited to see Patinkin but I feel bad for poor Oak.

I wonder if they would ask/be able to get Oak back after Patinkin is done. It seems like a hard role to cast for.

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Well in the original Broadway.com article, they said Oak grac

Ya'll like to stir the pot too much - I don't think anyone has realized the Oak probably has a project coming up that he's being taken for, thus cutting his run three weeks early. 

Oak's Pierre is on such a different level than Josh and Dave's (both of whom I admire and respect, and enjoy) and he's been getting nothing but rave reviews on his emotional depth for the character. Audiences love him, and the show's been at 97% capacity for a while.

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Kad said: "I thought this contest was to merely fill the recreation of the banquette area onstage during the Tony performance: i.e., being an audience member. People are acting as if this was a contest to be *in* the show. 

 

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I believe it was to be involved, much like the Good Morning America production when they performed Balaga and The Abduction, they had high schoolers dancing with them. I got an email back from S/W apologizing for the sl

JustAnotherNewYorker said: "iowaopoly08 said: "Interesting that the only two who posted know eachother lol.  Either a small world or less than a coincidence"

Small world--it's a small world of the Broadway obsessed (I know one of the posters, and that person lives, eats and breathes Broadway)

 

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I dunno... it just doesn't feel right, if that makes sense. Because no one else has said anything on any o