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Any one sit in or have past experience with the partial view seats? $95 is more palatable than $275. Thank you!

What is it with this insufferable website that auto-refreshes as you’re scrolling down the list of board threads before crashing completely with an error message of: 

A problem repeatedly occurred on "https://www.broadwayworld.com/board/"

FIX IT, JESUS!

GoldenGiggery said: "Lastly, the 2022 production of MacBeth is by far the worst thing I’ve ever seen. If you’re going to do Shakespeare on BWay in the 21st century, you’d better have a damn good reason for why. This production didn’t have one, except to showcase Sam Gold’s utter pretentiousness. Ruth Negga was the sole good thing about it, and I’m embarrassed for her, that this had to be her BWay debut. Truly cannot believe this is the show Amber Gray left Hadestown for. #Soup."

I’ve seen so much Shakespeare in my life, even at my nubile age of 36, that I’d only consider future productions for male nudity or feet.

Shout out to Jude Law and Oscar Isaac’s (those underwear cakes!) respective turns in Hamlet.

 

This came immediately to mind:

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/theater/george-lee-andrews-to-leave-phantom-after-23-years.html

And to a lesser extent, I thought it was pretty cool Jonathan Freeman played Jafar in the film and then in the musical for nearly 8 years (according to Wikipedia).

All of the good reviews on here make me want to see the show.

The View and Seth Meyers performances do not.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRpxCMe6/

Wait. Are we talking about the same show? I saw this in London back in June and I thought it was laughably horrid. Who said there aren’t jump scares? I guess those deafening shrieks after every scene don’t count as jump scares. Happy to all who enjoyed it but this was very amateurish at best.

Sutton Ross said: "The real question is.......what will they do with all that merch?!"

Audience Rewards redemption for a pittance of points?

Worst case, they need to line the BCEFA flea market trash cans with something.

Apologies for the late thoughts as I didn’t watch the Tony’s live due to flying back home from a London trip (where I saw 2:22 and it was AWFUL). Anyhoo.

Ariana DeBose

I’m pretty indifferent about her. I saw her in the Hamilton ensemble. And I saw the WSS film. (A friend later reminded me I saw her in Summer, which completely escaped my mind.) I don’t mean to take away from her performance but given that Anita won past Tonys and Oscars, I really think it’s the role that’s so great than the actual actresses performing it. If that makes sense. She was good in the movie but idk if it was amazing, once in a lifetime, can never forget it.

Ok so having said that I LOOOOOOOOOVED HER as host. So present, vibrant, commanding. That opening performance was a marathon. My god. And even though the songs weren’t perfect, she REALLY elevated the material by selling the hell out of them.

Patti LuPone

This will probably ruffle some feathers. I preface by saying I’m a huge Patti fan, with six signed posters on my wall, no less. BUT to have a prepared speech, written in front of you that you are reading from, and to NOT even utter Sondheim’s name…she f#cked up. Especially considering Marianne and Matt did.

Michael R. Jackson

A standing ovation for BEST BOOK??? That surely was a response to being snubbed for Best Score. Glad he took home one of the pair. 

Performances

So the best one being…A Girl from the North Country???

Everything else seemed lackluster. I’ve seen ASLoop and even thought to myself, does anyone watching this know what’s going on? Unsure if they set it up when introducing the show. But overall, nothing that made me want to buy tickets. Joaquina was great but what a repetitive song (lyric wise) that feels like a waste of her talents. And don’t get me started on how that song feels like a ripoff of Burn from Hamilton.

SIX was swallowed by that cavernous stage. They should’ve built a boxed stage and dimmed the areas around it to better reflect the size of the Nederlander for them to really pop. What usually feels like fireworks in a shoebox felt like fireworks in a giant stadium. And they still could’ve run out into the extended lip of the stage which would’ve been a nice touch visually and on brand for the show - escape, freedom, reclamation - etc.

Some favorite moments:

1. Billy Crystal’s, “If you like me I’m Billy Crystal. If you’re not so sure, I’m Hugh Jackman” + Hugh’s response.

2. The photo of Sondheim being held during Best Revival acceptance. 

I booked my ticket for 2:22 this Friday night and may have time for a show Saturday night. Nothing is jumping out at me but don’t want to miss a hidden gem.

My only criteria is that it’s something unlikely to transfer to Broadway and it isn’t one of the bigger mainstays which I’ve already seen on Broadway.

Any recommendations? Thank you! 

ElephantLoveMedley said: "https://intothewoodsbway.com/"

Is it just me or does the homepage visual say INTO WOODS?

Has any one redeemed AR points for a window card? I’m interested but wary of how it ships / whether it will arrive in good, non-creased condition. Paper goods can be tricky to mail. Or, should I just redeem for a t-shirt instead? 

Thanks!

Flying over in two weeks and am interested in 2:22.

Any one seen it? A penny for your spoiler free thoughts? Thanks!

Hi all,

I’m planning to host a Sondheim trivia night and I think I already got in over my head.

Would you beautiful, intelligent people be so kind to share some Sondheim related questions and answers for me to include?

This would be straight Q&A, no multiple choice.

Thank you so much in advance! 

NPR Tiny Desk Concert -

https://youtu.be/ObD7Qjai55Y

MCfan2 said: "The Washington Posthas a nice piece about Ramin and his role in the show. I've gifted it so you all should be able to get past the paywall.

https://wapo.st/3M97KuZ"

Thank you kindly!