Profile for chrishuyen

Quick review for tonights performance, audience was very responsive but mostly respectful (thankfully), though it was clear a good number weren't regular theatergoers.

I LOVED Sidney Jones, I thought she was a very smart actress with her scenes and had a very clear concept of who she wanted Betty to be.  I know other people have said this production actually figured out Betty, but I never felt that and always thought Betty was the weak link in the show.  Sidney absolutely

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "We're all reading into a somewhat vague statement, but - is there any theatre critic at a major publication with a GREAT social media presence that elevates their work? I can't think of one."

Not sure if you consider it a major publication but I do like Adam Feldman's social media presence for the most part.  Though I do feel like his reviews seem catered towards a slightly different audience than the tradition

WearSunblock said: "I have never seen Chess, and I admittedly don't know the music well. (I know One Night in Bangkok, Anthem, and a lot of Florence's songs). Part of me wants to listen to the different cast recordings, and part of me wants to wait until I see it. I did look up the song list and background information, and I was surprised to see that the actors who originated Freddy in the West End and on Broadway were not nominated while the other two leads in both were. ( I

I agree live cast albums are probably primarily a cost cutting measure, but I do think for certain shows they can enhance the listening experience, especially if a studio album already exists of the show (ie for revivals).  With studio albums there are also often cuts/changes made to accommodate or take out dialogue, and it can be nice to hear everything exactly as it is on stage with the actors fully in character doing what they're used to be doing 8 times a week rather than trying

TheatreFan4 said: "chrishuyen said: "Isn't part of the concept to be somewhat of a concert setting? In that case I feel it would make more sense for this to be live than other cast albums (I'm just judging off of pictures and chatter so not sure how much that's actually executed in the show)"

Well that's not what a cast recording is, so I disagree."

Legitimate question, do you not consider live recordings to be cast recor

sparklingtonic2 said: "sparklingtonic2 said: "Thanks!!! We’re going to do it!

Any particular advice on seating?"

To elaborate more on my question, I love sitting close, so I was leaning toward front row center tickets. However, the front row tickets are somewhat picked over. We could be on the far left (A111 and A112). Or we could do the second row and be on the rightside, but slightly more center (B104, 103 — those are third and f

My main issue with the tour is that the show is so clearly built around Nicole and who she is, and it would take some very smart casting to find someone to replicate that (of the three other Normas I saw, only Rashidra Scott felt like she was truly owning the role and not just doing an imitation Nicole).  I do think there are logistics to doing the walk that wouldn't be impossible to work out, but might be a consideration for the creatives to decide if that's something they want

Kad said: "I thought Aladdin was a pretty uninspired and mediocre adaptation, lesser in every way to the movie, and yet here we are, over a decade later and it's still printing money. Should it transfer, I imagine Hercules would be the same."

To be fair, Aladdin had the Genie to juice the show and the magic carpet to be a "whoa" moment, and it sounds like Hercules has neither.  I think Hercules is fairly popular among my demographic of younger mill

Kimbo said: "n2nbaby said: "I saw it when Lea was out and Bernadette said Lea was under the weather but Lea would be her co-host for the evening. I would imagine it was something similar with Bernadette being out."

I don’t get this at all. If one of the stars is out the other one comes out and says their co-star can’t be there but will be their “co-host” for the evening, like they’re still there in spirit?


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