OPERATION MINCEMEAT Reviews
Mar 24
2025, 07:49:11 PM
Charley Kringas Inc said: "Jumpin_J said: "MemorableUserName said: "The Wrap
‘Operation Mincemeat’ Broadway Review: This British Import Works Way Too Hard to Be Fun
Nothing kills a laugh faster than seeing actors sweat
https://www.thewrap.com/operation-mincemeat-broadway-review/"
It's a five person, full length musical. You think they'll be in lounge chairs and PJ's for two and a half hours? It's work. I don't know what you were expecting."
Hofler's review isn't very good, but the point is that being able to "see the sweat" (i.e., the effort)is a quick way to deflate comedy because it comes across as forced and desperate."
Perhaps, but it's worth remembering that Gutenberg! The Musical only had two actors in a whole musical comedy and people still went nuts over it.
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STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS Previews
Mar 24
2025, 07:46:16 PM
I saw the show in the West End. IMO, it's probably one of the best Sondheim concerts you'll ever see. I'm disappointed that Janie Dee decided not to make the transfer. According to her, she has become a super-environmentalist and doesn't want to add to the carbon footprint by flying over here. We can discuss if that makes a difference another time. However, Beth Leavel is a wonderful choice to replace her, and her rendition of "The Boy From..." will leave the place i
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OPERATION MINCEMEAT Reviews
Mar 23
2025, 09:46:59 PM
MemorableUserName said: "The Wrap
‘Operation Mincemeat’ Broadway Review: This British Import Works Way Too Hard to Be Fun
Nothing kills a laugh faster than seeing actors sweat
https://www.thewrap.com/operation-mincemeat-broadway-review/"
It's a five person, full length musical. You think they'll be in lounge chairs and PJ's for two and a half hours? It's work. I don't know what you were expecting.
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Feb 1
2025, 11:13:56 AM
AWL has long been accused of plagiarism. Most notably, his Phantom of the Opera theme has a striking similarity to Pink Floyd's main theme from "Echoes" on the 1971 Meddle album. Roger Waters considered suing ALW over it. He said, “It’s the same time signature—it’s 12/8—and it’s the same structure and it’s the same notes and it’s the same everything. Bastard. It probably is actionable…But I think that life’s too long to bother with suing Andrew f*cking Lloyd Webber.” https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/pink-floyd-was-the-phantom-of-the-opera-stolen-from-them.html/
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Chess 2025
Dec 24
2024, 10:54:55 AM
Lea Michelle has all but confirmed she's in it, likely as Florence. From 2023.
https://www.queerty.com/lea-michelles-next-move-and-guess-who-bernadette-peters-replaced-20230603
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EUREKA DAY Previews
Dec 12
2024, 09:52:27 PM
I thought the play was a fine comedy with moments of brilliance meshed with a bit of dark awkwardness almost in an Edward Albee type way. The whole ensemble carries the play forward even though it's a two joke play about political correctness overlapped with social responsibility. It's rare for a comedy to encourage discussion afterwards so I give it props for that accomplishment. The hour and forty five minutes flew fairly quickly for me. I don't think it's brilliant, but it&
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GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS To Play The Palace Starting 3/10/25
Dec 10
2024, 04:31:21 PM
Amy Archer said: "And you all scoffed at me! With 12 weeks, they have 800 seats on the floor they can price exorbitantly, plus another 550 in the mezz to play around with, depending on demand. It can potentially gross more than $2M a week there. I think the producer of GGR, who shall go nameless, looked at what is happening with Good Night, and Good Luck, and decided to try to emulate the same, even bringing capacity to a similarly sized 1400 seats by closing the balcony."
Why should the producer go nameless? It's public record. It's Jeffrey Richards. He produces ALL of Mamet's plays. It's on IBDB.COM https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/glengarry-glen-ross-541094
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Menzel-led REDWOOD to transfer to Broadway this season
Nov 25
2024, 02:06:53 PM
RippedMan said: "I mean can’t they just redesign be set for any space? I don’t think that dictates which theater too much. I think they think Mendel will sell tickets. Which has proven to do."
Proven? Citations needed. "If/Then" flopped and the play "Skin Tight" at the Roundabout bombed. In the words of Janet Jackson, what have you done for me lately?
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SUNSET BLVD. Reviews
Nov 11
2024, 07:29:28 PM
chernjam said: "Jumpin_J said: "She claims this was a "mistake", Honey, you posed with Russel Brand (Trump supporter and accused of sexual misconduct) and a MAGA hat. You're not that good of an actress to pull that off."
Talk about mis-information...
It wasn't a MAGA hat
Russel brand has been accused, not convicted of anything.
But, don't let facts get in the way of the lynch mob
Back to Sunset
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Nicole Scherzinger
Nov 11
2024, 07:20:46 PM
Doesn't matter, she's cooked. Everyone knows it. Time to focus on other things.
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SUNSET BLVD. Reviews
Nov 9
2024, 07:49:37 PM
She claims this was a "mistake", Honey, you posed with Russel Brand (Trump supporter and accused of sexual misconduct) and a MAGA hat. You're not that good of an actress to pull that off.
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Nicole Scherzinger
Nov 9
2024, 07:45:53 PM
"I made the mistake of not realizing that they could be easily interpreted as being politically related and I apologize to anyone who understandably reached that conclusion. " Um, you posed with Russel Brand (Trump supporter and accused of sexual misconduct) and posed with a MAGA hat, and you're saying it was a mistake? Talk about trying to close the barn doors after the horses got out. Sorry dear, not buying the BS. Not that I was planning to see the show anyway as I deplore Ja
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Patti LuPone called a privileged, racially microaggressive bully by Hell's Kitchen cast member
Nov 4
2024, 09:04:05 AM
A friend of mine saw Hell's Kitchen yesterday. She said the volume was so loud that she nearly left. She felt the amplification in her bones. One can choose to believe Lapone's position or not, but when a friend of mine says it's too loud, I believe them. Louder does not equate to better. In fact, loudness can be used to cover flaws. I'll say it again. I have no issue if OSHA regulated decibel volumes in all theaters to protect the audience, actors, and musicians.
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DEATH BECOMES HER Previews
Nov 3
2024, 10:52:08 AM
One very annoying TikTok “influencer” at the stage door kept raving about how this is the show that’s going to be Best Musical and also workshopping catchy lines (“NOW…a BeSt MuSiCaL?!)for his eventual review.
Oh thank goodness for that. An influencer (who very likely could've been paid) is declaring Best Musical for '25... 7 months before the nominations come out. Must be clairvoyant. I wonder if they have stock tips too.
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Patti LuPone called a privileged, racially microaggressive bully by Hell's Kitchen cast member
Nov 3
2024, 10:46:21 AM
Many Broadway shows are excessively loud today. Patti should know since her Lincoln Center production of "Anything Goes" in the 1980's was one of the first Broadway musicals to use mics because they put the ship's band on stage and she had to sing over them. Musicals have been mic'ed up ever since. Many of the legends in musicals never used mics. Heck, opera singers can still hit the back row of a 3000 seat hall. But sound levels are getting out of hand. I thought "Six" was so loud that I had to
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Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga to Lead OLD FRIENDS On Broadway
Oct 24
2024, 07:28:15 PM
I saw it in London. For a Sondheim tribute, it really doesn't get much better than this. Peters sounded fine when I saw her and Lea's voice was tremendous. I won't ruin the Sunday In The Park moment but I nearly teared up when it happened which is something I rarely do. The worst thing though is Janie Dee opting out of the transfer. She's amazing in it, but as she said in her cabaret show in Edinburgh this summer, she feels that flying across the pond would add to the carbon footprint which she'
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SMASH On Broadway reveals casting
Oct 24
2024, 07:20:40 PM
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "ShowBro said: "Why the producers think this has equal to or more brand recognition than SLIH is a mystery to me. SLIH was a financial flop and this, without anystar power in the cast, is going to do what at the box office with its limited built in audience??"
Beats me. Feels like TOOTSIE 2.0.
It's going to have to appeal primarily to people who didn't watch the TV show, without alienating those who actually liked
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LEFT ON TENTH Previews
Oct 17
2024, 09:14:36 PM
HunterK said: "I went last night. Getting a Rush ticket at 12:30pm for the 7pm show.
I honestly thought it was a mess and I didn'tknow going in it was directed by Susan Stroman. The tech aspects were all over the place. Late sound cues, clunky scenery, the amount of times you could see the stage crew (not in scrubs.) You would think it was a dress rehearsal. Julianna seemed to be over acting and Peter Gallagher (who looks great) needs to lear his lines. He cut off all of the ac
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Article: OPERATION MINCEMEAT... plots its course to New York
Oct 17
2024, 09:06:41 PM
Call_me_jorge said: "Since it’s now available Mincemeat SHOULD be working with the Shuberts to open at the Music Box instead."
Absolutely no. OM only has a cast of six (not "Six", obviously) and has found a comfortable home in the West End's Fortune Theatre of 432 seats. Too big of a house and the cast members would look lost and the Music Box is over 1000. One of the smallest theaters they could get was the Golden of 800 seats where I think aside fr
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STEREOPHONIC Announces Final Extension
Oct 1
2024, 05:13:13 PM
EDSOSLO858 said: "Makes sense, should be a rather quick turnaround for The Picture of Dorian Gray, so I hear."
Nope. "Operation: Mincemeat" was officially announced today for the Golden. If I thought DG was going in this season, my bet is the Belasco. I hear "Maybe Happy Ending" isn't selling and DG would be a good fit there being a one person show in a modest size theater.
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