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As I posted elsewhere, I saw it and it's the same production that London's Menier Chocolate Company did in 2012. Same director, same set, everything the same except for the cast. People are raving about this like this is Sondheim's greatest show of all time which is simply baffling to me. I'm not saying the emperor has no clothes. I mean it's fine. It's still Merrily which has always been a flawed show. Maybe they tweaked the book a tad to focus on Frank's story, b

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Truly warms the heart to read MERRILY reviews this strong…and quite the rave for Groff by Jesse Green.

It could be Groff vs Redmayne come Tony time."

Eddie might get nominated for just being him which would be wrong, but I HATED Cabaret. The director blew it. The MC is constantly angry which contradicts his opening monologue of "In here, everything is beautiful". Sally is constantly hysterical so she has nowh

Trying desperately to steer the conversation back to the matter at hand, there are ways to protest and make positive movement to get people on your side. Civil disobedience has always been essential in change. That being said, there's better ways than others. I do not believe this group ever think their protests through. By stopping a show, did they change anyone's minds? I'd say certainly not. Not only did they fail to do that, they were endangering lives of the company and the a

EDSOSLO858 said: "Nice choice IMO.

Lincoln Center has some gorgeous spaces and the acoustics are top-notch. I once went to the Geffen back in 2018 to see Dudamel conduct Beethoven’s 9th complete with a full chorus, and it was quite the experience."

Acoustics at Geffen Hall and the State Theater (which I will continue to call it and if Mr. Koch wants me to refer it under his name then I have my price) are vastly different. When it was Avery Fischer, t

Kad said: "I am not convinced Rudin is totally out of the industry- he may just not be public facing about it. But that's another issue.

And an aggressive producer like Rudin would absolutely have secured rights and started reaching out to talent for any number of potential projects, even if they would never have come to fruition. We don't know, definitively, what he had in the works- I'd heard, for instance, he had Tony Kushner working on a new adaptation of T

Everybody else in the crowd was lovely though! and the staff too! High hopes for next year. Also, question (which I hope is appropriate), would all of today's purchases count as tax-deductible donations to BCEFA or not?"

You'd need to ask your accountant about it, but generally any amount over the retail value of the item would be deductible. IE An item bought for $110 that would cost $100, that $10 would be tax deductible, but you should ask a professional. 

A smash? Based on what evidence? To quote Janet Jackson to Susan Stroman, "what have you done for me lately"? She hasn't had a hit show in 22 years. IT was a show called The Producers. Yes, almost literally a generation ago.  And remember, she pretty much inherited it from her husband who passed away. I'm not saying she didn't do any work to make the show successful. And as a choreographer, if you want a big production number, she delivers on all cylinders today. &n

Can't say I loved it. There's potential for something really good here but it needs work. Starting with the artwork. Nobody gets it. I've shown it to people who work in the business and they have no idea that's supposed to be Hitler. Apparently the company thinks it's hilarious. They're in for a rude surprise if it comes to NY. The sound mix when I saw it was awful. The vocals during the songs sounded so flat with the audio, I couldn't make out 1/4 of the words esp