Profile for sinister teashop

Ding-dong, the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low...

Very scary, there seems to be a concerted effort to target theaters now in what seems to be trial balloons to send to the Trump Supreme Court.

https://pacificlegal.org/press-release/performer-sues-san-diego-library-after-being-barred-from-portraying-black-historical-figures/

broadfan327 said: "fashionguru_23 said: "Kad said: "KJisgroovy said: ""Frankly I'd like to see nonprofits be forced to divest from their real estate holdings if they're not in active use by the nonprofit for a certain period of time. Why should Roundabout get to control and profit off the Sondheim when they haven't produced a show there in almost 15 years?"

Of all the weird bootlicking things posted on here... this is one of the weirder ones."

How is that bootlicking...? It's true that Roundabout has pulled back its Broadway programming and effectively just been a landlord for 2 of their 3 houses. They've kept the Sondheim continually rented since Anything Goes closed and most of the productions that have been in 54 over the last decade have been rentals, as well. They're the only Broadway nonprofit that continually rents out their Broadway theaters to commercial productions."

The real question is why does it matter if they rent them out or not?"

Because they are crying poverty because technically they are non-profit, but they are not really producing theater in two of their holdings. Their mission when they were founded was not to be a real estate holding company. I imagine it would have been to produce theater works. They want the city to make an exception for them because otherwise, they would have to sell the theater for it to become something else, while not really fulfilling how they are allowed to be non-profit in the first place."

Agreed, but I think it might go beyond a special "carve out" for Roundabout. What they seem to be proposing is an overall change in city zoning law for theaters to continue to build on the already existing laws that allow theaters to sell air rights to commercial developers.

The Broadway World article links to a Crain article behind a pay wall but the Roundabout's filed amendment request to the city can be found here. 

Here is a taste of what these cuties want to be struck-through and removed:

;.whether the bonus #floor area# will unduly increase the #bulk# of any #development# or #enlargement#, density of population or intensity of #use# on any #block# to the detriment of occupants of #buildings# on the #block# or the surrounding area; and

whether the distribution and location of such #floor area# bonus will adversely affect the surrounding area by restricting light and air or otherwise impair the essential character or future development of the surrounding area.

I would be happy to hear that I am reading this wrong.

 

 

Charley Kringas Inc said: "trump being like "i did that!" is so insane"

He succeeded again in upstaging a national tragedy and making it all about himself... or at least he's attempting to do so. 

TotallyEffed said: "I can say with some certainly that the Hayes Theatre has themostuncomfortableseats on Broadway withthe possible exception of the upper mezzanine at Studio 54. Torture, but at least it was short."

They really are spectacularly uncomfortable. You will get to rub elbows, shoulders, and perhaps thighs with the persons sitting next to you, if you're into that sort of thing.

This is actually quite interesting. Tech Bros vs. the declining fortunes of the Music Industry. I would bet on Tech Bros winning. But it might be enough money on money to make the odious Supreme Court freeze into indecision on whose boots to lick more. 

FANtomFollies said: "Another random thought/question - was there a point in make his son gay? I'm happy for queer representation wherever I can get it...

Yes, thank goddess for Scott Bessent and George Santos. 

This looks great, thanks for posting.

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Falsettolands said: "Having seen this twice before when it hit the regional circuit pretty hard, I just don't see the need to see another production of this play...does anyone know if there have been any revisions to the text?"

the reason to see this is June Squibb make Broadway history"

96, amazing, right? Maybe one day we’ll have a President that age.

My review of "Marjorie Prime" at 2nd Stage:

"Marjorie Prime" singleticket's substack

Kad said: "My thought is that this is a truly terrible piece of op-ed writing."

It made me read the title three times and I’m still confused over whether they mean adaptations of “musical films” or just “films” into musicals as opposed to original stories.

HogansHero said: "Dear "Diana Greenhouse,"

You lost the room at #23. Time to move along. The poinsettia cultivarsneed your help stat."

No, her/their/its objective has been achieved: to augment Bari Weiss’ propaganda.

Owen22 said: "MemorableUserName said: "Holdren in Vulture is mostly (?) positive. Or more positive than not?

I’m Not a Regular Mom, I’m a Cool Mom: Robert Icke Does Oedipus

Robert Icke, known for dramatic remakings of ancient plays, turns to Sophocles' 'Oedipus,' and his production, while not flawless, is vivid and potent.

"In this Oedipus—premiered in Dutch at Toneelgroep and then remounted in the West End with its current stars, Lesley Manville and Mark Strong, as the fated mother-and-son/wife-and-husband at its center—Icke puts an eleventh-hour monologue roughly the size and weight of a city bus in Jocasta’s mouth. It’s where we learn her story in all its graphic detail, and though Manville is one hell of an actor—utterly at ease in one moment, ferocious in the next, destroyed in the one after that—even she can’t quite mask the overwriting, the authorial frisson over putting this character through really bad things, but, you know, in order to demonstrate that they’re really bad.

It’s a shame, because this Oedipus, when it tries a little less hard, is also full of potency. Manville and Strong crackle together —their chemistry is steamy and genuine and, in some of the production’s best moments, after all terrible secrets have been revealed, so is their body-wracking devastation."


Thank you Sara. This playis SOOO overwritten!!! And boy does it try too hard!

"

I don’t buy Holdren’s case that Icke's tilting of the narrative so forcefully towards the monologue that he wrote for Jocasta is some kind of male performative feminism. Well, then again, maybe…

sppunk said: "The NYT reviews mattering left years ago. Now it’s click bait."

As are their political endorsements.

RippedMan said: "Does any theater in the world do that? I would think it would be a logistically nightmare Especially if you're wanting to do it on that level. Summer Stock very much still exists."

Munich’s Bavarian State Opera rotates something like 15 productions during its summer festival but then they're Germans. 

ACL2006 said: "People are going to be disappointed to only see the Muppets for less than ten minutes."

On the positive side, it sounds like they might be available for weddings and Bar Mitzvahs.