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The interior of the auditorium looks fine but, at least from the images of the tiny common spaces they've released so far, it doesn't look like the renovation will make any kind of gala events possible. Forget about the Tonys ever being hosted at the new Palace. It was never a really good candidate for special events before its renovation but these images make it feel vault-like. The original foyer, as I remember it, was quite open to the auditorium and let in some natural light.

And yes it does matter what Green likes since he's the only critic with some actual sense in his brain. His enjoyment of Strong and Chastain, especially over Comer is sadly a unique opinion when it shows how little people know about good acting. "Most acting", aka, hammy acting w/ yelling/crying, has garnered undue lovewhile subtler performances tend to get forgotten by the general public and dismissed as "bland".

 

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It might have been from where I was sitting or that I saw it early in the run but I was not impressed with Jeremy Strong’s performance. I did not see a convincing through line in it to dramatize why he was doing what he was doing. Aside from stripping to his waist near the end (which was quite nice) I also did not feel he had a compelling stage presence. He was fine in my opinion but nothing beyond that. I did see Strong in "New Jerusalem"  where I thought he wa

BdwayLife said: "First, we are lined up. At the 30 minute mark, we are yelled at from a megaphone at a foot distance from our ears,as the staff member walks by, telling us to proceed. Another staff member shouts to open your bags while they inspect them, and then you pass through a metal detector—in some cases, they have to pass a hand held detector up your legs, torso, and across your arms. You are then shouted at,to show your tickets, soon followed by someone demanding to see

Ensemble1696584123 said: "Someday I'll dig up that wonderfully researched paper that had made the point that the kind of depictions that Fosse's film and Mendes leaned into for the club, emphasising degradation, completely lacking in vigor and vitality, were actually barely above the Nazi propaganda about them. Though Fosse's film at least framed the customers of the establishment being fairly well-to-do."

I agree, the reason Isherwood and his fictional c

Yes, most of them before 2002. I remember noticing that the standing ovation started to get built into the curtain call post 2002 with lighting shifts, orchestrations, etc. I agree that it was influenced by American Idol, etc. But it was also part of the destination tourism shift of the newly renovated Times Square district and its attendant "luxury event" ticket pricing. It spilled into everything including concerts, dance, etc. The absence of a standing ovation now signals ei

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Something about this doesn't pass the smell test

this just happened to be during a press preview, this just happened during the town hall moment with all the lights on, nobody broke character..."

I sympathize with the actors being put in that position but of course they broke character. 

Mayor Stockman would not have yelled "Go back to drama school" and Morten Kiil wouldn't have yelled "Y

PipingHotPiccolo said: "sinister teashop said: "Good for this playwright and others who are raising their voices about the humanitarian disaster in Gaza. President Biden, it seems, is not only finally listening but taking action to lessen it."

Yes, after months of negotiations, desperate attempts for signs of life from the hostages, aid efforts with sixteen different governments about provision of food/water via a border hermetically sealed by the Israel