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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!

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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. 

The U.S.'s greatest contemporary theater company... a national treasure.

The revival of Richard Greenberg's "The Assembled Parties" at Hampstead Theater is getting raves. 

 

In a drama, I would say what we might get out of characters who are unpleasant and perhaps in stasis would be the ability to see parts of ourselves in them.

I haven't seen it since the restoration of the illuminated latticework proscenium. I love that 1910's American hodgepodge style... it is vulgar but it is also super charming. It is as significant a period in American design as Art Deco, just not as championed. And when it is restored correctly, you realize that it wasn't meant to be taken completely seriously. It was meant to be a bit silly and over the top. 

https://schulershook.com/projects/james-earl-jones-theatre

WiCkEDrOcKS said: "Hot take, but if this play is any indication of the qualityof productionsRudin plans on mounting, I say bring it on."
 

The play is a Steppenwolf production, developed solely with resources connected to Stepppenwolf, I believe. Rudin, Diller are producing its New York run. 

I agree, it is excellent, not a weak link in the whole production.