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Practice at PH
 Dec 3 2025, 10:55:36 PM

I grabbed a ticket for tonight’s show based on word of mouth here and from a few friends and, I gotta say, it did not hit with me. Maybe it’s because I lived through four years of college and professors offering up their own individual brands of egomania and casual abuse, followed by nearly a decade of directors doing the same, but I found little of the tension and discomfort others have cited. Masturbatory and self-aware is still masturbatory at the end of the day.


Extremely strange Erivo audio book/Grande interview
 Dec 3 2025, 04:22:25 PM

TotallyEffed said: "Is this AI?"

Yes. Just more AI clickbait. For one, Brits don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, so there’s that.


THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES To Close January 4, 2026
 Dec 3 2025, 01:41:16 PM

BrodyFosse123 said: "Really, Paul? Really?!!!



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This is exactly why this show flopped. If the actual producers of this show had any sense, Jackie herself would have been kept far, far away from it. Instead, she’s promoting it like it’s the Dolly musical. Barf.


NYT: It’s a Homophobic Slur. What’s It Doing in So Much Theater?
 Dec 3 2025, 01:18:19 PM

John Adams said: "ColorTheHours048 said: "This has actually been discussed quite a bit in the original PF thread from when the show started at Playwrights. It’s just being reiterated again here."

Maybe you should stop proliferating falsehoods??
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Huh? Here’s the thread. Took me 10 seconds to search for.


NYT: It’s a Homophobic Slur. What’s It Doing in So Much Theater?
 Dec 3 2025, 12:31:37 PM

This has actually been discussed quite a bit in the original PF thread from when the show started at Playwrights. It’s just being reiterated again here.


NYT: It’s a Homophobic Slur. What’s It Doing in So Much Theater?
 Dec 3 2025, 11:47:56 AM

joevitus said: "Kad said: "Would it be acceptable to have a speculative piece about a future King George, who is not gay but an incompetent monarch?"

Yes. How is that even a question?

I don't think they two concepts are equal, though, as one is personal while the other is about job ability. But clearly, yes, it would be totally fine. Has it been wrong all these decades to assume and discuss Charles as an incompetant not fit for his job? Ne


NYT: It’s a Homophobic Slur. What’s It Doing in So Much Theater?
 Dec 3 2025, 10:12:07 AM

Agree with joevitus. If Prince Faggot had taken off in even the way Slave Play did (which I would argue was more smoke and mirrors driven by the JOH PR machine than actual public interest), I would say there’s perhaps a possibility word could get back to the Palace and we’d be having a larger conversation. Far as I can tell, the Royal Family has issued no such commentary. As it is, it was a show that got lucky in a small theater to be transferred for a short run to a


NYT: It’s a Homophobic Slur. What’s It Doing in So Much Theater?
 Dec 2 2025, 07:04:24 AM

It’s one of my favorite words and I wear it proudly. It can’t hurt me because I’ve stripped it of that power by embracing it. That said, I wouldn’t use it in mixed company that I wasn’t sure would be comfortable because I know not everyone shares that perspective.

That NYT op ed is a whole lot of nothing. It’s a word used in some titles to provoke because we’re in a political climate that wants to censor anyone non-male, -white, and -hetero


What's next for the St. James ?
 Dec 1 2025, 07:55:26 PM

Ensemble1711444445 said: "They are telling potential investorsJim Parsons is playing Mollie Brown."

Actually laughed out loud.


The Public Theater - Ethan Lipton’s “The Seat of Our Pants”
 Nov 29 2025, 06:13:23 PM

NativeNYer2 said: "Could this be a contender for the Drama Desk for Puppetry? What other shows even have puppets this season?"

There aren’t any puppets in this production. The dinosaur and mammoth are actors in costumes.


The Public Theater - Ethan Lipton’s “The Seat of Our Pants”
 Nov 29 2025, 11:55:07 AM

I saw this again last night and loved it even more than my first viewing. The pace has tightened substantially, though it still slows down late into act 3, before waking up again for that banger finale.

Ruthie Ann Miles and Michaela Diamond continue to be the show’s MVPs. They’re both digging so deep into these performances, with Miles in particular bringing an attack to the material that must be incredibly therapeutic; she’s really one of our best actors wo


THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES Reviews
 Nov 27 2025, 07:48:34 AM

I think there’s absolutely a theatrical story to be told about the Siegels. Deeply problematic people, for sure, but theatre about American rot is always dramatically fertile.

Where this production went awry was in hiring Schwartz to write the score, Ferrentino to write the book, and in allowing Jackie to be in the room at all. The latter was likely conditional to them even being allowed to write the show to begin with, so it was already DOA, as far I’m concer


Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
 Nov 26 2025, 11:34:03 AM

Robyn Hurder and Kate Baldwin on stage together sounds like heaven, to be honest.


MARJORIE PRIME Previews
 Nov 24 2025, 12:03:07 PM

I haven’t seen this revival yet, but - seeing as it’s a lauded, Pulitzer-nominated text - I can’t imagine they would have made any alterations to it that would merit another viewing just based on those changes alone. If seeing June Squibb isn’t reason enough, it sounds like you’re not the audience for it, Falsettolands.


Universal's WICKED Films - News & Discussion Thread
 Nov 21 2025, 10:40:41 AM

The biggest plot hole I can think of is how Fiyero breaks up their fight, gets taken out into the field to be tied up and beaten to death, gets turned into a scarecrow, and becomes cognizant enough to know what even happened to lie to a stranger about a plot he knows nothing about all in the time it takes Dorothy to leave Munchkinland and meet him first in her journey.

In the musical, they can hand wave it away as “it happened in the background” because we don’t see F


Universal's WICKED Films - News & Discussion Thread
 Nov 21 2025, 07:21:31 AM

I saw the double feature yesterday, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sequel with so much working in its favor miss the mark like this. It’s absolutely wild to me that they filmed it at the same time as Part 1, since it looks and feels like a lower budget rush job in nearly every aspect.

Truly, everything about it feels worse. The camera blocking is bizarre. (There’s one point in “For Good” where the camera is just whirling around their heads fo


Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/16/25
 Nov 19 2025, 12:40:43 PM

quizking101 said: "RippedMan said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "RippedMan said: "I saw somewhere on socials that Ne-Yo was joining Hells Kitchen? Is that true? That'll be a major get."

Already confirmed, December 4 - January 25.
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That should do some numbers for them for the holidays.
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Ne-Yo will not perform December 24 through January 4 and January 20 through January 22.

https://x.com/HellsKitchenBwy/status/1990495648702218394
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They get to advertise him for 7 weeks while he only performs 5 of those, and not even during the busiest week of the year. If this is their attempt to bail some water out of a sinking ship, it’s an interesting one.

At this point, they need to hire Alicia Keys herself to play Jersey or Miss Liza Jane and close on a high note.


RAGTIME 2025 Reviews
 Nov 16 2025, 10:16:06 AM

And mimicking the name of a poster who actually contributes to the board in a meaningful way, while they’re at it. Would be nice if the board Mods actually Mod’ed.


RAGTIME 2025 Reviews
 Nov 16 2025, 06:17:14 AM

quizqueen101 said: "It isn’t. I dont lie, no reason to. She had an extra ticket to godot matinee and Versailles. Couldn’t go to godot cause I was working but took her up on Versailles. We both liked the show and don’t like caissie levy. "

Mind-boggling.


MASQUERADE Previews Thread
 Nov 11 2025, 02:13:06 PM

JSquared2, they’re asking about accommodations for waiting to enter the space before the performance, not about the alternatives to the outdoor scenes.

If folks have questions about that kind of stuff though, they might want to reach out to the show’s concierge team rather than asking on a message board. The email is info@masqueradenyc.com and they’re notably responsive.


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