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THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES To Close January 4, 2026
 Dec 10 2025, 11:32:43 AM

Catfish row said: "the house isn’t finished at the end…

there’s literally a joke “they haven’t even started building the east wing yet” and of course the big line “I AM NEVER GOING TO STOP BUILDING THIS HOUSE.” But of course Kad is showing his true colors here that he doesn’t actually go to the theater, just yaps all day here and spreads his platitudes around, it’s exhausting.

The glitzy and empty mans


Alia Shawkat to lead off-Broadway production of YOU GOT OLDER at Cherry Lane Theatre
 Dec 8 2025, 11:36:53 AM

I know I saw this in its original run, but I can’t remember a single thing about it other than that it was surprisingly raunchy and that Reed Birney was on an absolute tear Off-Broadway at that time. I didn’t even remember William Jackson Harper was in it, or that it was directed by Anne Kauffman.


The Public Theater - Ethan Lipton’s “The Seat of Our Pants”
 Dec 8 2025, 11:33:23 AM

It was one of the best shows I saw this year and I would agree it doesn’t have any commercial viability. If a non-profit wanted to add it to one of their seasons (seriously unlikely), it could maybe have another life on Broadway to boost licensing prospects, but it would tank as a commercial run. It’s too strange and long-winded for mainstream audiences, and feels much more in the vein of offbeat Off-Broadway musicals that get a reappraisal years down the road after people have gi


The Public Theater - Ethan Lipton’s “The Seat of Our Pants”
 Dec 8 2025, 09:22:09 AM

Do we know, for sure, that they’re releasing a cast recording? I’d be so sad if they didn’t. I know The Public has usually been pretty good about recording their original musicals, but I haven’t seen anything about this one yet.


THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES To Close January 4, 2026
 Dec 6 2025, 01:40:09 PM


NYT: Jeremy O. Harris Is Arrested in Japan on Suspicion of Smuggling Drugs
 Dec 5 2025, 11:29:46 AM

Truly LOLing at anyone who thinks this will ruin his career or reputation. It’s only slightly more pills than he would probably bring to the club to share with friends. Anyone in his circle knows he does drugs and probably appreciates when he shows up to the party with his Birkin full of party favors. Dude’s a dummy, but he’s ultimately going to be just fine (and write a terrible “play” about it).


NYT: Jeremy O. Harris Is Arrested in Japan on Suspicion of Smuggling Drugs
 Dec 5 2025, 10:53:25 AM

Two things can be true here: 1) many drug laws are not only extremely outdated, but unnecessarily punitive; and 2) this man should absolutely have known better than to travel to Japan carrying that much of an illegal substance. The latter is my dominant thought because I guarantee his thought process was “That won’t happen to me” as he packed it in his bag, but holding anyone in prison and forcing a confession in the absence of representation is morally repugnant to


Broadway's Best Kept Secrets 12/3 - Titanique? Fear of 13?
 Dec 4 2025, 01:36:30 PM

The one thing Titanique has going for it potentially playing in a house that large is that Celine Dion’s songs absolutely go off. If they added a couple more members of the band and snagged a killer Celine (or even a Ruth), the music would hit and I don’t think any of the humor would be lost in a Broadway house. It played even better on the West End than Off-Broadway, for me, so I wouldn’t be mad at a Broadway run. Confused, sure, but not mad.


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?!!!



"

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??
"

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


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