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joevitus said: "fashionguru_23 said: "Can someone who is more in tune with the show, explain what needs to be updated?"The literal answer is nothing. It wasa fine show that didn't need any work done to it. However, a recent revival made Joe a Black man and thus touchedon the integration of baseball (a genuinelybig event marking progress in our society that does't get as much attention now as it used to becausebaseball isn't the national pastime anymore). This added a new level to the material...

Hairspray0901 said: "Theatrefanboy1 said: "Can anyone confirm. I heard rumour that Caissie Levy is set to play Mrs. Brown, that Jonathan Groff is supposed to be in it. James Hameed and Arti Shah will reprise, but then some "legend" like a Judy Kaye is playing Mrs. Bird. Has anyone heard any of this, or anyone attached? I'm curious"Didn’t Caissie say she didn’t want to originate any new roles because of her two young kids? She alluded to how much time it takes with rehearsals, tech, etc. Which...

Can someone who is more in tune with the show, explain what needs to be updated?

willep said: "Worth noting that the Lyric's website has it billed as a "New Broadway-Bound Musical"."A line like that always makes me laugh, because obviously the majority of musicals have Broadway aspirations...it would sound bad if it said "New Chuckwagon Beef Dinner Theatre-bound musical" or "see it before it goes to Reno!"

mitchern said: "Has there been any info on what changes both shows made since out of town? I'm curious if they addressed the issues with both (books especially!) or if they made lateral changes as seems to happen too often these days."I keep getting TikToks from Ross Baum (the composer of Wanted) about their path to Broadway. I haven't watched them, tbh, but you might find some answers there.

If it is Mildred in Schmigadoon, I don't mean to type-cast, but the original was a former Glinda like herself...Kristin Chenoweth.It will be like the Elphaba to Elsa pipeline all over again.

cmorrow said: "I work at the Performing Arts Library. We are indeed digitzing older TOFT videos. The contracts from the 1970s do not preclude preserving our material with whatever technological tools are available."As a fellow library worker, and theatre lover...I have never been so jealous of a random person on the Internet as I am with you right now. Know that you have my dream job.

skyboy said: "1) It looks amazing.2) The Matilda influence is.... more than definitely noticeable. Using puzzle pieces and the chalkboard with desks is bold lol."Its so true about the Matilda influence...especially as Toronto had an extended tour stop of Matilda, and then a year later this Annie production came, and you could have sworn that the Matilda set was stuck and they had to perform Annie around it!

He came for Rachel Ziegler, and now Allie Trimm. What does this guy have against sopranos?

sbflyfan and I will take our bows now...

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "A “plant” for…what exactly?"Like, for a release of the demos commercially, or cross promotion for the novel coming out, really anything. It just seems weird to me that the amount of people in and out of that dressing room over the years never said anything about this, or mentioned it. Sierra is has a great relationship with Andrew and the show, that it seems to fit it would be her.

Why not do a rep company, and add "Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge" as well?!

I'm interested in seeing Annie in a post-Martin Charin world. I remember the fit he threw when James Lapine's revival didn't get overly loved that he had to direct a tour to send out right away. He seemed to be stuck in that original production, which isn't always bad, but makes it seem like a recurring dream every 10 years or son

Does this feel like a "plant" to anyone else?

I saw the show in London over the summer, and the stagecraft was very impressive to me, and the additions to the score aren't awful. What IS horrible is the book that made the show seem like it was another episode of Hannah Montana or any other Disney Channel comedy.

This past spring, I went to a concert of West Side Story (1961), and to hear that music played by a HUGE orchestra was incredible. When this was first announced, I thought it was only going to be a concert of music from both movies, not each one isolated.

Tag said: "Well, from the horse's mouth."I mean Proud Mary keeps on turning...

I don't remember hearing much about her when she was the stepmother in Cinderella...although, the stepmother doesn't really sing too much. But I feel like she was better than Fran "stamp the autograph" Drescher, and NeNe Leakes

I love Greta Lee! This is extra exciting now.

I feel like it could be the perfect spot for another "Hudson" type theatre. One where a decent size production can go, but have it be a mid size so all those high profile, celebrity shows can go there too. I feel like that is the model recently, and there isn't enough theatres like that