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See, this presenter is the one area where I think the Tonys didn't do so well. All night long, the ceremony did an excellent job of keeping Trump's name out of the telecast, whereas other ceremonies this year (Emmys/Oscars) mentioned him before the first award was even handed out. The Tony producers realize that this telecast is not a ratings smash, and already struggles to get people to tune in other than the Broadway fans and people who want to see a specific show or winner dur

So, I tried to search for this thread, and couldn't find one, so apologies if this already exists, but why was LaChanze nominated for best featured actress in a musical for the original production of Once On This Island when the character of Ti Moune is clearly the lead focus of the show? Did it have something to do with how the original production was staged? (I was born after the show came out so I can't attest) Does anyone think the same thing will happen this round with

The thing that surprised me about the extension was the new cast. Let's think about it for a second: a Scott Rudin produced play on Broadway, with four wonderfully written roles by a fresh young voice in American Theatre, 4 top of their game actors to replace, 8 tony nominations, including all four roles/performers in the play (the iconic lead character role actually winning it), and a director many would chomp at the bit to work with. How could they not

After Eight, I don't think it's necessarily that the words you use don't have meaning, it's just you rarely use examples to back them up. If you explained why you thought it was self-indulgent, or actually mentioning actual aspects of the writing, direction, design or acting that you didn't like, people might be more willing to actually listen to the buzzwords. It's just a thought.

Really excited to see this play, I just wish they did more advertising with

So recently, I saw the revival of Fiddler on the Roof, and I thought it was absolutely magnificent. But what I was most taken by was how huge the Broadway Theatre is (I had been there twice before for Sister Act and Shrek, but had never paid that much attention to the theatre's size before this trip.) I thought back to that dreadful production of Dr. Zhivago from a while back. Obviously the reason why it closed was that people didn't buy enough tickets and it wasn't that grea

Really happy that I get to see this in two weeks. At least once before it closed. Cerveris is one of my favorite musical theatre actors. 

I wonder though if maybe this lost appeal because of "The Show That Must Not Be Named" immediately taking up all the limelight right after Fun Home hit its stride. Fun Home received some of the strongest reviews for a new musical in years, called one of the most groundbreaking musicals to hit Broadway, wins the Tony Awar

Honest question about Hamilton. When The Producers opened on Broadway, everyone hailed it as a major hit. But as time went on, it became more apparent that the success it had from the starting gate did have to do with the show, but even more about the quality of Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane's performances, along with Brad Oscar, Cady Huffman, Gary Beach and Roger Bart. Simply put, they made that show what it was. As new cast members replaced each other in the show, it

I liked the revival, I didn't love it. I knew of the show, but it was the first production of Evita I've ever seen, so I can't compare it to the original. I thought Michael Cerveris was a revelation in a role that I often overlooked on the album. Michael Cerveris is an amazing actor, but when that role is what steals all the focus of the show, there might be an issue. Ricky Martin and Elena Roger I think did a good job, and weren't completely embarrassing,