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I saw this tour in Chicago in February. Honestly, the set design bothered me more than anything else. Very cheap, anytime anyone stood on one of the wagon pieces or came near it, it shook like crazy. I was in the third to last row in the top balcony and I could tell how flimsy the set was.

Talent wise, the cast is not bad. I saw an understudy for Lefou that was wonderful, and the rest of the cast are competent if not a little tired. Be Our Guest is still a showstopper. 

The aforementioned Spring Awakening for sure, but one I haven't seen mentioned yet is the OBC of Rent.

The production is very flat, very lacking in energy. And I know she's got her fans, but Daphne Rubin-Vega's voice on that recording drives me up the wall. I prefer some of the arrangements from the film, not to mention Rosario's Mimi.

Oh my God, I have wanted this to happen since I first heard You'll Be Back, this is so exciting! 

I would give  a kidney to see Andrew Rannells play King George. And a resounding yes to having Donald Glover in the show, he would be so awesome!

That specific moment in one of the King George songs where Groff just goes "Awesome, WOW".

No but seriously, every single song is a knock out, this is the one of the only shows that rises above its hype.

Jokes aside, I really do think Pope-pocalypse had a big impact on some of these shows. As much as I love Hand to God, their stats right now really are pretty abysmal.

Ooooooh, I didn't know they did that for Deaf Wests's BR. That makes sense I suppose.

I'm interested to see if they'll dual nominate the deaf and singing actors in Spring Awakening. I think Sandra Mae and Katie are absolutely knock out in that show and would love to see them nominated together.

Oh man, my prayers are with her and Jason. I just recently was watching her as Lily Garland on Youtube and was floored by her talent. 

Variety is positive!

http://variety.com/2015/legit/reviews/spring-awakening-review-deaf-west-broadway-1201603519/

Lucas might have it in the bag. Ring Of Keys is pretty much the most acclaimed song of the last two seasons and her performance is mind blowing, regardless of age. That said, Kuhn's role in the reworked version is also fantastic and her Days and Days is heartbreaking. I think it's between those two, although everyone in this category is doing really awesome work.

Nasvhille's schedule is:

The Wizard of Oz

Dirty Dancing

R&H Cinderella

Bullets Over Broadway

Beauty and the Beast

Mamma Mia

If/Then

Bridges of Madison County

Matilda

Motown

Phantom of the Opera

Not bad! Excited for Matilda and Bridges for sure, might go see If/Then and maybe Cinderella.

The view from the balcony isn't terrible as long as you're not in the very back (I was a couple of rows from the back and missed a couple of this happening waaaay upstage and the taller setpieces). The sound however is really not great up there, so I would recommend closer. Have a good time,  it's a beautiful theater!

Love these! Gentlemen's Guide also has similar stuff on their social media that's pretty funny (i.e. We  love to Wrap! when Holler If Ya Hear Me opened, etc etc.)

Tumblr's obsession with Heathers fueled this particular rumor mill for quite a while, so I would take everything with a very big grain of salt. But I heard that several accusations of diva behavior and a couple of things about performing whilst drunk were big causes. Never heard the playing hooky thing, but it could easily be true.