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Chance of show closing due to weatheSnow dayr?
Feb 9
2017, 01:13:04 PM
You can always check the "weather alert" item in yellow at the top of the Broadway League's web site.
https://www.broadway.org/
As of this posting, it reads:
WEATHER ALERT 2/9/17 8:45AM
AS OF NOW, ALL SHOWS ON BROADWAY WILL PLAY AS SCHEDULED. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES. FOR INFO ABOUT EXCHANGES, CONTACT YOUR POINT-OF-PURCHASE.
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The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Jan 8
2017, 03:22:43 PM
I forgot to mention "Cats" (the original production) as overrated.
So I'm sitting in the audience, fading in and out of consciousness, when I hear the guy behind me softly snoring. I'm thinking, "I know just how you feel, pal." I guess his friend must have poked him, because he stopped soon after. So I poke Jane next to me, whispering, "Did you hear the guy behind me snoring?"
And Jane goes, "Huh? What??"
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The Most overrated and underrated musicals
Jan 8
2017, 03:11:31 PM
Most overrated: The Hal Prince production of "Sweeney Todd" (1979)
I saw the Staples High School (Westport, CT) production 2 years ago, and, without all that Princely pomposity, it was far superior. Admittedly, Staples is known as a great theatre school.
Exceptions:
--The lack of the astounding Angela Lansbury. Well, NO ONE can possibly match Ms. A.
--A truly unfortunate choice to employ the nonsensical modern day movie trope of the head-tw
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re: Interesting Musicals That Never Made It To Broadway
Dec 22
2016, 11:33:29 PM
Boy Meets Boy (1975)
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Josh Groban Performance Schedule
Dec 16
2016, 12:20:45 PM
We saw it during previews, and I couldn't believe this huge, major star would undertake this incredibly demanding performance/schedule. From what I've seen in the media, he is completely dedicated, and is unlikely to miss a performance. What a champ!
Similarly, all the cast & crew work heroically the whole show. They used to say that James Brown was "The hardest working man in show business." I say The Great Comet is "The hardest worki
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