JUST IN TIME Reviews Jul 17
2025, 11:49:32 PM
Matt Magnusson played Bobby Darin for the Bryant Park performance today - it was interesting to see someone other than Jonathan do it! I stumbled on that because I wanted to see Gracie Lawrence's beautiful rendition of "Who's Sorry Now?" as a tribute to Connie Francis. Lawrence always sounds great but it had a little extra emotion today at Bryant Park (and presumably at the show tonight, too).
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CBS to cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Jul 17
2025, 09:59:03 PM
Late night is sadly on its way out generally speaking but the timing of this... yikes
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STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW Reviews Jul 16
2025, 11:14:38 PM
It does feel like the fan backlash to the long breaks for shows like Stranger Things, Severance, The Last of Us, etc is helping move things along for some shows. The Bear, The Pitt, Only Murders, Hacks, etc. All acclaimed streaming shows that are on a yearly release schedule (of course Broadcast has been the whole time but most of the zeitgeist shows are on streaming). I think TV is moving back in that direction broadly speaking but it's always going to be hard for the real heavy effects
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GYPSY To Close August 17, 2025 Jul 16
2025, 11:01:38 PM
I really liked Audra in this but didn't love the whole show. Not surprising though with how grosses have been, even when Audra is not on vacation.
As mentioned in another thread, this is the third straight Gypsy revival that hasn't recouped (or won the Best Revival Tony). And yet, we'll probably see a Sutton Gypsy in 15-20 years.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/13/25 Jul 15
2025, 02:32:06 PM
Jarethan said: "Re Izzy, does anyone know why Jean.Smart has been out so long? "
She has a knee injury
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/13/25 Jul 15
2025, 02:01:37 PM
My goodness, when was the last time a show played to 27% capacity? Yikes
Gypsy is still in trouble as we know but pretty much everything else has a solid week.
Very curious to see the John Proctor numbers post-Sadie.
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DEATH BECOMES HER Reviews Jul 10
2025, 01:44:19 PM
There's so many threads I don't check regularly and when I do check back in, I'm shocked at how weird they have gotten...
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Disney will launch North American tour of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST in 2025 Jul 10
2025, 10:07:38 AM
I've always liked No Matter What as a song but its placement in the show doesn't work very well. Having a slow ballad like that as the second song dulls early momentum. But it is nice for developing why Belle would go through all that to save her father.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/6/25 Jul 8
2025, 03:07:22 PM
BorisTomashevsky said: "Mr. Wormwood said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "Kad said: "Gypsy's average weekly gross was lower than all but one of Tammy Faye's full weekly grosses..."
Based on how farthe gross dropped, I suppose Gypsy isbasing that 57.81% capacity on the available-for-purchase seats, with the rear mezz and rear orchestra being closed. Which means the average audience size across the week must have been around 27% of a th
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/6/25 Jul 8
2025, 02:54:12 PM
BorisTomashevsky said: "Kad said: "Gypsy's average weekly gross was lower than all but one of Tammy Faye's full weekly grosses..."
Based on how farthe gross dropped, I suppose Gypsy isbasing that 57.81% capacity on the available-for-purchase seats, with the rear mezz and rear orchestra being closed. Which means the average audience size across the week must have been around 27% of a that very big room."
I don't think that
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/6/25 Jul 8
2025, 01:55:02 PM
Despite the narrative on here that NYC is a ghost town at 4th of July, these grosses are fine for the most part.
But yikes what a disaster for Gypsy. Obviously this show will not last past Audra and will probably be gone around Labor Day anyway.
Gonna be a tough time at Call Me Izzy while Jean Smart is out.
I feel like Hell's Kitchen is gonna be gone by the end of the year and I'm still keeping my eye on Mincemeat.
I'll be very curious to see how John P
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Popular revival musicals that will fall into obscurity Jul 8
2025, 11:28:01 AM
R&H is by no means obscure but they already aren't performed nearly as often in regional/community/high school theaters as they were 20 years ago.
I still think many of them will still get a Broadway revival every 20-30 years but shows like Oklahoma and South Pacific already aren't the staples they once were. Same with shows like The Pajama Game, Brigadoon, Lil Abner, Annie Get Your Gun - all once staples that are not done nearly as much anymore.
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Why Has Gypsy Never Been a Big Hit? Jul 6
2025, 07:41:57 PM
I think the simplest answer is it's the best example of a divide between people who are into theater and people who may attend theater but aren't "theater people." The first group of people attend a lot of theater, probably are involved in it themselves (whether professionally or in schools/community theaters), post on message boards and read books, etc. The latter group might attend in their own community or see a few Broadway shows but aren't theater needs, so to
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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY Reviews Jul 4
2025, 10:15:01 AM
I didn't see Dorian Gray but Snook is a class act through and through. Hope she comes back to Broadway in between what I'm sure will continue to be many TV and movie opportunities.
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Jonathan Groff in Just In Time Jul 4
2025, 09:38:07 AM
TarHeelAlan said: "For those that have seen the show: I'm looking to purchase a couple of the leastexpensive seats, which would be last row or next-to-last row. Would you advise the sides (200 series seats) or the end (100 series seats)?"
I was in the back row of the 100 seats towards the center and it was a great view. The actors have their backs to you occasionally on the small stage but I think that happens anywhere at points during the show. It's well wor
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Jonathan Groff in Just In Time Jul 2
2025, 06:00:21 PM
It's very, very hard to imagine the show continuing when Groff decides to leave. But I would guess it will run for as long as Groff wants to do the role.
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operIncident at Operation Mincemeat Jul 2
2025, 03:33:24 PM
Obviously there are people who feel this way in our country but I have a hard time believing they would be buying tickets to Operation Mincemeat on Broadway. I think the most likely explanation is a tone deaf person who was trying to be (and failing at) being funny.
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Jesse Green: The Best Theater Moments of 2025, So Far Jul 2
2025, 09:45:30 AM
I was coming here to joke that he forgot about his favorite musicals, Redwood and Smash.
And then I read the article and saw that he didn't. Sigh.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/29/25 Jul 1
2025, 06:00:53 PM
gibsons2 said: "Mr. Wormwood said: "With a lot of the unsurprising closings mostly done now or announced, the next ones to keep an eye on IMO are Gypsy and Mincemeat"
What makes you think that Mincemeat is the one to keep an eye on. It has one of the steadiest grosses from the beginning of its run. No highs, but no lows either, except tinyfluctuations. Why do you think it's in danger of closing?"
That's fair. I'm just specula
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/29/25 Jul 1
2025, 03:15:42 PM
OhHiii said: "
I still have my eye on Moulin Rouge. It's wild that that brand doesn't do better in the Summer months, but it needs to be grossing north of $1m to break even. I've been banging this drum (and admittedly have been wrong about Hadestown managing to stick it out), but I don't know how Moulin Rouge survives into 2026."
Despite seeming like a tourist show, Moulin Rouge always seems to sag a bit in the summer and do better off peak
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