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Wow beat me to it.  
 

im going to say

heart of rock and roll - closes within the next 21 days

lempicka - closes within the next 21 days

suffs - closes after july 4 weekend

great Gatsby - makes it through the summer. But not the year. 
 

back to the future - makes it through to September long weekend

the notebook- closes by September long weekend

water for elephants - closes in January 

the wiz -

While I can’t say this was the one of Scott Rudin 5 show plan that I was looking most forward to. I am curious to see if he or his associates are attached. As Audra McDonald in Gypsy was one of his five revivals he had planned after better midler in hello Dolly.  (The other beinh Hugh Jackman music man. … then a little night music (Julie andrews and cate Blanchett. Which I unfortunately think will no longer happen as it was originally planned for 2022.  Then the Mame re

Hello was asked by a friend today, she’s looking at planning her New York trip for either fall 2024 (mid November or first of December) or spring 2025 (first part of April) and was wondering what “celebrities “ would like be on stage or are rumored to be this coming season.   I told her:

Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga (Old Friends)

Nicole Scherzinger (Sunset Blvd)

Jake Gyllahall and Denzel Washington (Othello)

Kristin Chenoweth

Im kind of thinking some winners will be:

Best Musical: The Outsiders

Best Revival: Merrily We Roll Along

Best Actor Musical: Jonathan Groff (or tie with Eddie Redmayne)

Best Feature Actor Musical: Daniel Radcliffe 

Best Actress Musical: not too sure on this one would Lindsey Mendez be considered featured??

Best Featured Actress Musical: Bebe Neuwirth

Best Lighting Design: Cabaret

Best Scenic Design: Cabaret

Best Director: Me

Never spilled her guts. Clearly. Had she “spilled “ her guts she would have flat out told me. But I will say that the conversation had was quite candid.  But I was also there three times in the first week of previews and the way the pre show elements are set up it does open one up to having conversations. 
We had started talking about the renovations which originally were talked to be 21 then 26 million. She said it’s actually looking to be closer to 29 millio

Well considering that when I was at the show the first week of previews and i was talking with one of the  producers and asked about casting. With such a short contract with Eddie and she said that they already have the next casting signed they are waiting though because this cast is just settling in.  But she also told me that with the new casting there will be a new fall schedule of only on 5 days (7) shows a week starting in September. She was quite excited about the new cas

I would love revivals of:

Chess

Titanic

Chorus Line for the 50th

Mame (I wonder if there is any smoke in the flame for the Cher revival)

AIDA

id personally love to see a revival of Sound of Music or South Pacific

Joseph or JCS (the 2012 revival was amazing and too short lived) (and a hal prince Phantom)

for Disney: I’d love a full remounting of Beauty and the Beast none of this downsizing   Or Tarzan  

Sondhiem: A