Black Swan Boston 2026
Mar 26 2026, 10:39:49 AM
This seems like the perfect show and composer fit. I hope this will be more like a Natasha with some commercial prospects. Without another show on a more commercial scale soon it feels Dave M might be the next Michael John L. Respected whacky intellectual shows but very niche.
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RAGTIME 2025 Reviews
Mar 26 2026, 03:44:19 AM
I only saw Sarah's understudy - any thoughts on her? It seemed to be much more in Audra style legit voice and I thought she was excellent, but the way I hear "only darkness and pain" etc. on the recording sounded much more intense than what I saw so I did miss this particular moment..
As for the production, I agree it's simple but when expectations have been lowered I was pleasantly surprised at some of it, for example how beautiful the staging of "Back
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Lea Michele v Caissie Levy Tony Race
Mar 24 2026, 06:50:46 PM
I wish Audra’s Gypsy had opened this season. She would have been a lock for the Tony for sure.
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Sondheim's MUSCLE workshop found and released
Mar 24 2026, 05:46:29 PM
That was a fascinating listen but to me everything about it was dreadful. It makes ‘here we are’ or ‘road show’ look like Pulitzer Prize winners.
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Sondheim's MUSCLE workshop found and released
Mar 24 2026, 08:13:29 AM
And it looks like James Lapine moved forward with the show with Willian Finn instead of Sondheim?
https://playbill.com/article/lapine-finn-and-fitzhugh-flex-their-muscle-june-13-july-22-in-chi-com-97213
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Why are audiences so poorly behaved these days?
Mar 23 2026, 07:12:31 AM
I’m surprised people never see anything. Even at say the first preview of death of a salesman there was a phone going off in a key moment. Things haven’t suddenly resolved.
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Alladin, Donica, Pinkins & More Complete ENCORES! THE WILD PARTY Cast
Mar 23 2026, 05:11:29 AM
Also the original purpose of encores I thought was to play rarely heard shows that wouldn’t otherwise get mounted. This version of the Wild Party to me seems much more aligned to the original intention than something like Little Shop. Obviously ticket sales are helpful and often needed but Encores was and is meant to fill a very specific niche.
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Lea Michele v Caissie Levy Tony Race
Mar 21 2026, 10:54:33 AM
blug said: "Why is it that this "versus" **** is only done with actresses?"
Because this forum is full of misogynists who hate women and just want to pit them against each other. Is this what you want to hear? That is obviously the implication of your post. Well the real answer is the complete opposite, this forum loves women and loves women in musicals. They recognise they constantly give the most exciting performances and have the most exciting parts. So
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RAGTIME 2025 Reviews
Mar 20 2026, 03:22:26 PM
Could be wrong but I think it was always effective from whenever the extension happened and more tickets went on sale? Ie it’s not an Audra situation. Pre planned and I guess negotiated.
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In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Mar 17 2026, 03:48:58 PM
Jarethan said: "I started seeing shows in the mid-sixties. That means that I never got to see Judy Holliday or Gertrude Lawrence or Ezio Pinza or Alfred Drake in a musical or Laurette Taylor or Katherine Cornellor Claudia MacNeil or Lunt and Fontanne or Marlon Brando or most of Mary Martin's work (I did get to see I Do! I Do!) or prime Ethel Merman (I saw her in a tired revival of Annie Get Your Gun and in Hello! Dolly) or most of Shirley Booth's work (I did see Look to the L
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In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Mar 17 2026, 03:37:14 PM
‘Always?’ Is there any substance to that comment or is that just a childish thing people say just because? Believing that this forum is full of irrationality is not ‘playing the victim’, ultimately you are the victims of this.
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In the next 10-15 years, we will likely lose Lithgow, Cullum, Joel Grey, Len Cariou, John Kander
Mar 17 2026, 12:04:12 PM
You wonder or you would like me to be dead?
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In the next 10-15 years we will likely lose Liza, Patti, Betty Buckley and Bernadette
Mar 16 2026, 03:29:29 PM
BWAY Baby2 said: "Why would the passing of all of our icons merit a special post? Are you not aware, BINAU, that we all are born, live and then pass on---does it surprise you that all of the BWAY divas are as subject to rules of nature as everyone else in the history of the world?"
Oh yes, I guess if I was to explain it a little more, some people in this thread liked to joke I have mental illness. Well, I wouldn't go that far but I would say there are parts of my
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Musical Roles for Jessie Buckley
Mar 16 2026, 03:04:50 PM
I agree he wouldn’t be my first preference either I’m just thinking what a studio could green light. Maybe someone like Paul Mescal instead?
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Musical Roles for Jessie Buckley
Mar 16 2026, 02:59:13 PM
Now that she is becoming a bit of a name I would like to see her reprise her Sally Bowles on screen. In fact, I wonder if they'd ever green light a movie with both Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne.
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In the next 10-15 years we will likely lose Liza, Patti, Betty Buckley and Bernadette
Mar 16 2026, 02:54:11 PM
Jay Lerner-Z said: "Binau, you have a very high opinion of your own critical thinking skills and write everybody else off en masse. Of course that is bound to cause friction. You can sound extremely patronizing. You make broad assumptions about where "we" get our news. I suggest you may be very wrong. I for one value true independent journalism. It still exists."
I agree with you. I'm not perfect. I also make mistakes so I don't want to sug
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In the next 10-15 years we will likely lose Liza, Patti, Betty Buckley and Bernadette
Mar 16 2026, 01:39:55 PM
What I mean is, it's clear for everyone that has a brain I'm not some kind of Broadway Flash troll. I suspect this is one reason people don't block me (I'm always surprised about this, people 'hate' me so much but then seem to read and reply to all my posts?). I also suspect this is one reason I truly annoy some people too because it's a lot easier to dismiss a troll.
It's a more uncomfortable reality if someone in good faith has done the resea
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In the next 10-15 years we will likely lose Liza, Patti, Betty Buckley and Bernadette
Mar 16 2026, 01:21:14 PM
Highland Guy said: "
In other words.....
You are nothing more than an ever-so-needy troll who ****s with us for attention. After all, for trolls negative strokes are better than no strokes at all."
No, no, not at all. I think it’s clear from my posts I’m the opposite of a troll. I always post in good faith. Just because I have the meta cognition to be learning from this at the same time doesn’t make me a troll.
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In the next 10-15 years we will likely lose Liza, Patti, Betty Buckley and Bernadette
Mar 16 2026, 11:56:06 AM
I can read, write and type extremely quickly so it really doesn't take THAT much time (and that's why I tend to write posts that are too long it isn't because I'm spending loads of time, it would take me longer to think how do I condense what is going on in my mind). It's like just taking a minute break or whatever. Also, I do use this as a bit of a learning tool and social experiment (in addition to being interested and passionate about some of these issues because l
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Timothy Chalamet Criticism
Mar 16 2026, 09:26:30 AM
Timothee C has now probably inadvertently given more publicity and goodwill towards Opera and Ballet in the popular culture than seen in decades. It’s actually like he should be thanked and not ridiculed at this point. Assuming that any of the outcry can actually translate into real ticket sales. If everyone who has been complaining about this bought tickets it would be a wonderful thing for both art forms.
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