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I wonder what an Adrianne Warren Queenie might have been like. It would not surprise me if she auditioned for the part. 

In any case, this cast singing this score seems like an embarrassment of riches. 

Jasmine's lively "Welcome to my Party", emotional "Lowdown-down", Tonya Pinkins' iconic-sounding almost sardonic "Moving Uptown" and "When it Ends". the Jasmine/Warren Duet "Best Friends", Jasmine du

I’m not saying it’s the most believable definitive production of all time or the chemistry is 100% right but it might be the most musically artistic technical achievement of this score ever. Ben Platt ALMOST steals the show, so many moments but “nobody needs to know” was so vulnerable and complex. It was like taking his performance in Parade of “it’s hard to speak my heart” and extending it to twice as long with twice the emotion. Rachel Zegler is the

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

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

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

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