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Jmuep2 said: "I saw this tonight and it has made me so irrationally angry. It’s the most facile, lazy, milquetoast forgettable trifle I’ve ever seen. A book with the emotional depth of a third grader and a score I wanted to forget BEFORE most of the notes came out of the musician’s instruments. It makes MAMMA MIA look like Chekhov. It’s like somebody took the lamest Hallmark movie, added some lame songs, found two wonderful performers and then put it on stage. The

idk I think the show IS funny and relevant..."the internet is for p*rn" will be especially hilarious after the UK just passed their laws requiring ID to watch p*rn. It would only take 30 seconds to write a joke in there to emphasise this and the audience will go crazy for it (but they don't even have to and the subtext will still be there).

For "Everything's a Little Bit Racist" - well the UK is currently in a lot of political turmoil and conflict betwee

I would say yes and no. Yes in the sense that clearly Jake G brought a new audience to Sunday - if I recall it had the highest grossing week of a Sondheim musical ever on Broadway at the time (a record that was previously held by the Bernadette Follies if I recall if you remember it had a few good weeks before the audience dried up).

But I did attend the revival twice, including the final performance (where the horn player inexplicably and infamously cracked on the final notes righ

The demand has been increasing exponentially since performances started - I only bought my ticket a couple weeks beforehand! It's already looking like limited avail in Dec even!

If you happen to be after a single ticket especially I recommend you check back occasionally, I often find in these scenarios a single ticket can pop up. 

I guess some more substantial thoughts:

* The staging is extremely complex and elaborate. Coupled with with the bear it

WOW. This is the next Matilda or Les mis. It’s a kind of hello dolly feel good musical. Everything boop wanted to be but couldn’t. The direction, performances, book, staging, choreography and score are absolutely stunning. This is by far the best new musical running now this season in the English speaking world. A love letter to London, i don’t know if it will ever be in New York City. I don’t know if a show like this could even economically ever exist in New York City

"While I would hardly call this a “successful” production of Chess"

I'm not convinced right now that this is even theoretically possible. The book just doesn't work and has never worked in any iteration in my opinion. I find it so convoluted, complex and yet empty at the same time (I've 'heard' this production and the problems remain, although I at least find the tongue-in-cheek humour has a 'hang a lantern' effect to

I’m genuinely shocked to hear this was live and not a studio recording. If it was live, it makes me think there has been a lot of post production. Are the instruments live? 

I’d be curious when it was recorded, too. However, to my ears it was before Rachel started playing around a little with her vocals towards the end especially in ‘Buenos Aires’ and ‘Rainbow High’ (the rest of the tracks to my ears sound almost identical to what would be heard

RE: Elena Roger, I was listening to some clips of her in "Passion" and I realise that she is an incredibly singing actress. 

People dismissed her as 'not having the voice' and of course it's a little shrill at points but I realise that the entire concept of her in the role (and wider production) likely seemed to be realism. I.e. get a real Argentian with a real accent, who can act, who sings in a particularly expressive non-Broadway style that kind o

dan94 said: "binau said: "Is there anything that can be done about the landlords or rent? In New York this is prime real estate so if the producers won’t pay the fees they could easily just close down the theatres and redevelop into something that will make this money or more money."

This is not a thing. The Broadway houses are practically all historically landmarked. They cannot undergo any renovations without approval from the city, and they cert

Is there anything that can be done about the landlords or rent? In New York this is prime real estate so if the producers won’t pay the fees they could easily just close down the theatres and redevelop into something that will make this money or more money. I guess this is an example of capitalism gone wrong. 

If one of the main issues is indeed rent/land lords you would hope the theatre owners respect the art form enough to realise that unless someone can stop taking so muc