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Who's still out there from 2003?
 Feb 7 2025, 11:33:15 PM

I am not a member of the "original cast" exactly, but I joined immediately after the site became known to me by a friend sending me a BWW article. I had been going to Playbill.com, Broadway.com, and TalkinBroadway.com almost daily since high school, and somehow had never come across BWW during its first year. I was a senior in college when I joined, and here I am twenty years later. It has become such a part of my daily routine, and such a reliable way to alleviate boredom that I vi


New WICKED Cast Replacements this month and next?
 Feb 7 2025, 08:10:46 AM

I find this casting of Nessarose very interesting…Does Jenna Bainbridge have enough mobility to stand for her last couple of scenes? Or will they be using some kind of technology? Wasn’t the whole reason for not casting an actual wheelchair user for twenty years because Nessarose magically walks before her demise?

 

EDIT: According to her website bio, she is able to walk a bit. 


Kiss of the Spider Woman - Still no distributor...
 Feb 5 2025, 01:11:45 PM

The film, like the musical, is a tough sell to general audiences. It will get distributed, but since it is probably not going to make that much money, I guess no one is jumping at it. I imagine it will end up on a streaming service like HBO or Netflix. It would probably do best there.


Jennifer Lopez to Star in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Film
 Jan 27 2025, 08:23:36 PM

These reviews are wildly mixed, but I suppose the original musical did not please everyone either. In the very least, it sounds like they didn’t f*ck it up, and several reviews have called Tonatiuh’s performance “star-making.” I look forward to seeing it.


THE LOST BOYS to open at the Palace on Broadway in 2026
 Jan 27 2025, 05:06:00 PM

"The Lost Boys uses vampirism to explore the physical transformation, sexual awakening, and identity experimentation of a teenager's coming of age..."

So it's Spring Awakening, except they're vampires.

EDIT: I stand corrected. I guess I missed the subtext when I saw this as a teenager in the 1990s...a quick Google search provides entire articles dissing how The Lost Boys is one of the most gay-coded movies of th


Jennifer Lopez to Star in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Film
 Jan 26 2025, 09:57:18 PM

Per my spy at Sundance (a potential distributor who is not familiar with the original musical so cannot really compare them):

The only songs are ones that are a "fantasy," so evidently songs like "Dressing Them Up" are cut. Boo.

Tonatiuh is a good Molina, acting-wise.

The movie is "not bad" but - as I predicted - doesn't make much of a case for its existence.

That's all for now, I will try to get more details later.

&nbs


Jennifer Lopez to Star in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Film
 Jan 26 2025, 01:49:31 PM

Although Aurora’s production number songs are catchy, my favorite parts of the score are the songs sung by Molina and Valentin. If those are all cut then I have no interest in seeing this. It is their story - the Spider Woman is a supporting role, dramaturgically speaking. Turning this into The Jennifer Lopez Show would be a mistake.


Jennifer Lopez to Star in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Film
 Jan 26 2025, 12:34:26 PM

I know someone who is at Sundance right now and is seeing it tonight. I will share their report.

Personally, I am disappointed if all/most of the non-Spider Woman song are cut. If that is the case, why even bother making this movie? We already have a film version of the non-musical play. And making Valentin actually gay/bi goes against the character, IMO. He makes a conscious choice to use Molina as a means to an end (plus he's in prison, and misses his girlfriend and just craves p


Casting Knowledge- How?
 Jan 20 2025, 11:18:41 PM

When it comes to star casting, I think it naturally gets discussed by a lot of people both involved in the production and who are members of the actor's "team" (agent, manager, etc.). Lots of offers are made and negotiations are going back and forth. Plus it generates a lot of excitement and people like to then share the gossip with industry friends (even though they probably shouldn't). This is why I think when negotiations are happening with well-known actors the informati


When understudies SHOULD have gone
 Jan 16 2025, 01:58:31 PM

Adding to the convo about actors not being sick but "walking through" a performance...without naming names, there were two leading men who I idolized as a high school kid in the late 1990s/early 2000s that I each saw in their respective musicals on Broadway once near the beginning of their runs, and again near the end of their contracts a year or so later. Both experiences were really disappointing. The energy and theatrical electricity was gone, and both men looked bored and exhaus


Machado, Dacal, and more will lead REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES musical at ART
 Jan 16 2025, 01:44:40 PM

What a bummer for Lucy Godinez. That would have been her Broadway debut too. Maybe the team felt that she read too old to believably play 17? At least her career in Chicago is still going strong.


When understudies SHOULD have gone on
 Jan 15 2025, 11:13:46 PM

Interesting thread…When I saw Next to Normal on Broadway, Alice Ripley sounded like her voice was absolutely shredded. She tried to compensate by doing some weird stuff with her vowels and she sounded Irish or something. Truly a bizarre performance. I was furious that I paid $140 as a broke twentysomething to watch her struggle through when she clearly should have called out.


Report: The Phantom of the Opera May Be Readying an Off-Broadway Return
 Jan 7 2025, 11:17:27 AM

75 minutes? What is this, the TYA version?


Report: The Phantom of the Opera May Be Readying an Off-Broadway Return
 Jan 2 2025, 04:04:04 PM

I am also disappointed by this new information. An abridged version with a pre-recorded orchestra and tickets starting at $200? One of the appeals of the original Phantom was that it was an enormous, over the top, and, above all, a populist show that everyone from snobby New York theatergoers to foreign tourists could enjoy. If these tidbits are true, the production is starting to sound more like an exclusive nightclub to have a quick drink at than t


Report: The Phantom of the Opera May Be Readying an Off-Broadway Return
 Dec 30 2024, 12:52:50 AM

This is looking pretty cool. Surprised that Really Useful Group is producing this though. That's ALW but not Mackintosh, right?


AUDRA GYPSY Reviews
 Dec 28 2024, 01:22:37 PM

I’m guessing that somebody failed their COVID test last minute. No Broadway show should have only one understudy per role nowadays. So dumb. For example, I assumed Brittney Johnson was covering Louise or June. Nope. She’s just ensemble. Huh?!?


Immersive Phantom Casting
 Dec 16 2024, 08:52:02 AM

Jeremy Stolle also did a workshop of it, it but that was  like a year ago.


Jacobs-Jenkins play PURPOSE headed to Broadway
 Dec 9 2024, 02:12:58 PM

I feel bad for Ayanna Bria Bakari. I get the logic of replacing her with a Tony Award winner, but why not spread the wealth a little and give a Chicago actress her Broadway debut? 


THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA musical headed to the UK and West End in 2024
 Dec 6 2024, 11:30:21 PM

FANtomFollies said: "Mickey Jo makes his living reviewing theater. It is not a hobby or pastime;therefore it is his profession, so he is a professional."

That’s great if it’s true, but how does he make a living from YouTubing? Through ads? Legitimate question.


THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA musical headed to the UK and West End in 2024
 Dec 6 2024, 05:07:25 PM

CATSNYrevival said: "I used to enjoy Mickey-Jo's videos but lost interest when he switched to calling himself a professional theatre critic. I consider him more of a social media theatrepundit."

I was also confused by this. His reviews are certainly professional quality, but "professional" means paid, and...who is paying him?


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