Profile for The Distinctive Baritone

I’m choosing to be cautiously optimistic. It’s great source material - I’m surprised it took this long. Still wish it had been Guettel though.

I also INTEND to be on Broadway this fall. Stay tuned! lol

Megyn Kelly is a gross right-wing talking head who I normally can’t stand, but her take on this is both funny and accurate. Her “dramatic reading” of the open letter is pretty great.

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Audra has no reason to stop it as this whole thing only helps her both personally and professionally. 

I am really enjoying the virtue signaling and moral outrage about all of this both on social media and this thread. Using the internet to shout “I’M ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS!” into the void is so five years ago.

This is one of the most entertaining threads we’ve had on here in years. 
 

That said, I read four pages of this craziness and STILL haven’t gotten the reason for Patti and Audra’s initial falling out…

Although I understand people being tired by the same directors over and over again, Art is the kind of play that barely even needs a director. I would even argue that it is such a straightforward play to mount that the director should do as little “directing” as possible as long as the cast is good and the designers know what they are doing. Scott Ellis will basically be there to watch and be like, “Good work, team!”

I just looked at the EPA and it says all of the principals are cast except for Svetlana.

Well Yvan is a pretty perfect role for Corden. I was confused by the earlier report that he is playing Serge, which is a pretty thankless part for a Tony winner. He could be Marc too - since the character is basically an abrasive a**hole, and it might have given him a chance to do what Hugh Grant had to do three decades ago, which was start playing jerks after revelations about his personal life made him much harder to buy as an “adorkable” protagonist. 

OH MY GOD EVERYONE PLEASE IGNORE THE TROLL. ENOUGH ALREADY.

Seb28, you are just being a troll at this point. This is a board full of theatre people, most of whom are likely liberals who hate Trump. What are you looking to accomplish? Go post on Truth Social about it, not here.

It is pretty rare that a musical doesn’t get nominated for Best Musical but wins for Best Score. I would say RWHC unfortunately has almost no chance of winning either of its nominations. If grosses don’t pick up, it will be gone by the end of June if not sooner.

Looking at grosses in combination with the Tony nominations, I sadly predict that Real Women Have Curves and BOOP! are not long for this world either.

Just chiming in to remind everyone that the Drama Desk committee is made of only like seven people, and like the OCC awards has pretty much never been a good indicator for how the Tonys will shake out.

I truly don’t understand why Anne Hathaway never done a Broadway show. I’m sure she has gotten tons of offers over the years. As a former theater kid, isn’t that her dream? Maybe she’s holding out for when it’s time to revive Kimberly Akimbo.

Tracy Letts was a perfect Tupolski at Steppenwolf many years ago (with a pre-fame Michael Shannon as Michal). I imagine Radcliffe and Letts headling a Broadway revival for a limited engagement - maybe during Halloween season - could do pretty well.

Saw it and loved it. It is a masterpiece and I still can’t believe Spamalot of all things beat it for Best Musical at the Tonys.