DEAD OUTLAW Previews
Apr 20
2025, 12:15:55 PM
A big Question mark.
What is this thing? What are they trying to do up there?
is it a satire on capitalism? or is it just a big goof on an odd story?
In any case, I don’t think the authors have gone far enough. It’s not goofy enough - it’s not satirical enough. It’s just kind of flat.
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Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Apr 16
2025, 11:24:25 PM
I too loved the show and I will go back several times
One little quibble: in the second act, there are two songs that could easily be cut without damaging the show. Just a thought.
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OLD FRIENDS Reviews
Apr 15
2025, 10:46:00 PM
Just saw this tonight
Enjoyable, but almost unnecessary and not really special. Another Sondheim review with less than knockout performances? Granted Lea was out and everybody is quite adequate, but not a lot of highs in this show.
But the highs for me were:
Beth Leavel’s Ladies Who Lunch
Jeremy Secomb’s, Sweeney Todd
Bernadette’s couple lines of Not A&
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JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN Previews
Apr 13
2025, 08:19:55 PM
I didn't buy the ending.
Click Here To Toggle Spoiler Content I mean...they let the girl back in the classroom (AND the teacher!!!) after what's happened between the two? HUH?
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finally, Zachary Noah Piser singing the best song in the show
Apr 10
2025, 01:47:41 PM
1 Minute Critic said: "Redwoodreleased a teaser video of Zachary Noah Piser singing "Still" - how many audition books and cabaret shows will this song be in?
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He and his song were the best thing in that show. And the video.
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BOOP! THE MUSICAL Reviews
Apr 7
2025, 10:47:46 PM
Kad said: "Jesse Green has really become a weird fusion of Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood."
And I totally agree with him re: BOOP. A big question mark - none of it makes any sense (not that a fantasy HAS to) and not much of it is entertaining. Wan choreography, strange, cringey characters, midling songs. Jasmine is fine and Ainsley is a joy and so is Erich. But to waste Faith Prince and give that American Idol person such a focus is all a
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City Centers 24-25: Ragtime, Urinetown, LaChiusa's Wild Party, Love Life
Mar 27
2025, 11:58:51 PM
TotallyEffed said: "Kate was great. Stokes was great. I love Kurt Weill.
The show was torture to sit through."
Talk about “Old School”. Creaky with all the seams showing. But John Edwards is a Star. Next up for him - Leading Player in PIPPIN.
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Mescal to bring Frecknall-helmed STREETCAR to Broadway?
Mar 27
2025, 11:55:01 PM
schubox said: "I thought this was…fine? I think I’m over bare stages and minimalistic sets. I miss actual sets. The performances were good overall, but I couldn’t really connect to the piece"
Yeah, it felt like a lot of Acting with a capital A but little connection to real people.
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BOOP! Previews
Mar 19
2025, 10:47:35 PM
There really isn't much of a story to care about. Who is this creature and why? OK, so it's a fantasy, but why? and why should I care? Not splashy and theatrical enough (despite all the glitz and confetti and tepid tap dancing) and just a Hallmark-y rom-com-y tale. Quickly forgotten.
And really who the hell is Betty Boop anyway? Even if you create her as a new character, this one isn't memorable or impactful.
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Curse of the Starving Class
Feb 14
2025, 12:20:09 AM
Jordan Catalano said: "I need to sit with this one for a while. I’d never read this nor seen it before tonight and it was, well I don’t even know. It’s a very odd play that I don’t know if I “got” right off the bat. I want to read some analyses of it and do a deeper dive."
It's Shepard - you may NEVER "get" it!
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GHOSTS - Ibsen Returns
Feb 13
2025, 11:20:35 PM
Mrs Alving has everything but the hounds yapping at her rear end! Here played by Lily Rabe - a favorite - she's dealing with a lot - most puzzlingly a throw-away framing device. Jack O'Brien directs an all star cast including the scruffy Hamish Linklater and a strain-ing-ly pious Billy Crudup. First preview and all - seems rather efficient but not quite gripping. Suspect it's the script. I still hear the hounds yapping. &n
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ALL IN: COMEDY ABOUT LOVE Reviews
Feb 9
2025, 08:31:36 PM
you’ve got to be kidding
One of the worst things I’ve ever sat through on Broadway and I’ve seen Prymate and Moose Murders, and Bobby Boland!
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MYSTIC PIZZA at Paper Mill Playhouse (Reviews)
Feb 6
2025, 02:11:50 AM
AC126748 said: "Skip23 said: "AC126748 said: "Another very positive review from NJ dot com:
Mystic Pizza is a thrilling slice of retro fun at Paper Mill"
HILARIOUS! Has this reviewer been to Mystic recently? Anything BUT sleepy. And this was always an odd premise. There is not a large Portuguese population in that area. Strange.
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It’s a work of fiction. It’s also set in the ‘80s. Whether the musical reflects the actual Mystic, Connecticut in 2025 is frankly irrelevant."
It’s not irrelevant when it takes me out of the show. But then I guess that’s just me
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MYSTIC PIZZA at Paper Mill Playhouse (Reviews)
Feb 5
2025, 02:12:25 PM
AC126748 said: "Another very positive review from NJ dot com:
Mystic Pizza is a thrilling slice of retro fun at Paper Mill"
HILARIOUS! Has this reviewer been to Mystic recently? Anything BUT sleepy. And this was always an odd premise. There is not a large Portuguese population in that area. Strange.
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AUDRA GYPSY Reviews
Jan 5
2025, 03:02:58 PM
Lesli Margherita is the reason to see this production.
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Memorable Moments on Stage in 2024?
Dec 29
2024, 01:37:51 AM
- choreography of Sunset Boulevard. And that’s it
- Lesli Margharita in Gypsy
- Autumn Hurlbert In Tammy Faye
- All of Heart of Rock ‘n’ Roll
- That hunky guitarist in Swept Away
- A side view of Kelly O’Hara, singing her heart out in Days of Wine and Roses
- Gayle Rankin’s Maybe This Time and Cabaret
- Daniel Breaker in Mattress
- Job
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Your Personal Top 10 of 2024
Dec 28
2024, 02:25:27 AM
10 Swept Away
9 Maybe Happy Ending
8 (Still love &Juliet, Chicago and MJ)
7 The Mousetrap (London)
6 Shit Meet Fan
5 All Things Equal (the Life and Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
4 Job
3 Appropriate
2 Guys and Dolls (London)
1 Heart of Rock and Roll
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What notable shows did you MISS?
Dec 22
2024, 04:02:57 PM
Moose Murders
Legends
Bobby Boland
Patti in Sunset Boulevard
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AUDRA GYPSY Reviews
Dec 19
2024, 08:43:08 PM
OharaFosseWolfe888 said: "Play Esq. said: "As for the 11 o’clock number you’ve all been waiting for: McDonald’s “Rose’s Turn” feels like a once-in-a-lifetime event; the sort of unequivocal theater magic that you one day tell your grandkids about.
😂😂😂😂😂
Even the most fervent scream queens on this board weren’t as fervent as this. Honey needs to dial it back a bit."
Havi
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Poll: Best and Worst Broadway Show of 2024?
Dec 14
2024, 02:16:37 PM
My top “things” of 2024
- JOB
- APPROPRIATE
- SWEPT AWAY
- Lesli Margherita in GYPSY
- Choreography of SUNSET BLVD
- Autumn Hurlbert in TAMMY FAYE
- ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
- Daniel Breaker and Nikki Renee Daniels in MATTRESS
- the Set for MAYBE HAPPY ENDING
- GUYS AND DOLLS and THE MOUSETRAP in London
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