Profile for OhHiii

See theres this thing about art being subjective. You don't need to be shocked that someone had a different reaction than you.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "OhHiii said: "There's some niche industry intrigue on this one as well. Jeffrey Seller is one of three investors (Nederlanders and Kevin McCollum being the other two)in the ad agency RPM and has had all of his shows there since it was founded (he moved Hamilton to RPM from Spotco, Sweeney was at RPM). It's interesting that he took this show back to SpotCo given that."You sure about Kevin and RPM? Post-pandemic, he's had every show with The Pekoe Group except for...

JP2 said: "She and her daughter moved to NYC and made it all our problem."ya'll are so weird for this lol. the woman is immensely talented and so is her daughter. stay miserable I guess.

There's some niche industry intrigue on this one as well. Jeffrey Seller is one of three investors (Nederlanders and Kevin McCollum being the other two) in the ad agency RPM and has had all of his shows there since it was founded (he moved Hamilton to RPM from Spotco, Sweeney was at RPM). It's interesting that he took this show back to SpotCo given that.The drama that goes on around marketing and where producers take their shows and how close agencies get to being fired from shows is a whole ...

John Adams taking this opportunity to air their grievances about the production that ALW was heavily involved in the development of... YOU have those issues. ALW was fine with them. And many in the audience actually found the show made MORE sense in this iteration than a purist approach to the material.It's an absurd show to begin with. The fact that there are Cats purists is even more absurd.

Keyboard warriors speak exclusively in hyperbole and there's very little room for any nuanced conversation. It's an affliction on our society, honestly.

Can we stop posting onstageblog as if it's news for the love of all that is holy?

Fred Mason said: "A new life for this? There’s no where else that this show could work. And there’s not really any audience for it. Alienating to the originalists but still Cats for those who hate cats. It appeals to no one."You're really miserable and full of lies because the fact that this thread exists indicates it does indeed appeal to many.

Yeah, the smugness is probably the most off-putting thing about this, not the ultimate goal of encouraging a cast recording. Especially given it flies in the face of fact and history.And then to take shots at people on this board as being "old guard"...what exactly are you trying to accomplish here? As if people who have been on this board for years and seasons upon seasons don't have legitimate wisdom on a topic? Go scratch with that.

n2nbaby said: "I do agree with a lot of what you said but man, oh man. I can’t get so much of this score out of my head. I need a cast recording yesterday.I do hope they do the work because it has got GREAT bones."So often it's the score that's forgettable with so many new musicals and this one doesn't have that problem (save for some finesse needed in the lyrics), so I'd say this is the best piece of news to those involved. You can produce your way around a mediocre score all you want, but i...

quizking101 said: "I have been in touch with the producing team. It was originally a hard no. But seeing how the initial social campaign got their attention, they are now working towards finding a solution to preserve or extend the life of the show (elsewhere) because of the demand.I wouldn’t be working with others to keep the pressure campaign up if I didn’t have knowledge that it was starting to work"Anyone else having Be More Chill flashbacks (triggered)?

MUSE and Maestra aren't employers, they're merely directories. It's not a violation of equal protection statutes for something like that. What an idiot.

I'm sorry to say, but a cast recording preserves the vocal performances of a production, not the execution. And I'm not alone in believing that while the concept and staging were revelatory, the vocal performances left A LOT to be desired. Which when watching the show as a whole, I was able to forgive a lot, but audio only would not serve this production well. I imagine the preservation that's being discussed is archival for LCT. And I won't even get into the keyboard warrior tactics people h...

The success of Death of a Salesman (and the great play that was Little Bear Ridge Road), just further cement Rudin as a producer with exquisite taste and that the terminal online with pitchforks and torches for him clearly aren’t representative of the general public. People are still stuck in the 2020 era of cancellation and it makes them look foolish. Let them crash out in their corner of the internet and ignore them.

In 2023 when we were living in a Dune installment under orange skies, Broadway refused to go dark for a night and several shows had to cancel performances because performers called out instead. And GOOD FOR THEM for it too. The fact that the league didn’t take the hazards to actors seriously in that moment is a really egregious recent example of negligence.

RippedMan said: "I’d totally agree to that. But also as a betting man, I would have thought this revival would have run much longer. I think they needed to tap into the Drag Race franchise and tie the two together."They had many Drag Race queens as the judges throughout the run. Ballroom has its own identity and Drag Race is decidedly not that, at least hasn’t been in 10 years. The real reason this show didn’t take off is because they didn’t bring it in at the height of its momentum, they ins...

It’s definitely trending downward and it pretty much correlates to following the second film and a strong holiday. That second movie damaged the brand, unfortunately. As someone said it exacerbated the issues the show has. Couple that with tourism drops, perfect storm. It would be absolutely crazy to think of any other show in the Gershwin though. Even if we’re still talking 5 years from now.

darquegk said: "I don't think you can compare Dolly the musical to MJ the musical, even with quality as an afterthought. Dolly is a beloved entertainer, America's meemaw. Michael Jackson is just shy of being a literal demigod. Death could not slow him down. Three different rounds of credible abuse allegations could not slow him down. The move to streaming and away from album sales could not slow him down. He's pure teflon, and his musical is 100% going to perform differently than anyone else'...

This definitely sucks and I'm sorry that was your experience. The thing to remember with the non-profit union contracts, no one gets billed above title and there's no automatic trigger for an exchange/refund if a given star is out. So they don't have to go out of their way, but most orgs do because the nonprofit theater is dying and retention is of utmost importance. Definitely something I've learned the hard way a time or two.

I'd even say add Mincemeat, Outsiders and Buena Vista Social Club to those that will not be running in the year 2027.