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I saw this post and noticed that ten of you "liked" it. Normally I stay in the heart of Times Sq and never have any problems with drug addicts and/or homeless. But my sister just planned a last minute trip to New York next week and I have been talked into accompanying her and her family since they dont' know what they're doing and I could serve as a tour guide. The already booked their hotel which is on 8th Av in the mid 30's. My sister and her family are die-hard Tr

Chicago dumped their crappy mayor for a social justice lunatic and now Chicago is worse than ever, people have to reject social justice Socialist types , unless you actually like murder and chaos lol 😂 No matter how much white guilt you feel, and how much your heart bleeds- politicians like Maya Wiley and the Democrat Socialists (DSA)!endorsed people are dangerous period 

Oh good grief, I live in Chicago and it is not true that Chicago is "worse than ever." Chi

Sally Durant Plummer said: "Uh... Dakota Johnson has been the best thing about virtually every movie she's been in."

Well, that just speaks about quality of the movies she was in...Honestly, boiled potato can act better than Dakota Johnson. Maybe she can be a special guest at Ben Platt's concert! 💡 

Thread highjack -- Lol, I know, right? To me, Dakota Johnson sucks the life out of everything she touches, but to each his own.

EvanstonDad said: "Oof, looking at the ticket availability for this is actually painful. I mean I literally can't imagine who would want to see this guy in concert, and I would never buy a ticket myself. But still, it's hard not to feel for anyone playing to audiences as sparse as this."

Lucious said: “I’m sure your heart genuinely bleeds for him. 🙄. I’ve never come across so many people who dislike an entertainer so much, yet c

EvanstonDad said: "Oof, looking at the ticket availability for this is actually painful. I mean I literally can't imagine who would want to see this guy in concert, and I would never buy a ticket myself. But still, it's hard not to feel for anyone playing to audiences as sparse as this."

I’m sure your heart genuinely bleeds for him. 🙄. I’ve never come across so many people who dislike an entertainer so much, yet continuously monitor their

I saw this production at the Goodman and left it feeling underwhelmed. I saw the touring production of the original, and it goes down as one of the most thrilling things I'd ever seen on stage. So I was willing to give this one a break for not living up to my expectations. The audience seemed to love it, but an (admittedly) small sampling of people sitting around me had not seen the original -- did not even realize this was a revival. So maybe it plays better if you don't have the pre

Searched for this thread because I just tried to listen to the new Cabaret cast recording with Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley. Eesh, couldn't make it through. I don't know what on earth Eddie is doing, but I literally could not listen to his line deliveries for an entire recording. Buckley has a good voice, but she just shouts through most of her songs. And the tempos were soooooo slow. I Buckley would never get through Don't Tell Mama and Mein Herr. On the plus side, the orche

Thought this movie was a slog. Cooper's screenplay is terrible. He chooses to make a movie about all of the most mundane things about Bernstein's life (oh shocker, a famous artist has a toxic marriage), and the result is that this biopic is just like every other bland, boring biopic ever made. If you don't already know why Bernstein was legendary, you're not going to learn it here. Of course it will be nominated for a bunch of Oscars, because the Academy loves nothing better t

The new complete recording of Oklahoma! has got me on the hunt for other complete recordings of other musicals. I've found a few (The King and I, My Fair Lady, Sweet Charity), but I don't much care for them. In those two cases they're from a while ago and the sound is echo-y and lacking in crispness. In some cases I've cobbled together my own "complete" recordings taking tracks from different versions. 

I know of the complete symphonic versions of Les Miz

I was looking for a good recording of Carousel on Spotify and wanted to listen to the 1994 Broadway revival because of that production's legendary reputation. It's not there, but the London production is. I'm obsessed with this recording right now. Good holy Jesus is it beautiful. I think there are people who could sing it better, but there's something about how the voices of Billy and Julie are earthier and a little rough around the edges that fascinates me and fits the chara

I think this song should be kept in and I like it a lot myself. It adds to the darkness and sexuality of the show, and it also calls out the hypocrisy of the church and adds to Sweeney's perspective of the world as a place full of people in authority preying on those with less power. 

But I have to say that I've never actually seen this number included in any production I've seen, and that includes one at Chicago's Lyric Opera and one at Ravinia with Patti LuPone a

This cast recording is disappointingly timid. The highlight by far is Ashford, but even she doesn't go for it the way Lansbury did. I guess with advancements in recording technology I was hoping for something that would make me feel like I was hearing the score afresh, listening to this mostly made just want to go back and listen to the original cast recording. I'd love to listen to these Sony remasters I'm hearing about, but I use Spotify and I don't think they're availab