LuPone on McDonald May 28
2025, 11:44:36 AM
I'm going to be legit upset when this chat finally peters out.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/11/25 May 13
2025, 03:13:25 PM
Not sure how to reconcile the relatively low gross of Operation Mincemeat with its relatively high average ticket price and capacity. Is it just size of theater? Noticed the same thing for Sondheim's Old Friends, but does that being a nonprofit make it not an apples to apples comparison?
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Denzel’s Wife is NOT Happy with the Tonys May 12
2025, 02:57:01 PM
I mean, you're the only one who assumed Race here and then wrote a rant about it. She never mentioned that or implied it... maybe you should look inward, Diva...
I disagree. I think she pretty clearly is implying that she thinks race is a factor and has been relative to her family in past situations. I mean what else does she mean with all the "I think we all know why this happened" rhetoric?
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/13/25 Apr 17
2025, 10:13:48 AM
I know REDWOOD is generally disliked (except by Jesse G) but those numbers are awful and I would have thought Idina would be a bigger draw, especially post-Wicked. Can it even survive through the end of its current block of tickets (August)?
I think the die-hard theater fans sometimes overestimate Idina Menzel's drawing power with more general theater goers. Plus her association with Wicked was from how many years ago? (her cameo in the movie aside)
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Real Women Have Curves - Broadway Apr 15
2025, 12:58:21 PM
What??!!! A musical that suggests women are actually a real thing and should be respected, sung partly in Spanish no less? The anti-wokers' heads are literally going to explode.
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Mention of Suicide in "Follies" Apr 11
2025, 11:14:20 AM
Now that you mention it, I believe Sally says something like that on the 2011 recording as well. I don't know why I'm just now hearing it. I guess because there's so much going on during those scenes.
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Mention of Suicide in "Follies" Apr 11
2025, 10:40:31 AM
I've never seen "Follies" staged. I was listening to the 2011 revival cast recording this morning, and though I've listened to it several times, for some reason I just now noticed at the end when Ben is singing his final number he says something like "she told me she was going to kill herself, I didn't know she was serious." Is the she he's referring to Sally, and is this a reference to a suicide attempt that's mentioned somewhere else in the show? I kn
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BOOP! Reviews Apr 7
2025, 09:55:41 AM
I love how this thread that was specifically created to discuss reviews for this show has somehow managed to be 4 pages long without a single review yet posted.
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GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK Previews Apr 3
2025, 09:38:40 AM
Relying on video screens to do much of the work seems to be a trend this season. Is this a creative blending of mediums or a cynical way to reduce production costs? I haven't seen any of the shows that use them so I don't really have my own opinion. From what I've read here, it sounds like in "Sunset Boulevard" and "Dorian Gray," they're at least an artistic choice that blends in well with the concept. For "Goodnight," it just sounds lazy.
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Erivo will star in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl Feb 21
2025, 10:00:12 AM
Do they ever record these productions? Would love to hear Erivo's "Gethsemane."
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ALL IN: COMEDY ABOUT LOVE Reviews Dec 23
2024, 11:59:08 AM
Umm..."literally buy tickets for anything"?? TAMMY FAYE and MAYBE HAPPY ENDING and SWEPT AWAY (just to name a few) would all like a word!
Can we assume that while you were "gasping", you were simultaneously clutching your pearls??
Yes!! I sit in my house, and I grab one of my many sets of pearls, and I rend my hair and gnash my teeth, and scream at the heavens, WHY, OH WHY ARE PEOPLE BUYING TICKETS TO THIS SHOW? WHY???!!!
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ALL IN: COMEDY ABOUT LOVE Reviews Dec 23
2024, 08:44:48 AM
Someone somewhere must have said "Take my money!" when this was announced.
Totally agree. It's like the producers aren't even trying to hide the fact that they want to bilk holiday theatergoers who will literally buy tickets to anything. I audibly gasped when reading one of the reviews that mentioned tickets going for $800 a pop to watch B tier actors sit on a stage and read from a book.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/10/24 Nov 12
2024, 04:36:02 PM
It boggles the mind that someone paid $267 to see Chicago.
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Patti LuPone called a privileged, racially microaggressive bully by Hell's Kitchen cast member Nov 4
2024, 11:14:57 AM
The social media outrage beast requires feeding 24/7. Starve it, and maybe it would go away. But I don't see that ever happening because too many people thrive on it.
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SUNSET BOULEVARD 2024 West End Cast Recording Thread Oct 25
2024, 10:19:33 AM
Listening now. The orchestra sounds great and I really like Tom Francis's voice. But good lord the tempos are slow. So far this isn't the transformative experience others have been promising, but I'm sure the visuals make a huge difference. Don't think this will replace the original Broadway recording as my go to even though it's just objective fact that Scherzinger is a better singer than Close.
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Name a song from a musical you were sorry to lose in its film version as well as one you were happy to gain. Oct 24
2024, 03:46:16 PM
Mine are from the same movie, Hairspray. Sorry to lose "Mama I'm a Big Girl Now" (I know it was played during the end credits but it's not the same), and I really liked the song they added to play first during the end credits, "Come So Far"
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LEFT ON TENTH Reviews Oct 24
2024, 03:33:55 PM
Wow, I don't know that I've ever seen a reviews thread generate less interest.
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Scherzinger in SUNSET BLVD. Previews Oct 11
2024, 06:50:21 PM
Lot666 said: "SonofRobbieJ said: "But, sweet baby Jesus, is Too Much in Love to Care a dreadful song. There's not enough polish in the world for that turd." I love that song."
It's funny because as a teen obsessed with the OBCR, I would usually skip that song. Sure enough, that was the song I couldn't get out of my head after seeing the last revival! It's a lovely song, but I find Betty and Joe boring as a couple, and t
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Scherzinger in SUNSET BLVD. Previews Oct 9
2024, 02:55:26 PM
ColorTheHours048 said: "I think the real divide here is between audience members who require some level of literalism in their theatre, and ones who are on board with experimentation and non-literalism.”
FWIW, Jamie Lloyd’s Evita was one of my favorite productions of Evita I’ve ever seen. Another show with a largely unlikeable protagonist, but I think his modern style made the character feel more immediate and easier to connect with. She certainl
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Scherzinger in SUNSET BLVD. Previews Oct 9
2024, 09:19:40 AM
Saw about 7 minutes of leaked footage of this starting with Betty traveling to Norma's mansion and ending just before the finale. Hmmmm.....not sure I'd want to watch two hours of this. Not a fan of everyone standing and staring at the audience while they sing instead of interacting with each other. Also not sure what that ensemble was doing, flailing around, falling to the ground, writhing. It was do distracting I found myself watching them and not listening to any of the music. Gran
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