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Why? Wendell Pierce yelling at me from the latest revival a few years ago is still fresh in mind.  

EvanstonDad said: "I'd never really seen Lea Michele before watching this YouTube clip. Wow, she really reminds me a lot of Idina Menzel."

She herself turned Funny Girl from a drag, blah show to a powerhouse of emotion and vocals. She’s a force on stage and absolutely kills in this role.  

The NYT reviews mattering left years ago. Now it’s click bait. 

Ran ~2:40 Saturday matinee. 
 

My first time seeing this show and I understand the weak book. But damn this show has banger after banger and this cast slays. 

Caught this tonight. What a marvelous performance marred by terrible sound design.  Henry and Cassie stew the scenes, of course, but the entire cast is so, so good. 

That said: Multiple mics off issues tonight so you couldn’t hear the vocals, and then some muddled vocal from the ensemble, etc. Worst sound design I’ve heard since Sweeney Todd. 

I work for a union that has had two strikes.  We are back in nyc to see shows Nov 7-10 and I am packing signs to join picket lines. I am assuming the league won’t agree to being good and a strike is called. 
 

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kdogg36 said: "sppunk said: "Anythingfor Mincemeat or Art?"

Quizking shared a code forMincemetin post 1850. [ETA: I checked my own email about this and I see you had to use the code the day it was released. Sorry about that.]"

Thanks anyway! I sign up for OM’s drawings but have never received an email for the months I’ve done so. 

Anything for Mincemeat or Art? 

I am legally blind and attend 20-25 shows a year. I bring a monocular and sit as close as I feel comfortable paying. It’s just part of life unfortunately I’ve lived with for my 40+ years of earth. 

Same at football, baseball or basketball games. 

Excited for this! We usually make a trip the 2nd weekend of January and it’s a lovely time, no crowds and cheaper hotel rates. 

MezzA101 said: "Renaming the Kennedy Center for Donald and Melania Trump would violate the law that created it

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/renaming-kennedy-center-donald-melania-trump-violate-law-created-rcna221505"

Laws don’t apply to this admin unfortunately 

Nicole is on this week’s Hot Ones with Sean Evans. Excited to watch it this evening. 

This show was a major letdown for me. Big missed opportunity. 

I just had flashback nightmares from seeing this show in December 2023. My god was it bad imo. And I was so angry we wasted money on it instead of some better West End performance.

Finally got through.  Placed order. Got an “order undefined” message and then saw my card was charged 3 times. 

And no record of payment on Telecharge.  

I’ve now been on hold for an hour. 

This is a ****show for Telecharge.  Unacceptable. 

Three times I had tickets and it crashed. I’ll buy in a week or two - it’s not selling out. It’s a Telecharge disaster, not a show rush. 

This is hilariously inept. Combined with the artwork I’ll go into this show (once I can, you know, buy tickets …) with high skepticism.  

Super excited to see for the first time when we are back in town in early November.

This, Ragtime, Art (for the wife …) and prob Operation Mincemeat again. Excited 

I’d like also to see a new God of Carnage. The one 15 or whatever years ago was exceptional.