Will The Lost Boys Break Broadway's Vampire Musical Curse?
Oct 30
2025, 02:59:16 PM
Betteridge's Law of Headlines: Any headline that ends with a question mark can be answered by the word "no".
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Little Shop...Who Leads? Anyone know?
Oct 30
2025, 01:37:22 PM
Ptero2 said: "Andrew Durand is taking over as Orin starting 11/25."
As usual with this production, god-tier casting.
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Jennifer Lopez Pulls Out of Savannah Film Festival After ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Fumbles
Oct 28
2025, 03:45:27 PM
tacotheatrelover said: "Most film companies write off films that aren't successful, mostly like in the 'Producers' where they'll make more money on a flop than a success. The movie theatre employees didn't even know it was out when I went to see it, that's how poorly it was marketed. It's a sad thing to happen and will probably lead to the death of the film and entertainment industry if they continue to focus on profits in the short term rather than the lo
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PROOF takes Booth Theatre; Samira Wiley and Jin Ha Join Cast
Oct 27
2025, 11:34:30 PM
The Distinctive Baritone said: "Right, I’m saying that going with a POC as Hal avoided adding a cringy element to Hal’s doubts of Catherine’s abilities, etc."
Ahhh, I misread it, sorry.
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PROOF takes Booth Theatre; Samira Wiley and Jin Ha Join Cast
Oct 27
2025, 09:58:13 PM
The Distinctive Baritone said: "Jin Ha seems like a smart choice...having a white Hal and a black Catherine would probably change the story in ways Auburn did not intend. Samira Wiley isn't really right for Claire (she's much more of a Catherine), but I guess "thirty-something black actress who people will recognize from TV and is willing to play a smallish role in a Broadway show" wasn't the easiest casting."
Jin Ha is Korean.
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PARANORMAL ACTIVITY at Chicago Shakespeare
Oct 22
2025, 11:46:54 AM
EmceeHammer said: "I'm seeing this on Halloween. I'veyet to see pure horror done onstage effectively, so I'm cautiously optimistic that this one is actually scary.
NYT has a great write-up on the production with lots of images of the set (gift link):https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/theater/paranormal-activity-theater-chicago.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vE8.m5rV.1S4n8n4VwkQT&smid=url-share
I agree this likelyhas a life beyond the tour and West End production."
Those pictures reminded me, the lighting design of this show is incredible. It's not just eerie and moody, it does a lot of work in the storytelling as well.
Seeing this on Halloween with a crowd sounds like an absolute blast.
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PARANORMAL ACTIVITY at Chicago Shakespeare
Oct 22
2025, 09:54:50 AM
Saw this last Friday and thought this was pretty great.
The best thing about this show are the effects. They're all extremely tight and effective, and elicited multiple screams and even some applause from the audience. I'm someone who has a good understanding of the mechanics of stage illusions, and there's a reveal at the end where I cannot for the life of me figure out how they did it.
The writing is... good. I'm not sure if this is the best barometer, but I wa
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PIRATES! THE PENZANCE MUSICAL 2025 Broadway Cast Recording
Oct 17
2025, 12:10:25 PM
I love New Orleans-style Jazz, and I love Pirates of Penzance. I also love steak and vanilla ice cream. Doesn't mean I want them on the same plate.
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Rumor: ALL OUT Heading to The Nederlander
Oct 16
2025, 12:53:50 PM
barcelona20 said: "Lawrence will be the best part by far."
If they switch the marketing to "Lawrence on Broadway, featuring some nonsense in between the songs", I might get on board.
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Sutton Foster will soon best Lansbury
Oct 15
2025, 03:46:31 PM
Cockeyed Optimist is telling the truth, here's their proof.
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Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Oct 9
2025, 10:03:05 PM
GiantsInTheSky2 said: "From the NYT:
This fall, she’ll travel to Berlin to shoot a “Hunger Games” prequel, “Sunrise on the Reaping,” playing the malevolent Drusilla Sickle, and then to London for “An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good,” a limited series based on the Swedish author Helene Tursten’s stories about a woman who ends up killing those who annoy her.After that, she’ll return her attention, as ever, to &l
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Which song from a musical does this Taylor Swift song sound like? HELP
Oct 7
2025, 08:13:52 AM
emilyfaye48 said: "wow! thank you so much for these suggestions!! I definitely think it was tickling a Murder Ballad moment in my mind! But Spring Awakening and Next To Normal also have something close. But wow I loved Murder Ballad so much!"
I also love Murder Ballad. It kind of reminds me of "Built For Longing".
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Underrated scores
Oct 6
2025, 08:02:39 PM
Call_me_jorge said: "Looks like William Ivey Long is involved with the production more than just helping design a few pieces. As long as they don’t leave him with cast members without supervision!"
So either they believe the allegations and don't care, or they don't believe the allegations and are choosing not to advertise the 6 time Tony winner on their creative team.
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Ken Davenport Says JOY is Heading to Broadway
Oct 1
2025, 05:10:26 PM
ColorTheHours048 said: "The fact that Ken Davenport would rather feed a bunch of reviews and audience reactions into an AI model to vomit out a streamlined “top 5 takeaways” response, than actually engage in-depth with how audiences and criticsreacted, says everything you need to know about Ken Davenport as a producer."
It's not even like he had to aggregate thousands or even hundreds of reviews to find commonalities. According to the video, there wer
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Tracy Letts & David Cromer collaborating on James Taylor musical
Oct 1
2025, 01:38:24 PM
Hiring Tracy Letts and telling him to make the story more uplifting is like hiring Mel Brooks to adapt The Bell Jar.
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Bridges of Madison County Reunion Concert
Sep 29
2025, 10:54:15 PM
a 20-piece orchestration of this score is going to hit like crack.
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Complete MY FAIR LADY recording
Sep 29
2025, 08:04:13 AM
MichelleCraig said: "There was a proposed remake of MY FAIR LADY some years ago. It was set to starCarey Mulliganas Eliza Doolittle. For the role of Professor Henry Higgins, actorsColin FirthandHugh Grant were both considered.
The project, which ultimately did not go forward, included other key figures: - Emma Thompsonpenned the screenplay for the new adaptation.
- ProducersCameron MackintoshandDuncan Kenworthywere attached.
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The Long Walk, inevitable stage adaptation?
Sep 25
2025, 08:03:06 PM
Haven't seen the movie yet, but I've read the book and can see the vision.
Other than Carrie and Misery, have there been any other major Stephen King stage adaptations? Is The Shining still in development?
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NYT: The Broadway Musical Is in Trouble
Sep 22
2025, 04:45:37 PM
Synecdoche2 said: "Just in Time wasbudgeted at $11.5 million. I don't know if they went over budget, but if not, it's insane that Death Becomes Her cost three times as much given that both shows look slick and professional. Perhaps it's not just a matter of rising costs, but of irresponsible usage of funds. Are out-of-town tryouts worth the millions of added expenseif you're only going to change a line or two of dialogue and a few costumes?
This article ski
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NYT: The Broadway Musical Is in Trouble
Sep 22
2025, 01:48:31 PM
ggersten said: "Sutton Ross said: "Is it just possiblethey’re green lighting things nobody actually wants?
That seems to be the case these days. I'm glad there are less musicals this season, last season was overstuffed and mostly doomed to fall. Still bizarre they brought Smash to Broadway 12 years too late and thought it was going to be huge. Wild.
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the crazy thing to me was that the fans weren't as
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