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I don't see anyone bashing the show itself on this thread, and there are many appreciative comments on the main thread as well. I think some good analysis of its dramaturgical issues have been raised, but it's easily my favorite post-shutdown Broadway musical and score. I'm glad there's been a lot of interesting conversation about it; it reminds me of what this board used to be much like the show reminded me of the kind of musicals we used to be able to expect. 

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It was an extraordinary experience. I was about to call it a "flawed, extraordinary experience," but it was so much more exciting than virtually everything to come since that it that it feels churlish to talk about any unwieldy qualities it had. I also have to say that it was an extremely rare treat to see a director ACTUALLY USE THE PREVIEW PERIOD to make truly massive and unprecious changes in clarifying and strengthening the work. It's felt like shows are so stingily produced

TaffyDavenport said: "Hugh Coles is delivering a masterful recreation of Crispin Glover's performance from the film, and he was the highlight of the show, for me. Obviously, the spot-on impersonation will mean more to those who know the reference well."

I've not seen this show, but a bit ironic considering how famously Crispin Glover did not take kindly to being mimicked by another actor made up to look like him when he didn't return for Back to the

I agree with Kad about Jinkx's capability here.

 

And similarly, I think MJ's performance in *this* production would hypothetically be, especially with direction, not necessarily the same as what we've seen from her before. From what I can gather, that was a more generally austere & "grounded" production. Idk, what I saw of her was exciting enough that I'd really like to see it happen.

 

This casting just made me think about

QueenAlice said: "The other thing I think Jamie Lloyd production does more effectively than any other I've seen is underscore that this isa tale of show business tragedy,, and that the tragedy of show business is that it offers no real happy ending for anyone. Norma Desmond may be delusional but she is the only character in the piecewho (even after being completely destroyed) holds unabashadly onto a dream until the final curtain. Nicole Sherzinger's portrayal is real and emo

OhHiii said: "Scarywarhol said: "To be fair, I too would probably have an impulse to clutch my pearls if something really precious to me were done this way. Given the economic incentive to barely stage a show, and the apparently infinite willingness for critics and some audiences to treat barely staging the show as artistically daring, I'm just going to have to go with it on this one. I'll only be disappointed if I don't have fun

When the NY theater press lost their minds over how innovative Ivo's View From the Bridge was, I wondered if they had ever once seen a student-directed college production of literally anything. Now Jamie is doing all the same schtick and we're all saying it's his. Ivo did the same thing with the camera tracking actors outside and back into the theater a couple years ago in Network. Constant amnesia.

 

To be fair, I too would probably have an impulse to clutch my