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Best of luck to everyone involved in the production. I'm amazed we haven't had a Broadway staging of The Last 5 Years before and I'm excited to see the show receive a much wider audience. 

Are they offering a Jamie is Over discount? He's got quite a hole to dig himself out of if that performance was indicative of their power balance. 

This is about what I figured. It's probably going to be closer to 3 hours, but we can stick with window shopping as necessary. It's times like this I actually miss that stupidly large Toys R Us. That was always a good time waster with all the giant displays upstairs. 

Thank you all for the advice.

I'm pretty close to the start. I lurked and then joined. 

Ah, the Duane Reade Theater. Right down the block from the historic McDonalds Time Square, a beloved venue for freezing non-equity actors. 

TheatreMonkey said: "martinsmithfan said: "HogansHero said: "I also have heard (third hand, so take it as you will) that there is at least one major piece of information about this undertaking that has not been announced and, if true, will eclipse all of the gripes that have been voiced by some in this thread."

I know you probably can’t but I’m insanely curious if there’s any insight you can give about what this may be. With the rumored price tag I wouldn’t mind hearing a reason that’ll turn me off to spending $200 on this lol."

The "Chandelier Drop" will actually be a drop-tower ride, in the area where it's open to the floors below on the plans. You'll actuallyridethe chandelier down. You heard it here first!"

You joke, but imagine how camp it would be if this Phantom was an indoor theme park ala Area 15 in Vegas. Get a birds eye view of the catwalk before crashing down on the performance on the Chandelier Drop Tower. Feel the flames in your face as you ride the Grotesque Gondola to the Phantom's Layer. Dance to the music of the night playing from the world largest pipe organ. Explore the blacklight maze of backstage spaces to find your guiding ghost light in this never-before-seen Phantom of the Opera.

The first one to come to mind for me is Bat Boy. Could you imagine the cast they could pull together for an Encores-length run of that show?

Sarcasm: 

so what’s next for the Winter Garden?

/end sarcasm

Well someone had to make that obligatory preview post.

Wow. I didn’t know so many NYC theater critics were hateful Broadwayworld users. 

In all seriousness, these reviews might be the death knoll of the show. I don’t wish failure on the production, but it will be hard to overcome this reaction.

Yeah, this is going to have a monumental impact on composers, arrangers, and anyone who works with modern sheet music. Finale was still the theater industry standard in America, for sure.

I switched out to MuseScore years ago because I hate pay to play proprietary software, but switching to any other program is going to require a whole lot of retraining and file conversions that will cost a ton of money. 

The novel has a ton of lyrics in it. Zegler's playing a member of the Coveys, who are kind of musical outsiders in the more straight laced District 12 community. They sing, dance, and entertain the miners after long days of work. The songs are key plot points for a lot of the stories being told.

I've not seen the stageshow, but I have done extensive research on the films. I don't think watching either film will help you understand what's happening in the show (or the films for that matter). The films are absurdist fantasies with a dark sense of humor. 

Oh, Nerds. I remember Nerds having a table at NYCC forever ago promoting their upcoming Broadway run. 

Hope Room shows up somewhere, but it's hard to bounce back from announcing and canceling a Broadway run.

I heard the new radio ad a few times on my drive today. They're stressing that the show is ultimately about the people's revolution and Imelda Marcos is not a hero. Doesn't guarantee it reads that way in the actual performance, but it is the intended perspective.

Gutenberg is an absolute riot with the right casting. I saw a local production a few years ago that had me laughing so hard I was in tears. Great music, too.

May 31 is going to have a talkback with the creative team of the show hosted by MatPat. There's a special discount code for the performance: GHMAY31