Profile for Play Esq.

On paper, these names are perfectly fine.  Many of whom I’ve seen recently.  But let’s be honest: this isn’t a Woods you’d make a special trip out to see based on casting.  Hopefully something special will come from it. 

Jordan Catalano said: "Play Esq. said: "Thecasting is rather unexciting."

Jamie as The Baker made this my most anticipated show for the rest of the year."

Very curious as to why.  It’s saw him in History Boys and Potter but nothing else in his resume suggests a great Baker. 

With all due respect, this cast was exciting. As was the Encores! original cast.  The Bridge cast is…fine. I’m hopeful all the same. 

ColorTheHours048 said: "Jamie Parker, Chumisa Dornford-May, and Kate Fleetwood are a pretty fantastic trio of actors in three of the largest roles. I’m not familiar with anyone else in the cast’s prior work, but those three alone are at least interesting choices to me."

Interesting is not exciting, which is my point. 

The casting is rather unexciting.  

Stephen Fry in Ernest!!! 

Kind of cheesy and derivative for my taste 😬, but I’m glad you like it! 

Any word on the cast album? Sorry if I missed that announcement. 

BoringBoredBoard40: I didn't know about any of that, but I'm glad I know now.  Thank you.  And I appreciate the fact that you added the Trump information (which I confirmed independently ).  Like many, I support or protest with my wallet, and glad to be made aware of this monster...and the even worse demon he supports.  

inception said: "Yes thank-you I was considering the Summer to perhapsattendone of the Summer opera festivals like Glyndebourne. But maybe looking at October instead."

How funny!  Glyndebourne was exactly what I thought about when I added "unless there's a really meaningful reason to be there."  It really is a very special place, even if the productions can be very hit or miss.  

I like to use London Theater but I always double check the official ticket seller to see if i'm getting a good deal.  Other than that, Whatsonstage is also a good source now and again and of course TKTS.

I can’t wait for everything to come out of this guy’s closet.   I’m confident that the internet will do its thing. 

While trying to avoid feeding the troll, I do want to point out how helpful these threads are, especially when it comes to performances outside of New York.  I'm pretty tapped into the NY theater scene, but a lot falls into my blindspot.  I would never have thought to see Paddington, but thanks to people here, I'm actually quite excited about it now!  I'm sure it'll be a nice balm to a matinee performance of an Ivo production  of All My Sons

I miss African Queen1 

Quiz: looking forward to your opinion after Saturday's performance.  

This is all so comical...no one would pay top dollar to see Audra and Nicole (two expensive talents) in Follies (an already very expensive expenditure) for a sustained period to justify the overhead.  I'll go out on a limb here and say Follies ain't happening unless a not-for-profit picks it up...and I doubt Nicole would be interested in those rates.   

Audra, maybe.

I wonder (and hope…) if the stars will align for a brief Broadway run.  Would add to an already stellar season of revivals. 

Like many who saw this in Boston, I was not a big fan and was planing on skipping its Broadway run...but there is no way I'm missing Sherie Rene Scott back on Broadway in a musical!

The theater gods have been quite generous this week!