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If we don't dim the lights for Jan Maxwell's kind of career, I think we lose something. Not just as theatre goers, but as New Yorkers. It's lovely the big names that come to Broadway, but Jan Maxwell was a jobbing actor. She worked on Broadway and Off. She got Tony nominations, and she took jobs with smaller theatre companies. I will never forget her and Rosemary Harris doing that scene in The Royal Family (if you saw it, you know exactly what I mean) the scene where they describe

mamaleh said: "After telling a friend that I enjoyed FARINELLI AND THE KING, especially Mark Rylance's performance, she was surprised I had supported the play. I was shocked when she explained.Did everyone else know what I didn't? That Rylance, along with Roger Waters, Caryl Churchill and other biased Brits,is one of the most virulent boycotters of Israel? I knew aboutWaters and Churchill, but not about Rylance, who I just learnedprotested the Globe Theater's inviting the

This thread is cracking me up. So many seat questions.

Anyway, saw this a few days ago, so thought I'd post a review. It was a hit and miss night for me. Rylance and the cast are exceptional. The singing is superb. It's hard to be back in the Belasco with a company from The Globe and not think of their perfect productions of Twelfth Night and Richard III. It would be difficult for any play to live up to those memories and unfortunately, Farinelli and The King does not. The tone