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Dylan Smith4 said: "Man, I still can't believe that some on here are supporting Rudin's producing work. It may be good quality, but you're still contributing to this horrid man who has no business being involved in the theatre scene anymore. You can call me out on this if you wish, but Rudin should have never been allowed to return."What exactly did he do? Bore off. Such woke nonsense. He's an incredible producer.

Kelli O'Hara is a birthright Sally in Follies. I dream of her doing this within the next 5-10 years. Lincoln Center? The Roundabout? Rudin? ...

Liza was the first choice for a revival in the 1980s, as was Bette Midler. Neither wanted to do 8 shows a week, and then Tyne Daly was cast after she appeared on Dolly Parton's variety show as a trucker.

What about Audra's A Little Night Music, which was confirmed by Sondheim when he agreed to her Gypsy. Is that a Rudin project?

On the Giants in the Sky podcast some years back he did indicate he was going to do an ITW book

In the original production, the curtains parted and Mary Martin travelled down stage while perched on a tree branch. There, still and contemplative, she sang The Sound of Music, a hymn to nature and music. Listen to the original Broadway cast album and you'll hear how much she gets out of the song.

What are people thinking in terms of what this production will look like/feel like? Comparing it to the 1994 Carousel, 2008 South Pacific and 2015 King & I. The Carousel came from London and had its own particular style/design; the SP and K&I had their own Bart Sher aesthetic, very traditional, very sumptuous and grand. Do you think this Sound of Music will follow suit, and follow the original book word for word, or will we see influence from the movie?

People are speculating Heather Headley as Mother Abbess? Surely this is wrong? Are they going to change that role to be a belter (the opposite of Audra in Gypsy), or can Headley sing operatically? I genuinely would be curious to know

She's gonna do Rose in Gypsy at the Muny

Also what is this about Sutton reviving Anything Goes yet again? Surely this is not happening... I know people dislike her on these boards and people also don't want another Gypsy but I am looking forward to Sutton's Roundabout Madame Rose in five years' time, to echo the LuPone-after-Peters production history from all those years ago.

Just going back to the mysterious lack of nomination for BP for ITW - is it possible that voters just didn't think she deserved the nom, the same way they snubbed her for Follies in 2012 (albeit it was the same year she was getting her special Tony so maybe that explains the Follies snub)? Joanna Gleason won the Featured Actress Drama Desk, and LuPone won the Lead Actress DD for Anything Goes. Then by Tony time, Gleason had been bumped up to Lead, upsetting the Patti train (she was guaranteed...

She declined to be interviewed for Eddie Shapiro's diva tell-all book series - he has said so, and she rarely gives candid interviews so I'm fairly certain we'll never see a Bernadette memoir sadly

Have we ever got the information on this Tony snub for Into the Woods for Bernadette? Why wasn't she nominated?

Ah, thanks!

I was trawling through the Best Actress in a Musical Tony winners, and wondered why voters decided on Bernadette Peters as the 1999 winner for the revival of Annie Get Your Gun? As far as I'm aware that revival was not widely well received, although Peters was a Broadway treasure by that point. Looking at the other nominees, I'm surprised Carolee Carmello didn't get her due that year for Parade. Peters had won already for Song and Dance over ten years prior. Can anyone chime in and offer any ...

She's played this role many times before, including in college and she wrote her undergraduate thesis on the role, the show and its history! Fun fact.

Any update on these rumors of a LC Show Boat next year or is it dead? It'd be staggering if the show was not marked in some way - even a one night gala performance somewhere. But it seems late in the day with nothing being announced.

It should be noted that the last time Evita was on Broadway (2012), it competed alongside the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar and both were nominated for the Best Revival Tony. I don't see why it's such a big deal for ALW to have two of his shows on Broadway at the same time again.

So, who will be the next Broadway Madame Rose? In the Audra/Gypsy thread, it got very sad and dark near the end with posters claiming we possibly won't see Gypsy on Broadway ever again or for decades to come because it never sells, other posters claiming we will only see it at non-for-profits going forward. I know she's controversial on these boards and in general, but I would not mind seeing Sutton Foster as the next Rose at somewhere like the Roundabout in ten years' time. It's a better fit...

Kenny Leon directed both the 2004 and 2014 Broadway revivals of A Raisin in the Sun. I'm just looking back at articles, interviews, and awards coverage surrounding the 2014 production, and no one talks about how Leon directed both stagings. I didn't see either one - was the 2014 production a revival of the 2004 staging or were they completely different? I see that the 2004 production was nominated for the Best Revival Tony, and the 2014 won the award. Leon won the Best Director Tony in 2014, ...