What Broadway musicals have you seen in a foreign language?
Sep 1 2025, 10:32:37 PM
Les Miserables in French in Montreal at Theatre St-Denis. Caught a second performance of the same production - but in English - the same week at the St-Denis.
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MASQUERADE Previews Thread
Jul 30 2025, 02:07:11 PM
Looking forward to a $240 (with fees) performance in October. The Facebook fan page is excellent: the admins review all new posts, then approve or delete as needed.
Many on the FB site are sharing pictures of masks, attire, and speculation.
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MAYBE HAPPY ENDING Reviews
Jul 24 2025, 07:02:07 PM
Telecharge sent out an email today to ticket holders, offering ticket holders of Sept 2 to Nov 2 dates the opportunity to exchange their show date to a date before September 2.
I’m keeping my October date.
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Disney will launch North American tour of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST in 2025
Jul 10 2025, 06:32:56 PM
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "How many players in the orchestra?"
Looks like 9, with the common doubling or tripling up.
1. violin
2. flute/piccolo/alto flute
3. clarinet/flute/bass clarinet
4. trumpet/flugelhorn/piccolo trumpet
5. French horn
6. trombone/bass trombone
7. drums/percussion
8. keyboard
9. keyboard
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Disney will launch North American tour of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST in 2025
Jul 10 2025, 12:24:19 PM
sbflyfan said: "Does this use the Angela Lansbury narration during the prologue?"
Yes, it’s a solid recording of Lansbury. She is listed first in the Playbill profiles.
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Disney will launch North American tour of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST in 2025
Jul 9 2025, 11:38:49 PM
In Chicago, the first night, near-capacity audience on Wednesday, July 9 shared extended ovations after GASTON and BE OUR GUEST.
I got goosebumps listening to the brass arrangement beneath the Act One closer IF I CAN’T LOVE HER.
The show effectively uses LED, with scenes of the village, the countryside, the castle, and wolf attacks, but I wanted more oomph in the title song ballroom scene.
The stagewide LED screens are used both upstage and downstage.
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42 Balloons
Jun 30 2025, 12:27:33 PM
This was a slog. Dull choreography, redundant shadows on the back wall, lackluster projections.
A great idea with weak execution.
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Trumpers on Broadway
May 7 2025, 07:29:45 PM
I support all theatre, but will buy tickets that are to the left of the aisle instead of the right.
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REDWOOD Reviews
Apr 3 2025, 04:32:55 PM
The Monday, June 2 performance has been cancelled. Received an email notification within the last hour.
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BOOP, BOOP, FIZZ
Jan 21 2025, 09:09:19 AM
At the Chicago tryout, my three least favorite moments were
(1) the hard-to-decipher-lyrics of Angelica Hale's solo
(2) the uninspiring Act 2 dance between Stephen DeRosa and Faith Prince.
(3) the too-casual arrival of the Ensemble in the finale in their colorful top hats and tails
All of these bits are fixable.
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50th Anniversary Revival of A CHORUS LINE still on track for 202
Jan 6 2025, 08:06:38 PM
A great show - and I’ve never, ever seen a bad production.
Starlight Musicals - Indianapolis
Loyola University Chicago - student production
Porchlight Theatre - Chicago
The most recent Drury Lane production in the Chicago burbs was magical, even with its intermission.
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Tammy Faye closing on December 8!
Nov 19 2024, 06:34:25 PM
Dr Zhivago ran 23 previews and 23 performances.
Farewell, Tammy Faye.
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Article: OPERATION MINCEMEAT... plots its course to New York
Nov 18 2024, 06:12:21 PM
The code for the 11AM hour was GOLDEN007. Had no trouble landing a $59 aisle seat in the top row upstairs.
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Menzel-led REDWOOD to transfer to Broadway this season
Nov 11 2024, 08:21:42 PM
REDWOOD has a Monday, June 2 performance. - There is no show on Tony Sunday, June 9.
See you on 41st Street that Monday night.
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Kokandy's Into the Woods in Chicago
Nov 4 2024, 08:58:38 PM
It’s a great, shoestring production. Wonderful pitch and pure voices. It’s in the Chopin basement, so EVERYONE will miss something due to the 6 thick pesky poles that hold up the ceiling.
The two grand pianos become a character in the show, and the audience is treated to a beautiful coda by the pianists after the bows.
Upstairs, in a different show, is a parody that mixes the Scooby Doo gang with the Golden Girls.
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Muhammad ALI musical to premiere in Chicago spring 2025
Nov 1 2024, 02:50:18 PM
Subscription tickets are being transferred to the PARADE tour, scheduled for a August 2025 stop in Chicago.
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DEATH BECOMES HER Previews
Oct 27 2024, 12:52:23 AM
After seeing the show in Chicago a few times, it was a treat to see the numerous changes made to the show Saturday night.
There’s no way I can recall every change and in order.
1. Stepan’s harp was returned. It was only used in Chicago in the mansion set during the first days of tryouts. The harp has resurfaced in Madeline’s NY apartment.
2. In addition to Stepan’s new, brief exit number in Act 2, JOSH LAMON’s Elvis
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DEATH BECOMES HER Previews
Oct 26 2024, 11:49:40 PM
ACL2006 said: "Was Megan back tonight?"
Kaleigh Cronin played Madeline Saturday night.
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Your Favorite
Oct 12 2024, 11:05:37 AM
darquegk said: "Not a lost “show” so much as a lost variant, but during that same file-sharing era I was given a audio bootleg of a Pippin revival that was labeled as East West but wasn’t.”
The East West Players of LA had a production of PIPPIN during their 2007-2008 season.
But it sounds like there was a mislabeled bootleg.
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What happens to the legacy of old shows?
Oct 12 2024, 10:47:03 AM
Somewhat related: I recall the era in the NYT theatre listings when the newspaper gave the reader a quick idea of how shows were selling, with a brief description after the show title: - capacity
- near capacity
- available
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