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Sad.  I would've gone back to see Jojo.

Jordan Catalano said: 
And for those wondering, yes. Shoshana gets to set the dinner table here. A lot."

If I had a nickel for every Shoshana Bean show I've seen where she prepares some sort of food item, I'd have three nickels -- which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened three times.

I liked this more than Mincemeat, which isn't saying much because I loathed Mincemeat.  I found Button tolerable, but the book/adaptation is not great -- or at least not entirely thought through.  I went in expecting "Cornish folk" (or so the marketing suggested), and I came out wondering if "Cornish folk" is code for "generic Celtic."  

ChorusJ16 said: "Next up Sabrina Carpenter concert of Stephen Ward- The friendly osteopath."

Poor Sabrina Carpenter out here catching strays.  Lest we forget, her acting career is longer than Rachel's...

Plus, I think she'd do a mean "I'm Hopeless When It Comes to You."

Will Rachel Zegler relate to the lyric "A shame you did it all at twenty six / there are no mysteries now / nothing can thrill you, no one fulfill you"?

I think Adam Feldman's review is about where I'm at.  The show should flunk on the merits (book, direction, cutting off the music and adding some meh new songs).  But I had a good time watching a hot mess.  Sober, even.

If this Fiddler prod comes over to NYC, I wonder if they'll be able to get the full effect of that gorgeous set.  There was something special about watching the show in the slightly chilly open air of the Regent's Park greens, listening to "Sunrise, Sunset" as the sun goes down in the horizon.  Curious to see how this plays over at the Barbican.

Lesley Manville saying Tom Hiddleston is "nice" and exclaiming "I'm single!" took me out.

The front row of center orch is fine.  Because the stage extends out with the passerelle, you really only have to crane your neck slightly when the actors are on the passerelle.  Otherwise, the stage is set back a bit, and you have a nice view of the whole stage.  (Note, however, Rose's Turn is done on the passerelle for most (?) of the song, which means you will be looking up at Audra.  I actually liked it better this way, but YMMV.)

Call_me_jorge said: "So, the President doesn’t actually have the legal authority to fire all the trustees, en masse. It’s a bipartisan board and every trustee serves for 6 year terms; there’s no “at the pleasure of the President” stipulated. This is just another one of Trumps stunts to distract us from Elon Musks raid on the federal government."

The statute doesn't need to say board members serve at the pleasure of the President; Seila Law recognizes the President's plenary authority to dismiss individuals exercising executive power.  (And the KC board isn't legislating or exercising judicial power, so its quasi-governmental functions must be executive in nature.)  The only exception is requiring for-cause dismissal for independent commissions per Humphrey's Executor, and that's probably on its way out soon.  

I find Trump's intrusion into the artistic independence of the KC repulsive, but this is probably one of the least problematic things he's done, from a legal standpoint.  Even Deborah Rutter recognized as much.  Per the Washington Post:

“Per the Center’s governance established by Congress in 1958, the chair of the board of trustees is appointed by the Center’s board members,” Rutter wrote. “There is nothing in the Center’s statute that would prevent a new administration from replacing board members; however, this would be the first time such an action has been taken with Kennedy Center’s board.”

https://wapo.st/40NQjJC

Musical:  toss-up between Bad Cinderella and Tammy Faye

Play:  McNeal

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Oh, you said "best."

Musical:  A Strange Loop, in terms of the sophistication of the work, although it personally was not my cup of tea; have not yet seen Maybe Happy Ending, so that may displace

Revival:  Merrily or Parade

Play:  Leopoldstadt or Fat Ham

NYT Gift Link here:  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/arts/swept-away-review-avett-brothers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bU4.ilHp.XzA6sAaDIOMX&smid=url-share