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Excuse my illiteracy. The person in the original post should be Patti LaBelle, NOT LuPone. Do we think she will play the Oracle, Pythio?

Excuse my illiteracy. The person in the original post should be Patti LaBelle, NOT LuPone. Do we think she will play the Oracle, Pythio?

Someone mentioned that Patti LaBelle participated in a reading of HEAD OVER HEELS as the Oracle, Pythio.Do you think she’d do the part on Broadway? EDIT: Patti LaBelle, NOT LuPone.

I was at Ripley-Grier rehearsing my one man show about my severe struggle with chronic pneumonia (I will post more once I find the proper, cheap venue.) and in the studio next to me it said ZERO DARK 30 - Presentation.... If my hearing still serves me (Debatable...), I heard Christine Ebersole sing an aria and Mandy Patinkin sang a song in Arabic. Does anyone know more about this project? NYFM? Fringe? Cherry Lane Theatre?

ColorTheHours048 said: “Um... what? I’m not talking about her weight, I’m talking about her costume; the design and fit of which she has no control over.If Collins-Hughes wanted to make a comment about costumes, she should have done that without drawing attention to one actress’s size in relation to her castmates’."I’m not sure what quolbinau’s rather rude post was about. I understood what you intended ColorTheHours048.I think without addressing an example of why she wasn’t fond of the costum...

newintown said: "I wish you the best of luck in finding that kind of discourse here..."I think the discussion has been pretty good so far. Would love to hear your thoughts! Personally, I believe an apology on the critic's end would be an easy way out. I see nothing wrong with Collins-Hughes defending her thoughts and intentions. If she did word it differently... would there be any uproar? Are the words themselves the issue? Or, is it what she's intending to express? If it's just the words, ca...

JSquared2 said: "If you see nothing wrong with whatLaura Collins-Hughes wrote, then one would assume that you are either Ms. Collins-Hughes or her (size zero) BFF.I can assure I am neither. I'm also not a person who is not willing to listen to other's perspectives. I'd truly like to discuss what you find about the criticism appalling.Not being snarky, genuinely looking to discuss. I can admit I am wrong.

Last evening marked the opening night of the off-Broadway revival of Smokey Joe's Cafe. As always, the New York Times published their review of the piece, which I have attached to this post. The following paragraph has stirred up some controversy, especially on the star's Twitter account:Ms. Umphress, by the way, is bigger than the other women onstage, and the costume designer, Alejo Vietti, doesn’t seem to have known how to work with that, dressing her in an unnecessarily unflattering way. H...

I was there last night and had a great time!It's not a perfect show, but the music, choreography and the cast make up for it. I also thought most of the costumes were lovely (save for those snake costumes!) and the sets were fine. It was nice to see old-fashioned painted work onstage again. I'd rate this one with a B+.The book is hit or miss, but it had good aim. Many of the jokes landed and the crowd seemed to eat it up last night! There is a scene in which Pamela (played by Milligan) recite...

My god. Now I’ve seen many New Group productions, most which leave me mixed to negative. (Their plays are often terrible. Their musicals fair much better.) However, this one is by far the worst production of theirs I have seen. It’s one of the worst plays I’ve seen all around. Very curious what The New Group saw in this play and its playwright, who is still a student studying playwrighting. (This must be very exciting for her, but I also feel bad because... what a first impression.)They have ...