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EvanstonDad said: "Ouch for Every Brilliant ThingIndeed. Why on earth didn't they just close this after Hargitay left if they couldn't find a bigger draw than Tracee Ellis Ross? (Though to be fair, I myself was surprised at how big a draw Mariska Hargitay was, so maybe they held out hope for a similar surprise?)"The next show at the Hudson doesn't start until the end of September. The show has already recouped with Radcliffe and as a one-person show can't be that expensive to run. No reason n...

Yeah, Ken Marino would have been a get for Broadway and I wish he'd been a replacement here. I suppose the scheduling didn't work out. But having seen several understudies in the role who were capable musical theater performers who fell completely flat as Ernest, it was very clear the role needs someone who is adept as a comedian like Sieber is to sell it. "The Plan" simply doesn't work without someone who can do funny. Marino certainly qualifies.

The hilarious part about this endless discussion is that ColortheHours048 made the point in the first paragraph of their original post, then made a different point in their third paragraph, and joevitus decided to object to the third paragraph...by repeating what ColortheHours048 said in their first paragraph. And the thread has been spinning in circles ever since.ColortheHours048: "The difference is the construction of the choreography. Fosse choreographed for the theatre. He understood the ...

ACL2006 said: "So, Meg isn't sick. She was seen at the Comedy Cellar last night. So she's been blowing off the show. Is there a possibility the producers fire her?"

OP: "Any recommendations outside of the usual Disney fare?"Jarethan: "Take them to Disney shows."So helpful.

ColorTheHours048 said: Gonna go search for the original announcement thread of this production to remember how we all responded when this was first announced. I bet it’s fascinating."https://forum.broadwayworld.com/thread/The-first-look-inside--CatsThe-Jellicle-Ballexclusive-photohttps://forum.broadwayworld.com/thread/CATSThe-Jellicle-Ballat-PAC-reviews

GottaGetAGimmick420 said: "Did this ever post a new closing notice/use its original one? Or was this like Fear of 13 where it just moved up its closing quietly?"Neither. It actually extended at some point. It was originally announced for a strictly limited 16-week run, ending June 28. On Opening Night at the end of March Playbill was still quoting the June 28 closing date. Then it added two weeks.https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/DOG-DAY-AFTERNOON-Broadway-Theatre-and-Dates-Announced-2025...

The Telecharge lottery for tomorrow's first preview is listed as $20.

Jay Lerner-Z said: "Beyoncé selling her soul to Dubai for $24M was a deeply problematic and sh!tty thing to do.I don't know why so many of you seem to have such trouble acknowledging that.Oh, well, I guess it gives me an insight into MAGA nuts and how the cult of personality works."Lying and deflecting when called out on it? Yes, you have much in common with MAGA.This is a Broadway message board. Many of us have no interest in discussing Beyonce because we have no interest in her. She has not...

Highland Guy said: "If you have a cruise ship full of LGBTQ+ passengers, why would you send them to a country (Turkey) that probably would not be overly welcoming? Are these issues/possibilities not worked out in advance?Instead, put a friendly port of call on the agenda. Valencia, Spain, comes to mind. Currently hosting the World Gay Games. Can't get much friendlier than that." This particular cruise has apparently docked in Istanbul 13 times since 2000. So it has docked there before without...

Jay Lerner-Z said: "I don't constantly bring up Beyoncé, I haven't mentioned her in over a year."It's been in your signature for years, so you've mentioned her every time you've posted.

Interesting that she omitted the "well-heeled" part from her Instagram post.https://www.instagram.com/pattilupone/p/DaUkpPyCosk/

John Adams said: ""For myself, I would not want to be in a foreign country where if, for any reason I should be detained (righteously, or un-), my personal security might be at risk. Being banned from entry is a good thing because it eliminates the risk to Gay passengers' safety and security.Honestly, this was my first response. I follow someone on BlueSky who is on this cruise who posted about it yesterday, well before Patti did, and I didn't know why they would want to go to Turkey, and tho...

Ensemble1698878795 said:So whose fault is it that Arena Stage hired her? Is it her own? Also when Black AD's are handed organizations they are usually already failing. I'm not saying she's perfect. But I think you all need to acknowledge that there's been an historic lack of Black people let alone Black women in these positions. It's not because they are incapable. It's mostly because they aren't wanted. There seems to be some confusion so just to straighten out the thread a bit:Hana Sharif i...

Is there a reason this thread keeps getting bumped? OP asked the question in 2004 (and, unless they have a new user name, hasn't posted here since 2007). Yet the thread was dug up again in March, then suddenly again today? (I suspect whatever show the OP wanted to attend in 2004 has closed by now.)

UWS10023 said: "There have been other Encore shows where leads have carried books and it has not faced as much criticism as this production seems to be getting on this board. So it makes me think that this is more about the production in general."I remember High Spirits earlier this year getting a lot of complaints about the binders, especially when it came to Andrea Martin. A quick check of that thread shows it only takes until the fourth post for a, "They sure like holding their scripts in ...

I'm certainly not expecting a long run for it. I think the best case would be sticking it out through January 3; a show that's set during the holiday season should at least stay open through then. But it also seems foolish to consider packing it in now (Closing Imminent!) considering the bloodbath of closings that are coming. It's not going to be long before there is a lot less competition and a lot more open theaters. Simply by virtue of a lot less options for the (dwindling) number of touri...

When a show is up week to week and hits its highest average ticket price in over three months, and you declare "Closing Imminent!" that's not looking at facts. That's doomcasting.

For those doomcasting Two Strangers, they only had 7 shows last week, yet were only down by $17k. That's an average of $82,620 per performance, which is their best in months ($74,442 last week, $81,670 the week before, which was their highest grossing week since February).

The earlier thread (though some may have that OP blocked):https://forum.broadwayworld.com/thread/Jerome-at-PH