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iluvtheatertrash said: "I think it's you, Joevitus,failing to understand QuizKing..."Hardly. John Adams already said it, but the point of my comment was that if these dances are impossible to do regularly without risking injury, isn't because dancers can't be expected to do demanding choregography 8 shows a week but because this specific choreography hasn't been designed in a way that it is possible to execute regularly without risking injury.I used de Mille as the first name because she was ...

quizking101 said: "joevitus said: "ColorTheHours048 said: "Edited to add that the 8x/week model is unsustainable and torturous on the body after a long time, regardless of the choreographer’s care for pacing. Some dance styles are simply more strenuous and high impact, far more tailored to individual performers’ talents, and therefore harder to just slot people in in the traditional “swing” sense."The history of Broadway since at least Agnes de Milledisagrees with you. If this show wasn't cho...

ColorTheHours048 said: "Edited to add that the 8x/week model is unsustainable and torturous on the body after a long time, regardless of the choreographer’s care for pacing. Some dance styles are simply more strenuous and high impact, far more tailored to individual performers’ talents, and therefore harder to just slot people in in the traditional “swing” sense."The history of Broadway since at least Agnes de Mille disagrees with you. If this show wasn't choreographed in such a way that the ...

Aww, thank you!

I gotta wait a whole week to read the second part! *sob*

malcs98 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Statement from ALW this morning on his Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/p/DaxlrZWDDHj/?img_index=1"He's right. Broadway is on the verge of having theaters be empty for long segments of time just like Hollywood's soundstages. It's time theater owners, unions and producers come together to acknowledge this crisis for the American theater. At this point, I don't feel confident in this new season we're currently about to enter at all."I mean, what exactly is he...

So weird that, like yesterday, we were reading comments about how so many people going just didn't "really" understand this production, and sneering at some older woman who was watching it and saying "Now Cats finally make sense" when she couldn't possible "get" ballroom culture. Now it's all about how Broadway is dead because it won't support shows like this. Did people want Broadway to support this, or did they want some private gem for their little niche circle? It can't be both. Looks lik...

ACL2006 said: "He can be the next Amos in Chicago"They'd slot him in as Billy Flynn, but Chicago is definitely the only thing anyone would chance him in.

Matt Rogers said: "joevitus said: "kdogg36 said: "YvanEhtNioj said: "i was gonna say that but stopped myself"I'm not Black but I was thinking the same thing. Obviously there are Black directors who could nail this."Lord. Anon-Catholic can effectively direct The Sound of Music. A gentile can effectively direct Fiddler on the Roof. And a white man can--and did, quite effectively--direct Dreamgirls. Heck, it was a team of white men who created all the material and shaped the pieceinto what it is...

ClumsyDude15 said: "People are always so quick to critcize Disney for focusing on live actions and/or sequels, but then seldom support the original work they do put out. Elio being one of the most recent examples of this."It still suggests a death to creative thinking at Disney. And the fact IP recognition brings in more viewers than new work--espeically if the new work isn't any good--does not mean Disney following that route isn't giving up on their legacy of original, creative work. On the...

Joey Ledenio said: "joevitus said: "kdogg36 said: "YvanEhtNioj said: "i was gonna say that but stopped myself"I'm not Black but I was thinking the same thing. Obviously there are Black directors who could nail this."Lord. Anon-Catholic can effectively direct The Sound of Music. A gentile can effectively direct Fiddler on the Roof. And a white man can--and did, quite effectively--direct Dreamgirls. Heck, it was a team of white men who created all the material and shaped the pieceinto what it i...

SonofRobbieJ said: "1776 is my favorite musical and I got to host a concert version of it for a number of years at 54 Below. The show has the trappings of a conservative musical comedy, but it was only 4 years after both the Selma to Montgomery marches and the passage of the Voting Rights act. We may view the racial politics of the show as quaint now, but that wouldn't have been the case in 1969.In addition, Nixon (who was president when the show opened and when the film was made) pressured J...

kdogg36 said: "YvanEhtNioj said: "i was gonna say that but stopped myself"I'm not Black but I was thinking the same thing. Obviously there are Black directors who could nail this."Lord. A non-Catholic can effectively direct The Sound of Music. A gentile can effectively direct Fiddler on the Roof. And a white man can--and did, quite effectively--direct Dreamgirls. Heck, it was a team of white men who created all the material and shaped the piece into what it is.Tommy Tune was Bennett's protégé...

quizking101 said: "(Second) Intermission here:The show stopped just after “Eddie” and they took everyone off stage, but apparently Amber Gray had, in the words of the Narrator, “Riffed her Raff” and, in about 20 minutes,was replaced by Andres Quintero for the last song of Act I. Right before curtain went back up, Rachel came out and informed us of what happened (in character).Luke came out of the bathroom and ad-libbed - “Sorry! It took a loooong time to kill him”.I hope Amber is okay"You do ...

The one change that is--"frustrating" is the wrong word, but I can't think of a better one--is that the show centers the debate on slavery as THE issue that will decide if the colonies break from England and form a new nation, and therefore makes the omission of a phrase from the Declaration of Independence decying the enslavement of Black people as the only possible way of insuring the birth of the nation--so that that wrong can be redressed later.Of course, the vote on independence was take...

CarlosAlberto said: "Jarethan said:If she is successful as Maria, why would she want to play Deena? Sheryl Lee Ralph was as good as anyone can be in that role, but she got nominated for a Tony only because there were not enough good candidates to fill the slots. It is a featured role. To go from Betty Boop to Maria to Deena just does not sound like good career planning for me. Of course, I will also acknowledge that there are not as many musical roles as there were in early decades, so that m...

I don't at all agree it would be considered unpatriotic or woke, especially since live theater and its audience base seems to be among the most progressive branches of the arts. I guess if the movie were just being released today, Fox News would try to drum up some sort of outrage.I think the show is fairly conservative, very Old Broadway, but of course with the proliferation of right wing media, and the internet obsession with outrage, the material could look leftist to a certain segement of...

BrodyFosse123 said: "The various casts of Grease would like a word.GREASE was written as a satire and from its original 1971 Chicago production to its 1972 Off-Broadway and later Broadway productions, it has always been cast with older adults playing teenagers. That not only is the conceit of the satire concept but it was an intentional choice. They carried this older actors playing teenagers for the 1978 film adaptation but the satire tone didn’t cross over as intended. Due to this, 99% of t...

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "My Blu-Ray copy arrived earlier today. Just dived into the bonus features.The deleted scene is actually the bonus track from the soundtrack. It’s set at a nightclub Molina attends with some friends after he’s put on parole. As for the commentary track, Bill Condon offers such a well detailed insight into making the movie. From the project’s origins to his adaptation choices to the deeper meanings behind certain scenes."I'll be picking up a copy, too. I've watched it...

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "I cannot fathomhow anyoneexpected Liza to show up, given her erratic attendance and health matters over the past 15 years (and especially recently), and the fact that this was in New York and not Los Angeles.It was never advertised to buyers that she would be making an appearance on stage or in the audience, and for good reason.Even if the performers were told that Liza intended to be there (which I don't believe they were), no sane person should have believed t...