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Saw the show last night. The biggest issue I had was that it’s just not funny.  I kept thinking back to TOOTSIE, which was a similarly outlandish and unrealistic backstage musical comedy but was so much easier to swallow thanks to its genuinely funny book.  Brooks Ashmanskas is doing admirable comedic work but there’s only so much he can wring out of what he’s given.

Can anyone who saw the open rehearsal expand on the ending where Ivy dies? (How does it happ

Genuinely curious to understand the "whiteface" discussion happening here. We all understand that part of the narrative of this production is that Rose intends for June to look as white-passing as possible. Is it really (pardon the pun) beyond the pale to suggest that the production may have used make-up to that effect?  Or is it just the term "whiteface" that people are taking exception to?  Would saying "June was wearing make-up which ma

Saw the show tonight and basically liked it. I think it’s at its worst when it deals with the specifics of the filming Jaws - parts of it felt like a recitation of trivia from the Wikipedia page on the film - but gets a lot more interesting when the characters discuss other topics: acting as a profession, their relationships with their fathers, etc.

Really enjoyed Donnell and Shaw.  I tend to find Brightman annoying, and this time wasn’t an exception, but he had some g

jkcohen626 said: "Question: I believe the Broadway is losing around 700 seats for this show. If it now has around 1000 seats, how could that change the minimum?

Like I know the Nederlander has around 1200 seats and the Shucked orchestra has 6 people. That's not so far off from the DJ and the musicians at the end."

I read an old agreement once and my recollection is that the minimums aren’t tied directly to capacity, just the specific theatre. &nb

Matt Rogers said: 

3. The cleaning lady thing needs a paragraph all on its own. What the actual hell was that? Spoiler, I guess - She comes on for a few minutes in one scene mopping a floor and singing opera to herself. Way later in the show, she makes a second appearance in which she is still mopping the floor and singing opera to herself, but in this instance, two guys in suits are walking by in the background. They stop when they hear her singing and they grab her and r

I saw it last night and have to admit I’m puzzled by some of the raves I’m seeing.  It was a lot of fun with some great (and not-so-great) one-liners, but it didn’t add up to a great musical for me.

My first issue is the score, which to me was neither especially memorable nor funny.  The big exception was Alex Newell’s first act number, which might owe more to the performance than the writing. 

My other big issue was that the stakes felt so