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It actually did a lot better business than I remember. It might just be that I really don't care as this argument should have died, oh I don't know, three years ago. I remember it having some lean weeks and there being lots of offers around and a closing notice being posted for Feb 20th and then it being rescinded but only for a few months.

Tonys dress rehearsal is 9am on the day of the show. Then everyone goes off and does their matinee. Then they go back for the actual show.

Was it a shocker when Bernadette didn't win the Tony? Not as shocking as that it's still being talked about three years later. Marissa's win was not shocking, upsetting or unexpected. Gypsy got a lot of negative press in previews, mainly centring on the alleged miscasting of Bernadette Peters as Mamma Rose. It opened to less than stellar reviews and consistently underperformed at the box office. Hairspray was a juggernaut that got killer reviews and cleaned up at the box office and the award ...

But it's perceived nowadays as being beneath a Broadway "star" to tour a show. Hopefully Cherry Jones in the tour of Doubt and now Norbert Leo Butz opening the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels tour will change that opinion a little bit.

Saturday night was 4th preview. 5th if you count the invited dress on the 1st June.

Tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster the morning the nominations are announced and not one minute before.

You're telling a 13 year old to "get a life"? Nope. Someone pretending to be a 13 year old.

They might give you the direct telephone number to the box office. I would seriously doubt it.

Personally I think it's a great idea.

Looking at playbill.com, it looks like they're doing Thu-Sat.

And yes it is true that the top price in previews is $76.25. They're only doing 3 or 4 shows a week throughout previews though.

Jane Horrocks was an AWFUL Sally Bowles, only cast as she was dating Sam Mendes at the time. The Donmar version of the show is a great idea but deeply flawed in execution. The Studio 54 version clearly owes a lot to Rob Marshall.

That was taken from Wikkipedia And you don't see the flaws in that?

And you're always so on the money

I don't see what the thread title has to do with the first post.

Lisa, even though three of you (Jayne, Saidah and yourself) have been together on WELL for many incarnations, it is the entire company's Broadway debut. What is the feeling like backstage?

Didn't Les Mis frequently run afoul of overtime becuase of its length? Yes, which is why it was reworked some years before it closed to trim enough off the running time to prevent overtime being an issue.

Eh, a mooted West End return for Cats never came to fruition. Lets hope the pattern holds.

I doubt it will extend. I hope it doesn't extend. The reasons for bringing the show back were pretty pathetic.

So far, the prices for Avenue Q in previews are £10, £20 and £30 ($17.50, $35 and $52.50) with the top price rising to a whopping £47.50 ($82.91) after opening. Wicked's top price is £45 ($78.57) in previews, and £55 ($96.04) after. Spamalot has a top price of £55 ($96.04) in the week and £60 ($104.73) at the weekends.