Lin-Manuel Miranda to direct film adaptation of OCTET
May 11 2026, 04:05:36 PM
I saw the production in Chicago last week and it's fantastic. I had never seen the show before and thought it was just stunning. Dave Malloy really is working on a different level then a lot of composers. If you are in the area between now and beginning head over to the Raven Theater and catch it. I know the show is sold out until May 22. I would not be surprised if this extended.
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Who Is Your One Personal MUST WIN Tony Award This Year?
May 7 2026, 09:52:16 AM
For me it's Alden Ehrenreich...who I actually think will win. Normally I'm not the biggest supporter when Hollywood comes to Broadway (of course I realize he has his own theatre company), but that was really a very tricky character to get right and he was astonishing
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Thats our Mame!
May 4 2026, 06:12:01 PM
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Who Deserves the Next Lifetime Achievement Tony Award?
Apr 30 2026, 03:20:49 PM
I've been saying it for years...DICK WOLF!
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Meryl Streep considering return to Broadway with Martin Short
Apr 23 2026, 10:44:52 AM
Since it seems to be having a renaissance...Amadeus. I would pay big money for a Meryl Streep Saliari.
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Best Merch
Apr 6 2026, 02:36:43 PM
The keychain of CATS: The Jellicle Ball is amazing. Although it is kind of large, I really love it.
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BECKY SHAW Previews
Apr 3 2026, 08:26:48 PM
We saw this on our trip last weekend, going in completely cold and was enthralled. We found it so funny, almost like Neil LaBute but lite. Alden Ehrenreich completely blew me away. He was so perfect for a very tricky character, that has to be charming but also a dick. If him or Linda Edmond do not get tony nominations, what are we even doing. I even thought Madeline Brewer was fantastic. When we saw it and she made her entrance one person clapped, which was kind of strange, then I realized th
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Lead Actor in a Play 2026
Mar 31 2026, 10:28:44 AM
I just saw Becky Shaw this past Sunday and I have to completely agree with the other posts about Alden Ehrenreich. He was sensational in this very tricky role. He could be the dark horse of this season. I hope to hear his and Linda Edmond's names on Tony nomination morning.
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Iceboy! The Musical
Mar 13 2026, 05:33:08 PM
I'm so curious about this new musical from Mark Hollerman (Urinetown) coming to the Goodman in a few months. The plot sounds bonkers, but I'm here for it. Has anyone heard anything about this show yet?
A musical 40,000 years in the making.
Broadway’s brightest star of 1938, Vera Vimm (Megan Mullally/Will & Grace), is at the top of her game. But when she adopts a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal discovered frozen in the Arctic, the
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Alladin, Donica, Pinkins & More Complete ENCORES! THE WILD PARTY Cast
Mar 7 2026, 04:39:02 PM
I enjoyed her production of The Color Purple, it wasn't in the seem league of John Doyle's production, but I enjoyed it. I really loved her productions of Eureka Day and The Hot Wing King.
I'm so curious about her placing the production more in the Harlem Renaissance, and being inspired by the dark tower.
Mostly I"m super excited to see so much Chicago talent on NY Stage.
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Alladin, Donica, Pinkins & More Complete ENCORES! THE WILD PARTY Cast
Mar 6 2026, 01:29:44 PM
Love that Lili-Ann Brown is wearing "The Understudy" shirt...the Chicago Theatre Bookstore.
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The Rocky Horror Show Playbill Design
Mar 4 2026, 10:43:44 AM
That's interesting that this production seems to be ignoring the "audience participation" element from the movie. (Who's to say, the show hasn't started yet) I remember seeing the last revival, and I was a fan of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, but I wasn't super as familiar with audience participation script. There was a guy next to me, who knew everything to say, and he was yelling it out, as were others. But let's also remember it's not just y
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Chicago Spring/Summer 2026
Mar 2 2026, 06:02:56 PM
Kokandy Productions is putting on "Hair" in July at the Chopin Theatre. They are hands down one of the best musical companies here in Chicago. What they are able to do with with so little is kind of incredible. Their phenomenal Jekyll and Hyde is actually going to be a part of the Broadway in Chicago theater season in the fall.
If you can get out to Aurora. Paramount Theatre is putting on South Pacific. They are the opposite of Kokandy in that they put on huge productio
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Alladin, Donica, Pinkins & More Complete ENCORES! THE WILD PARTY Cast
Feb 19 2026, 10:07:58 AM
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I’m gonna need Alladin and Donica to roll into CHESS when the time comes. I think Donica as Anatoly would be an on-par replacement for Nicholas Christopher"
oh no...if this is not the cast for a new revival of "Design for Living" what are we even doing.
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Goodman’s Holiday to transfer?
Feb 19 2026, 09:49:31 AM
I wouldn't be surprised if it does, it is the last play of Richard Greenberg I believe. I saw it a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it. He's updated the setting to now and it's not the zany madcap romance of the film it's based on. It actually feels like a long episode of succession, but if some of the characters actually had a heart and cared. The set design is fabulous and Chicago cast is fantastic. If it does transfer I'm sure they will replace quite a few of them with
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The Rocky Horror Show Playbill Design
Feb 18 2026, 11:52:07 AM
I'm not a fan of this either. I thought it would have a more black, neon, Warhol vibe, like the cast announcement pieces. As someone who is a graphic designer I will never fault the designer. We don't know how many iterations were gone through, and I'm sure there were some amazing designs, but it all comes down to the client. Also, personally, this type of ripping through the playbill design seems to work far better with "Titanique"
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Maya Rudolph Next in Oh, Mary!?
Jan 30 2026, 09:31:30 AM
Megan would be great, but she is currently slated to star in "Iceboy! of the completely untrue store of how Eugene O'Neil came to write The Iceman Cometh" at the Goodman Theatre in June-July the new musical from Mark Holloman.
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Great Tony Awards Performances
Jan 23 2026, 11:40:20 AM
-The Bands Visit
- Any of the Gypsy revival numbers (Bernadette, Patti, Audra)
-Book of Mormon
-Man of LaMancha (Brian Stokes Mitchell)
-How To Succeed (90's revival - just to see the great Lilas White tear it up)
-Guys and Dolls (90's reival - Walter Bobbie's kills "Sit Down Your Rocking the Boat)
There are so many, but I much prefer the shows that just highlight one number then to do a medley.
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Revolution(s) at Goodman...an actual new ROCK musical
Oct 10 2025, 10:18:35 AM
Last night, I had the chance to attend a preview of Revolution(s), a new musical from Tom Morello, guitarist of Rage Against the Machine—and this show just might have serious legs. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a genuine rock musical (maybe not since Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), and this absolutely fits the bill. The story’s relevance—especially with everything happening in Chicago right now—could help turn this into a breakout h
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Mr. Wolf at Steppenwolf in Chicago
Oct 10 2025, 09:57:16 AM
We saw it a few weeks ago and thought it was excellent. I'm becoming a fan of Rajiv Joseph, because I also really enjoyed Describe the Night. I thought all the performances were excellent, especially the young girl at the center of the show. Seriously, Caroline Neff can do no wrong, her performance in last year's Fool for Love was one of my favorites. My only complaint is that Namir Smallwood, my favorite Chicago actor, didn't have as meaty a character, but apparently he was
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