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I don’t know much about children. For those of you who have experience with kids, at what age would a child typically be able to sit quietly through a musical?

BrodyFosse123 said: "Simple. Children under 5 are not permitted at Broadway shows. Even Disney’s THE LION KING has it posted “no children under 2 permitted.” This info is clearly posted on show websites and ticket selling websites as well as the theatre’s box office."Does this rule also apply to off Broadway and off off Broadway shows?

I was watching a YouTube video of a play. This baby was crying for 2 full minutes over singing and monologues before the father took him out. How is this generally handled on Broadway? Does it happen often?

Here is an explanation from the producer of Wizard of Oz Sphere when asked what was cut from the film: “The 1939 movie is 102 min. The Sphere experience trims 27 minutes by shaving edits and some dialogue throughout, playing multiple shots simultaneously, truncating songs, and removing "If I was King of the Forest". Some of the removed shots were too intense for many audience members to be comfortable from a movement standpoint, and in some cases, the long close-up dialog scenes brought the e...

On eBay, people have been selling those cheap Styrofoam apples that are dropped from the ceiling at the Wizard of Oz Sphere. Some of the prices are listed up to $500. An employee at the theater said that they drop 900 of those apples at every single performance. He encouraged people not to buy them on eBay. If anyone who really knows the movie actually saw this, it would be great to hear details of what was cut from the 141 minutes to reduce it to a 75 minute running time.

This is an excellent anonymous review of the Wizard of Oz at the Sphere theater that I found online:”This is a one star so that the production team reads this. I enjoyed my night out. I love what you've accomplished and hope that this feedback can help improve things for future shows. This film comes incredibly close to being a masterpiece, but to go from a 9 to a 10 the visual effects needed polish. From what was shared about the production process, it seems the filmmakers chose a faster pro...

There’s no question that the experience of the tornado is exciting for a lot of people. I call it a hot mess because there is so much footage removed from the tornado scene and so much new footage added to the scene. Dorothy’s reaction shots are mostly absent. A lot of the people, animals, and objects floating by outside the window seen by Dorothy are gone. New images of the wicked witch and Toto floating around in the eye of the cyclones are present. If you love the movie and want to see it ...

It looks like Wizard of Oz sphere did a lot of cuts in the tin man scene. If I only had a heart goes on for only the first few lines. They cut out the middle section and the end section and most of the dance. It seems like they overlaid a full orchestra over the song and it sounds awful.

For the Wizard of Oz at the Sphere, they edited out 27 minutes and added in a lot of things that were not in the movie. “If I were king of the forest” is completely gone. They also cut four minutes out of the munchkin scene. There were several other trims throughout the entire movie to bring it down to 75 minutes so they could get turnover in the seats.The AI background expanded practically every frame of the movie and looks very cheap. They added extra characters generated by AI that look li...

UPDATED: Curfew to Allow for Attendance at PerformancesGiven updated guidance on the Downtown Los Angeles curfew from Mayor Karen Bass, the June 12 performances at The Music Center will go on as planned. This new guidance says that individuals with tickets to events at an indoor venue are allowed to attend that event as scheduled.

“Please Be Advised: Downtown L.A. Overnight CurfewThe overnight curfew for Downtown L.A. will continue this evening, Wednesday, June 11. The curfew is in place from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.and extends east to west from the 5 Freeway to the 110 Freeway; and from north to south from the 10 Freeway to where the 110 and 5 freeways merge. Please note the Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Box Offices will close at 7:30 p.m. The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion box office will close at 6:00 p.m., and the Walt Di...

Due to the overnight curfew in Downtown L.A., the June 10 and 11 performances of Hamlet are canceled. Please contact Center Theatre Group Audience Services at (213) 628-2772 or tickets@ctgla.org for assistance.

Performances at the Disney Hall and theaters in the L.A. Center Theater Group were canceled on Tuesday. Customers at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Theatre were urged to connect with 213.628.2772 or tickets@ctgla.org for assistance.

LA Music Center Shows cancelled Tuesday night thru who-knows-when:-Life of Pi-Hamlet-Concerts at the Disney Concert Hall-Rigoletto (still selling tickets for Thursday) Are people going to be tentative buying tickets for the next few weeks? I wonder what happens to the theaters financially. The mayor of Los Angeles has instituted a curfew in Downtown Los Angeles. The performance of Hamlet at the Mark Taper Forum on Tuesday, June 10 at 8pm has been canceled. Please contact Audience Services at ...

Hannah Shankman has been announced as the full-time Fanny for the funny girl tour. Is there any indication that she will do 8 shows a week or will there will be an alternate on Thursdays?

2 days ago on Facebook, Melissa Manchester stated that she is finishing her first year of the funny girl tour. Then she said, “onward to year 2.”

https://iatse.net/shows/funny-girl-2/ Here is a link to the IATSE webpage for the touring company of funny girl. It refers to the SET contract for the show.

Thanks for the information about the new unite the road actors equity contract. Apparently that was ratified in April 2023. It supersedes the old SETA contract. If you look at the old SETA contract, it appears that the producers had to negotiate the contract prior to beginning auditions. So I would be surprised if funny girl tour used the new touring contract because they began auditions in February 2023. During negotiations for the old SETA contract, the producers had to turn in a 52 week it...

https://www.broadwayworld.com/equity-audition/FUNNY-GIRL-Various-Producers-2023-38761 The original casting call for this tour stated that it would be under a SETA contract. Equity guidelines state that a SETA contract starts with a year run, but can be extended. I thought that was why the tour ended with an interruption and most people were leaving after a year. Did something change from the time this casting call was published in February 2023 for the tour to use something other than a SETA ...

An online interview in the Jewish Herald Voice from a few days ago states that Eileen T’Kaye (Mrs. Strakosh) is leaving the show after this week to prepare for some production of fiddler on the roof. I wonder if anyone is staying with this tour.