Profile for Peter Barker

walnutoraroach said: "J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company did this at Theater Row with Janine LaManna a few years ago — a fine production, but, except for "The Grass Is Always Greener," which won Marilyn Cooper the Tony for maybe seven minutes of stage time, the material does not hold up. There are other Kander & Ebb scores worth doing at Encores! (The Rink, Flora the Red Menace, Steel Pier) before they get to Woman of the Year, if the point is to illuminate great music."Did you know Marilyn...

This is not the first time Jeff Bezos has sponsored the Met Gala. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but Bezos didn't turn into the person he is now overnight. And I'm fairly certain that a significant percentage of those objecting to his involvement in the Met Gala are still Amazon Prime members. Protest a museum fundraiser? Absolutely! Give up two-day shipping? Absolutely not!

It's hard to believe Pink hasn't done Moulin Rouge. The Lady Marmalade video was theatrical and showed she can work a costume. Not my first choice, but a good choice.

The Most Happy Fella is the very first play I thought of! And I only know it because of the episode in I Love Lucy when the foursome go to see it."Standing on the corner, watching all the girls go by!"

Yes!! and hear me out, Joseph Quinn as Emcee...."Can Joseph Quinn sing? I would pay just to watch him manspread throughout the entire show.

After reading elsewhere comments that were extreme and in many cases simply unhinged, I came here expecting a discussion somewhat more focused on the impact this issue has/will have on Nicole's performance and continued association with Sunset Blvd. After digesting this thread with its wild tangents on Hitler's reputation, socialism, Catholics and Christians, and of course The Election, I realize that what is happening is that people are reacting to reactions of a reaction to a post. Once the...

denali.fire said: "Gee. I thought we were the tolerant left."If We are the Tolerant Left and They are the Intolerant Right, then by design as They grow stronger We get weaker. This happens primarily because when We disagree We eat our own.

Donald Trump was elected president and people are mad at an actress for comments she made?Priorities are completely out of whack.

CurtainsUpat8 said: Raise your eyebrows all you would like. Why would using the word "disgusting" make me racist? lol The word fits the situation. Two superstars taking away the song of a 21 year old girl on the biggest night of her life... the night she WON the Tony. That is disgusting.I'm not getting into the fray of accusations. I just find it odd to have a musical performance described in such a way. Unnecessary, maybe. Overreaching or even out of line. But you've made your position quite...

CurtainsUpat8 said: "First of all I take back my apology. I looked at the videos of Carole King and Sara Barielles. What they did was NOTHING similar to what Alicia Keys and Jay Z did. NOTHING. Sara sang a TINY bit of the song and Jesse finished it and Carole King only came in at the end to sing a short DUET with Jesse. So yes, it was disgusting what Alicia Keyes did.As for your comment calling me a racist.... Pathetic. Sad. Troublesome. Wrong. Childish. and RACIST You have no idea what color...

Broadway is the smallest and most niche of the major award sectors and the people who watch the Tony Awards care about the Tony Awards. Most theatergoers (or even fans of awards shows) aren't invested in seeing who wins best lighting or costume design when they may have only seen/heard of one or two of the nominees. My suggestion is to make the show a true celebration of live theater with musical numbers and dramatic performances broadcast from their original Broadway stages. If the producers...

"I think there should be a rule that only members of the cast can appear in any musical performance for the nominated shows. It's very misleading. And let's face it, Keyes' and Jay-Z's fanbases weren't ever going to be tuning in to the Tonys."I am a fan of theater, the Tonys, musicals, and music. Right now Alicia Keyes represents all four. Your comment regarding fan bases is insensitive on many, many levels.

OhHiii said: "CurtainsUpat8 said: "I think something happened last night which I have never seen happen before.Alicia Keyes STOLE the song from Maleah. Maleah WON THE TONY. And the composer stepped in and took her best number. So we never got to hear the young lady who WON the award because the composer decided it was best she sing it. That was AWFUL. That was a disgrace imho."I think you need to understand what this performance was about. It was about selling tickets. The shows spend hundred...

Kad said: "This is a very weird and off-feeling ceremony."The Tony Awards used to feel special, like Great Performances or Live From Lincoln Center. This is like watching Glee.

MCfan2 said: "The dancing in the Chita Rivera tribute was great, but I wish they hadn't had dancers dancing and Chita on the screen and people talking all at the same time. It was difficult to focus on any one thing."The best way to honor Chita Rivera might have been to simply show a clip of her performing.

Whoever made the decision to film the music numbers so close should be punished. Cabaret was weak.

Dan6 said: "Trying to put myself in the position of someone who hasn’t seen any of these shows, W4E was the first performance that made me think I wanted to see it."I agree. This was the only performance that had a sense of theater. The rest were variety show segments.

The filming of the music numbers completely loses the scope and scale of being on stage. Too many intrusive camera close-ups and zooms. I'm disappointed.

The sound is flat and the energy is low.

That was the weakest opening I've ever seen.