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Easy answer - just don't accept Taz's friend request. (edited to fix typo!)

I usually don't get too excited for things before they've been worked on a bit but... Wow. That makes me so excited. I'm sitting here grinning.

I remember being easily distracted during the show (some of that might have been the New Amsterdam which was amazing and I had NEVER seen) but I really love the CD.

To answer the original question, I thought Alice was brilliant in Company. Very very funny. I'm probably biased because I saw that production just for her - but she stole the show - though the rest of the cast was pretty excellent as well. I do remember that every night the audience went wild after her number - I think everyone would have been ok if she'd done it again. She's an extremely gifted comic actress. I actually enjoyed that entire production for the most part. I thought the choreogr...

I rushed Saturday and everybody who got there before 9:15 got a ticket, though towards the end of the line people had to be flexible about which show they were going to since one sold out before the other.

For what it is worth, there is a group of altarholics who rush this show and who seem to enjoy a good overnight outside a theater. Having never seen that show I didn't know their fanbase was so devoted but a fair amount of them seem to be hardcore rushing this show for Kyle Dean Massey.

I think people WERE rushing that early to see the understudy, since the absence was planned and it sold out the show. If it hadn't been sold out I doubt it would have been that intense.

The Booth is way smaller than the Imperial. I think the Imperial seats around 1400 and the Booth seats around 780.

At this point I would say there would be no chance - they've been selling out as soon as the box office opens, I think.

I don't really understand how the two are related. I love Next to Normal. I enjoyed myself at Legally Blonde. Obviously they're two very different kinds of shows... but I enjoy serious fare and occasional fluff. Variety is the spice of life.

I just hope all shows avoid medleys. And I think Rock of Ages should do "Here I Go Again" for sure... I randomly caught them doing that on some TV show once and it came across very well. Hair has so many options. And actually Hair might be able to pull off a medley and not have it come across as a disaster.

Next to Normal ought to do "Just Another Day" - if they need it to end without... bread throwing they could just end the song the way it used to end before they added that.... The song is catchy, upbeat, and showcases all of the nominated actors. And Aaron Tveit shirtless is not bad advertising.

No, that's how the line is read in the show, too.

I might be completely wrong... but didn't they change the rules sometime in the past few years? In the back of my mind I seem to remember some sort of fuss where Big River couldn't perform because they were closed - and they were going on tour and really could have used the tv time... And I remember thinking, wait... closed shows used to perform all the time.... Honestly I have no idea but that's what is stuck in my brain.

Alice Ripley winning for best actress in a musical. Anything else will sort of be a moot point for me if that doesn't happen.

No actually, going nuts is the right word for what happened during that line... I was there last night and was really surprised by the screams that line drew. There was an especially rowdy (not bothersome though) group of teenagers behind us who screamed especially loud, but it wasn't just them... After the show I turned to the people I was with and wondered exactly how long there will be enough Wicked types packing the house for it to get that response repeatedly. I actually would be curious...

I saw her on the tour in 93? I had no idea who she was at the time but I was impressed enough with her to get her to sign my program - and never forgot her name. Her performance made me a huge fan. That was a good cast. And then ended up seeing her do the role several times on broadway.. like 1998-99ish? I thought she was fantastic. Les Mis sort of had its ins and outs over the years but that cast she was with was very good. She does an incredible "I Dreamed a Dream". Very emotional.

That World Aids Day cast with Laura Benanti and Will Chase and Steven Pasquale was pretty amazing. I thought there was going to be a riot when "Lily's Eyes" finished. The Secret Garden was the first show I was completely obsessed with when I was a kid so it holds a place in my heart - I wore out the tape and my mother took to leaving me in the theater lobby and letting me see the show alone because she didn't care for it - I was 11. I'd love to see a revival but... I'd probably be picky about...

Off the top of my head it was (at 2nd Stage) Let There Be Light Just Another Day Perfect Costco (got cut during the run) Who's Crazy - My Psychopharmacologist and I Perfect for You I Miss the Mountains It's Gonna Be Good He's Not Here You Don't Know I Am the One Superboy and the Invisible Girl Open Your Eyes (got cut during the run) I'm Alive Catch Me I'm Falling I Dreamed a Dance There's A World Didn't I See This Movie Light in the Dark Feeling Electric Growing Up Unstable Song of Forgetting...

This turned out absolutely gorgeous. I had already preordered the CD... but didn't mind dropping the extra money on the iTunes. I'm happy to support this show and this CD is perfect. I'm so happy!