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Got student rush Tuesday, around 5:20 pm. They still had tickets after me as well, but eventually appeared to have sold out.

Actually, Bergman's film was loosely based on "Midsummer." He's right.

I saw the performance last night. I'm still in rapture (it was my first time seeing this production--this work of art). Kelli was great--there might have been a couple moments here and there where a tiny bit of rust had to be knocked off, but barely. I was struck by not only how beautifully she sang the score, but by what a damn fine actress she is. She is entirely honest to the character and the part. There is no showboating. She just gives herself over to the text. Watching her get embarras...

While Odetts was a big influence, the common assumption is that the greats of "the Method" were as well. In an interview in the 70's Mamet made some quote about writing for method actors, but he has since gone on to deplore that kind of methodology. Look to the actors like Bill Macy who helped him develop the technique he teaches at the Atlantic. Those early actors he worked with very much helped him develop his voice. I recently directed "Jolly" from his "Old Neighborhood" trilogy and, I hav...

Whoa whoa whoa, back off my friends. This young man has a different outlook at life and theatre than you do, but it is a commonly held belief. Let us welcome him to theatre, especially a play. Let us discuss cultural trends that lead the average person to think theatre isn't manly. Let's not attack this young man. Let's be grown-ups and have true conversation. Attacking this young man via message board is ineffective.

What about throwing Lansbury into the planned UK revival with Emma Thompson?

I could be mistaken, but I believe Rosie said on her blog that there is a chance of a transfer and that, if it did, she'd be along for the ride.

Man from Nebraska by Tracy Letts 356 Play/365 Days by Suzan Lori Parks Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay Abaire Well by Lisa Kron The Clean House and Other Plays by Sarah Ruhl The Arabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman

McNally has a wonderful short play called "Andre's Mother." It's absolutely beautiful. I directed a production of it last December.

August: Osage County, hands down!

After seeing this production, a friend of mine referred to it as "Thoroughly Modern Evita." That was an accurate assertion. As far as the Hal Prince staging, it was worth seeing as a reminder of how briliant it once was. You can see the creativity behind it, but it has grown stale with time. I had to present on the Deadly Theatre portrayed in Peter Brook's book THE EMPTY SPACE a day after seeing this show and it proved to be a great example.

Best wishes to Hal and his family for a speedy recovery! I'm sure he will be in many prayers.

Dustin Hoffman...Death of a Salesman

Laurents is directing LuPone in GYPSY. Theatrical hell has just frozen over.

If anyone is on the board right now, be sure to check out the View on ABC. Spring Awakening will be appearing this hour. Along with Jim Carrey and everyone's favorite Broadway fan Rosie O'Donnell! Should be good stuff.

Just behcause thenewmoon hasn't been posting on this website long, doesn't mean that the opinions of that poster lack validity.

"you must meet my wife" from sondheim's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is one of the funniest male/female duets around!

"What'll I Do?" is such a beautiful song. I discovered it just recently when Meryl Streep and Garrison Keillor sang it on the Great Performances Prairie Home Companion and I fell in love. That song just haunted me.

Alright, it's time to come clean. I know StageRage. Sure, he may have difficulties with the English language and he may have personally given me the Wicked rant far more times than I can remember, without actually seeing the show mind you, but, when all is said and done, he is a decent human being who loves the theatre community. A decent human being who will probably kill me for telling you all that he's never seen the show. He also did start this thread just to get a rise out of you guys an...

Hello, Dolly! and Before the Parade Passes By (both performed by Bailey) can be found on the new Deluxe Edition Original Broadway Cast Recording of Hello, Dolly! -d5johnston