Profile for SteveSanders

You can play it from a web browser if you don't want to download an app. 

I'm listening to it on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/4rsm2hI9k3ojtf9IXcQsCZ

 

Someone in a Tree2 said: "Help! How does one listen to thisseries? Explain it to me like the Boomer I am, thanks."

Bring The Witch a cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, hair as yellow as corn and a slipper as pure as gold and she'll tell you that it is on most major podcast services (i.e., Apple Podcasts, Spotify, et al).  Just search for the podcast name at the service site.

National Symphony Executive Director quits citing turmoil at the Kennedy Center. (NYT gift link)

Also from the NYT:

"Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, asked a federal court to block President Trump from closing Washington’s premier arts center for two years for what the president has called a “complete rebuilding.” Citing Mr. Trump’s sudden demolition of the White House’s East Wing last year, Ms. Beatty warned that he could be planning to raze the center. Ms. Beatty, an ex officio member of the center’s board, has already sued seeking the removal of his name from the venue."

hmm, what is someone breathing through their nose when making this thread?

Timelline Theater has announced its 2026-2027 season (in a new space) opening with An Enemy of the People in May and closing with Merrily We Roll Along.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/05/timeline-theatre-season-new-theater/

True, but we've also seen the power of great stories and songs in inspired settings ... l the elements of a production reinforcing and amplifying the others into something where the whole is more than the some of its parts.

I imagine many people on this site can easily recall sets that contributed to the success of a production.  Some were no doubt lavish and grand, but others were simpler yet still memorable and evocative.

Radcliffe on Colbert with massive manic energy lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFSrarXr_MA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs32cBkxuFg

 

Just saw this in the Chicago Tribune:

Separately, Chicago Shakespeare Theater says it has postponed its previously announced production of the musical “Ain’t Misbehavin'” due to performer schedule conflicts and has replaced it with a new marital comedy by Scooter Pietsch, titled “Fault.”

Teri Hatcher and Enrico Colantoni will star, with Jason Alexander returning to Chicago Shakespeare to direct. Performances will begin on April 18 and run through May 24 in The Yard on Navy Pier (tickets and more information at www.chicagoshakes.com).

Here is a list of what's coming:

https://www.theatreinchicago.com/comingsoonrs.php

Comments on theatreboard.co.uk from the Donmar version. 

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While certainly not the most pressing matter they should address, if Democrats regain the majority in one (or both) chambers of Congress, I do hope they launch investigations into the renaming, renovation, et al, and try to undo the damage Trump and Grenell have done.

Kad said: "Yeah the last thing I need to see is Trump from the perspective of the British."

Serious question: Is there a playwright whose perspective on Trump would you find appealing?  

My hunch is Kushner could do justice to his terrible reign even if Trump himself was not necessarily a real character in the play.

I guess this was inevitable.

Washington Post:

The Kennedy Center Honors will continue during closure — with a new name

President Richard Grenell announced that the awards show would be moved to an alternate venue and be renamed the “Trump Kennedy Center Honors.”

 

 

$264.71 avg Just In Time ticket price easily topping everyone else. 

Groffsauce gonna be king of the hill for the next few weeks.

The recent Steppenwolf production was quite good as well.

Jay Lerner-Z said: "A year's postponement with no reason given?"

I didn't offer the whole email, but it mentioned an unanticipated scheduling conflict.  

Kad said: "To be fair, airlines have to be far more proactively responsive to inclement weather (or even the possibility of it).
 

Absolutely.  In sharing my flight cancellation experience for today and tomorrow, I wasn't suggesting theaters should follow their example.  Was just adding another data point to what is unfolding.

 

Just got a cancellation email for my return flight to NYC late this afternoon as are all evening options and 2/3 of my options for tomorrow.  Clearly, the airlines think this will be a big deal.

Merkin2 said: "I think a 16 week limited engagement would do well. Why is A Chorus Line niche and yet Dreamgirls and Damn Yankees and Evita and Fiddler on the Roof coming in."

God I hope you get it. I hope you get it.

How many chances do you need?