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Two stereotypical Matinee Ladies following the curtain call of "Thou Shall Not":

"Well, they could have cut half of that."

"Yeah... but which half?" 

I'm really hoping that Slam Frank will do "Safe Space."  

Raising funds for a Broadway transfer with a new crypto coin is a more surprising and intriguing idea than anything in the actual play. 

Ask Toni Collette if Mandy should ever be allowed on a Broadway stage again.  Or the audiences (myself included) who were witness to his shocking, bratty behavior.  

I've seen the show several times now, and obviously love it.  Until I read about the cast being of all Asian descent, I had no idea that Darrin Criss has a Filipino heritage.  

I thought it made a statement about the character of James Choy that because he was obsessed with American jazz culture, of course he would order a HelperBot that looked like those performers.  

The merits of the play aside, I found the direction for cameras to be absolutely stunning.  And how is it that even in the extreme close-ups, I could not see one single body mic??  Compared to the recent London productions where most actors looked like they had two hand mics duct taped to their foreheads, this was beautifully done. 

GottaGetAGimmick420 said: "Am I the only one who abhorred it?"

You are not alone.  Despite a couple good performances, my eyes still hurt from rolling them so often.   Starting with the head-scratching choice of 70s disco as the pre-show music (because of the unnecessary bookending scenes, I assume). 

Ask if she's Equity. 

One person mentioned the Farrah Fawcett bomb Bobbi Boland (which closed after a week of previews), and I'd add Hwang's Face Value which is the only other play I know of to close before it opened.

I saw them both.  Closing them could be considered a mercy killing.  

The8re phan said: "still shocked that this was NOT one of her Tony-Winning roles"

Patti has said the same, but that year's most outstanding performance was clearly Joanna Gleason's masterful work in Into The Woods.  

If you're missing Riedel so badly, maybe you need better aim? 

Search for any of the scathing reviews of Suzanne Somers' one-woman show, The Blonde in the Thunderbird.  Being trapped watching this travesty of supposed theater, I can state that those critics were generous. 

Who was your favorite host of the Oscar's?  Or the Golden Globe's? 

It's not against union rules.  The 9th show is paid at double-time, unless the previous/following week has only 7 performances (remembering that the Broadway "week" is Monday-Sunday), in which case it's just paid at the regular rate or an additional 1/8 of salary.  

And yes, in most cases everyone in the company DOES do all 9 shows.  We don't like it, but it happens.  

muscle23ftl said: "I have some advice:

you can go to the box office and get a $54 ticket "partial view", those are perfectly fine, but my real advice is to skip it, I have seen better drag shows for free at gay bars."

Could you tell us where those gay bars are?  I'd be amazed to see free drag shows that are even better than "Oh, Mary".