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"OnstageBlog posted a great article..."And that's where you lost me.

Is this just about Patti, or does Turkey not allow any Non-Equity Tours?

I have some insider knowledge, and maybe I shouldn't reveal this, but...Rachel will deliver "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" while serving disco fries at Ellen's Stardust Diner to some lucky Ohio family. Tips are appreciated.

Cloris Leachman was scheduled to step into YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN as Frau Blucher and was about to begin rehearsals when the stock market crashed and the show closed (along with many others) in Jan 2009.

She's be wonderful as the back half of Caroline. Outside of that... hahahahahahahahahahahna no.

I think it's utterly preposterous that a stunt-cast TV celebrity could make it to their put-in only to find that they are not in any way able or prepared to do the role.At least, that's what Jenna Elfman told me.

Two stereotypical Matinee Ladies following the curtain call of "Thou Shall Not":"Well, they could have cut half of that.""Yeah... but which half?"

Saw this last night. The voices are astounding, especially Nicholas Christopher, but at times it veers into "Look what I can do!" territory. Bryce Pinkham deserves a Tony nom for being the glue holding the show together, but the faster they lose his present-day asides the better... an RFK joke isn't needed here. How has no one mentioned that Hannah Cruz comes out (or up) in Act II, speaks with a heavy Russian accent, then begins to sing and immediately sounds like she's from California? Not a...

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.

So. I saw an early preview and have been stewing about this show ever since. I am a HUGE Bobby Darin fan, owning all of his albums (they won't tell you that he recorded 27 studio LPs, 2 live LPs, along with several "Best of"s), and having seen every episode of the several TV series that he hosted (again, you will not know those existed), and this show is Groff Sings Darin with some terribly written book scenes between. He wisely makes no attempt to convey Darin's style vocally or in performan...

pippy1 said: " Is the last number part of the original show or new? It had the audience clapping for an extending amount of time."The finale's music is from HMS Pinafore ("He Is An Englishman") but the lyrics were newly written for this production. I also saw it yesterday, and had a wonderful time. Kudos to David Hyde Pierce for soldiering on at the top of Act II when (apparently) the use of stage fog triggered an alarm and the house lights came on, then an alarm could be heard for a minute b...

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?