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TheeCW said: "Jeffrey Karasarides said: "The Durham Performing Arts Center, one of the local touring venues in my area, has just announced their 2026-27 Broadway season.

Buena Vista Social Club: September 22nd-27th
Maybe Happy Ending: October 13th-18th
Death Becomes Her: November 10th-15th
The Bodyguard: December 8th-13th
Wicked: March 31st-April 18th, 2027
Operation Mincemeat: May 11th

She seems to focus mainly on the NY area, Florida, and California these days for her concerts. She only does a handful of dates a year. I assume a lot of this is because she hates to fly. I saw her over a decade ago in Boone, NC, and she said she had driven two days from her home in Connecticut because she didn't want to get on a plane.

She certainly could have had more Broadway gigs if she'd wanted to, but from her YouTube vlog it seems like she'd much rather be at hom

Kad said: "Most people I know who would be inclined to buy tickets are all taking a wait-and-see stance on this. It's just too big of an unknown right now for people to commit with these prices."

 

Absolutely. I'm holding one last slot on my April trip, and it will come down to this, Chess, or Fear of 13. But I'm waiting for early word on the latter two before deciding. Vampire musicals have a rocky history at best, so I'

Sutton Ross said: "The theaters are all booked. The only way there would be something else is if the funding falls through for one of these announced productions. I'm most disappointed in Gun & Powder that could have come in this season as they announced, secured a theater, but held off for whatever reason.

Bummer. Is that still the name of that production? I thought they changed it but I could be wrong."

Didn't they change it to 

Everything I've heard from Lost Boys sounds fine for Top 40 radio, but terrible as musical theater songs. Too much repeated chorus at the end, pedestrian lyrics, and very little characterization. Maybe it works better in context, but it's so hard to get past knowing the history of vampire musicals on Broadway.

I don't know a lot about Benjamin Button, but it seems to have some promise. I'm guessing the Majestic would be too big, and it needs a more med

Can anyone who has been to the Broadway previews comment on the set design? Simple is one thing, but the transition to the bar scene by using the back of the sofa as a bar-rail in the Chicago production just looked cheap to me. I mean, there could have at least been a telescoped neon beer sign or something. Has that been jazzed up at all?

Also, is the final scene still staged with only Laurie Metcalf's arm visible? It didn't fully land for me, and I wondered if they had tweaked

I loved it in Chicago, but I can’t see this being a commercial hit on Broadway. It’s a downer, and though the acting is first-rate, the subject matter is a tough sell. I do hope they tweak the set just a bit. The minimalism wasn’t a problem per se, but using the back of the sofa as a bar rail when the scene transitions to a local pub screamed cheap (and a bit lazy). They could also rethink the last couple of minutes. I’m not sure it quite accomplished everything it was