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Looks like a good one (especially compared to this season) JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (Oct 7 - 12) Rodgers + Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA (December 2 – 7) MOTOWN THE MUSICAL (January 20 – 25, 2015) CHICAGO (February 17 – 22, 2015) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (March 18 – 29, 2015) KINKY BOOTS (April 21 - 26, 2015) Special Engagements: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, THE BOOK OF MORMON, MAMMA MIA! (yet again)

It's a great, rather intimate theatre. I sat in the mezz all three times I saw HAIRSPRAY. Great views every time. So much history in this theatre.. from Merm bringing down the house singing "I've Got Rhythm" in GIRL CRAZY in 1930 to Dorothy Loudon and company doing their thing 40 years later in ANNIE. Go and enjoy!

"Sit Down You're Rockin' The Boat" from GUYS AND DOLLS. One of the best 11 o'clock numbers ever. If that song doesn't fit the mold of 'a song to wake the audience up near the end of the show and send them out smiling and singing' I don't know what does. The '92 revival was thrilling.

GavestonPS, what do you mean by "she did a full five minutes in 1"? It's funny. Even some of her 'critics' that didn't exactly love everything about her were/are smart enough to acknowledge that she was like no other. Sondheim, for all his comments about her ("fine low comedian," "the singing dog"), even said in an interview that her performance as Madame Rose in GYPSY was one of the best he's ever seen ("And of course, Ethel was thrilling in GYPSY). I was also pleasantly surprised after read...

Wow. Wow. Thank you, my friend PalJoey for posting THIS. I'm going to carve out an hour this weekend to watch this. I love how, on this busy board right now, there are two threads celebrating a woman who's been dead almost 30 years. You just can't teach what she 'had.' "You either have it... or you've had it."

You are more than welcome, GavestonPS! I'm so glad I found it myself. Did you happen to see her in GYPSY? I'd love to hear all about it. Private message me with details if you'd like! Fortunately we have several tv recordings of Merm performing 'Everything's Coming Up Roses' (including on this Tony cast, which is perhaps the best performance that was captured on tv). It's unfortunate that her 'Rose's Turn' was never captured on film for the public to see. An audio recording of what's purporte...

You're welcome, Ms. LuPone :)

VeraCharles3 - YES!! LOL. Same here!

Great find here for any Merman fan. The entire awards show has been uploaded. The Merm was awarded a special Tony this year. She had to work for it though.. performing some of her biggest hits in a 10-minute tribute to, well, herself. It's a treasure.. and it shows she had a softer, fun, sweeter side that's seldom attributed to her. For perhaps the first time on video, you see Merm perform 'Doing What Comes Naturally' as she first had on stage 26 years earlier. And her 'Everything's Coming Up...

Nick Adams. Nick Adams. Nick Adams.

Color me ignorant... Just learned tonight that she originated the role of Irene Molloy in HELLO, DOLLY! Wow. I definitely have a soft spot and tremendous admiration for those actors who created roles that became legendary in musical theatre. It was the first musical in which I ever performed. And yes, she was a rip-roaring riot in WILL & GRACE. God bless and RIP, Ms. Brennan.

Ditto. Saw it on tour. The show was electric. The cast was outstanding. A great, fun night at the theatre. This relatively small show is still going strong. Best jutebox musical on Broadway right now (yes.. better than MAMMA MIA! and JERSEY BOYS, in my opinion).

I almost ran right into her at the closing performance of HAIRSPRAY. She had dark hair so I hardly recognized her. She seemed very nice and very classy.

HAIRSPRAY has a great score. It's my favorite musical. But 'Baltimore Crabs' has always been, in my opinion, the weakest song in what is one of the best musical scores to come out of that decade. I never saw Linda Hart perform it live (I would have loved to), but on the OBCR I think she does a wonderful job with the material she was given. One of the biggest problems with 'Crabs' is that if you have a weak Velma (or a very young Velma, which was often the case on the non-equity tour) the numb...

Got it. Thanks!

My new obsession is the cast recording of the '87 revival w/LuPone. I got it a few days ago and have been playing it non-stop. Love the energy that just pops right off that CD. And while I'm not a HUGE LuPone fan, her rendition of BLOW, GABRIEL BLOW is incredible. Just a fun, fun CD. I definitely prefer it over the more recent revival (which I also have). Question: Track 1 begins with Cole Porter signing 'Anthing Goes.' Incredible. Did they play a recording of him doing the same at the beginn...

Can we just start a Darlene Love Appreciation Thread already? The woman can SING circles around just about anyone on Broadway right now.. at a very young looking 71 (black don't crack!). I bought tickets to her very last show in HAIRSPRAY and it was worth every penny and then some. She (as expected) blew the roof off the Neil Simon with her final rendition of "I Know Where I've Been" (complete with a soul-filled "GOODBYE EVERY-BODY" right before the last note). Gives me chills just thinking a...

This has nothing to do w/AGYG, but here's a fabulous clip of Garland and her friend, Ray Bolger (Scarecrow), who was apparently the only cast member from THE WIZARD OF OZ who attended her funeral. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrYJQDFxngs

So was this company bigger than the Sutton revival company? And why does Patti's face look so... weird? And this is based on absolutely nothing but I'm gonna guess that Patti and the hot blonde dancer who finishes the song to the right of her on the screen didn't get along.

1. Why does her face look gray? 2. Did this production have a separate troupe of singers and dancers (as it appears here), whereas the recent revival had a single troupe of dancers/singers? In her autobiography, LuPone was quite critical of this company, basically saying many (but not all) were ungrateful and didn't seem to respect Broadway. 3. Pretty amusing to hear Patti say "Oh God!" twice after her dance break. Who cares if she didn't know her mic was still on. 3. Patti is fierce and I en...