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(1) I was totally one of those people who gasped and then laughed until I cried at the lion suit bit in Mean Girls. One of my favorite laugh moments in any show. (2) My all-time favorite gasp: the woman sitting behind me at Hamilton, maybe four months into the Broadway run. She gave a very, very loud gasp right after "...I'm the damn fool that shot him." My husband turned around and said "You didn't know!?"

And I loved Girl From the North Country -- thought it was beautiful and moving -- and was bored by much of The Band's Visit! (Incidentally, my teenage daughter was fairly bored by both.)Can't tell unless you go.

I'm so glad others have seen and liked this. I saw it a couple weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a better *production* than Jamie (which I also enjoyed but found weirdly amateurish in parts), and didn't distract me with all the switching-among-songs-every-30-seconds like Moulin Rouge did. Loved the cast and found the whole thing to be lots of fun. I do think familiarity with at least some of the music helps. I'd never heard of Max Martin as an individual but recognized 1/3 of the song...

Many, many, many of my friends and colleagues thank you for this!

It wasn't shorter. They usually started around 8:05 and got out around 9:50. Not sure whether there will be changes to the material and/or staging that will shorten (or lengthen) the show, but if they were to magically transport the Public Theater production, you'd get out at 9:50.

Has anyone else seen this yet? I am going in a couple of weeks and am very excited to see Jan Maxwell!

Thank you! I am one of those people who hadn't bought tickets because I didn't like the availability. Just bought first row center mezz for first week of April. Woooo!

Thank you for all the great detail!