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CoffeeBreak said: "It's just not exciting unfortunately."If you're not excited about seeing Krysta Rodriguez on a Broadway stage, then I don't know what to tell ya.

MemorableUserName said: "That's not an issue in the musical. It's a consequence of the movie's focus on Burt and Dolly, and the invention of the Ed Earl-Mona relationship, which doesn't exist in the musical. Anything related to the girls other than Hard Candy Christmas was basically erased. In the musical, at least two of the Chicken Ranch girls have characters and actual names (in the movie none of them do; they're all credited as the Chicken Ranch Girls), and they have several numbers that ...

WldKingdomHM said: "I’m waiting for an Aaron Tveit annoucement …lol"To be honest, that doesn't sound bad to me at all. The roll is vocally much more in his wheelhouse than Sweeney Todd was (and I liked him in that), and he seems to specialize in characters with a sort of emotional distance - an inability to connect, if you will.

The one thing that struck me about the movie when I saw it recently is how little agency the sex workers are given in the story. All the other main characters talk about them constantly and meet to decide their fate, and they're basically portrayed as pawns in other people's games. (Compare this to Pretty Woman, which didn't come out that much later and which, whatever else you might think about it, shows us a sex worker who's very much in control of her own life.)I'm not saying this prevents...

joevitus said: "Lol, no. They were about seven or eight bucks. A double album would be around 10-16 dollars. Opera sets and ballet scores were, for obvious reasons, pricey."I'll also add that CDs, for several years after they were introduced, cost significantly more than LPs (as well as cassettes, which were about the same as LPs as I recall).

SisterGeorge said: "Maybe I'm misremembering the situation, but don't the commentsbeing made here about Zane Phillips sound eerily similar to those made about Luke Evans when his casting in RHS was announced?"I had precisely the same thought, and I'm glad you said it!

JSquared2 said: "Somehow you always manage to find a way to make it about yourself..."I can't imagine anything that could possibly more embody the concept of "projection."RIP Dolly. I look forward to seeing the show you cared so much about later this year.

NotCarylChurchill2 said: "Then why aren't you complaining about the dozens of Muslim ethnostates, mainly created via Muslim Colonization (one of the largest and most violent colonialization movements in human history), and the MANY MANY genocides that Muslim Colonialization has committed and the multiple genocides of non-Muslims going on right now?"Oh, Israel is nowhere near as bad as the Muslim theocracies in that part of the world. It's not even close, and I hope that's obvious to everyone....

iluvtheatertrash said: "Zionism is the belief that Jews have a right to an existence in their ancestral homeland. Zionism is older than the current state of Israel."If that's the definition, then I'm absolutely a Zionist. But I think Zionism is generally taken to imply support for an expressly Jewish state, and, like a few others who have commented in this thread, I just can't support that. Every state should be secular and pluralistic.Now, there are governments (including our own) that, to s...

CoffeeBreak said: "I'll say it again and again"We know. Whenever there's something negative to be said about one of your various theatrical bêtes noires, you will say it again and again. And present it as the "absolute truth."

Thanks to all of you for explaining this to me. The controversy makes sense, at least. But it would probably be best to see how he does in the show before passing judgment.

Is there something about this actor that justifies the hostility I'm sensing in this thread? I'm genuinely curious: I know he was in Stranger Things (which I haven't watched) and that he came out as gay a few years ago, but that's all I know about him.

You can buy a 2-liter bottle of generic ginger ale for $1.89, or Canada Dry for $3.69, at any Duane Reade around the theater district. I'd rather do that and enjoy the drink at my leisure (perhaps mixed with something else!) in a comfortable hotel room after the show.

aislestorm2 said: "From the producer who brought The Jellicle Ball uptown. That ought to go really well."I saw Cats: The Jellicle Ball uptown and had an extraordinarily good time. I really hope this show does indeed go just as well, from my perspective, as Jellicle Ball did.If what you're saying is that a bunch of really rich people are likely to lose money on it, well, I can't imagine many things I'd care less about.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: It's basically not possible for one Broadway landlord to gouge producers on rent unless the others follow suit: if ATGis significantly above Nederlander and Shubert, producers will just flockto the competitors."You seem to be suggesting that there's a robust, functioning market in Broadway theaters, but I don't think that's true. There are only three options, and there is essentially no possibility for creating new competitors. This is a recipe for soft collusion...

quizking101 said: "If you include previews, A STRANGE LOOP (my other all time favorite) closed with less performances than PASSION (314 vs. 332) since the latter had 50 previews."Thanks for this information!However, these lists don't tend to pay attention to preview performances. Passion is still officially at the bottom.In addition, I don't think A Strange Loop belongs at the bottom, either. It wasn't entirely my cup of tea, but it was clearly a singular achievement, unlike Sch

blaxx said: "Will someone ever win a Tony for the part that was not directed by the author? I think that comes to prove that when it comes to Gypsy, we are not ready to detach ourselves from his vision. If any other director wants to be greeted for having a different take, the piece needs to be left alone for a very long time. Otherwise, everyone expects the Laurents touch and it's not to the advantage of anyone with a different take on it from what we're used to."Although I agree that there'...

quizking101 said: "Of the shows to win Best Musical, it was certainly a milquetoast one that doesn’t really have much to offer in terms of multiple viewings."Even though I liked Schmigadoon a lot and was happy with it winning the big prize, I've long been disgruntled that Passion is at the bottom of the list of Broadway runs for Best Musical winners, and I wouldn't be sad to see that indignity come to an end this year.

I'm generally on board with putting a lot of the blame on the landlords, but that logic only carries the day if the rents they've charged have gone up enough, and quickly enough, to explain the skyrocketing production costs we've seen in recent years. Is anyone on BWW in a position to address this?

ACL2006 said: "because it's coming in next season..."I don't see anything in the original question (about "upcoming" productions) or in subsequent posts that limits the domain of discussion to this season.