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I feel like it's a coin toss, IMO.

Speaking purely personally --- Lost Boys felt like the *most* musical in terms of sheer scale, size and ambition, which shouldn't be unrecognized (and I hope is in the Tech categories). But I do wish the finances allowed it an out-of-town - it just wasn't cohesive at all to me between the two acts and left a luxury talented cast doing the best they could.

Two Strangers is a dark horse to me -

Not a total shock considering the rapidly falling sales, but still, very sad for the many cast, crew and musicians involved.

As a Chess superfan, I *really* didn't care for the Danny Strong book. But hearing those songs performed so grandly was a thrill.

Looking forward to the next revival where Ivo van Hove trims it to 100 minutes, cast of ten set on a literal chessboard, ending with Florence viciously murdering the male leads all Nicole in Sunse

It's my understanding from friends who've worked on both ATG U.K. and U.S. productions that the negotiations with BlackRock are indeed very true and have been in discussion long before this article dropped. Whether it'll go through or not, we'll see - but ATG has built quite an international portfolio.

I don't see any of the NY theatre owners getting involved - it'd be a *MASSIVE* investment, unless ATG was just willing to spin-off the

Couldn't find an official 'reviews' thread following search (and apologies if I missed one.)

Saw the play last night, and was a bit disappointed. Lithgow is in top-form, devouring the role of Dahl and very much playing the 'cat toying with a mouse' between charming to monster and back within seconds. And for an 80-year-old, he continues to challenge himself and create new and distinct characters whether on stage or film that blows my mind. He is indeed rive

iluvtheatertrash said: "I really wanted to see this. But I have low vision needs and the seats that they're holding for people with low vision disabilities are priced at premium levels. I will never understand how a wheelchair accessible seat is discounted, but somebody who cannot see does not receive any discount. The ableism and double standard is astounding and insulting and disgraceful. I was really desperate to see this one, but I can't afford to and I'm not going to

Saw it in D.C. and had a blast. The script has quibbles, but it's so tightly directed and illusions so brisk and jaw dropping, I had fun (and the just-about sold out house was gasping, screaming, and laughing.) Really fun seeing it with a crowd.

That being said: the tour venues have been small to mid-size; the Wilson is certainly a scale up, but I saw that the pre-Broadway Boston run is at the larger Emerson Colonial which is 3-levels and 1,700 seats. So any scale-up design-wis

PipingHotPiccolo said: "Just looking the play side:

Playwill be Liberation, gotta be right? I havent seen Giant yet but the Pulitzer sealed the deal there.

Revivalwill be Salesman, no question. And Mantello, surely, deserves the credit for this sensation.

Actresslooks like it will be Manville, though if it were up to me, Id probably give it to Coon.Supporting Actresswill be Metcalf, a

I have tickets for the end of next week and will report back - IMO I'd welcome a production of any of August Wilson's plays from The Century Cycle each season.

Briefly looking at ticket availability, I fear this one is getting lost in the large volume of plays this spring. (That and the prices are *VERY* high, but what isn't? I hope the Spring Sale on Telecharge helps spread WOM.)

The Sher production remains quite etched into my memory, and if I recall correc

Could definitely see that possibly playing out, especially if they can stunt cast Viola - announce Labor Day, see if the summer makes any notable increase. I feel like the major issue is just how expensive the show is (It's one of the rare recent musicals where you can truly see the money onstage w/sets, illusions and such a large cast.)

Another scenario - if it continues bleeding out gross wise, close it mid-summer and see if they can bring someone in for a concert residency. The

Re, long-running shows --- I believe I got an Instagram ad for Chicago promoting a Buy One Ticket / Get Another for $29 just for the month of May. All of the issues an earlier poster brought up I agree with + with the exception of Oh, Mary!, all theatre-related press is going to be focused on the Tony nominees. It's going to be a very rough few weeks for the long-runners.

And there's been a very steady and notable decline in Chess&n

A wonderful group of great work recognized this year IMO and I'm over the moon for Bess Wohl and Liberation! Even before today's announcement, I've had a strong hunch that there will be more Tony nominations than we expect for it tomorrow esp with the nominators recent trend of recognizing work from early in the season.

Am curious if Bowl or Cartozians might get an uptown transfer, either for an encore run at a Studio Seav