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If the Olivia Rodrigo/Nessarose rumors are true, I’m honestly bummed from a disability representation point of view - especially since they rightly went out of their way to (rightly) cast an Elphaba of color. There are SO MANY both known and unknown disabled actresses out there, Nessarose does not need to be a big name part, and between movie tech and assistive device tech the transformation/walking scene would be easily done. Anyway, just a rumor but In the context of cultural conversa

I saw it last night as well, coming in fairly blind (knew songs, don’t think I’ve seen the whole thing). People around me seemed to be more enamored of it than I was, it was an enjoyable night at the theater but I was hoping to be blown away and wasn’t. Comedy both worked and fell flat at times, seemingly no rhyme or reason.
 

Unrelated: someone brought their Jack Russell Terrier. Saw it rolling around the lobby and hope it fell asleep…

regionally, the Broadway San Francisco production of A Christmas Carol cancelled both matinee and evening performances today due to breakthrough COVID cases.

BroadwaySF on Twitter: "Important information regarding the @XmasCarolBway matinee and evening performances on Wednesday, December 22. https://t.co/7pUXu2fjsN" / Twitter

Saw Deaundre' Woods on for Hamilton yesterday matinee, was suitably impressed especially given that he made his debut only a few weeks ago. Donald Webber Jr. was a more... tragic? soulful? Burr, and I liked it. There were a bunch of other switches and such, being a Sunday matinee, but it worked. So many excited kids and families, plus the elderly matinee staples who I love hearing discuss the show on BART. My favorite: “he liked women, didn’t he?”