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Found Object Creative is thrilled to announce an exclusive reading of Qualia: A Post Nuclear Play by Ashleigh A Gardner. This NYC debut will take place TODAY March 3rd 2025 at 2PM at Open Jar Studios, 1601 Broadway, 11th Floor, NY, NY 10019. Please join us!Set against the backdrop of a nuclear meltdown-induced apocalypse, Qualia follows Alex, a nurse, who has survived five years in a bunker with only her sentient AI companion, Dominic, for company. As she works tirelessly to give Dominic a li...

Found Object Creative is thrilled to announce an exclusive reading of Qualia: A Post Nuclear Play by Ashleigh A Gardner. This NYC debut will take place March 3rd 2025 at 2PM at Open Jar Studios, 1601 Broadway, 11th Floor, NY, NY 10019.Set against the backdrop of a nuclear meltdown-induced apocalypse, Qualia follows Alex, a nurse, who has survived five years in a bunker with only her sentient AI companion, Dominic, for company. As she works tirelessly to give Dominic a living body, and, in tur...

http://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20161206/stephen-sondheims-merrily-we-roll-along-receives-noteworthy-revival-at-the-wallis-in-beverly-hills

A positive review: http://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BWW-Review-Michael-Arden-Reinvigorates-MERRILY-WE-ROLL-ALONG-at-The-Wallis-20161207

She opened the second show with DON'T RAIN ON MY PARADE. I absolutely loved it. It was a fantastic evening. Seth and Patti did not disappoint. And they compliment each other very well. The show went 30 minutes over! We had her for a full two hours.

FUNNY from City of Angels

I'll be at the 8PM show in the front row!!

It's been done in LA. It was hilarious and it's has a nice following. Someone should bring it to NY. Check it out here!

I thought this said Glenn Close in AIDA.

Wilmington, I stand corrected. But no one knows that outside of a fan! I'm a fan and I didn't know that. SA put her on the map.

Spring Awakening is not the gem most people here seem to think it is. It ran for two years and is only well-known by a certain group that was young enough to enjoy it's two year run. Perhaps it will forever be known only as the show that gave Lea Michelle her start, but to even think the creative team of Matilda made a choice to pay homage to it is like saying they paid homage to Oliver by using British accents.

I can only add to the frustration here. Matilda is far superior to Kinky Boots in every way. What I found funny (and bothersome) is the argument some make about not understanding the accents in Matilda. I had a hard time understanding the accents in Kinky Boots! Strange performances indeed.

^agreed too. I went into both with a pretty open mind. Adored Matilda...liked Kinky.

I'll be at 54 Below.

Up In One, I don't know how to answer your question since you pigeon-hole the Matilda concept into your own definition which I do not necessarily agree with. But, I'm not sure Matilda changed the world or even set out to. She changed HER world. To reduce her to someone that "comes to proving that sentiment thru revengeful tricks and magical paranormal talents", is...wait...what does that even mean? "sentiment through revengeful tricks?" Huh?

Avenue Q won because it is the better show.

NEWINTOWN nailed it!! Matilda is a thinking person's show. It's lyrics made me FEEL something and changed my pov. I am shocked to hear the backlash too as I found it one of the most gratifying theater experiences in the past 10 years! If people leave depressed (which I do not get either), it's not necessarily a bad thing. Did anyone leave Sunday in the Park... giddy? or Company? or Sweeney Todd? Yet these musicals historically changed us in some way. So it makes you FEEL something uncomfortab...

It is quite a jump to assume that people would walk away thinking if Matilda can do it, so can others in her situation. I don't get that at all.

The fact that Matilda is the one that overcomes her issues on her own is why her story is an important one. Perhaps children will see the power inside themsleves to change their story. Wouldn't that be nice?

I get it Bway Fan and thank you, but I respectfully disagree. We see from the start that Matilda is a helluva lot smarter than the adults in the show. I don't agree that we never saw her scared or unsafe. She just chose a different way of handling it. After all, what is the lesson in ANNIE (a show I love)? That a very rich man will come along and solve all your problems if you have a positive outlook? How many innocent victims of child abuse can use that in reality to make his/her life better?