Profile for ColorTheHours048

Curious about the character names listed. I don’t recall anywhere in the West End program or website where Benjamin was listed as “Reverthi/Benjamin Button”. I’m sure there’s some tie to the local lore of the setting as well, but I have to assume the book updates they’ve been doing are the reason? Maybe this is just an oversight on my part.Andrew Durand’s a great choice for Benjamin. He’s so inherently likable, and a perfect fit for the score. Wasn’t a huge fan of it in the West End, but I al...

It’s well past time. He’s had a wonderful career turning around both Trinity Rep and the Public, but it’s time for some fresh blood. I agree that Saheem Ali seems both the obvious choice to succeed him, and also perhaps the wrong one. The Public needs someone with genuinely new eyes to see it for what it can be.

Drag Race’s Valentina is joining the cast as Columbia starting July 21st. (Given her track record, expect to see a lot of Larkin and Caleb.)

Hannah’s on as Mary and Jackie’s Louise for the matinee and most likely evening.Meg has bronchitis and wasn’t at the Comedy Cellar at all last night, per her Instagram. The Telecharge notice was added after her calling out for anyone trying to buy tickets day-of. So… cool rumor you’re spreading, ACL.

joevitus said: "ColorTheHours048 said: "Edited to add that the 8x/week model is unsustainable and torturous on the body after a long time, regardless of the choreographer’s care for pacing. Some dance styles are simply more strenuous and high impact, far more tailored to individual performers’ talents, and therefore harder to just slot people in in the traditional “swing” sense."The history of Broadway since at least Agnes de Milledisagrees with you. If this show wasn't choreographed in such ...

BenjaminNicholas2 said: "And to those who say the dancing was unsustainable, both Dancin' and Fosse are just two shows that are much more difficult to dance and had much longer runs on Broadway. I can name several more."The difference is the construction of the choreography. Fosse choreographed for the theatre. He understood the rigors of dancing 8x/week, and twice on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The choreography for The Jellicle Ball, while constructed for a theatrical setting, is crafted by an...

Starring with Marino, Burns, Williams and Thomas in the tour’s first year cast are Louis A. Williams Jr. as Chagall, Michael Buchanan as Stefan and Gail Bennett as the standby for both Madeline and Helen. The ensemble includes Calvin Cooper, Nick Cortazzo, Tiki Hopson, Karma Jenkins, Tyler Jimenez, Caroline Kane, Bryn Purvis, Jordan Vasquez and Candace Janin Washington, with Ian Liberto, McKinley Knuckle, Alicia Albright and Savannah Cooper serving as swings.20 cast in total.

Ken Marino, Jackie Burns (Mad), Kristen Beth Williams (Hel) and Nasia Thomas will lead the national tour cast, per People.

Bianca Leigh, Michael Urie, and Tony Macht are joining the UK cast from 7/20-8/1 (along with Giles Terera as Abe through 8/15). Guess the filming rumors are true.

Sean Nyberg is also lurking in comment sections and taking to his Instagram stories to blame “the community” (whatever that actually means) for not “showing up” and buying full- price tickets. As if we didn’t turn out in droves to support it at PAC 2 years ago. He should be looking into how to reduce costs for audiences and actually make Broadway a place people can afford to visit less discerningly.

I think the unsustainable nature of casting, more than anything, is what’s leading to closing. The cost of hiring more and more performers and having to rehearse them en masse while your show is already bleeding money had to be the ultimate nail in the coffin. Hiring 8-10 swings is something you have to earn by proving profitable longterm and justifying having so many people out at a time (something like Wicked or Lion King where whole groups of ensemble can go on vacation together at the sam...

MyMotherIsGeorgeWashington said: "quizking101 said: "Hannah is going on tonight, which means we will getJackie as Louise."Has it actually been confirmed that Hannah will be going on and not Jackie?"Yes, by Hannah herself. She has alerts set up on Instagram for people who follow her.

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Sadly, the cast recording is for sure not a thing at this point. If it had done better financially, maybe.A tour also seems unlikely. As we’ve seen with this cast, it’s simply not a sustainable 8x/week show and tough on the bodies of even seasoned performers, and it would translate pretty badly to houses 3x the size of a Broadway house in some markets.I always thought this should have been a limited run. It’s an exciting concept, even if I wasn’t as crazy about it as everyone else, but the sh...

In Meg’s defense, I saw her first night and thought she was genuinely fantastic in the role. Not the Best™️, but very much in the upper ranks of Marys I’ve seen. She may be riding the high of great audience response (and an Emmy nomination, let’s be honest) and leaning into her “bag of tricks” more than she was during her debut performance as she settles in - which happens with comedy, particularly the further we get from the OBC - but I think she’s definitely capable of a deeper performance ...

quizking101 said: "kdogg36 said: "The original post notes that they haven't cancelled any dates yet, and their speculation is based on other factors. You're the third or fourth person who seems to have missed that. (That sounds harsher than I'm intending it, I think!)"Thank you. I’ve been struggling how to phrase this without sounding defensive."Because you wanted to generate a new thread to talk about a rumor you created yourself about Cats and you got what you wanted. Yes, I and a few other...

Maybe it was a site glitch, because there are definitely tickets available on Telecharge past 8/8 into January this morning. The prices for that night do seem strangely high, even for a Saturday night and especially for how undersold the house is, but nevertheless.

Theatrefanboy1 said: "I downloaded the podcast as I was traveling with no data and service and it was my only option other than silence. I truly tried to gain some sort of insight, but am I the only one to find it came across as two gossips making inferences and telling stories that I don't know should have been told or was made out to be far more important than it was. I don't I just found it to be disrespectful of those who have passed. At first I had hoped there would be a redeeming moment...

Jay Lerner-Z said: "Musigamist, are you sure Silence of the Lambs is a musical?"It is most certainly - and mercifully - not.

While there were a couple first night flubs, Oh, Mary! is in excellent hands with the Stalter administration.Barrett Foa is a great Booth, really relishing his f*ggier tendencies in the bar scene, and looks painted into those pants. Ryo Kamibayashi slipped into the role of Simon seamlessly and seemed like he’s been playing the part as long as Tony Macht. Phillip James Brannon and Bianca Leigh even seemed on their A game.And then there’s Meg Stalter. I already sort of knew in my head how she’d...