Profile for Kimbo

nealb1 said: "Thanks for the very detailed report of last night's concert. Looks fantastic."I've learned never to underestimate or even guess about attempts at sarcasm from members of this board but unless I'm missing something or still drunk from the World Cup loss last night I see no detailed report.

Fordham2015 said: "This was my least favorite of the six Century Cycle entries I've seen, but B-grade August Wilson is better than most people's A game."This right here is a measure of either how much the audience is truly distracting people, the failure of the production to cast the proper spell, or both.This is decidedly NOT “b-grade August Wilson”. Fences and The Piano Lesson may be his shows that won him the Pulitzer, but this one is every bit as special (and like those it won the NY Dram...

TheatreFan4 said: "I dont see this moving even if it were permanent. I'd imagine they legally could not take out any of the set from the theatre while they're doing work. I don't think there's a set eventhat's not being used they could just move in. So it's either wait it out or close."I still say what I said before – y’all are in crazytown if you think the show closes like this. It’s very possible- especially depending on what kind of insurance they have- that the show comes out of this in a...

It is not going to close. Feel free to come back here quote me and kick me if I’m wrong, but the show is still running on London, on the road, and multiple international tours. It’s made more money than God or the Angel Moroni and they’re not going to let the Broadway production close overnight because of an insurance accident. (Let alone on the eve of what was to be The biggest celebration of the show since its opening.)There’s no way to guess what the extent of the damage is at this point- ...

I’m curious too. Of the 16 Broadway shows to open so far in 2026, a whopping 11 of them were classified by the New York Times as “Critic’s Picks”- with other reviews in almost every case mostly falling in line with the Times’ opinion. So whatever else, people can’t say that the critics this season are being the big meanies they’re often generalized as being.

saxpower said: "Any word on this extending? And would the extension or lack thereof potentially affect Tony voters from a "business" standpoint? In other words, would they prefer to vote for a show (basically, Two Strangers or Lost Boys, assuming no miracle for Beaches) who are open to remaining open past September 6?"LOL I’m sure Schmigadoon is “open” to remaining open past Labor Day. But again I don’t see that being a factor even if they haven’t announced an ‘extension’ - they, or for that ...

Mr. Wormwood said: "No, Schmigadoon is not a jukebox musical but it is very hard for a musical with a pre-existing score to win Best Musical. Just in recent years, MJ losing to A Strange Loop and Hell's Kitchen losing to The Outsiders are good recent examples. Moulin Rouge doesn't count because none of the musicals were eligible for score. Once doesn't really count either because its biggest threat (Newsies) was also partly a pre-existing score. To find a time where a show with a pre-existing...

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "As I alluded to earlier, if Schmigadoon! were to lose Best Book, but still win Best Musical, it would need to take a major above the line category to go with it. In fact, when the New York Times mentioned in their 2024 Tony voter survey thatThe Outsiderswas ahead in Best Musical, I settled on that in my final predictions. I also predicted it would take Book to go with it as I knew it would seem odd foraBest Musical winner to not take home any major above the line aw...

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Kimbo said: "Schmigadoon wins in a walk.This is now Schmigadoon’s to lose for two main reasons: its overall the best reviewed new musical of the year, and the voters en masse - not the road block, not the New Yorkers, but a majority of everyone - are generally not going to be keen on giving Best Musical to a chamber piece that’s essentially a two-character show two straight years in a row.Then again, if Two Strangers does win, it'd be a scenario where voters likely ...

Schmigadoon wins in a walk. To those who’ve been citing other examples of quieter or smaller-scale winners (Fun Home, Kimberly Akimbo, The Band’s Visit, Once) I’d only say those were generally all far more ecstatically reviewed shows than any of the offerings this year. If Strangers Carrying a Cake had gotten the reviews Maybe Happy Ending did, or Titanique the reviews that Oh Mary got, we’d have a different race. Barring The Lost Boys pulling the critical upset of the decade (it can happen- ...

MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "So the lead is the only actor I had never heard of lol. In looking at her resume, I guess I have seen her before in The Handmaid's Tale but I never knew the name of that actress (and the show became too unsettlingly real for me to finish). I hope she does well with the role and I'm excited for the play. But this would seem to confirm my suspicion that someone else had to bow out of the project. (I mean, if your supporting players include one of the stars of a current ...

ACL2006 said: "Kad said: "AEA just announced in IG that a tentative agreement was reached."WOOHOO!!!"Yes good news. I still put the odds at 50-50 whether there’s a strike in the next week or two, because of Local 802, where the negotiations are not going quite as well. (Hey at least that’s better than when I woke up this morning, before the AEA news, when I would’ve put the odds at closer to 75%.)

n2nbaby said: "I saw it when Lea was out and Bernadette said Lea was under the weather but Lea would be her co-host for the evening. I would imagine it was something similar with Bernadette being out."I don’t get this at all. If one of the stars is out the other one comes out and says their co-star can’t be there but will be their “co-host” for the evening, like they’re still there in spirit? That sounds not only idiotic but borderline offensive. (Also reinforces why as much as I love Sondhei...

corninthesky said: "BETTY22 said: "Can Jesse Green review this given his close relationship with the composers mother?Maybe, Elizabeth will be assigned this one. I must admit, i think she is a great critic."He didn’t reviewDays of Wine and Roses, so assume he won’t review this either."Correct. Nor did he review Light in the Piazza at Encores two years ago. (He’s also on record as saying Floyd is one of his 25 favorite musicals ever, if my memory is right, per a New York Magazine piece from ab...

Counter-argument: (or at least a different experience)I’ve seen it 3 times now, most recent being last night, and every single time Audra has been in (and been glorious), but Joy Woods has been out. I‘m not alone in that either- I have 3 or 4 other friends who’ve missed her as well (one of whom admittedly went because she’s friends with her understudy)Just wondering if it’s sneakily possible that Woods is actually missing more.

CoffeeBreak said: "Keep Henry and Uranowitz. Please lose deBessonett, concert version or not. Give us a more capable director or directors to pull off a first class production."Oh sure- the new incoming artistic director of Lincoln Center Theatre, who has chosen this to be the first major production of her new tenure, after getting almost entirely rave reviews for it when she was artistic director of Encores (and after also having a gigantic hit with the Broadway transfer of her Into the Wood...

JSquared2 said: "Claudia Draper said: "Given the marquee has IDINA’sname bigger than the title, I assume the show would just be cancelled.. I think must people going to this show would want a refund.."Yes of course they will offer refunds. No it's unlikely that they will cancel performances. They still have to pay just about everyone else in the building -- plus they'll be saving Idina's salary for those performances."I don’t think that’s how Broadway works. Has anyone ever heard of producers...

Honestly some of the ugliest things I’ve ever read on here (which, flame away, is truly saying something) or on any message board for that matter…”I can’t believe how they handled this””What sacks of s**t””I guess I’ll cut them some slack”. They used the word TRAGEDY, for god’s sake, and not lightly. They’re talking about a sudden dramatic death of someone who was a part of their show’s family and some people are acting like they know better how the news should have been announced, how all th...

Sometimes the simplest explanation is the best. I know this has been alluded to on here and I mentioned it myself, but Lindsay is one of the leads in the new series “American Sports Story”. Some simple googling shows that the series began filming in April and was suspended in July due to the strikes. Lindsay’s casting wasn’t officially announced until November 3rd, shortly before the strikes were resolved. Meanwhile the show’s Wikipedia page lists her as one of the 3 leads of that show. And s...

n2nbaby said: "It’s hilarious to me that some people are complaining that people are whatever about Mendez missing shows, yet when others miss shows people have their torches out. Nobody has even been outright rude about Mendez missing performances lol"This is absolutely true. Forget about Benanti and you don’t even have to go back to Donna Murphy. It was less than a year and a half ago that all the chat boards and in fact most of the Internet seemed united in glee counting down the final mon...