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A Chorus Line by far for me... so much iconic choreography packed into that little show! Wonderful.

I have to throw some love for Alan Campbell out there too. Out of all the Joe's I've heard, Alan's take on the title song was really telling to the character and in my opinion the entire feeling of the show. Such a perfect mix of desperation/narcissism/and an almost sort of sense of relief. Love it. As for the show itself, it was the first show I ever saw being professionally done (saw the shortened tour version.. the one that had to be cut due to money and resources) So it holds a pretty spe...

What a strange threat to bring back to life....

I have a copy OP. I will say that while she didn't do a "bad" job in the role, she also wasn't the best I've seen either...and I've only seen three (two of them on tour).

I have to admit I'm guilty of this. Saw The Best Man over the summer and Ben Vereen was there. *I was in the boxes, he was in ORCH C on the aisle*. I went down at intermission and he was being very chatty with the people around him. Introduced myself, *he then called me King Rob for the rest of our conversation". Asked for a picture which he obliged most graciously. I think that it what matters is the way you approach someone. I'm not sure who it was that said it, but I agree that if you're f...

Oh Jordan, true story, this board would be NOWHERE near as entertaining without your presence.

^^^^^^^^^^^ an actual helpful post? THE HORROR! :)

This hit me like a ton of bricks this morning. Truly a great loss. Such a sad day...

As much as I've moved on from this show, *and I don't mean that in a pretentious way, I just got kind of bored with it after a while* I would have to say that Jennifer Laura Thompson is easily my favorite Glinda that has existed. While she does bear resemblance to the original Cheno-style, IMO she was the perfect balance of "cracked out" and grounded. Love her in practically everything she does though.. so I may be a bit biased.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ winner.

UGH! I wish I had rushed this show instead of the show I actually went to see. Put that in the "lessons learned" file.

Definitely brought a tear to my eye. Being that I'm a little "crazy" about politics... he was always one of the most well-informed people I have ever heard speak on the topic. He was a BRILLIANT mind, and there will be NO ONE who can replace him.

UGH. How can you equate Westboro Baptist Church crazies or murdering lunatics with this?!??!!? Hyperbole much?! Come on Reg, you're smarter than that.

@Reg: It would be viewed in the same vein of a discriminatory refusal to hire. Again, no company wants to hire a lush, but if they can still perform the job they have and have the experience and references to back it up, why should it matter what they post on a social media site?

@AEA AGMA SM: This is a good reply to my sentiment. I'm fully behind not casting someone because of lack of judgement when it comes to badmouthing other performers/companies/directors/etc. That pertains to your job and is important. I also can see the importance of not sharing every personal detail of your life with the world at large. This is why most performers, or anyone who is a quasi/semi-celebrity, keep their Facebook private. Well, that and for the lunatic stalkers out there.

@artscallion What I meant by that is that it will happen regardless if someone thinks it's a smart thing to do. And besides, I've never heard of anyone dying by someone tweeting about a party they went to last night. Big difference between possible death and a little too much at a party that someone is talking about the next day.

But Kad now you're talking about something else. Frequency of said posts weren't what I was talking about. I'm more talking about the one off type of deal. Where it happens every few months or so. And IF they are posting that every weekend, *and management is that concerned* then perhaps a meeting talking about if the person has a problem or not. I really do hate this "gotcha" world we live in. *sigh*

@Reg: Yes, I'm sure they might. However, there are laws being enacted that might just prevent that sort of thing from happening. Because that's their own personal time. What they do with it is often irrelevant to their job.

@artscallion It's irrelevant if it's a smart thing to do. I just think that it's something that happens. I do it, and I've seen performers on Facebook and Twitter that do it as well. It is what it is.

A vast majority of show people in this day and age are in their twenties and early thirties and they will behave as such. Im not "crusading" for alcoholism or anything haha, but I do think that 20-something's do enjoy reveling in debauchery and in my eyes that's just them acting their age. Something 99 percent of humans do.