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JCM was wonderful. Saw the 2/15 evening performance. He makes the role his own. Was so happy to see Jenn Harris on Broadway. I've been following her career for years since she was a regular at Our Hit Parade at Joe's Pub 15 years ago. It's just such a well written show that it doesn't need to be 2 hours long. I saw it twice with the original cast and they were pitch perfect, but with the right performers it could keep playing for a few years.

I was waiting to be buzzed in the backstage door to meet up with Jakk and I chatted with her as she was heading out but she told me she'd be staying on as Montagu.

Was at the 2pm matinee on Sunday 2/08 and Gerianne Perez was Montagu. The rest of the UK cast were in their roles. Gerianne was very good and she told me afterwards that she is staying on as Montagu after the UK cast departs. Had a nice visit with Jak after the performance.

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Ensemble1723117754 said: "I haven't seen it yet and it doesn't really make me want to"

Probably for the best. The play would probably go right over your head.

 

I know it's a small room and not a Broadway theater, but my husband and I went to see Marilyn last night (Sunday Nov 2) at 54 Below for her show commemorating the 100th birthday of Johnny Carson. We saw her for the first time this past Spring when she was a performer at Carnegie Hall at that Hello Dolly tribute show. 97 years old and still has a powerhouse voice! She's doing a few more nights in November at 54 Below, so if you want to experience a 97 year old dynamo who's still belting, go see Marilyn. She's a hoot! Attaching a video that the woman next to us filmed.

I recall reading recently about RHPS coming back to Broadway. Maybe I'm crazy, but I think Cole would make a really great Dr. Frankenfurter. During the last few minutes of Oh, Mary! their voice at times reminded me of Tim Curry singing "I'm Going Home".

I'm just glad I took my mother to see her at Barclays in what, 2016? I'd always wanted to take her to see Barbra but she would never spend that type of money on herself.

This Sunday's TONY awards is going to be sooooo good. I would *LOVE* to see Patti Lupone walk out and give the award for best actress in a musical. It would be as if Voldemort walked out on stage. Remember when Scorsese and DeNiro walked out to present an honorary Oscar to Elia Kazan? Half the audience shot daggers!

OPERATION: MINCEMEAT has been extended til Feb 2026. If they weren't doing steady business I doubt they would have done that.

Featured actor has Jak Malone etched already. Like Jeremy Jordan, he received a lot of love letters from critics. And nobody can ever beat the Dear Bill moment.


Spot on.

Thrilled for MAYBE HAPPY ENDING, OH, MARY! , GYPSY and OPERATION MINCEMEAT!

 I'd heard of the show but other than Darren Criss starring in it, I had no idea what it was about. We discovered it was a musical and the two leads play robots. My husband wanted to see it, so we got tickets in February. Well! I went in with an open mind, and I fell in LOVE with this show. Couldn't wait for the cast album to be on Spotify. I've been raving to everyone I know to go see it.

Thank you. I would never have started the thread if the search for it had come up with that article.

Well, I still think it would make a great Broadway show and it seems it's going to happen.

Before I started this post, I searched to see if there were any previous posts on this subject on the site, and I didn't see any. I know a lot of people do not like Lin, but a few weeks ago I heard about his 2024 re-imagining of the 1979 movie THE WARRIORS as a musical where the WARRIORS are an all female gang, so I went to Spotify to listen to the album. I've been playing it for weeks and I think it's fantastic. I hope it becomes a Broadway show or a movie.

In case anyone hasn't heard it, here's the link:

 

https://open.spotify.com/album/4wtt08wXfDLUecMnqdZQsF?si=57JbB9UHQUWTyNVUbf_ORA