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Agreed w/ QueenAlice—those classic cast recordings are great! I particularly love the Oliver! revival. For Waitress, I'm of course going to grab a CD but digital is huge these days, so they shouldn't be "skimping" on anything either way. Maybe I'll have a change of heart with my physical copy!I sat front row mezz center when I went and had a hard time with the muddled sound. The accents make it that much harder (I love the accents, but just wish everything was crisper.)

OP, glad you're going to see She Loves Me! A lighthearted lovely piece of theater. Seeing Laura B. sing Vanilla Ice Cream is always a treat. That said, The Color Purple blew me away. I still get chills thinking about it. What a show and what astounding performances from the ENTIRE cast (special shoutout to Cynthia Erivo and Heather Headley of course.)

The mix sounds pretty sub-par for a professional OCR. The instruments sound reverb-y and muddled to me—anyone else feel the same way? Of course, love all the songs and Jessie, but still.

Lin can't sing, so... this may be excruciating. /personal opinion

When I went to Fiddler last week, some guy in the first row put his Playbill on the stage during intermission and left it there when the show started. When Danny Burstein walked past in the first song of Act 2, he kicked the Playbill off the stage with vehemence. It was great.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record... 1) Grand Hotel. Nothing is beating this one in my book!2) Dreamgirls3) Hedwig I also remember seeing Ragtime somewhere on there... or maybe it wasn't the Tonys. Separately, Finding Neverland was rather cringeworthy.

Hi everyone! Is anyone going to the show soon? I saw a super early preview and at that time they didn't have the cups yet. If you're going, I'd love to buy them off of you. Feel free to buy drinks and enjoy them—then I'll be outside the theater to pick them up! Just looking for 2 (for my friend and I). I'll also pay for the drink itself and fee on top for your troubles. Let me know if you're able—would be SO SO SO grateful! :)

@vintagesnarker: Yes, all the window cards were free around 5.30pm. They let you take as many as you liked, but I only took 2 of each. If you want my spare Wolf Hall window card let me know and we can meet up. @luminousbeing: Cookin' is a Korean version of Stomp, but more of a comedic, percussive show and they use food and knives/other cooking utensils to make the rhythms! There's also a cute storyline and it's quite entertaining.

^ That's insane. In other news, I managed to get the following: FREE: Chinglish, You can't take it..., Wolf Hall, Heidi Chronicles, Virginia Woolf windowcards (x2 each), Parade, Joseph, Wild Party (LaChiusa), Sunset Boulevard, Titanic, Nine, Jekyll & Hyde, Ragtime (all original cast) CD liners, Evita revival magnet $5: Rent hollywood bowl shirt, OTTC glass mugs x2, playbill covers 2010-2015 1000 piece puzzle $1: Allegiance magnet, OTTC luggage tag, Sweeney Todd sampler album (lupone & ceveris...

I was there the most recent Saturday and she came out pretty quickly.

Love Sylvia's logotype!

"Anyone go? Where were the seats? I almost went down, but I couldn't pull the trigger on seeing Another show with Matthew Broderick until he figured out how to be there, too. LOL. Absolutely agree, he was atrocious in It's Only A Play. Anyone went down today for the $19.95 tix? How are the seats?

Thanks everyone. The ART is using her picture in all their promos for Great Comet so I thought I'd ask (definitely seemed silly to me too, but you never know...)

This may be random, but is Philippa Soo doing Great Comet at the ART in Winter? When is she leaving the show?

I'll change the name! Wanted to get a discussion going, what with the ticket discount, etc.

Didn't see a thread for this (aside from the one comparing Matthew Broderick to various inanimate objects) so I thought to start it, despite being a little early. Anyone going this Friday to get $19.95 tickets?

Aside from personnel changes, many of the Neverland changes were made during previews at the Lunt Fontanne vs. between ART and Broadway. Didn't mean to come across that negative in my post! Haha. I do think it's salvageable; the staging and presentation just needs to be much more polished. There's only so much Jessie can carry after all. Looking forward to tracking its evolution.

I absolutely think that Waitress is not Broadway-ready at this point and am disappointed they are bringing it here so early.I am also a big-ish Sara Bareilles and Jessie Mueller fan (and Keala Settle) but seriously... it's not. I'm glad it's playing to a small-ish house but I don't think they're ready. The score and the book need some work and the ensemble work is far, far from polished. That said, there's still some time so hopefully when I watch it in the Brooks Atkinson it will be much bet...

I've been there 9 times and only caught her once, so it's really hit or miss with her.

After Eight: As mentioned on the other thread, the "fury" unleashed was only (I repeat, only) because the poster mentioned she left because of the lack of character building for the female characters. If she had stayed, she would know that the second act is all about that. I'm not claiming she should be able to predict the future, but for those of us who've watched the show, her critique is invalid. That's all. Nothing against actually leaving the show at intermission. As for the reviews, the...