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according to gideon glick's twitter: the booth, previews starting feb 16th! https://twitter.com/gidglick/status/756613272955195393

Double post please delete

FYI to those rushing this week: danielle brooks is out for both shows wednesday 7/20 and on thursday 7/21:https://twitter.com/thedanieb/status/753395388837756929

Those not mentioned above:MUSICALS: Goodtime Charley (1975), Movin' Out (2003), Company (1971), Funny Girl (1964), Applause (1970), She Loves Me (1994), My One and Only (1983), Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1986), Steel Pier (1997), Grand Hotel (1990), Passion (1994), Cabaret (1967), Promises, Promises (1969), Raisin (1974), Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002), Me and My Girl (1987), A Little Night Music (1973), Show Boat (1995), Damn Yankees (1956), Jamaica (1958.)...

Xanadu!

I attended the 1st preview and thought that the show had all the problems every show has after its 1st preview: it's too long, the 1st act is much stronger than the 2nd act (which felt a bit rushed), and some lines didn't work/were overly cliche. But there is a very strong foundation here and Jessie delivers an amazing, nuanced, and surprisingly humorous performance. I think the score in the 1st act is immensely inspiring and creative (the choral trio "A Soft Place to Land" between Jessie, Je...

I saw the show in May and noticed in the playbill that while Betsy's the standby, Ann Sanders (who is Asian-American) is the understudy. Although I am a big supporter of colorblind casting, I thought it was a little odd to cast an Asian-American person in a role where race is important to the story (unlike in, say, Next to Normal). Then I read an interview with Kelli in The Interval (http://the-interval.com/ints/ko/) where she states: "I also read Bombay Anna [by Susan Morgan], which is a new...

A couple of days ago, Broadway.com put out a video, "Predicting the 2015 Tony Award Races with the Broadway.com Editorial Staff," and the following comment stood out to me in particular about the race for Featured Actress in a Musical: "There are three Fun Home actresses in this category. Emily Skeggs is the third. That could split the vote. I’m just going to pretend like I know how to do statistics, which I don’t. So if that splits the vote, I think Ruthie Ann Miles from the King and I has a...