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You can always check the "weather alert" item in yellow at the top of the Broadway League's web site. https://www.broadway.org/ As of this posting, it reads: WEATHER ALERT 2/9/17 8:45AMAS OF NOW, ALL SHOWS ON BROADWAY WILL PLAY AS SCHEDULED. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES. FOR INFO ABOUT EXCHANGES, CONTACT YOUR POINT-OF-PURCHASE.

I forgot to mention "Cats" (the original production) as overrated. So I'm sitting in the audience, fading in and out of consciousness, when I hear the guy behind me softly snoring. I'm thinking, "I know just how you feel, pal." I guess his friend must have poked him, because he stopped soon after. So I poke Jane next to me, whispering, "Did you hear the guy behind me snoring?" And Jane goes, "Huh? What??" I'd woken her up(!) So if you count, say, the 6 people closest to you, the ones you are ...

Most overrated: The Hal Prince production of "Sweeney Todd" (1979)I saw the Staples High School (Westport, CT) production 2 years ago, and, without all that Princely pomposity, it was far superior. Admittedly, Staples is known as a great theatre school.Exceptions:--The lack of the astounding Angela Lansbury. Well, NO ONE can possibly match Ms. A.--A truly unfortunate choice to employ the nonsensical modern day movie trope of the head-twist murder method (it's how Sweeney dispatches Mrs. Lovit...

Boy Meets Boy (1975)

We saw it during previews, and I couldn't believe this huge, major star would undertake this incredibly demanding performance/schedule. From what I've seen in the media, he is completely dedicated, and is unlikely to miss a performance. What a champ! Similarly, all the cast & crew work heroically the whole show. They used to say that James Brown was "The hardest working man in show business." I say The Great Comet is "The hardest working show in show business." And it's really great. Have fun!