Profile for The Distinctive Baritone

Jay Lerner-Z said: "Me again, sorry.

Perhaps the NB thing is why no nomination for Mason Alexander Park? They share my logic, so declined to submit their name for consideration?"

My guess is that Oh, Mary! just doesn't resonate with English audiences the same it does as American audiences. Much of the humor relies on being brought up with the culture of Abraham Lincoln symbolizing all the white, heteronormative American success story. Most of

QueenTwinnied said: "Calling her casting “****ty” is frankly rude and shows how out of touch some of you are. Just because you’re decrepit, old, and don’t know anything doesn’t mean she’s a “no name,” quite the opposite actually.


You’re mean. Also, I’m 43, not “old and decrepit.” I wasn’t aware she was in the rebooted Scream franchise - I imagine most people are not. I was actually express

iluvtheatertrash said: "Eustis has proven himself to be greedy, with middling taste. The programming has been mostly mediocre for years now, and the prices are outrageous for a theatre downtown."

His "Why Theater is Essential To Democracy" TedTalk is pretty obnoxious, I think. I watched it again recently and was reminded why it rubs me the wrong way. It starts off well and then turns into a humblebrag about his accomplishments and why you should give The Pu

pmensky said: "The Distinctive Baritone said: "I don’t need to try again. The reviews are out and they have plenty to say."

If the conversation you were having was with me instead of with yourself, you’d notice that nothing in the reviews has anything to do with what I said about how a show is brought to opening night."


Um, okay. Well, the reviews are all mixed to negative, so…perhaps we can argue about something

pmensky said: "The Distinctive Baritone said: "See what I mean? Now it’s “If you are criticizing her it’s because you don’t know how theatre works.” JFC. Cynthia can be a great actressandhave not managed her time well enough in the allegedfullyearshe had to prepare. Both things can be true."

If you’re going to quote me, have the spine to address me directly. And no, pointing out the actual pr

I am really fascinated by the social media response to this. While many are (rightfully, in my mind) expressing great frustration at having paid a large sum of money to watch an actor who didn't know her lines, others (i.e. The Sweaty Oracle and everyone in his comments section) are vehemently defending her and decrying the negative social media posts as "racism" - lots of variations on "People are only criticizing her because she's a queer Black woman."

How

MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "So the lead is the only actor I had never heard of lol. In looking at her resume, I guess I have seen her before in The Handmaid's Tale but I never knew the name of that actress (and the show became too unsettlingly real for me to finish)."

Having an Emmy-nominated turn on a hit TV show is a pretty big deal. She's not a household name, but a lot of people know who she is. I agree about Handmaid's Tale though...it should have ended

The Instagram post in question was definitely really, really dumb and in very poor taste, but it did lead me to the rest of the Slam Frank Instagram account, which I have to admit is pretty brilliant satire. I wrote my PhD dissertation on satire, have performed The Diary of Anne Frank professionally, and have relatives that died in the Holocaust, so believe me when I say that based on the show's Instagram account at least, Andrew Fox is a really intelligent, funny guy...who took it too fa

kdogg36 said: "The Distinctive Baritone said: "I am starting to dislike the far-left lunatics almost as much as the MAGAts - partly because they are the main reason why we have Trump back in office."

This is simply false. We have Trump back in office because of the human scum who cast a vote for him. It's not like "some liberals are annoying!" is a valid reason to vote for an authoritarianegomaniac."


Calling over fift

Exactly. In order to be financially successful, a theater company has to give its local audience what it wants. I have lived in major left-leaning cities but now live in Phoenix, and the theaters here that actually make money (and pay their artists a decent wage) are the ones that do predominantly family-friendly shows (mostly musicals), with only a handful of dramatic straight plays that are usually pre-vetted (and publicized) by successful Broadway runs. As someone who enjoys "edg