Profile for Candide08

Wow. I had no idea he went to Ithaca. They seem to keep pumping out talented kids all the time!

I was under the impression that he dies of exhaustion & the "crickets" were a side effect of the effects of starvation & exposure. Does anyone know of any productions (professional or college) that will be happening in the coming months?

BEST MUSICAL Spring Awakening BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL Hair BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL Bartlett Sher, South Pacific BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Paulo Szot, South Pacific BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Patti LuPone, Gypsy BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Boyd Gaines, Gypsy BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Sara Ramirez, Spamalot BEST BOOK Passing Strange BEST SCORE Next to Normal BEST CHOREOGRAPHY Billy Elliot BEST PLAY The History Boys BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY Boeing-Boeing BEST DIRECT...

I am so happy A little night music is headed to the Kerr! I think it's ideal for the production because it would be swamped in a big house like the St. James.

Did anyone catch Angela Lansbury's face after 'what's up duloc?'? no clapping. just stunned at the crap happening onstage.

The only consolation was that Billy's performance was less then spectacular.

And Reginald Tresilian just texted me that it's all bootleg! That's not true at all. Every minute of that was from a documentary on Jerry Herman & his work.

"You do realize that 8 words on Rosie's Blog have more influence on popular culture and "news" in this country than the entire three hours on CBS on Sunday will. Or maybe you don't... " What a load of crap. You do realize CBS is a NATIONAL NETWORK seen by MILLIONS OF PEOPLE right? Sorry to burst your bubble but I think more powerful people (Ben Brantley for instance) have embraced this show and Alice in particular.

August:Osage County has already recouped so the producers probably have a lot cash to fund the show if it's not making its nut with the hope that Rashad will bring in more $. Next to Normal's average ticket price is pretty low ($60) because they seem to be doing a lot of promos. That & the tiny theatre account for the low gross.

I don't understand. PBS will film crap like this but they wouldn't film Gypsy with Patti LuPone?

I disagree. You cannot compare next to normal to most other shows. If you look at the maximum capacity at the Booth, it's only 6,000/wk. Compare that to a theatre of a similar size like the Jacobs (home of ave q) & next to normal is right on par. Bigger shows 9 to 5 might be making 600,000 but the nut for that show greatly exceeds that of n2n (which you already know).

If you think about it, N2N isn't a very expensive show to run AT ALL compared to shows like wicked or the lion king. The nut for N2N can't be all that large considering the orchestra can't have any more than 6 people and there are only 6 actors, a few understudies and minimal crew members. Also grosses are deceiving, the real number to look at is capacity. The Booth is one of the smallest on Bway.

I saw her a few weeks ago & it was an absolute train wreck. Her acting was alright but every time she sang i just wanted to leave