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CarlosAlberto said: "kadu335 said: "I’ve always felt this one was meant more as vanity project (and an awards vehicle) for everyone involved. I’m sure they all hoped for the best numbers-wise, but being industry veterans, they probably weren’t naive enough to think this had any real shot at becoming a box office hit, especially after In the Heights and West Side Story, both Latino-led musical adaptations, flopped hard, even with way bigger names behind them, more recognizable source material,...

gibsons2 said: "east side story said: "This was supposed to be Lopez’s comeback to the Oscar conversations, but I think she’s been skunked.Again."Has she ever been in any Oscar conversations? Did this ever happened? I mean, JLo is an American musiclegend in her own right,but come on... She is a terrible actress and not much better singer, frankly." Hustlers was the only time I can remember. She was widely predicted after winning a bunch of critics’ awards and getting nominated for the Golden ...

I’ve always felt this one was meant more as vanity project (and an awards vehicle) for everyone involved. I’m sure they all hoped for the best numbers-wise, but being industry veterans, they probably weren’t naive enough to think this had any real shot at becoming a box office hit, especially after In the Heights and West Side Story, both Latino-led musical adaptations, flopped hard, even with way bigger names behind them, more recognizable source material, and major studio backing.The real m...

I haven’t seen the movie yet, but judging from the soundtrack, Lopez sounds totally fine to me. She’s no Chita, of course, but I’ve never thought of this as a role that requires a major vocal showcase anyway. I’ve always loved the Vanessa Williams version too and her voice, while beautiful to me, is also somewhat limited.

BJR said: "It’s currently at 80% on Rotten Tomatoes. Sure, that can change. But I don’t know where that comment is coming from"I think he meant in terms of box office, not critics. Not sure why the comparison though… Cats was a major studio release with a massive marketing campaign behind it. Kiss of the Spider Woman is an independent film opening on a third of the screens Cats had. The two aren’t really comparable in terms of box-office expectations (which isn’t to say I expect Kiss to be a ...

The soundtrack has already dropped in Australia, and J.Lo sounds great to me. I’m not super familiar with her music beyond the big hits, but she honestly sounds better than I remember. Tonatiuh’s vocals are also great… I hadn’t heard him before this, and he was a pleasant surprise. Diego Luna sings very little but does a fine job.

Nicole sounds great, but that performance was just… kinda there. I think it was more about how they directed it. Shame they’d already done Tom Francis’ Sunset Boulevard number at the Oliviers—doing it at Radio City could’ve been such a moment.

This might be a bit off-topic, but as an actual Italian, I always find it amusing how some Americans have this bizarre idea that being Italian somehow makes you a person of color. Italians can be of any skin color — including white, like Patti LuPone, lol

SweetLips said: "Thank you thank you Kadu- what a beautiful articulate review--sound is really so important to the overall impact of everything.That photo 3 from last is my favourite--the contrasts and lighting of the men in black and the colourful gowns and the lines--perfection.That's what I am here for-to live live theatre through others--so thank you again.SL.....x"Oh, thanks! English is not my 1st language, so I'm glad you liked the review and think it was articulate! I loved that photo ...

Anna_Elizabeth said: "Thank you for posting the promo shots and the review. It looks wonderful. Wish I could fly down to see it."No problem. I intended to post this earlier, but it was a busy week... I'm glad you liked it!

Some promo shots from the new Brazilian production:

SweetLips said: "Just watched 'snippits' from the Australian production of MFL then across to the Brazilian scenes and my goodness--no comparison---I am off to Brazil !!.Ms Andrews might have been under instructions to 'do the same as the original' but Brazil seemed to breath new life into this old war horse---and the size of that stage==WOW==!Can't wait now to read when someone above reports on the actual show.SL.......x" I saw the Brazilian production last friday and the the show is absolut...

scripps said: "kadu335 said: "Funnily enough, a new production of My Fair Lady just opened this week here in Brazil.Paulo Szot is playing Professor Higgins. I'm quite excited to see it! (I'm going tomorrow)"Do come back to this thread and tell us about Paulo's performance!" I sure will. It's great to see Paulo taking a break from his opera career and doing musical theater again.Excited for tonight!Here's a snipped of him doing The Rain In Spainhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuLGq8lD7z8

Funnily enough, a new production of My Fair Lady just opened this week here in Brazil.Paulo Szot is playing Professor Higgins. I'm quite excited to see it! (I'm going tomorrow)

People commenting on similar cases are forgetting the Latin Grammy Awards, which were supposed to be held in LA (and broadcast by CBS) on the very same day as the 9/11 attacks in 2001. I remember because I was very excited about it at the time and, as a kid, was very let down that it was cancelled. They eventually presented the awards at a press conference event almost 2 months later.

QueenAlice said: "I think Show-Source is a great website (thanks for posting it Kad).Interesting to look at how mixed the critical reviews are for almost all the new musicals this season (save Hamilton of course), especially since most believe this has been a very strong year for new shows. Like I said earlier, I don't think we can really look to the reviews as a good gage for how the Tony nominations will go.AMERICAN PSYCHO: 61 (and still adding reviews)ALLEGIANCE: 71BRIGHT STAR: 67DISASTER:...

I loved Taron Egerton on this... the guy has so much charisma! I'm glad he's getting all this big roles being so new to the industry.

I would love to see Follies being produced here but I'm not sure it would translate well from Brazilian audiences.I'm really excited about getting to see this production of Wicked, but the T4F website is terrible for getting tickets... they always put me in terrible seats!There's so many big productions opening this month here in São Paulo! Quite an exciting time of the year for musical lovers... R&H's Cinderella, Wicked, The Full Monty, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, We Will Rock You...

Rodrigo_ca, do you know if the production made available on which days Loddi is playing Fyiero? I wanted to see it with him on the role...

They should've added the Sandra Dee reprise to the digital version of the album as well so everyone outside de US could have access to it as well... bummed