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Scottsboro Boys for Best Musical.

It's doing far better than I would have expected. But what do I know?

This is likely Mark Rylance's to lose.

I'm skeptical that this is true, but I would definitely go see it.

This is truly great news.

I loved it. Patina gives an incredible, star turn and deserves to win the Tony. It's fun, has a terrific score from Menken, and has a very solid book with great jokes, well developed characters, and a straightforward narrative drive that's worth getting attached to. It follows the film pretty closely (I watched it just this morning) but expands on the scenarios nicely and adds some tension, and I love what they did with the main character; she is much stronger and more relatable on the stage....

That Brantley review is just... wow. Hello Tony! So deserved. What a fantastic show.

I'd very much like to attend the show Friday night.

I really wanted to like this show, but I didn't. At all. As many people have already said I found it quite horrible. Amateurish, sloppy, silly. Granted it's a second preview, but this show has had many tryouts and lots of work done on it. It's a complete mess. There's absolutely no narrative drive, surprisingly horrible and dull songs (I liked a lot of the concept recording but with the staging they fall horribly flat), horrible tacked on jokes, uninteresting characters. The design is an abso...

bwayfan, why not just go and form your own opinion? Only one person has posted a negative review. That's not to say there won't be more, but life is full of diversity and a diversity of opinions. To allow one man to decide what you should or should not see PARTICULARLY because you already have another ticket is being a follower, plain and simple. Go. Enjoy life. Be free. Don't listen to others. Be yourself!

I'm afraid that A.M. New York review is going to be a sign of things to come. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm not expecting overly positive notices for this. Does anyone know if Brantley or Isherwood is reviewing?

I passed by the Foxwoods this morning at about 8:50 and there were at least 30 people in line. I have no idea how many tickets they had to give out, of course, but it seems like there's definitely still interest in rush.

His shows in Chicago and Detroit sold out in 18 minutes, the fastest ever for any Ticketmaster event. Yep.

I adored it. It was classy, elegant and retro, at times beautiful and at times extremely funny. Aaron is a true star, a burst of energy and a classic song and dance man. His vocals are incredibly pure and fill the house. Norbert gives a terrific character performance, much like he did in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Nuanced, quirky, and very funny. Tom Wopat is great too; his voice is wonderful and he has great warmth. His final scene is stunning. Kerry didn't bother me at all, and her Fly Fly Aw...

I can't say I'm surprised, but they really should have just closed February 27 and saved themselves some money. I wonder who will play St. Jimmy for the majority of March?

Merch: Magnet, window card, light up martini glass, light up pin in the shape of a shoe, 4 different t-shirts, a ladies hoodie, a regular hoodie, a pink and a blue cammo hat with Priscilla on it, and pink boas. Plus, they were taking pre-orders for the Cast Album which will be available on March 15. They also have logo cups at the bar. I may be missing something.

The plot is definitely not thick enough. There is no plot. There's a very basic narrative thread that holds the songs together with an attempt at character development that works half of the time. But it is fun, the energy is insane, and the staging and choreo is fairly excellent. As long as they know what they're getting themselves into, I don't see why they wouldn't like it. Perhaps play them some Green Day before you go?

AlfieByrne, they are indeed holding a lotto. There are 18 seats in the front row (they removed some) for $40.00 each. They draw 2 hours before curtain. Also, the stage is indeed very high, in fact I think it is even higher than it was for WSS. For those who are vertically challenged, sitting in the front row might prove unfortunate because I, at 6 feet, could not even see people's feet and when they were towards the back of the stage they almost disappeared. Also, Kyle has officially succeede...

Jordan, I believe Pud is talking about Kyle's rambling "review" of the show that he linked to on his blog.

Kyle, it's very difficult to read a piece that is void of punctuation and that goes on for 20 minutes about Stephen Spinella. Could you image... an actor... attending a Broadway show... that he wants to see... and people recognizing him... and taking his PICTURE???????? Yes, that happens. Just because he was there, and someone was taking his picture, does not automatically mean that there is some higher purpose to it. He was likely going out to support a new piece of musical theater and someo...