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Hellob said: "Falsettos was awful in 92 & does not need a revival. I don't ever need to see another show about people realizing they're gay or the like. Over it."

Maybe you should try the original three one-acts, In Trousers, March of the Falsettos, and Falsettoland (I believe Falsettos was a combo of the last two). You might care more about the story if you saw it spaced out and focusing on individual segments thereof. Falsettos has always felt slapped together to me, but reading the three original pieces or seeing them done offers a glimpse into a whole different (and, in my opinion, better) way of telling the story. You still don't feel very sympathetic for any of the characters, because, let's be real, they're not the most easy to sympathize with, but it's easier to care about them when you grow with them as opposed to charting two segments of their development crammed into one show.

Updated On: 9/3/15 at 06:30 AM

I saw Dean Jones in Company once. I saw Larry Kert three times. I thought Larry Kert was much better.

Maybe you should try the original three one-acts, In Trousers, March of the Falsettos, and Falsettoland

I will look into that for sure, thanks for the tip! :)

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• I absolutely avoid everything Idina Menzel is in. I cannot believe that she made it big. Her "singing" is awful. I *might* have enjoyed Frozen more if she weren't in it - Elsa sounded like an old man who just finished chain smoking every time she spoke! Such awful casting.
• I fell asleep when I saw PotO for the first time on Broadway; but, I have a soft spot for Emma Rossum's Christine (oops).
• I can't stand Amanda Seyfried's voice. She doesn't sing - she warbles. Someone needs to teach that girl how to breathe properly when she "sings." She can barely hold a note, too. People need to stop casting her in musicals. And Anne Hathaway as well. Perhaps even Hugh Jackman.
• I like Lin-Manuel Miranda, but my God, he is annoying on social media with his constant tweets and self-praising. I am always tempted to mute him on Twitter, but I never will.
• I really enjoyed Finding Neverland - I wish it got more recognition.
• Something Rotten is awful - I listened to the cast recording once and never listened to it again.
• I want to like The Bridges of Madison Country, but it is so boring except for a couple of songs.

I don't like Tony Yazbeck's voice. I really wanted to enjoy On the Town, but I couldn't because of him. He is a wonderful actor, though, and quite charming, but his voice just irritates me.

Updated On: 9/3/15 at 10:53 PM

I saw Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on tour. I hated it. Even my own hatred took me by surprise. I can't think of any other show I had a worse time at (even Lestat).

I liked most of the cast, but there was so much more surrounding terribleness to deal with...

I didn't like Matilda.

I thought Nikki M. James was great as Éponine.

Terri Klausner is the only Eva who nailed the entire first act of "Evita," (and I saw 'em all, friend in the cast), bringing both musical theater chops and sexuality. Unless you can see why everyone wanted to f--k this hot young woman, the whole thing makes no damn sense. Every Eva seemed cast to play act two, the drag part, and the first third is the hardest to make sense (Madonna, in an even uglier wig, had the same problem; watch again)

I wished Jonathan Pryce had been allowed to wear the West End Eurasian make-up in the American "Miss Saigon." Yes, I know why he couldn't. Don't school or shame me, I know exactly why it's wrong. Offensive. I still wanted to see it.

Every single thing Tom Stoppard ever wrote, a couple of scenes in "The Real Thing" aside, bores the bejesus outta me. Few plays are as insufferable, on the page or stage, as "Arcadia." The single longest night in the theater, ever. Waterboarding? Nothing compared to 20 minutes of "Arcadia."

"Equus" is brilliantly written, riveting theater, and a lot of hooey. For all its agonizing, not really about a damned thing.

Goldman's original (circa Winter Garden) book for "Follies" is smart, sharp and wonderful, the most unfairly maligned script in the history of musical theater.

I hated "Our Town" until I was middle aged; I now think it's one of the most perfect works of art ever conceived.

Landford Wilson won the Pulitzer for the wrong play. And on that subject: the fact that Annie Baker has a Pulitzer and John Guare does not makes me effing crazy.

Updated On: 9/17/15 at 09:22 AM

Auggie, I don't agree with much of what you said, but I love how you said it.

I DO agree with your comments on Our Town. While I'm not convinced about my age having done it, for me it was Cormier's vision that simply held my soul.

I read Our Town in high school and saw a very good production in college. I knew it was good, but it didn't really move me. Now that I am older, I do need to see this again. I am sure the experience would be totally different.

I love Bernadette as a person/actress. I can't really stand her voice.

Lea Salonga is a and a pretty weak singer. She was wonderful as Kim but she's fallen short of everything else. There's not a single role I'd pay for see her in. I'd be more interested in Allegiance if her understudy, the girl from the web series, was playing her role.

Updated On: 11/15/15 at 01:41 AM

How does Sierra Bogess get work??? She is dull as dishwater. I'd rather watch paint dry or bank surveillance video than watch her cooch in anything. She must have some good dirt (pictures/goats/use your imagination) on someone to keep getting roles. And originating them at that!!!!

I don't think Hamilton is a good musical. It's like "Schoolhouse Rap" with a few nice songs here and there. It's all telling and little showing, and it's gruelingly repetitive and dramatically shapeless (plus it's a musical in which a large part of the drama hinges on the federal government agreeing to take on states' debts, which zzzzzz).