JRB's THE CONNECTOR at MCC will star Scott Bakula, Jessica Molaskey, Ben Levi Ross, & more — Page 5

Of course not. But his hypothetical real estate listing would never exist to begin with. And Orthodox Jews have been moving to waspy towns in droves.

Broadway Flash said: "Seth rudetsky uses the word to describe non Jewish whites. Theres different definitions"

There are not different definitions just because you want to justify your ignorant use of a term you clearly used without knowing what you were saying.

But we are beyond that, as you've managed to turn your gripes about Jason Robert Brown and the color of Hannah Cruz's skin (both repulsive takes in and of themselves, dont get me wrong) into a screed about undesirable Jews moving into certain neighborhoods in a manner you do not approve of. This is as close to hatespeech as I've ever seen on these boards, and would not be tolerated for ANY other minority.

At the risk of adding to this idiocy, I will note that Hannah Cruz was known as Hannah Rose Deflumeri until only a few years ago. I have known who she is since she was in high school and a clip of her teenage turn as Mama Rose on YouTube gathered major attention. She subsequently starred in some non-Equity tours and I had always thought she was white until she suddenly became Hannah Cruz and was starring in Hamilton. It seemed like a self-marketing move, which a lot of people do, and that’s cool, but it’s true that she doesn’t really look Latina, and is clearly half Italian or something. The whole thing is a little weird to me, but hey, it’s clearly working out for her.

The Distinctive Baritone said: "At the risk of adding to this idiocy, I will note that Hannah Cruz was known asHannah Rose Deflumeri until only a few years ago. I have known who she is since she was in high school and a clip of her teenage turn as Mama Rose on YouTube gathered major attention. She subsequently starred in some non-Equity tours andI had always thought she was white until she suddenly became Hannah Cruz and was starring in Hamilton. It seemed like a self-marketing move, which a lot of people do, and that’s cool, but it’strue that she doesn’t really look Latina, and is clearly half Italian or something. The whole thing is a little weird to me, but hey, it’s clearly working out for her."

You are not adding to the idiocy, you are legitimizing the rantings of a bigot by taking them up on their foolishness.

To prove I don't only post negative things here, and as a break from the questionable places the thread has ventured lately:

To the folks asking about stage door: I went on Saturday matinee and several members of the cast (including Ben, Max, Eliseo, and Hannah) came out into the lobby area and stopped and signed/took photos with people.

There was a talkback after the matinee with JRB and a bunch of the music team, and I noticed people lingering around attempting to catch him after. I left before the talkback ended, so not sure if he ended up coming out or not.

I went into the show not knowing anything about it and really enjoyed it. I was invested the entire time and I thought Ben and Hannah sang the crap out of the score [can't wait for the cast album].

Updated On: 3/4/24 at 02:29 PM

Lol, looks like Brown is upset this information was leaked. Crazy bad journalism from BWW, but that shouldn’t shock anyone.

“So when you say, "Jason Robert Brown announced the news with an Instagram post," and then you don't have any Instagram post from me (because there isn't one, because I've never announced it), maybe that's someone making an assumption without any sourcing? Like, bad journalism? Like, maybe you should take down an article that has bad fake sourcing in it? How hard would it have been to reach out to me or the label for comment? Is that not a thing you have to do anymore?”

Regardless of the drama below, the release date appears to be accurate and is posted to Jessica Molaskey's IG (and has been reposted by other cast members):

https://www.instagram.com/p/C75Ij0EvKjJ/?hl=en

Cast recording June 21st!

I honestly thought it was one of his strongest scores in years.

Updated On: 6/11/24 at 06:58 PM

BWW misattributed Molaskey's post to Brown, but otherwise the story was correct. Four days later, the release date--which one of the stars of his show announced on Instagram a day before jacobsanchez posted it and BWW picked it up--has now been confirmed.

And yes, we live in a world where social media posts are now frequently used as the basis of articles without reaching out to the parties for comment. (Remember Cardoza from The Notebook getting mugged a few months back? Multiple websites breathlessly repeated what he posted in his Instagram stories without further comment from him. The posts were the source.)

A savvier person might have used it as a marketing opportunity and cleverly claimed that his show was about the importance of truth and accuracy in journalism...and lo and behold, here was a real life example why! Buy the cast recording! Instead he just threw a hissy fit that made it seem like he was offended for having been confused with Jessica Molaskey.

Updated On: 6/11/24 at 11:37 PM

Listened twice this morning already (I'm UK-based), music is very reminiscent of JRB's solo material (especially the first album) and I have no qualms with that at all. This will be getting MANY rotations on my Spotify for the foreseeable...