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Azúcar! said: "He really was magnificent in this role. I am happy the producers gave us the opportunity to see this."

I'm sad that I missed it - I wanted to but 9 weeks went by fast! I thought about flying up the last week just to see it but flights are a bit $$$ right now.

It will be very interesting to see how long Darren performs and who they cast next both on broadway and the national tour.

MemorableUserName said: "DAME said: "TRUTH"

The only truth in that post is that in America, white supremacy usually wins. And it did, as usual."



only in the extreme circles does casting a perfectly-qualified person for a few weeks equate to white 'supremacy'

white supremacy does exist and should be fought against

but this kind of accusation dilutes the important discussion around the issue

besides, this whole ordeal has already come and gone

and miraculously everyone has survived

the shows finances did not suffer

tens of thousands of people got a chance to see a wonderful actor perform in the role

i am so glad that the woke mob failed in their effort to bully Andrew Barth Feldman into resigning

whose only crime is that he happens to be white

sanity has returned to the landscape and ppl are no longer falling for these tactics

which are almost as bad as MAGAs tactics

now the woke mob can move on to the next thing that offends them

which for them wont be hard to find

You forgot to add "WHITE POWER!" at the end of your post, but don't worry, it was understood.

And if you don't understand that non-white people are just as capable of upholding systems of white supremacy as white folk, you really don't have a clue. (You probably also believe that women can't be misogynists or work against the interests of other women either. You would be wrong on that as well.)

Meanwhile, it's interesting that grosses went down for the final two weeks of the white savior the producers and so many people here claimed the show desperately needed to stay afloat, because it would surely tank with those icky, uppity Asians in the lead. If he were any kind of draw, wouldn't audiences have been clamoring to see him while they could? But he wasn't a draw, he wasn't needed, and the show would have survived just fine without him, because the recently crowned Tony winner for Best Musical was the draw, as anyone with any common sense knew.

But now Criss is back, and Feldman can get to work on his audition tape for the next revival of Flower Drum Song or something.

Updated On: 11/9/25 at 01:16 AM

All the pearl clutching and faux outrage about "white supremacy" (here the white supremacists were a bunch of Asian, gay, Jewish producers and actors) and ticket sales stayed strong, the show stayed open, and we all lived to see another day.

Correct.

But he wasn't a draw, he wasn't needed, and the show would have survived just fine without him, because the recently crowned Tony winner for Best Musical was the draw, as anyone with any common sense knew.

Aw, none of that is true but attacking people hundreds of times on this thread for supporting Andrew, thinking it would make any kind of difference in any possible way, is deeply hilarious. He got the part, he was great in the part, sales didn't decline, and this absolute horrible tragedy is now over for you so you can resume your normal life. Now listen to Mother:

Yeah, bullying him and publicly harassing him into resigning was just laughed at and disregarded, thankfully.

Ha. I made a crack about Feldman preparing his audition tape for a Flower Drum Song revival since he feels entitled to play any role he wants, but yesterday I started thinking about if Shen actually was cast in a Flower Drum Song revival, and how so many here would likely start calling for Feldman to be cast opposite her, with so many of the same ridiculous arguments offered here.

"Why shouldn't Andrew Barth Feldman play Wang Ta? It would mean soooo much for them to play opposite each other! It would be so cute! I'm sure he and Shen are looking forward to it so much, why you are trying to ruin it for them? It's interesting that if he and Shen had a kid you would let him play the role but you think it's wrong for Feldman to? The show needs a STAR and Asians aren't STARs. Andrew Barth Feldman is a STAR. Black/Asian/Jewish/Women producers say Andrew Barth Feldman should play Wang Ta so it must be right! They can't possibly be part of a system that thinks only white performers should play leading roles and Asian performers aren't fit to be leading men."

But at least MezzoDiva, Sutton, and IceColdKaren will be there in the front row, hands clasped together and clutched to their chests, basking in his wonderful performance they'll feel lucky to have seen. Take that, woke mob! Andrew Barth Feldman IS Wang Ta!

Next up: Helen J Shen in Miss Saigon! Andrew Barth Feldman IS The Engineer! (No mere Chris for him! He's too much of a STAR.)

Updated On: 11/10/25 at 01:24 AM

Interesting that even with the show doing little to publicize Criss's return (likely because that would have brought more attention they didn't want to who was there in his absence), the show hit its highest gross in two months, since his departure, if not quite the heights of his last few weeks. Most likely further proof that the material is the star at this point and it would have continued at the same level no matter who was in the role.

Or if you do want to credit Criss for the show hitting the highest gross in two months, still nice to see a show prove more successful with more appropriate casting, instead of nepocasting the star's white boyfriend to keep icky unfit-to-play-Broadway-leads Asians offstage.

"My job as a director is to fulfill as best I can the story and vision of the writers, and I feel like we have continued to do that beautifully and will continue to at the Belasco.

My job as an artist is to interpret, and will continue to interpret, hopefully in new and exciting ways. And I guarantee that as long as I'm around, MHE will be one of the most diverse shows on Broadway. Hopefully, we will be shown a prime example that these two characters can really be played by anyone. And I'm excited to see where that takes us, so we can be more diverse and less exclusionary as we move forward. And I'm so excited for audiences to see that"

-Michael Arden

What a beautiful answer to silence the drama kings who threatened and harassed him and ABF online.

fwiw I was row E in the balcony and could see into the rooms just fine (missed some things on the sides due to the side I was on but nothing crucial), and it was the front of the stage that I missed the most on, so standing/leaning would probably be fine for that (unless the usher yells at you).

You gave up seeing Versailles and ended up seeing happy ending again? I love maybe happy ending but cmon

BwyFlash, you can't even follow the plot here. I gave up QofV for the Wednesday matinee & saw Two Strangers instead. Only a few shows had Thurs mats, and out of those I chose to see MHE. I had been watching Audience Rewards for my date to drop for Outsiders, but fortunately just by chance before I went with seeing that again I saw something online about the change to MHE's schedule.

Last night (Thursday) I saw OM which was fine. I was quite tired because I started my day early with a historical walking tour of Harlem which was a great supplement to my visit earlier in the week to the Smithsonian Museum of African American History.

Wednesday night was Ragtime where Cassie Levy was simply luminous. Cassie Levy may just be the greatest living musical theatre actress of our time. I know Barbra & Liza are still alive, but even at their prime neither could have brought such nuance to the character of Mother. Cassie Levy carries herself with such elegance and grace.

(My apologies to everyone else, I know I shouldn't egg her on by making such specifically tailored comments for her benefit. Mea Culpa!)

Back on topic of this thread: it is admirable how tight & on point Helen Shen has kept her performance from when I saw MHE just over a year ago. She is putting in the work!

Updated On: 11/21/25 at 09:07 AM