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[Dreamboy3]

Posted: 10/2/25 at 6:12am

Marin and Audra left impossibly big shoes to fill. This is the first time I’ve seen and heard Nichelle singing and if that performance is any indication…I hope she is prepared for some tough reviews. Glad to hear that at least some people are enjoying Levy. Whether she’ll bring tears to my eyes like Marin did when she sang Back to Before remains to be seen. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 10/2/25 at 8:09am

inception said: "I never understood the shows that waited so long to do TV appearances."

Lord knows shows TRY to get TV appearances early on (or even before previews begin)!!!!! Those decisions are not made by the show. The press agent can push and pitch as many angles as they like, but it’s all up to the bookers and producers. It’s not like a show can simply buy a slot on a talkshow.

(These types of performances also don’t usually move the needle in a major way, but at this early stage in the run it can only help!)

[heybaby]

Posted: 10/2/25 at 8:48am

A very minor quibble/question, mostly re: timeline--

Does anyone else find it strange that, though Tateh has had enough time to begin a film career and make two movies when act two starts, Sarah and Coalhouse's child is somehow still an infant? Was I completely missing something?

Updated On: 10/2/25 at 08:48 AM

[kdogg36]

Posted: 10/2/25 at 11:34am

heybaby said: "Does anyone else find it strange that, though Tateh has had enough time to begin a film career and make two movies when act two starts, Sarah and Coalhouse's child is somehow still an infant? Was I completely missing something?"

I don't think you're missing anything. I think we're supposed to accept that Tateh has had a very, very fast rise to success. Maybe so fast that it's gone to his head a little, hence his surprise that Mother and her family don't recognize his "name." I don't know if it's really believable that he's gone from zero to two films in a matter of months, but maybe that was an easier thing to do in those very early days.

Apropos of the same scene, I noticed that Tateh uses the term "silent movie" at one point. That term, of course, is a retronym that would not have been used before the advent of talking pictures, just as no one in 1950 would refer to a "landline phone." (Please note that I'm not actually complaining; it works in context and is not in any way intrusive. I just thought it was an interesting thing to note.)

Updated On: 10/2/25 at 11:34 AM