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Broadway is a business

Aw man, thanks for telling us that. No one on BROADWAYWORLD.COM knew that before you said it over and over and over again thousands of times. Good looking out!

Updated On: 8/9/23 at 12:00 PM

jkcohen626 said: "It's flop o'clock!"

My goodness so many of you are purely negative. I’m sure the same negative posters will be here first previews to say how bad it was

I however hope this show does well and can’t wait to see it. This cast is amazing.

nativenewyorker2 said: "My theory is this…and I could be way off…

Kennedy Center is pissed SpiderWoman pulled the rights to their hyped production in order to come to broadway. So KC said ok, if you want to play that game, we will send the show we replaced yours with to broadway before your show whether people want it or not *evil villain laugh*"



Well that makes no sense whatsoever. Most of the money (which has got to be at least $10-$12M) is coming from the KC. It's a pretty expensive way to "play that game" (whatever that means).

OMG U Guyz said: "Alex M said: "Theatrefanboy1 said: "Truth be told. This was not the lineup I was promised. Very disappointed"


now I want to hear what you were told"

There was a rumor that Steve Martin was going to play KA. And Hannah waddingham’s name was floated as well."

Yeah that was written in here a lot. someone as big as Steve Martin was realistically never going to happen and Kritzer was always suspected to be playing Lady of the lake. I am more interested to know who these people who got their info from people "in the know" had heard.

JSquared2 said: "RexInLights said: "Do you all realize how rude and jaded you sound? The cast is made up of talented theater performers and not stunt casting big names and you seem to be more interested in how many tickets it may sell as opposed to if it’s going to be good or not. Just another day around these toxic wastelands."



Exactly! There would be just as much (if not more) bitching and moaning on these boards if they had cast movie/TV names. People would be OUTRAGED that they replaced solid theatre veterans with "stunt casting"!

Damned if you, damned if you don't..."

Wanting capable comedians and sketch performers in a Broadway revival of a Monty Python show is not the same as casting a Real Housewife in Chicago. One is about elevating material, and the other is about elevating sales.

Most of us are just trying to rationalize the decision making behind transferring a middling revival of a so-so show. The direction and design look largely unchanged, the book and score are unchanged so why would anyone pay Broadway prices for something they've seen done better in NY, and done at the same level in regional theaters across the country?

The entire cast is capable, I have no doubt. But there's nothing exciting or new here, I'm sorry to say.

https://www.broadwayinchicago.com/show/a-wonderful-world/

stop spearding stuff...still there...still happening

RippedMan said: "Looks like the Louie Armstrong musical that James was attached too fell through? It's gone on the Broadway in Chicago website."

Interesting. The www.louisarmstrongmusical.com site is still up and connects to atg ticketing site for New Orleans and Ticketmastersite for Chicago. I guess we'll see. Maybe it's being post poned.

Sorry, not spreading any rumors. I just went to look and it wasn't listed as an upcoming show. Sorry, must have missed it. I do wonder how that schedule will work, but I guess he already knows the show so can be plugged in pretty quick?

Let’s get Aaron Tveit as Lancelot and call it a day

So this is basically the Kennedy Center cast without Brightman, McClure, and Saldivar.

Let’s see who they get for Lancelot.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "WldKingdomHM said: "Let’s get Aaron Tveit asLancelot and call it a day"

Has he ever demonstrated comedic chops?"



Lancelot has almost no solo singing in the show, so this would be kind of a waste…Anyway, it looks like the producers - if they were indeed courting celebrities - got turned down and had to come crawling back to those godawful Tony winners and nominees <sarcasm>…maybe they are waiting on a “star” for Lancelot, which is a pretty easy role to stunt cast as long as the actor can do silly voices, etc. It can be played by a non-singer.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "WldKingdomHM said: "Let’s get Aaron Tveit asLancelot and call it a day"

Has he ever demonstrated comedic chops?"

Good question…and nope.