[Title of Show] Returns [Sort of]

That will be so weird to see. I'm glad it won't be a replica of the Broadway show - same costumes, etc.

I doubt it would be with the original cast, as it has a different director.

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Like, because it's a different director. Aka, different design team.

How do we know the new designers won't just copy the Broadway designs? A lot of regional theatres tend to do that.

I am a current Signature subscriber though I definitely don't fit the demographic. I have to wonder what Eric Schaeffer was thinking here. I love [tos], but this will not transfer well generally speaking. I know there has been a huge debate on whether this is too insider, but really, I don't think this is a good fit for this theatre's base audience. I mean, the subscribers will come because it is part of the season and maybe some other [tos] fans, but it is way to insider for the DC crowd, generally speaking.

In any case, it does not really matter to me what they do with this show. I am not renewing my subscription because there are only two shows I want to see and the upped prices/lack of world premieres in comparison to years past are two factors.

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Updated On: 3/20/09 at 04:51 PM

I'm guessing it's a typo, Spider Woman. Substitute "not" for "now" and the post makes sense.

I'll be really interested to see how this turns out.

Because no one in DC (or anywhere else in the country) is going to get the reference to Mary Stout and the hot dog cart.

The Mary Stout reference isn't what the show is ABOUT.

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Schmerg disproved your point.

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"Schmerg disproved your point."

All due respect, no, Wannabe, she didn't. Schmerg didn't get the joke - but of course she hasn't heard it in context, either, which I think would have made the difference. To expand on what lull89 was saying, [tos] is funny. If you get all the references, it's funnier. And no, it's not for everybody, but it's also not just for theater geeks, either.

For Schmerg. Years ago, Mary Stout, while working on Beauty and the Beast, was actually hit by a hot-dog cart. The anecdote is recounted as a one-liner in the show, dropped casually into conversation as Jeff speaks to Hunter on the phone: "Did you hear Mary Stout was hit by a hot dog cart?".

Later, when they begin to doubt themselves, Hunter questions whether the reference is too obscure and thus whether it should be removed. This frustrates Jeff, who responds "But Mary Stout was hit by a hot dog cart". In other words, it's true, it happened, why should we cut it just because not everyone knows about it?

I've always loved the reference to Mamie Duncan-Gibbs. And if you don't know her, then really, I am so sorry for you. One of the finest Gypsies Broadway has ever offered.

When I first saw [tos], about three and a half years ago, I didn't know that Mary Stout had really been hit by a hot dog cart. I learned later that it was true. I still laughed at the line and the delivery.

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i think the show will do fine outside of new york. i took my brother to see it and he hadn't been to anything but rent and he loved it. he had no knowledge of theater or anything like that. i think most of the jokes are pretty funny with or without knowledge of theater. but like ghostlight said if you have that knowledge it's funnier. i had no idea who mary stout was when i first saw it but that fact that someone was hit by a freaking hot dog cart made me bust out.

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