"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
"From what I've seen and heard from this show it looks like a train wreck anyway."
How much has been seen or heard of this yet? Aside from one song on the Tonys not sung by anyone in the show... and, according to Riedel, a table read. I know people want to call things early, but shouldn't we let them have one rehearsal first?
I hate that Riedel is trying to say that Gentleman's Guide only won because it had more producers (in his previous article below). I find GG to be a superior show to Beautiful in so many ways, and it deserved its win.
I liked the fact they had more musical numbers... that being said I was reaslly upset they didn't let Audra perform.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
How could Roger Bart "overstep the mark"? Unless he was unprofessional and personally abusive- which I found very hard to believe- then his honest candid judgments ought to have been welcomed or at least acknowledged. You can disagree with someone without firing them.
So was he abusive or did they just not want to hear what he had to say?
If there was a bit more aerial work, I'd swear this was turning into Spiderman 2.
Is this her first attempt at a new musical? I haven't been too impressed with her directing. Curious to see what she brings to the table. I feel like her last two hits were all based on this spectacle idea, with the actual directing of scenes to be kind of lackluster.
Butters, go buy World of Warcraft, install it on your computer, and join the online sensation before we all murder you.
--Cartman: South Park
ATTENTION FANS: I will be played by James Barbour in the upcoming musical, "BroadwayWorld: The Musical."
Wow jeez! that's really intense! I can't help but wonder what Bart could have said to get himself fired after being encouraged to discuss the show...
"Anyone see her Cirque show?"
I did! It was brilliant and beautiful! I'm personally a big fan of Paulus from what I've seen of her shows. I bet she'll do a great job with this show, even if the material is lacking.