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I returned to catch up with the queens tonight and now the show is finally hitting its stride. Tonight's performance seemed really energetic - all of the queens did riffs I had not heard before. They've definitely been doing lots of fine tuning while in St. Paul and it is definitely ready for Broadway. Jokes were tightened, a few added. Some of the costumes seemed crisper and slightly redesigned. The queens were so ferocious tonight and really seemed to have found the pacing and

I would love to see this show pull a "Hamilton Mixtape" instead of a B'way cast album. You could include a recording of the new song(s) incl. Megasix by the Original B'way Cast and fill out the EP with remixes and perhaps cover versions of some of the songs, maybe even get a reasonably famous pop star or two to join up. Personally, I'd kill to hear Britney do All You Wanna Do, even though that may be just a bit too on the nose and out of budget.

In all honesty, th

Noah is a great actor/singer and is more than capable. In addition, many of the youngsters in the backing choir will be able to see a fully out, gay man capable of (and having the opportunity to) lead a show - the same young man they looked up to on TV in The Real O'Neals. Or at least that's how I'd view this change of casting if I were in the backing choir!

His addition definitely is giving me interest in attending this. I'm praying Stephen Oremus can fix the Jose

Saw the show last night and it was really excellent. Lived up to all the hype for sure! I was hoping to see Abby, but her understudy was very good! I was very upset that there is no filming of the MEGASIX, as that was one of the things I was looking forward to. The band was great too - the music director/keyboardist looked like she was having more fun than the queens onstage, which you rarely see, but it was infectious! I have to call out "All You Wanna Do" and the staging/performan

Islander_fan said: "greensgreens said: "My favorite is when you post your thoughts about a show and actors personally reach out to you and ask you to remove your less than favorable review. What a laugh!"


Is this in reference to the Patti Murin situation?"

No, this was actually involving another actor and happened about 10 years ago. I didn't bother to report it or make a big production at the time. But, I was appalled and

Liza covered for a few weeks while Julie had surgery (I believe) during the first few months of 1997. I'm sure there's a thread about it, but she had difficulty learning lines/blocking and took a lot of liberties with the script (the most famous was allegedly changing "I'm a second rate hoofer" to "I'm a second rate hooker". Although the funniest was now Victoria was singing a h

What the Tony committee got wrong was the single nomination. There should've been one for Rachel York and one for Greg Jbara, with none for Miss Julie. The whole show was a misfire for me since the first Minneapolis previews - sadly it didn't evolve much for the better since.

The only time I have ever actually enjoyed the stage show was when Liza took over and you got to feel the tension burning between her and Tony Roberts. She didn't really know what show she was doing or

I always assumed these anachronistic posters/ads were digitally added because they wanted to cover up advertisements that were present during the shoot that may have been for movies, products, etc. that were in competition with NBC/Universal. I'm sure Gypsy was a safe choice because isn't there always a production of that showing or it's in talks for a revival? And, with the Bernadette connection, it seems like a pretty failsafe option to just fill in some space. I will say t

The end of the act was "We're In The Money." It was a HUGE dance number with large gold metallic confetti discs falling throughout much of the number - and they tapped in dishes of coins, which was pretty unique and thrilling! There was even a pre-show warning about how you may need to look for flying coins! Definitely the most successful "reinvention" of the show! The re-orchestrations were a dead rip-off of Katy Perry "Firework," which turned it up qui

I did see the Ordway version and, I am still surprised to say, it was pretty awesome! Jarrod Emick made a welcome return to the stage as Julian (wish he had more singing), Tamara Tunie was serviceable, some strong performances in supporting roles. I don't remember who played Peggy, but she was simply amazing.

I can't even imagine how the production would work without a proscenium setup. The big finish alone where Peggy tapped her a** off and then they lifted the curtain to

As they tell the story in Paris, that Theatre Mogador production was cancelled because of a massive fire that affected the sets and they could not rebuild. The original Bjornson sets would look MARVELOUS in the Mogador theatre though!!!

At the Paris Opera and Mogador, they cutely say that "the Phantom didn't want his horrible story brought up again in his city" and "nobody in Paris really liked the novel anyway" in regard to the aborted production. I w

I've seen more than my fair share of Normas. Rita was good, but honestly, she was a bit mousy and perhaps a bit too sentimental - didn't have that full-on diva that the others brought. Made it more human, but less thrilling and definitely not a diva performance. Now, Diahann... I wish everyone could see the last 30 seconds of her performance. She took "With One Look" to heart - her finale, with her final look out at the audience before the final blackout of the show as the s

devonian.t said: "The Rink certainly sounded like it was the one of the first DDD recordings."

Actually, that makes sense. Liza was an early adopter/supporter of Telarc, who were responsible for the first digitally recorded classical album. Perhaps she was able to help that happen? I believe most of her recordings in the 80s/90s were Telarc-recorded.

This is a GREAT topic! I'll be honest, my youthful memories of cast albums in the 80s are dominated wi