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TOOTSIE Marquee at Marquis  Nov 30 2018, 05:27:40 PM

That logo is about as generic as the show.



A LETTER TO THREE WIVES - THE MUSICAL  Nov 27 2018, 09:55:08 PM

Hmm... seems my original  response is now missing.  Didn't think it was controversial enough to remove.

I simply said I was surprised that it hasn't been done before, and that I once got a copy of the film script and as an project tried to puzzle out how to adapt it.

Oh yes.. and I wondered, incidentally, if the film had influenced Marc Cherry when he was creating Desperate Housewives.



Hey broadway.. Salvation Army anti gay reminder thread...  Nov 27 2018, 08:23:28 PM

I applaud Dame for bringing this up.  If you entered the SA addiction recovery program and they discovered you were gay, you'd be thrown out.. and that was less than ten years ago.

I just checked their website and it "appears" that they have changed their policy.  But I'm still suspect. 

I know this much... if they have recently changed their policy it is only because people like Dame continued to make people aware that they were fine wit


A LETTER TO THREE WIVES - THE MUSICAL  Nov 27 2018, 08:11:24 PM

Sincerely surprised that it hasn't been done before.  Years ago I got a hold of the script and tinkered with the idea of doing it.  I recall that there are some challenges (as in all stage adaptions) but that it was totally doable.

Incidentally,  I've always wondered if Marc Cherry was inspired by the film when he was creating Desperate Housewives.

 



Long time posters who no longer post  Nov 20 2018, 08:45:31 PM

BigFatBlonde... I miss that broad.



Donna Murphy in Hello Dolly  Aug 21 2018, 11:52:20 AM
Honestly didn’t think much of the production or Midler when I saw it over a year ago. Didn’t understand all the love..

... but last night... WOW!

Murphy was a MARVEL. She wasn’t just a larger than life personality... she was a big hearted woman wanting to love again and on the way help others love too.

Magical. Haven’t seen a DOLLY with this much joy since I saw Channing’s last tour.

Heavenly night.


Great Comet Coffee Table Book - $2 @ Barnes and Noble  Mar 12 2018, 08:25:00 PM

Thank you!



BETTEy buckley in HELLO, DOLLY!  Feb 12 2018, 01:34:34 PM

Thanks, LarryD2.

 

Then my next guess is that Ruth Buzzi was busy.



BETTEy buckley in HELLO, DOLLY!  Feb 12 2018, 12:00:10 PM

Did they even approach Andrea Martin???? 

I love Buckley, but I'm seeing this out of pure curiosity. 

Wonder if they'll pull a Merrick like stunt with the advertising:

 
BETTEy buckley in HELLO, DOLLY!



Harry Potter access code?  Feb 6 2018, 10:04:47 AM

Does anyone know how standby actually works?  Am I  to spend the day by my laptop in hopes an access code is texted to me?  Has that ever worked for anyone?

Also, when general sales open on the 8th, is it at 12 a.m.  eastern time? 

Thanks!  Wishing us ALL luck!



Harry Potter access code?  Feb 5 2018, 05:39:03 PM

West Coaster here too and so far..nada.

*fingers crossed*



HELLO, DOLLY! Reviews / OPENING NIGHT  Apr 22 2017, 02:08:07 AM

I've never been more grateful for a theatre review then Terry Teachout's for the WSJ. 

He cut though the BS and told the truth. 

This production is a frustrating mess.



 

 



CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Previews  Mar 31 2017, 09:15:45 AM

 "If I have to pay $100+ to "imagine" sets...I'll pass. "

 

That a very important and very valid point. Expectations for Broadway based on what you are paying dictate they give you more bang for your buck...and from that perspective the show is a disappointment. Production values for London went way overboard, Broadway, you could argue, made a similar error but in the other direction.

Hal Prince is the true "black box" genius. H


CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Previews  Mar 31 2017, 01:50:01 AM

Saw the performance tonight and was truly surprised at how well it played. After reading the reviews here I was expecting a show that would inspire Ken Mendalbaum to come out of hiding and write NOT SINCE CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY.

What I saw tonight was a simpler, less convoluted, and ultimately better show than the London version.  The authors have committed to their choices - and while I don't agree with some of them  - they are making them work.  For exam


Effie, I'm tired. It's all over.  Jan 14 2017, 12:46:34 PM

Her original response with the hostile self-pity and "f"-you attitude is the real Holliday. The well phrased, oh so sensitive follow up is nice back peddling on the part of her PR team.

Again.. I'm done with her.

I'm tired of the decades of belly-aching and arrogant bitterness.

She should perform for Trump.  Her angry personality is in line with him and his supporters.

 

 



Effie, I'm tired. It's all over.  Jan 14 2017, 10:27:28 AM

Over the years it has been very difficult to appreciate her single yet-mammoth achievement from 300 years ago due to the just plain unpleasantness of her personality.   In interviews and actions she continues to seem bitter, resentful, and angry.  Even when she claimed to be "at peace" and "better" it never was convincing.  But I continued to champion her among my fellow theatre enthusiasts.

No longer.

True, in a perfect world, you


Arden Directing 'Merrily' in LA  Dec 3 2016, 09:55:49 PM

QueenAlice  -

AlfieBryne put it perfectly:

Michael Arden's direction is fine. The dressing room design was interesting for a minute, but as the scenes went on, it felt more and more like an underdeveloped idea for the sake of having a concept for the show that dressed up the stage.

What the West End production proved is that you don't need showy directorial splashes to make the  piece work.  Strong actors, well guided, are enough to prompt


Arden Directing 'Merrily' in LA  Dec 2 2016, 01:22:58 AM

"I had tickets to see the show this weekend but when I read the thread and saw Wayne Brady was out of the show,  I immediately called the box office and Wallis and had my tickets changed to later in the run."

 

That was a mistake, Wayne Brady was terrible. Wooden, bland, unconvincing and dull.  Almost as bad was Saycon Sengbloh with her all-attitudinal, non-acting... great pipes.. but it was like she went to the Tyler Perry school of stock reactions and grimaces.


Company--the Long Beach Civic Opera production with Carol Burnett?  Jul 23 2016, 11:00:14 PM

I saw it. In those days LBCLO did a lot of good  work given  their resources  with many productions inspired by the original. 

 

I remember  the production ve really  solid with Burnett  being effective but not very  layered. 

It was there  production of CHICAGO using the original set and I'm assuming at least  some of the staging that REALLY had people  reacessing the  power of the  show. .aan


WAR PAINT - Pre-Broadway Thread  Jul 6 2016, 12:19:12 AM

Final Report before I head back home.

Saw the show tonight and it is jelling nicely.  My opinion of the title song, DINOSAURS, and act two in general are the same, but listening to the score a third time it just gets richer and  better.

Arden now has new lines about her friendship with her clientele,  advice about what sacrifices are necessary if you want to succeed.  She also had a new line at the end of PINK.  Tonight she picked up a pick object from h


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