Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Dec 19
2020, 10:23:47 AM
I think Chadwick’s posthumous Oscar is more or less a foregone conclusion at this point - a nomination at minimum.
I honestly loved the film and could really feel the tension building up in that small space until it came to blows. However, it never felt dragged out and the pacing was excellent. I also adored the costuming and overall production design.
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What show would you have rushed during the great blizzard of 2020 Dec 17
2020, 07:08:01 PM
henrikegerman said: "Plaza Suite. Both the weather and the play have a classic New York vibe."
Theoretically speaking, it would have been long closed and replaced by the remount of American Utopia
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Netflix's THE PROM trailer premieres 10/22 Dec 6
2020, 07:48:20 AM
Knowing the show very well and the impact it had on me, I went in with apprehension and a critical eye. Overall, I give the film a 7.5/10.
The Great:
- MERYL FRIGGIN’ STREEP - She is just loving every minute of this and is doing her best high diva drag since Florence Foster Jenkins. As I previously posted, I had to stop to write in the middle of the movie that I wanted to throw another Oscar at her for “It’s Not About Me”. More importantly, she managed
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Netflix's THE PROM trailer premieres 10/22 Dec 5
2020, 04:51:31 PM
I’m at the theatre now watching it but I had to stop to write that I want to throw Meryl another Oscar for “It’s Not About Me” in and of itself
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THE PROM soundtrack Dec 4
2020, 12:26:33 AM
I just downloaded the album and I’m listening to some select songs before bed.
The new orchestrations are really fantastic. The closest movie I could think of where the score got a full orchestra treatment while still keeping the integrity of the score was Hairspray,
Meryl is really shocking me here. “It’s Not About Me” is pretty damn good and you can here the ego and bombast of the character in her singing.
Kidman’s “
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Netflix's THE PROM trailer premieres 10/22 Dec 1
2020, 06:51:25 PM
I can’t remember which review it was but one of them said “this is a role that screams out for Nathan Lane” and I was YES YES YES YES. It also recognized the wide age gap between Streep and Corden, hinting that it was hard to see them as contemporaries of each other
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Thanksgiving Day Parade 2020 - Broadway Plans Nov 26
2020, 09:45:35 AM
That “Jagged Little Pill” performance was...terrible.
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THE PROM film soundtrack release details Nov 20
2020, 09:02:31 AM
Wow. Not a single song from the Broadway run has been cut. When was the last time that happened?
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Megan Mullally to star in Kathleen Marshall’s ANYTHING GOES in London Nov 20
2020, 09:00:32 AM
I’m honestly sad I can’t see this. Cole Porter is just the right amount of camp for Mullally and she will go full in.
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Thanksgiving Day Parade 2020 - Broadway Plans Nov 6
2020, 09:03:16 AM
ACL2006 said: "It'll likely be based off on who's available.Might just be some solo numbers. Adrienne Warren from TINA, Elizabeth Stanley from JAGGED, Aaron Tveit from MOULIN ROUGE. Or just B-roll footage from certain shows."
TINA performed last year, but given the dearth of possible new shows to advertise, they might perform again. Has any Broadway show every performed at more than one parade?
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New York Musical - SNL Nov 1
2020, 07:55:21 PM
MlleDaae said: "John Mulaney already wrote a musical with Seth Meyers called Co-Op: The Musical and it's fukcing amazing. Get out from under your rock and go watch it. It's an episode on the series Documentary Now on Netflix.
If you've seen the Merrily We Roll Along documentary Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened, you'll get the joke. Mulaney as Sondheim is my most favorite thing ever:
"When y
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New York Musical - SNL Nov 1
2020, 10:29:00 AM
Even if it wasn't the best in his musical canon (The fact he had to loop the underwear back into the narrative by saying "Remember how it all started with this?" was a tell), Mulaney still remains one hell of a sketch writer and the first Broadway musical he writes, I will throw my whole paycheck at and see multiple times.
Side Note: If he hosts one more time, he will be the first SNL writer (past or present) to join the Five-Timers Club without ever havin
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Henry Goodman as Max Bialystock!!! He was goooood!!! Nov 1
2020, 10:02:24 AM
AC126748 said: "I saw Goodman in the role. He was good. He probably would have gotten even better if he'd been given time to grow into the role. As others have already said, Goodman wasn't going to give anyone a carbon copy of Nathan Lane's performance -- and that is what the production wanted. If Goodman had been a replacement several years into the show, it might not have been a big deal. But the people coming to see THE PRODUCERS wanted a Nathan Lane performance even i
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“Hamilton”, “The Prom”, and “The Boys In The Band” during Awards Season Oct 30
2020, 02:40:14 PM
Hey everyone,
I know this has been discussed in various, disparate threads, but I wanted to condense the conversation here.
Thinking about a tweet from Variety that predicts Leslie Odom Jr. would get a nod for Best Actor - Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical) at the Golden Globes, I thought that “Hamilton”s eligibility for “motion picture” awards (GG-Film and Oscars) was already declared against them and that they could compete in the Television categorie
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Shuffle Along lawsuit- resolution? Oct 23
2020, 12:59:49 PM
Tag said: "Alex Kulak2 said: "As long as I live I’ll never understand why they didn’t just replace McDonald. Obviously, she’s Audra Freaking McDonald, she’s irreplaceable, but they didn’t even try."
Yes they did. Rhiannon Giddens was announced and rehearsed - but then never performed."
On top of Rhiannon Giddens, Savion Glover was also slated to join the cast in a featured ensemble role
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What The Constitution Means To Me is now on Prime Oct 19
2020, 02:07:11 PM
I felt like I was right back in the theatre watching this for the very first time, and that alone is high praise in and of itself.
It’s so hard to grip the fact that this was primarily scripted and rehearsed and not just an extremely effective stream-of-consciousness.
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2020 Tony Nominations Thread Oct 15
2020, 12:44:39 PM
Tag said: "The biggest loser today is Aaron. If he wins (which is obviously likely) he'll always carry the burden of winning the default Tony."
To me, that’s better than Chris McCarrell, who was shut out of a maximum two-man horse race.
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2020 Tony Nominations Thread Oct 15
2020, 12:42:33 PM
To quote Harold from “The Boys in the Band”...”It’s mind boggling. It absolutely boggles the mind.”
Chalia La Tour for Featured Actress/Play was certainly an odd choice, and I would’ve given that slot to Ashley Park for Grand Horizons.
I’m a bit shocked that Kyle Soller didn’t sneak in Best Actor/Play over Tom Sturridge, but I’m THRILLED for Paul Hilton
Featured Actress/Musical has me a bit worried about Patten’s lock on it because of the three Jagged girls possibly s
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2020 Tony Nominations Thread Oct 15
2020, 12:33:58 PM
Theatrefanboy1 said: "I don’t understand why west side story and girl
From the north town weren’t nominated in any categories especially considering they had opened. "
It’s been explained to death that both shows, though technically open, did not have enough time to allow nominators to see and judge their shows accordingly and the deadline for cutoff was moved back
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What Is The Cheapest Broadway Musical Ever? Oct 15
2020, 07:11:41 AM
blaxx said: "quizking101 said: "Probably COME FROM AWAY. Yes it’s is a sizeable cast and a small stage band, but the design is one backdrop and pretty much just all chairs."
You must be VERY young to think that lol"
I’m 26 and was speculating a possible answer to the OP’s question based on the breadth of musicals I’ve seen. Kindly take your condescension and shove it up your lower orifice
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