Caught this today and overall had a really great time.
Cast was uniformly excellent. Emily Blunt was stunning, if not given quite enough to do and work off of. Comparisons to Julie Andrews are pointless, as Julie had better, more memorable material to work off of (and, well, she's Julie Andrews) but Emily has made her own mark on a role that was seemingly owned by Dame Andrews.Spectacular singing from her as well. I enjoyed Lin Manuel-Miranda MUCH more than I thought I w
I'm honestly a little frightened of what could happen if (likely) this doesn't do well at the Tony's. It was pretty bad last year and neither Spongebob or Mean Girls had quite this level of social media presence.
Don't you think the Kerr is too intimate? It seats less than 1 thousand, and unless something big changes (Which I doubt) this production of Moulin Rouge seems to be putting spectacle over intimacy.
Henry Gottfried played his final show last night, so I think it's fair to say that who ever the next Pomatter is is not a big name. Perhaps Drew is coming back again?
I'm skeptical yet optimistic about Buckley's Dolly. It seems like odd casting for sure, but Buckley's work in the past has been superb enough I have no reason to believe she won't be able to pull this off.
I'm worried I'm going to have a hard time topping this experience. 2 and half hours of pure joy. I almost couldn't believe what I was seeing.
Hello Dolly closing. Aug 25
2018, 05:22:52 PM
Back from the matinee. Wow. First time seeing Bette, and as much as I love Bernadette this was on a whole other level. Standing ovation at her enterance, partial standing o after parade, and full standing o after title number. Bette is in great voice and demands the stage every time she’s on it. David Hyde Pierce was stellar and got prolonged applause on his entrance and his numbers. Gavin Creel and Kate Baldwin just keep getting better. I can’t believe this production is closing. I dont think I
Aug 24
2018, 11:35:26 AM
I'm going to be at the matinee tomorrow and will probably weep through the whole show. Although I'm very excited for the energy in the theater. Even without it being the last day of the show, it sounds like the energy lately has been through the roof, and add onto that it being closing day, it will be electric. When I saw Bernadette, the energy was kind of meh, which was the only disappointing part about the show.
Dollypop said: "I have bittersweet feelings about Saturday night."
Me too. In one respect it can't get here fast enough (My first time seeing Bette!), but I also can't stand thinking it's over. This show has brought so much joy to me in the past year I can't even begin to express it.
Dollypop said: "I have bittersweet feelings about Saturday night."
Me too. In one respect it can't get here fast enough (My first time seeing Bette!), but I also can't stand thinking it's over. This show has brought so much joy to me in the past year I can't even begin to express it.
My opinion is that you should let the lights go down, and when the audience starts to applaud, bring the lights up for one full company bow, no music. Maybe let Tony and Maria step forward and take individual bows, but, yeah, bowing to America sounds.. like an interesting choice
Also, on Stubhub there are some relatively cheap tickets (Only around a little over 100$) for the balcony of the last matinee and the last show. I snagged one myself and am so excited!
There hasn't been any official press release, but yesterday Nick Adams and Tally Sessions sang from falsettos at an event that seemed to be promoting upcoming tours called Broadway in Chicago (Ben Ross from DEH was there as well). I'm assuming that this means they will be cast in the upcoming tour. (Makes sense, as Tally was the standby for Marvin and Whizzer on Broadway.)
Hi all, I have tickets for the last matinee (!!), that are Balcony row H. I know those aren't good seats (and frankly it doesn't really matter, just to be in that room will be electric), but I was still wondering how much will be obstructed, and how far away it is from the stage. On a view from my seat there are 3 pictures of around my seats and they all look dramatically different, so I'm having a hard time figuring out what the view will be like.
