I have been going to Broadway shows since I was four years old. Two of my most memorable moments was meeting and speaking with President Clinton (while he was still POTUS) at "Chicago" during the summer of 1999, and seeing the final performance that Yul Brynner ever gave as the King (it was a Sunday night benefit performance the night that revival closed.) The cast gathered and sang Auld Lang Sygne, and there was not a dry eye in the house.
Favorite musicals: Les Mis, A Little Night Music, Gypsy, Fiorello, Sunset Blvd., South Pacific, Carousel, The King and I, A Chorus Line, 1776, Miss Saigon, and others I can't even think of this minute.
Favorite plays: August:Osage County, Night Mother, Amadeus, Equs, and many more.
Fosse76 said: "RaisedOnMusicals said: "Second, the LA Times is not a critic. It's a newspaper. The author of the DEH review is Charles McNulty, who's very well respected."
For reviews, opinions, and even news, it is absolutely acceptable to informally cite the publication or news organization as the source, and not the individual author.You're simply being argumentative."
Not in the context in which it was used. I was being a
Beedlebard said: "I’m looking forward to the bio-musical/jukebox musical fad to be over! Sales will hopefully dictate that!"
Well, sales for this show have been exceedingly robust at Berkeley Rep, The Kennedy Center and the Ahmanson, so I wouldn’t get your hopes up. I saw the show in DC and I’ll see it again in NY. It’s a great night of entertainment. A better show than Beautiful in my opinion.
seanmcdonagh121 said: "I loved this show tonight. I was skeptical but my god did I fall in love. I think it’ll get compared to Mean Girls a lot and while I did think the score for MG was slightly stronger this show has ten times as much heart and dare I say even funnier. Beth Leavel is a shoe in for a tony nom. I was almost in tears during ‘Unruly Heart’ and I seriously hope this show gets the chance it deserves. This is definitely my favour
conealpetterson said: "The Los Angeles Times is not the toughest critic. They seem to love most shows. I mean, they gave "Amelie" a great review. I am going tothe show tonight and am excited to see firsthand how this cast is."
First, I hope you enjoy the show tonight.
Second, the LA Times is not a critic. It's a newspaper. The author of the DEH review is Charles McNulty, who's very well respected. And just for the record, he did not like eith
Catsbroadwayfan said: "This show just got slammed with negative reviews for its pre broadway engagement. Its being called a “glorified powerpoint presentation”
Good luck to them, but if out of town reviewers are This harsh, cant wait to hear broadway reviewers!"
I wouldn’t say that the show has gotten “slammed with negative reviews”. In fairness, the reviews have been mixed, and almost all of them acknowledge the ent
Two years ago, the grosses were posted by the League like clockwork every Monday at 3 PM other than on holiday Mondays, and in that case they came up at 10 AM the following day. They are now posted much more sporadically. I don't know why.
msmp said: "I'd heard this on Spotify from one of her albums, but the album makes it SO much better! Thanks for sharing!"
I believe it’s on her “Always” album
Kelli O'Hara To Make You Smile Oct 11
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I saw her do this live several years ago. I think it was in 2009 and she was in her ninth month of pregnancy. It was a benefit concert hosted by Seth Rudetsky for the Phyllis Newman Foundation. Kristen C and Steph J Block were the other performers. It was fantastic, and this number was the highlight, at least for me.
It’s interesting to see (and I think nice) to see The Band’s Visit keep chugging along with good to excellent numbers. Has it announced recoupment yet? If not, I bet it recoups soon.
Gensho said: "The review from the Denver Post was an epic tear down. Perhaps the worst review ever. Clearly, he didn’t like the premise nor the work of Pasek and Paul."
Gee, I guess this means that the Broadway production will be posting its closing notice any day now.
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HogansHero said: "RaisedOnMusicals said: "Yeah, my point was a bit sarcastic, meaning in most other investments, no one jumps for joy at the the news that they won't losemoney. But as haterrobics correctly notes, recoupment is the starting point of profitability, which is always a good thing. I wasn't mocking recoupment, and of course, knowing what a small percentage of shows do actually recoup it is cause to celebrate. But if you think of it as buying a stock for $1
dramamama611 said: "Don't we celebrate the success of a film? Or any business that succeeds? Why shouldn't that be celebrated. (Unless I miss your meaning.)"
Yeah, my point was a bit sarcastic, meaning in most other investments, no one jumps for joy at the the news that they won't lose money. But as haterrobics correctly notes, recoupment is the starting point of profitability, which is always a good thing. I wasn't mocking recoupment, and of cou
It's a crazy business, isn't it, when we celebrate a show that doesn't lose money? And by that I mean, we celebrate recoupment when an investor invests a dollar and gets the entire dollar back.
Wouldn't Dear Evan Hansen be on this list? For a second I was going to ask about Hamilton though that was actually based on Ron Chernow's biography. So I guess it was based in part on "some existing material." But DEH is, I believe, completely original. <
