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The Distinctive Baritone said: "I've enjoyed the clips I've seen of this thing, and I know it is a critic's darling, but it really belongs Off-Broadway. At barely 80 minutes and a cast of well, six, I hope they are charging "straight play Broadway prices" and not asking for $140+ for orchestra seats.

Anyway, if the producers are trying to get rich off of this little show, with such a short run time they might as welluse the "alternates" (why

Skip23 said: "Crazy how much better the show is with the touring cast. Saw it in Boston today.

Maybe Zaks toned down the Broadway cast.

The tour cast is running on high energy with breakneck pacing (which works for this show - you dont want to think too much about what’s really going on) and impeccable comic timing. Lewis Stadlen is a national treasure. The last of a dying vaudeville taught breed. Every line is hysterical. Nic Rouleau captures that naive a

jayinchelsea said: "Excuse me, but that wasn't Carolee Carmello in CALL ME MADAM, but Carmen Cusack. Get your facts straight before you besmirch the great Carolee!"

Amen! The last time Carolee was in Encores! was for Hey Look Me Over, and I thought she did a fantastic job as Wildcat Jackson in the Wildcat sequence (a role originated by Lucille Ball in her only Broadway musical).

But I'm partial because I'm a huge fa

chipsandguacplz said: "It's opening in Newport, Rhode Island but I agree that would be so cool if it opened in Atlanta."

Providence, RI--Newport doesn't really have a theatre that could handle a national tour, especially for a musical! All the houses in Newport are much more intimate venues, usually used for concerts or stock productions. PPAC is the Rhode Island t

IdinaBellFoster said: "I haven’t seen the show yet, but I thought there was a big BAD ROMANCE number that opened the second act. Is it part of a sequence?"

Yes! It's a mashup of Bad Romance, Britney Spears' Toxic, and Sweet Dreams Are Made of This. From what I saw on iTunes, they're calling it "Backstage Romance," which is a reference to Christian (Aaron Tveit) introducing Act II by talking about a romance that had blossomed aside from his

carolinaguy said: "I did see that his understudy tweeted he went on a couple of times last week. Don't know if that was planned in advance or not."

I remember seeing on twitter that his mother had passed away last week, and there's an obit from a Long Island paper. I imagine that was the reason he was out and off of social media (where he is normally quite acti

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "It's going to cost the same to mount whether it's a limited or an open-ended run. For a musical, "limited run" would probablyjust be a branding thing to add urgency (one could assume they would hopeto extend,unless it's a situation where there's another tenant coming in).It's a little more "noble" to close after 4-6 months if you've already announced that date from day 1. Of course, some of the Bwayfi

copskid949 said: "Yeah so they’ve got a series of cryptic tweets (one of which references Hadestown as a (number) neighbor), a website that isn’t up yet, and they’ve just unveiled a new logo.

It’s coming."

A lot of the fans I know are expecting that if there's a transfer announcement, it'll formally come on August 18th, which would be the main character (Percy Jackson)'s birthday based on the original novels. Given the s

bear88 said: "I finally glanced at the grosses and was reminded ofsomething obvious. There are lot of very successful, long-running shows on Broadway. Some of these shows are getting boosts as the summer tourist season winds down, so they ought to be doing well, but the usual suspects just keep roaring along. Of the newer musicals, Hadestown, Ain't Too Proud, and Moulin Rouge! are all major hits. To Kill a Mockingbird is a smash hit play, and <

I always just tell them how much I enjoyed their performance. If it's someone I've been a fan of for a long time, I might also mention what of their performances I enjoyed but only after praising their current show--after all, that's the reason I'm there seeing them in the first place! It usually touches them, assuming they're not in a huge rush/the stage door isn't totally packed and they have a moment or two to chat with everyone.

It's d

darreyl102 said: "Explain how HAIRSPRAY is transphobic ? Are you talking about the character of Edna? Because I don't see how that would fall into that category when the character is supposed to be a biological woman, not a man in a dress or a man in drag."

And the character was written in the first place for Baltimore's famous drag queen, Divine, who was a close friend of director John Waters. They preserved the tradition for the musical and the mo

ChildofEarth said: "Jujamcyn isnt going to have to worry about tenants for some time by the looks of these numbers for all of their shows.

Come From Away seems to be slipping ever so slightly, but wow I still can’t believe they’ve made it this far."

CFA seems to have taken off as a good bridge-and-tunnel show. Relatable story for anyone in the NY metro area (longstanding residents all have a 9/11 connection of one sort or another, even if it