Profile for Mark Waltz

Don't forget "Bajour" which transferred from the Shubert to the Lunt-Fontanne then closed a month later. I guess it was those tsetse flies that chased them out. 

edmundog2 said: "The age thing is a little weird. One of the aspects of the character is that he took a bus to NYC and saw her in one of her first shows. Their romance is like... Someone who’s always been in her life but never has, if that makes sense? There’s a better way of saying it, I’m sure. Making him 20 years younger puts a different tone on it, to me. It’s not a missed opportunity from another life, it’s just her boinking a fan.

Also,

I'm glad that Meryl added more dimension to the role of Dee Dee Allen. I was concerned that she might return to the ultra egotism of Madeline Ashton and give Dee Dee's "Eleanor" a bit of "Songbird!" (you know, the musical version of "Sweet Bird of Youth". I laughed at some of the new lines that weren't in the original show, especially her apparently going off about someone

I really enjoyed her work on "All My Children". She was quite the scene stealer for a basically minor recurring character, and they kept her going for years. Just prior to joining "AMC", she filled in for Constance Ford as Ada on "Another World" and shared scenes with future "AMC" co-star David Canary. I never thought that anyone could take over a pivotal role like she did on "Another World" considering how beloved Ms. Ford was, but Peg was qu

Purlie was done in 2005 by Encores starring Blair Underwood, Lillias White, Anika Noni Rose and John Cullum, not that they couldn't do it again. In fact, it might be timelier now than it was then. I recall going to see it and singing "Walk Him Up the Stairs" as I headed to the grand tier. 

"Dear World" was done at Mufti starring Tyne Daly a few years ago, but I'd definitely see it again at Encores with the full orchestra. One show that Mufti has do

I was fortunate to have seen them all since I believe that most of them had lotteries (in-person) or general rush. I got TKTS for "A Little Night Music" right at the last moment before the show started, and my seats were phenomenal. 

Birdie suffered from a Rose that couldn't dance so there was no Shriner's Ballet. It was serviceable, but even with Stamos, Gershon, Irwin, Hoty & Houdyshell, it seemed like a community theater production. No real magic. They cha

"Mars Attacks!" could be very funny as an Off Broadway musical, at a medium sized theater perhaps. Imagine of all the songs in the world what they could use as the one that makes their heads explode! The singing and dancing Martians would be hysterical to watch, and the Martian disguised as a sex bomb could have a great dance number with the Martin Short character before it annihilates him.

I believe that Belle performs the song "Here's to Us!" on NY's Eve in "Little Me".

The Act One Finale of "Legs Diamond" has them doing a countdown when the bullets start to fly.

Imagine if Sophocles had to deal with this back during the original run of "Oedipus Rex" in the 400's BC with someone banging out pictures on a slab of rock. "No, you must check your slab of granite at the City Dionysa Theatron Box Office in a giant burlap bag!"

"Forbidden Broadway" could have a lot of fun spoofing this situation throughout theatrical history. 

It's a great start, but "It's not where you start, it's where you finish!", like the song says. Theater policies need to be more than just Ms. Patti NoPhone calling disrespectful audience members out, and when I went to see "War Paint", sitting in the front row, I made sure to remove my phone battery to avoid an "accident". I wasn't about to be "LuPone'd". 

That being said, it would be nice to have a quiet theatrical expe

I saw it last night from the middle of the mezzanine, Row D, right under where the overhang ends, so my seats were perfect. Is it a perfect show? No. Does it have a perfect score, orchestrations and vocals? Absolutely! My hand is raw from applauding and my tear ducts were dry by the end of the night due to the flow of joyful tears. Does the staging need improving? Definitely. There are moments of greatness in this show, and while the book isn't wretched, it is far from disaster. 

Thank you for reminding me of that one! (Napoli Brooklyn). I completely forgot about it. I believe that during Act One, they brought out a display of articles focusing on what really happened, and more people stood there reading them than going to the bathroom. 

The highlight of the New York Times review for me was almost like the Times reading my intentions which made me decide to not make my original plans for WHEN to go (Saturday afternoon): "Anatomy of a Suicide” isn’t the kind of show you can see then cavalierly head out for drinks, recycling your playbill along the way."

I did that with "Sister Calling My Name" at the Sheen Center last Saturday, and was totally depressed by intermission (as well as turned

I read reviews on Show Score that said this should be on Broadway. I saw it last night and said to my friend, "If this had gone to Broadway, it would be massacred." There seems to be a very subtle socialist agenda attached to the new book which I felt awkward, and Malone's closing line left me cold. The stand-out is David Aron Damane as J.J. who reminded me of a young Norm Lewis. The marriage battle duet (I can't think of the name right now) is fabulous, reminding me of

Four different shows from different eras, but all had completely different types of gasps/reactions from me:

1983 "Sugar Babies" on tour, during "I'm Keeping Myself Available For You", the chorus girls on swings were flying high over the front of the Pantages orchestra in Hollywood. My response was a big "wow!" I don't know that it was audible, but it stuck with me.

2002 "Dance of the Vampires", during "Eternity" when the

I'd be thrilled if Carolee Carmello brings the tour to New York for a limited run. I saw all three Dolly's in the last revival, yet would go again if this were to come true. It wouldn't be the first time that a tour came to New York after the original run had closed. 

I saw the Saturday matinee and while I didn't think it was horrible, felt that it seemed like something that would have been tried on Broadway in 1983 and quickly died. Being Off Broadway for a limited run in 2020, it was a painless 2 hours (even without intermission), and having seen the movie about a year ago, felt it did have the heart of the film which I recalled through my IMDb review as very sweet and surprisingly full of heart. Yet, it seems pointless, but I did start to sway a bit

Lost Horizon fan, sort of a guilty one, as I saw it as a kid during its release. Our local radio was playing all of the songs as sung by the Fifth Dimension so I knew "The World is a Circle" and "Living Together" going in. Certain things about it make me cringe, My mother recalled seeing the TV version of "Shangri La" which flopped as well. I never have seen "I Remember Mama" though, so on occasion, I do miss a Liv Ullman musical.