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Member Name:Fosse76
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Gender:Male
Location:Manhattan
Occupation:Scientist
Profile:Shows I've seen on Broadway:

The Phantom of the Opera; The Boy from Oz; Oklahoma!; Avenue Q; Wicked; RENT; Wonderful Town; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Hairspray; Chicago; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Little Shop of Horrors; Sweeney Todd; Seascape; Primo; The Producers; Sweet Charity; Brooklyn; Gypsy; Beauty and the Beast; In My Life; Ring of Fire; Lestat; The History Boys; The Drowsy Chaperone; Caroline, or Change; Assassins; Dame Edna; Fiddler on the Roof; Spamalot; Tarzan; All Shook Up; Steel Magnolias; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; The Woman in White; Seascape; Doubt; Mamma Mia; Jersey Boys; A Chorus Line; Mary Poppins; Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me


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'Unofficial' Fan Cast Recordings  Dec 21 2020, 10:03:42 AM

macbeth said: "A friend sent me this... How does this differ from just a bunch of random YouTube videos?"

It doesn't. 


London's West End plans reopening  Dec 17 2020, 02:20:36 PM
What defective vaccines? There's been nothing in the news, and my agency hasn't been made aware of anything. Just curious.

Reinking should get a Theater or Dance studio named after her. Or both.  Dec 16 2020, 12:59:52 AM

BrodyFosse123 said: "If any theatre would merit being renamed the Bob Fosse Theatre is the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Before being changed to the Richard Rodgers Theatre in 1990, it was named the 46 Street Theatre and he had 5 shows open there, from DAMN YANKEES to his original 1975 production of CHICAGO. Heck, even the 1996 Broadway revival of CHICAGO opened there (as the Richard Rodgers Theatre) before moving over to the Shubert Theatre. Bob Fosse never had any show play the Ambassad

Why Do Shows Change Theatres During their run?  Dec 12 2020, 08:20:00 PM

Phantom of London said: "...the Broadway Theatre...the the biggest house in the Shubert Organization portfolio."

The largest Shubert-owned theatre on Broadway? Yes. In their portfolio? No. At least not by capacity. The Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia is larger by 88 seats. Physically, the Broadway I believe is the largest.

While producers may request a specific theatre for their show, it is the landlord that will ultimately decide, prior to execution of the licensing agr


Why Didn't Annaliese Van DerPol become a hit?  Dec 11 2020, 05:07:35 PM

Call_me_jorge said: "Her agent probably asked for too much money"

While I don't know if you're serious,  there are many up-and-coming performers who come to believe they are more valuable than they are. And they find out very quickly they aren't. 


In the Heights on HBO Max?  Dec 11 2020, 04:24:18 PM

jo said: "What happens when there is a dual release - day/date opening for both theaters and streaming services. Are MPAA classifications generally observed for streaming? Or do they edit the movies ( like Disney+ did for an old movie, SPLASH)? I am keen to see a forthcoming WB release ( part of the 17), a movie called REMINISCENCE ( a romantic sci-fi thriller with Greatest Showman stars Jackman & Ferguson), via streaming if I could. It has received its MPAA rating, thus:


Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update  Dec 9 2020, 07:09:29 PM

Call_me_jorge said: "Ashford is still attached to this?
Not only film, it’s been a bit he’s directed for the stage, correct?
They should bring on Damian Chazelle or Alfonso Cuarón
"

I'm on board with Cuarón, but Chazelle is overrated.


Metropolitan Opera to Lock Out Stagehands as Contract Talks Stall  Dec 9 2020, 07:06:59 PM

itsjustmejonhotmailcom said: "KKeller6 said: "I believe that 260K figure included benefits, which can run up to 40% in some cases, not that I know any specifics about the Met contract. That being said, we should never be for pay cuts for regular, working class, middle class people. Even ones on the upper end. We should continue fighting for better wages for all in the middle class and others less fortunate."

The Met's head electrician makes $510k and


Metropolitan Opera to Lock Out Stagehands as Contract Talks Stall  Dec 9 2020, 04:44:25 PM

unclevictor said: "Because Fosse, they make triple the amount of $$$ than anyone else in the building and if anyone should be taking a pay cut in order for live theatre to come back, they should. It’s absurd that the guy that mops the deck makes 3 figures and the hair person working 70 hours a week makes the least amount of $$. Local 1 should take the temporary pay cut. They’re still making more $$$ than anyone else even with the pay cut "

Nonsense. 


Metropolitan Opera to Lock Out Stagehands as Contract Talks Stall  Dec 8 2020, 11:39:32 PM
Until I hear that the opera singers take a big cut or that executives also drastically reduce their salaries, then it's absurd to think Local 1 should take a reduction in pay. Why should they?

Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update  Dec 7 2020, 10:23:20 PM
They should just film it in the manner of Cats/Joseph/JCS from the late 90's, early 2000's.

National Theatre at Home Streaming Platform  Dec 1 2020, 02:16:08 PM
I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned here yet (or, at least, I haven't seen it). The shows are sparse at the moment, but I wonder how much of the library will eventually become available. The annual subscription fee seems reasonable, and the single rentals aren't too extreme either, but only assuming the bulk of their library becomes available.

https://www.playbill.com/article/national-theatre-at-home-launches-on-demand-streaming-platform-with-coriolanus-medea-amadeus-more


Leslie Odom Jr film controversy  Nov 21 2020, 01:24:13 PM
She said the girl she originally cast was too overwhelmed being on set. The complaint by some others to simply accommodate the girl by making changes to the set are clearly from people who have never been on a movie set before. There is only so much that can be done to reasonably accommodate someone with those kinds of needs. So the idea that autistic characters should only be played by autistic actors is ridiculous.

But her response to that particular criticism is pretty tone deaf. In


How will the shutdown affect contracts?  Nov 20 2020, 12:56:17 PM

itsjustmejonhotmailcom said: "Fosse76 said: "As Hogan said, legally, the producers cannot unilaterally extend the contract period. The dates are "written in stone" in the contracts, and contract law is pretty concrete. So while the League can claim that the contracts are paused and will resume when performances resume, that isn't legally enforceable unless there is a written rider executed by both parties amended to the contract. Since all contracts will have e

Aladdin Disney Plus  Nov 20 2020, 12:46:33 AM

blaxx said: "I wonder if the push back had to do with the Equity-Actra dispute that was just recently solved."

Probably not, since it was filmed in the West End. 

Has there ever been an official confirmation from Disney that it was being released? The only information I've ever seen about it was from tge Filmed on Stage site.


How will the shutdown affect contracts?  Nov 19 2020, 05:13:59 PM

As Hogan said, legally, the producers cannot unilaterally extend the contract period. The dates are "written in stone" in the contracts, and contract law is pretty concrete. So while the League can claim that the contracts are paused and will resume when performances resume, that isn't legally enforceable unless there is a written rider executed by both parties amended to the contract. Since all contracts will have expired by the time shows resume, the termination procedure

Chad Kimball  Nov 18 2020, 02:21:30 PM

Sutton Ross said: "Holy God, I just spit out my macha. You have literally taken a quote from me from FOUR months ago? Did you just read the first page of this farcicalthread or.....? Yeah, check out good old number 122 for me before ever quoting me again. Thanks so much!"

I guess that's what happens when you open a thread, thinking you're on the most recent page, but are only on the first!

That said, you did say it, and the fact you refer to this


How will the shutdown affect contracts?  Nov 18 2020, 01:56:12 PM

jonartdesigns said: "By the end of the shutdown, Id imagine that everyone, save for those with run of show contracts will have had their contracts expire.

Are actors whos contracts are up obligated to finish out the number of weeks they were contracted for? (Especially in the case of actors who had other commitments lined up)"


Unlikely. Contracts have what is known as a contract period. That's the time during which it is valid. Without specific&nbs


Chad Kimball  Nov 18 2020, 12:11:24 PM

Sutton Ross said: "Um, anything that is not apart of your professional life is your private one. That's what I meant. He gets to have opinions and can chose to have social media, it's just strange that because he isn't like most people on Broadway regarding his views, he gets a whole thread devoted to trashing him.He's not one of the bad guys on Broadway and the attempt to shed light on his views is pathetic."

You are right, he has a right to his


Chad Kimball  Nov 16 2020, 02:17:02 AM

BroadwayAndSports said: "Two questions:

1) Do the CFA producers need to show cause for firing him/not hiring him back? Because there's no way he should still be in that show after this. He's shown himself to be an intolerant and uncompassionate person during this so he really shouldn't be doing that show.
"

The show's contracts typically end in November,  so by the time performances resume,  his contract would have long- since expi


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