I go to school with a lot of people who do watch Broadway bootlegs occasionally (and no, I am not giving out names and addresses). Even though they have a chance to experience these shows, they do go and try to see shows when they can. I wouldn't have gone to see Waitress if it hadn't been for a friend of mine recommending the show after watching a bootleg. And obviously, professional, legal recordings of shows are a lot better than bootlegs. After watching the
BwayLB said: "He was seen as a haullicination in Happiness Is. Then in Rapunzel and the Great Tree, Adira mentions him when she reveals she and Quirin were in the Brotherhood. So i hate to agree with you. But Varien is set to come back this season"
Annoyingly, they also announced Jeremy Jordan for last year's main cast. (He ended up in maybe 5 seconds of one episode.) So I'm hopefully pessimistic about a major presence for him in this season. &nbs
HamilHansen said: "Well, this was a fun surprise! I got tickets day of and went in almost blind (having seen them perform on the Tony's). I ended up having a fantastic time. The score isn't as memorable as the one-liners, but damn those one-liners were good. Sarah Stiles is a national treasure, the guy playing Jeff brought the house down, and Santino is a star. I love me some Alex Brightman, but Santino did deserve the Tony.
JBroadway said: "brian1973 said: "MollyJeanneMusic said: "How could I forget Higgins's house in the new My Fair Lady revival?"
What , a big lump of set lumbering downstage? No thanks."
I can't speak for MollyJeanneMusic, but I thought theymight have meant the part where we see Eliza moving through the house, and the revolve is used to allow us to follow her through the rooms. I thought that was a really b
SouthernCakes said: "^iIs that in the Netflix’s one? I always hate when they record shows live because they very rarely show you the scene changes."
I saw the show both on Broadway and on Netflix. The Newsies filmers did a very good job of showing the scene changes - it also helps that the show itself did a great job with transitions between scenes. One of my other favorites is the transition to Pulitzer's office for the first time - the newsies
I love the transition from "So Big/So Small" into the Finale scene in Dear Evan Hansen. The opening up of the back wall, the trees growing from the ground, with that epic playoff music...breathtaking. Also, I'll second the Hadestown "Wait For Me" scene change - DEH and Hadestown are the only two shows to make me cry at a technical element.
I also really like the transition from the fight scene to "Santa Fe" in Newsies. It's s
I saw this and thought it was hysterical! I've never understood why sports is always the go-to excuse for lack of attention in the arts. I saw a great quote from Eva Noblezada recently - "The arts are not an afterthought."
AADA81 said: "I will add, I've never quite gotten the R&H reputation for happy, idyllic, family-friendly shows because most of their work has dark undercurrents and discomfiting themes, including Oklahoma!.There's so much more to them than "A Cock-Eyed Optimist" and "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"."
It's Sound of Music. Thanks to that show, specifically "Do-Re-Mi" and "My Favorite Things," Sound of Mus
DoTheDood said: "ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Michael Parkin DEH is the most extreme version of this"
Extreme sidenote for this, but I had honestly assumed he has left the show so long ago, so it was very odd to see him in Stranger Things and then a few weeks later saying he's leaving DEH."
I got to see him and JLT's last day. It was very strange, seeing them in the roles they created, while the rest of the cast
Carmen Cusack, Tony Yazbeck & Harry Hadden-Paton to Headline New Broadway Musical Flying Over Sunset At Lincoln Center Aug 20
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So excited for Harry Hadden-Paton! I got to see him in My Fair Lady, and he was excellent. And I love Carmen from the Bright Star soundtrack. With all these announcements, you gotta imagine Company will have to announce soon. Also, if this is nominated for Best Musical, would it be the first Vivian Beaumont musical since Contact?
I saw Melissa Benoist in Beautiful and she was excellent - she had a really clear voice that worked perfectly for the part. I also got to see Sara Bareilles and Gavin Creel in Waitress, which was incredible (although that one isn't as much stunt-casting as it is songwriter-casting). My parents got to see Reba McEntire as Annie in Annie Get Your Gun, and it's still one of their favorite theatre memories. I guess it depends on how the person does in the role - the
That's awesome! Any idea how long the run will last? The Playbill website doesn't give a closing date, and I know most shows at Studio 54 don't stay long.
Be More Chill is very similar to Little Shop of Horrors, besides the ending - they're both different adaptations of Faust, I believe. The nerdy, unpopular protagonist tries to get the girl through an influential, charismatic villain with unintended consequences.
Literally, what other Broadway show has ever had the ability to take up more than 10 minutes of late-night television, let alone a whole hour?
The only other person who gives decent airtime to Broadway shows in that slot is Seth Meyers"
Stephen Colbert has been pretty good with inviting Broadway actors to come and perform/be interviewed. He's had both leads from Great Comet, half the cast of Hamilton (includin
