Profile for Owen22

qolbinau said: "Why would they have continued to work together for so long if they didn’t get on at least professionally?"

Really?

Is it true (or rumored) he had/has a contentious relationship with Sondheim?

JBroadway said: "@Owen22

That 2003 production was before my time. Didn't even know about it until I read your post, and looked into it. I'm so curious - how was Whoopi in the role?"

She was good, but not great, but she did bring a sense of humor to it Teresa Merritt didn't. She also looks a lot like the real Ma Rainey! 

To Alex:  Yes, Dussie Mae is clearly Ma Rainey's girl.  She and Levee flirt but I don't remember

I am somewhat dissenting here. It's a good film of an almost great play. 

I appreciate that they made Ma Rainey a bigger presence to give the character more, but the play almost is like a jazz concert: the men, playing (acting) together stopping for solos (monologues).  It's all so claustrophobic and necessarily so. In the play Ma only came and went (and sometimes sang) and never had much impact to me. I had seen two good actresses but not great.  But Viola w

An interesting (queer) reaction and comparison of the show to the Netflix film:

https://www.vulture.com/2020/12/the-prom-isnt-the-gift-to-queer-teens-it-thinks-it-is.html

OlBlueEyes said: "Promises was most certainly not the place for Kristin Chenoweth to display her serious acting side, and quite a few left at intermission, but if they left they missed about a half hour of non-stop hilarity thanks to Katie Finneran with Sean Hayes and Dick Latessa supporting her."

Here here!!

I want to put in another call for "I Love My Wife":  a small cast musical with the band onstage with an almost perfect score by Cy Coleman

These positive reviews for Netflix's "The Prom" are really helping me understand how half the country loves Donald Trump!  How they SEE Donald Trump.  (And I'm not comparing fans of The Prom to Trumpers).

Meaning: it is what you bring to something, how it reflects your thoughts on what is good or bad, on how it sizes up against others. How one filters through one's own experiences. And, of course, what is thought to be "universal taste levels&qu

blaxx said: "Jordan Catalano said: "If you are planning a trip, Groupon right now seems to have the best deals on hotels. Some real luxury places that are like $300 a night even on Travelocity are around $80-$100 on Groupon. I actually discovered that last night and was shocked."

I would book now if there wasn't a mandatory quarantine upon arrival; hope they take that away."

I am dying to get back there but the quarantine is quite an

Lavieboheme3090 said: "We have to remember that as of now there are “two vaccines” by April/May we could have up to four or five on the market as well, which is gonna help in a major way."

There was an article today about the Brits getting offered both the Oxford as well as the Pfizer vaccine.

rosscoe(au) said: Trust me I didn’t lie the only review I saw was from the guardian ( and I should have quoted that better instead of saying all critics )

but it hadn’t been a love fest for it

Well...The Guardian review was three star...hardly a "slaughter"....

 

rosscoe(au) said: "Pippin got Slaughtered by the critics."

No it didn't.  Why would you lie about something that is so easy to check out?

rosscoe(au) said: "Pippin got Slaughtered by the critics."

No it didn't.  Why would you lie about something that is so easy to check out?

theatreguy12 said: "On a theater board I won't get any "likes" for this opinion. But it's what it was. I call it the way I see it. And both sides of the aisle have their issues". 

Well...aren't YOU special? 

It's almost as if you ignored every comment on this discussion (and every other discussion on this board when it comes to right wing vs left wing) as most everyone says THE EXACT SAME THING!!!



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My movie Elphaba remains Cynthia Erivo.  And Anna Kendrick for Glinda if she has the soprano...

Didn't Lilli Cooper play Elphaba?

WestEndGal said: "People are way more nuanced than that."

No, earlier in your post you said, basically, that people are sheep. 

That they are "...joining in on mass shaming and cancellations basically for clout, because they know that if they don’t they’re cancelled too. I’ve seen this a lot on ‘theater twitter’ where you even see theater fans calling out other fans saying stuff like “if you d

unclevictor said: "No canceling please!! If we cancel people then all we’d chat about here is beetlejuice and when it’s coming back to Bway! "

I know you're joking, but I don't quite understand this whole fear and disgust of "canceling". Or how "cancel culture" actually works. People act as if it's some kind of law. It is actually the most democratic of responses. No one is forcing anyone to ignore a person th

unclevictor said: "No canceling please!! If we cancel people then all we’d chat about here is beetlejuice and when it’s coming back to Bway! "

I know you're joking, but I don't quite understand this whole concept of "canceling". Or people being upset about "cancel culture". People act as if it's some kind of law. It is actually the most democratic of responses. No one is forcing anyone to ignore a person that has transgress

brian1973 said: "When is America going to realise that James Corden is talentless ? One of the most disliked people by people in the UK."

Oh for crying out loud! He was brilliant in One Man Two Guvnors and I loved him in Into the Woods. He may have been cast against sexual orientation here but that does not make him talentless.

 

HogansHero said: "re Osnes, have a visit to the concept of causation. Twoobservations: (1) for what roles wasshe passed over? (There is no link but what are these auditions? And do we know for a fact that she did not take all this tv/movie work because she wanted the money?) (2) she has been a fairly regularly presence at 54 Below. That strikes me as inconsistent with being "cancelled.""

I assume she was passed over for Marian in The Music Man. At least I k