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West Side Story Revival Marquee-What are they thinking?  Aug 23 2019, 12:29:55 PM

DoTheDood said: "People outside the Broadway community will probably not care about Amar, very true, but I don't think people will then flock to this re-imagining of a classic. Like with the current OK!, they will want to see the WSS they know and love, which this will be very different from. Maybe it could get people in seats if it gets great press and wins awards like OK!, but this season is hot with revivals (Company and Caroline), so it's going to be hard for this to be a

Rodgers and Hammerstein on Revivals (Question)  Aug 22 2019, 03:57:58 PM

I really love your posts Gaveston. Thoughtful and interesting. 



Are Playbills environmentally friendly?  Aug 21 2019, 12:36:16 PM

How's this for facts:

"There were over two hundred million internet searches per day in 2006 in the U.S. alone, totalling approximately two thousand tons of greenhouse gas emissions every day. Computers themselves tend to create forty to eighty grams (depending on type of computer, type of energy used, etc.) of emissions per hour throughout their electricity use. Added up, the internet usage from the U.S. counts for two percent of global CO2 emissions. All this to say tha


Rodgers and Hammerstein on Revivals (Question)  Aug 21 2019, 10:51:53 AM

I don't understand the waspish tone. The concept of "color-conscious" casting isn't at all new in the theater at this point, and anyone currently in the business likely uses that term with that meaning rather than an outdated one. You keep saying you see instances of "color- blind" casting all the time, but are you talking to the people in the show and know they are using that term with that meaning, rather than the term "color-consciousness" with it'

Rodgers and Hammerstein on Revivals (Question)  Aug 21 2019, 12:39:34 AM

No, it's more than that. I'm saying that while you may see a person of color cast in a traditionally white role and say to yourself "this is an example of color-blind casting," the people who cast the show almost surely thought they were involved in an example of "color-conscious casting," a difference in title which is more than just semantics because it reflects change in the relation they see between the role and what it will mean to put a person of co

Rodgers and Hammerstein on Revivals (Question)  Aug 20 2019, 10:16:53 PM

HogansHero said: "ChairinMain said: "It should be noted that in my recent experience, color blind casting has, in fact, been challenged as dated - a recent production at a high level regional theater, for example, was criticized for casting actors of color only as the show's villains; that sort of thing.The stated goal of many companies performing standard work is now "color- conscious" casting along with color-blind or non-traditional. "color-conscious&qu

Are Playbills environmentally friendly?  Aug 20 2019, 10:14:06 PM

If you in fact look at the repercussions of using your laptop, and what damage the frequency of laptop usage does, in terms of the environment, you can see the additional damage such a move would make--in a way that offers no positive solutions, whereas the "waste" of paper can be surmounted by recycling.

Love that you're a "you must be trolling because your opinion varies from mine" form of accusation. 



Settlement in SHN Carole Shorenstein Hays lawsuit  Aug 20 2019, 12:34:19 PM

GiantsInTheSky2 said: "“Q. You told me you met with your counsel to prepare for the deposition.
A. Sure.
Q. How many times?
A. Well, see, I think of time as a continuum. So I think I met with them from the beginning to the end. And the beginning was the start, and then there was the rehearsal, and then there was the preview, and now it’s what I think of as the performance. So, in my mind, I’m answering what you’re asking. If you could be more sp


Are Playbills environmentally friendly?  Aug 19 2019, 04:34:41 PM

Pashacar said: "@Fosse76, thanks for this wonderful post, bringing some sense to this messy discussion.

Especially grateful for this: "Since most theater patrons are too stupid to put recyclable items in the correct bins therefore mixing with actual garbage, recyclable goods are minimal."
"

Irony? Not much "sense" in the pointless attack on theater-goers. 



Are Playbills environmentally friendly?  Aug 19 2019, 04:33:40 PM

Fosse76 said: "joevitus said: "But the damage done by Playbills in comparison to...well, most everything we encounter in our daily lives, makes it a very trivial question."

The week ending 08/11/2019 likely saw 270,326 Playbills distributed on Broadwayalone. That doesn't include any other single-performance distribution of Playbills or other programs at other events throughout the city. It also doesn't include Pl


Are Playbills environmentally friendly?  Aug 18 2019, 10:17:10 PM

Bettyboy72 said: "joevitus said: "Bettyboy72 said: "This thread is a perfect example of why the earth has limited time left. Nothing will ever be done due to bickering. The Playbill question illustrates the need for large scale sweeping changes to reduce and/or eliminate waste. Some people see it as futile and others realize the bigger picture and are aware it needs to happen.

I feel the same way about all the plastic crap that shows sell. It’s all


Are Playbills environmentally friendly?  Aug 18 2019, 02:22:10 PM

Bettyboy72 said: "This thread is a perfect example of why the earth has limited time left. Nothing will ever be done due to bickering. The Playbill question illustrates the need for large scale sweeping changes to reduce and/or eliminate waste. Some people see it as futile and others realize the bigger picture and are aware it needs to happen.

I feel the same way about all the plastic crap that shows sell. It’s all garbage and no one needs it, especially the Hoarders


Rodgers and Hammerstein on Revivals (Question)  Aug 18 2019, 02:19:56 PM

Wait a minute--a black Billy suggests a condemnation of an entire race when a white Billy doesn't? Did Audra MacDonald's Carrie imply some statement about black women? 

I didn't see the Carousel revival, so I can't say how the approach in this particular production read, but the idea that a black actor can't play a troubled character (and Billy, deeply flawed as he is, is clearly meant to be a sympathetic hero we care for deeply, and who's journey from


Rodgers and Hammerstein on Revivals (Question)  Aug 18 2019, 01:45:55 AM

GavestonPS said: "I agree with Hogan and add that playwrights are often not the best authorities on their own work. My entire graduate class (MFA in Playwriting), except for me, thought they should direct their own plays. Fortunately for them, they were not allowed to do so. (I was the lone dissenter because I had worked as a director and understood that it is a very different job.)

Speaking of graduate school, there's a very good dissertation in the UCLA library on th


Are Playbills environmentally friendly?  Aug 18 2019, 01:42:26 AM

ukpuppetboy said: "joevitus said: “...this is not an effective use of their concern”

I can’t help think this is an entirely BS argument and this kind of thinking totally destructive. Every person and every positive actionmatters. Almost every significant change ismade through an ongoing series of little steps; and it’s ridiculous to dismiss these just because there are larger issues that also need to be tackled. LEDs havebrought major improvements i


Rodgers and Hammerstein on Revivals (Question)  Aug 17 2019, 06:01:54 PM

No idea ,but it's an absolutely fascinating comment to have encountered. I'm guessing it was Rodgers, as Hammerstein died shortly after their final show (The Sound of Music, of course) opened. I'm sure that people would argue even the opinion of Richard Rodgers isn't relevant to any revival of a Rodgers work, so far from the time in which the shows were created. This is a valid point, but I think the idea that Rodgers clearly saw the shows a product of a time and place an

Are Playbills environmentally friendly?  Aug 17 2019, 02:13:28 PM

This thread is amusing me in a partly touching partly snidely sarcastic way.

I think it's great that people are caring about the environment and considering whatever steps we can take to save the planet. But the damage done by Playbills in comparison to...well, most everything we encounter in our daily lives, makes it a very trivial question. Of all the issue on our planet, items made of paper, which can are are recycled if you recycle them (and that nonsense of "it doesn


Was Evan Hansen punished enough for his sin?  Aug 16 2019, 09:39:00 AM

megs17 said: "VotePeron said: "Evan suffered zero repercussions. He gains a fabulous new wardrobe and the loss of all ticks and stutters. How anyone defends this show is beyond me."

As a defender of this show, I do want to point out that he doesn't suddenly gain confidence and a sense of style as a result of his lie. The scene in the orchard takes place a year after the events of the rest of the show, and it's made clear that Evan got there by ac


Was Evan Hansen punished enough for his sin?  Aug 14 2019, 09:40:20 AM

Thank you!



Was Evan Hansen punished enough for his sin?  Aug 13 2019, 12:56:59 PM

He ends the play alone. What do you want him to suffer? What would be "enough"?



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