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JSquared2 said: "bwaydreamer said: "Zero chance this will be opening in the Fall, and Jackman can call up his friends The Trump family to thank them for being so terrible at their jobs that he won't be able to do this. Maybe now he will see what blind support of friends gets you."

Stop being ridiculous. You’re just embarrassing yourself."

 

Nope.  He is embarrassing himself.  He is not an American citizen

Zero chance this will be opening in the Fall, and Jackman can call up his friends The Trump family to thank them for being so terrible at their jobs that he won't be able to do this.  Maybe now he will see what blind support of friends gets you. 

What if the theater owners, the Shuberts and Nederlanders and the Jordan Roth's of the world, just pay to put the casts and crew on hold for a month or two while they closed the theaters?  They are all billionaires and they would barely even feel it.  I don't understand why this is so hard.  Jordan Roth could keep his shows running based off the cost of his wardrobe for one week alone. 

So because Katrina chose to go on her knees for some reason for 4 performances it makes her poor singing ok??  Hmmmmm

OffOnBwayHi said: "ljay889 said: "Katrina literally gets on her knees in tears during "Being Alive." What more could one want?"

For her to simply sing it better.

Nothing can excuse her weak falsetto and transition/break from her chest to head voice. Her voice doesn't feel rightforthe song. I promise this is not a drag, but it sounds amateurish."

Thank you! First off she was not on her knees and not crying when I

Saw this last night and liked some of it (and them) and didn't care for other parts.  Company is still a strong show and the material really is the star.  Patti is better than ever and will walk away with her third Tony deservedly.  Jen Simard and Christopher Fitzgerald are both scene stealers as always and both are fantastic.  The rest of the cast does their job well. I didn't dislike anyone but I wanted more out of Doyle. Yes he does his job and hits all the word

One of the worst musicals in the past ten years.  Pretty good book but the musical is awful.  Could not have left this show more disappointed.  You'd have to pay me to watch this movie.  

Yet he gives no proof as to how he knows that they are close to their weekly costs or what that number might be.  Just a blanket opinion statement thrown out as fact.  And as far at someone saying Hello Dolly had almost a million dollar a week running cost - Hello Dolly had a weekly salary of $150,000 plus more on the backend, as well as David Hyde Pierce (who probably was making between $50-100k) and Gavin Creel (making at least $30k a week).  That right there is almost $300,0

Harry Potter was at 98% of its gross potential at still at 100% capacity.  What are you people talking about?  No producer in their right mind, let alone the extremely experienced producers of HP, would ever put up a show with a nut so high that at 100% attendance and 98% gross potential they would be barely hitting their nut.  They are MORE than fine and still making bank.  

Oh I forgot about Amber Gray.  I will give you that, I thought she was incredible.  The Other One - I fixed it.  It's called a typo.  Calm down and enjoy life.  

Who are your top people that weren't even nominated for the Tony award their year and should have won.  My top three are:

 

1) Steven Pasquale (Bridges of Madison County) - How he wasn't nominated still baffles me to this day.  One of the best male vocals on broadway ever.  And Neil Patrick Harris sounds so awful on the recording, he is a terrible singer.

2) Rachel Bay Jones (Pippin) - She was far and away the best thing about the w

Went to see it because of Brantley's good review last year in the NYTimes and man, this is just one of the most disappointing things I've ever seen.  The cast is giving it their all and the dancing and choreography are great but other than that I wanted to leave after the first 30 minutes.  They have taken all the heart and emotion out of the movie and stuffed it full of songs that do nothing for the story.  The megamix at the end really drives home that this is a Mamma

Thanks Jarethan, but if you haven't seen it, probably ok to not comment about it.  I too found myself surprised at how much fun I had and how good I thought it was.  I think it will go on through the end of the year at least because the audience loved it and the performers all were killing it.  

DEH "Waving Through A Window" and A Great Big World song "Rockstar" sound nearly identical.

No contest is right.  Hadestown all the way.  Moulin Rouge is a cheap tourist trap.  Great sets and costumes and singing and dancing, but terrible terrible show.  Just all pop songs from the past 20 years crammed into a show.  They took all the heart out of the show.  Hated it so much.  Hadestown is stunning and unique

No

NO THANKS.  Besides the fact that he will be boring in the show and we know exactly how he'll oversing it, let's not forget he is good friends with the Trumps and continues to give them all a pass and turn a blind eye to the things this administration is doing.  

My only hope is the Guettel, who is on this board and comments sometimes, sees all this and somehow realizes what an entitled, rich, privileged asshole he is.  Talented, yes.  But a total asshole.

Danny Burstein (who should have won two Tonys by now) is not winning a Tony for singing Hey Ya in a inane and mindless show.  Karen will not be winning her second Tony for singing Katy Perry as a ballad.  

I couldn't wait for this show to be over.  If this is the future of theater, we have some sad years ahead.  Loved the movie and this has managed to take out all the heart from the film and plug it with every pop song from the past 20 years (Regina Spektor??? Really??) and not give you one moment of sincerity.  The crowd loved it so will probably be a big hit but if you are looking for thoughtful, engaging and emotional theater this is not it.  Not a single tear was dro