Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Sep 11
2019, 08:57:43 PM
David Hyde Pierce or Lane would be unusual/interesting choices. But why do you think the artwork is queer? Because the house is "flaming"?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Sep 11
2019, 08:40:03 PM
I kind of wish he had written that play- a young black professor in an interracial relationship meet an older white couple- but he didn't. Maybe someone else should.
And yes to all of your points about the casting of gay men in these roles.
The Distinctive Baritone said: "The "queerness" of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, as far as I know, has always just been the wishful thinking of others, and Albee himself (if I remember correctly) refuted any ideas that George and Martha are stand-ins for a gay male couple. It was a tad unusual to have queer actors cast as both George and Nick, but both are (were) good fits for the parts and I imagine it was mostly a coincidence. I will say from experience though that
The Distinctive Baritone said: "The "queerness" of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, as far as I know, has always just been the wishful thinking of others, and Albee himself (if I remember correctly) refuted any ideas that George and Martha are stand-ins for a gay male couple. It was a tad unusual to have queer actors cast as both George and Nick, but both are (were) good fits for the parts and I imagine it was mostly a coincidence. I will say from experience though that
I know " that young woman" (don't have the booklet at hand) was credited with a "special thanks" or something in the CD booklet. I always wondered about her involvement.
I don't hear Close's performance as tongue in cheek. To me, she seems to believe every word.
26 years ago: The mansion had landed Sep 2
2019, 11:23:29 AM
I'm touched by how much this show means to some of the posters here. I don't love it as much as you guys, but I get it. I've gotten lost in YouTube watching the various Normas before, and I'm glad I saw the revival.
Regarding Kevin Anderson, I believe Patti eludes to him having his own difficulties with the production, but she was uncharacteristically mum as to what those might have been.
BrodyFosse123 said: "rg7759 said: "no, but what is disappointing is many recent tony broadcasts are not officially on youtube. for instance, many acceptance speeches from this year are already taken down, and i would love to see ariel stachels speech again from last year, but it doesnt exist on the internet."
Geez Louise! The constant bitching and whining is exhaustive.
Oh please –– Redgrave doesn't meanthatmuch over here. She's also sort of problematic from a PR perspective, so perhaps they dodged a bullet.
Are you referring to comments she made about Israel years ago? I can't imagine anybody cares at this point.
How did Phantom lose Best Score?? Jul 29
2019, 10:31:36 PM
Interesting how both scores contain a song that sounds so similar to someone else's work. "Music of the Night" has a passage that sounds identical to a portion of a Puccini aria from Girl of the Golden West( ALW was even sued). "No one is alone" resembles the Candyman song from Willy Wonka.
everythingtaboo said: "F*cking hate AMEX presales. Because I don't have one. So now I have to wait two weeks for the scraps the AMEX folks didn't pick up and immediately put on Stubhub."
I've used AMEX prepaid cards from the grocery store to participate in presales and it worked.
Jun 28
2019, 09:04:58 AM
LightsOut90 said: "between this and Betrayal I give up, this is so absurd if a production with Kevin Klein couldnt move tickets how is this going to?"
Jake is picky about costars ( he wouldn't do Burn This without Ruth Wilson) and I bet his involvement in London was contingent on Ashford continuing with it. They clearly have amazing chemistry in the interviews I've seen of the two of them.
DEAR EVAN HANSEN National Tour May 26
2019, 01:51:28 PM
Ben Levi Ross is magnificently gifted, as the local paper here said and I quite agree. Sorry you are missing Maggie McKenna.
Dollypop May 23
2019, 04:53:39 PM
Saw him post quite recently, but can't recall the thread.
Telecharge Ticket Refund Request May 14
2019, 06:47:15 AM
When you ask for a refund, the first thing they will ask is "can I switch it for another day." Say no, I would like a refund. They will say that they don't give refunds, and ask why you can't go. If you ask nicely, they might call the box office, and ask them to refund you. If the box office says yes, you will get your refund. It's easier to get a refund to a big hit like Mockingbird, because they know they can resell it. But, any refund is at their discretion.
GeorgeandDot said: ". A trans woman is not a man in a dress, a trans woman is a woman."
This. This exactly. And I'm not buying that the ancient "man in a dress" bit is rooted in "transmisogyny."
In a related note, I just stumbled across a new movie that seems inspired by Tootsie. LOQUEESHA is about a white DJ who can't get work, so he creates a "larger than life" black female character named Loquees
Gary May 6
2019, 01:12:48 AM
"I'm sure winning a Tony for doing this doo doo 8 shows a week would be a masked achievement"
Playing The Phantom of the Opera is a masked achievement.
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY Previews May 5
2019, 02:03:38 PM
"The audience did seem hyped up to laugh at everything. And yes the play is very funny. But a few times it did seem more like nervous laughter because of the show’s frankness. A few times I was like “uhm I don’t think the playwright meant that to be thaaaaaat funny or even funny at all "
I've noticed this at other plays. There is so much inappropriate laughter; the Broadway audience seems to want everything to be a laugh line, even lines that are only "funny" in an ironic way.
