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I don't drink alcohol or eat meat, or own a car, or live in NYC, so those things tend to leave some money free for a fair bit of theatre.  I also no longer do other kinds of traveling because of my injury/disability and resulting ankle pain, so money that i used to save for a one or two-week vacation each year involving hiking or walking around new cities now goes to 2 or 3 five-day trips to NYC per year to see shows.  It's the only fun thing left that doesn't hurt

In response to the OPs question about what can be done if it happens again: 

When i went to see Streetcar at the Broadhurst, i was in a rear orchestra seat which had a curved seat in front of it that was pressing into my knees in an extremely painful way.  I arrived about 15 minutes early, and after sitting there for 5 minutes, i realized that i was already in so much pain, i would never be able to get through the whole show that way.  I was prepared to walk away an

"But in any show, any production (even a studio recording), a role that is rightfully a person of color’s being taken and given to a white person IS NOT OKAY. It’s the taking away that’s important here. People of color have had opportunities taken away from them for years, not to mention the racist activities surrounding white people posing as other races in entertainment constantly."


I agree with what is written above.  I also note that it applie

QueenAlice, I agree with you that Elsa could quite logically be read as asexual - it is certainly a possibility that is consistent with everything we see about her.  It is not explicitly mentioned, though, and by that method (of guessing something consistent with behaviour), many lead characters in many shows could be bisexual or asexual (and in the latter case often either biromantic, heteroromantic, or homoromantic as well, since sex scenes rarely take place on stage).   I am

It would be nice to get a cast recording that includes Nessa Rose's song in act 2.  I have read explanations that they didn't want to release it because it was seen as a spoiler, but that is nonsensical because the same "spoiling" information is contained in March of the Witch Hunters, which was on the recording.  So withholding the Nessa Rose song didn't prevent people from learning the spoiler if they listened to the recording before seeing the show.  An

I was captivated by RBJ's performance in Pippin, which was my first introduction to her work, and immediately became a fan.  Loved her performance in DEH as well - definitely look forward to whatever she does next. 

 

And on the side-topic: robbery is indeed violent by definition - it is theft of something from someone in person by use of violence/force directed at the person or threat of it.   Burglary is the non-violent version of theft from a

I had never seen Phantom on Broadway despite a couple of years of theatre trips until they switched to having thursday matinees.  Once they made that switch, i have seen it in that slot on almost every NY theatre visit, with the only exceptions being those times when another show (rarely) has a thursday matinee.  (E.g. Cagney was a recent one).  So they had gotten much more of my business since making the switch, and there are lots of theatre super-fans on here that fill every

Why revive it now?  Because the issues that it deals with still resonate very strongly (sad to say) for many people.  Fun Home and Dear Evan Hansen depict suicide. Probably no one on here would dispute that suicide is a bad thing.  But depicting it and the aftermath and how it affects people can be cathartic to those who have been through the experience of mourning for someone, or for people with empathy.  Same is true for domestic violence (DV).   I really wish

"Mine has gotta be the Ethel Merman cameo in Airplane! where she sings “Everything’s Comin Up Roses”. God I love that movie"

War is hell.  I love that reference too.  Lately i've been loving the references in Crazy Ex-girlfriend, like the parodies of "Ya Got Trouble" and "Do You Hear The People Sing", as well as Patty LuPone's performance as the rabbi in "Remember That We Suffered".