So this play is based on the premise that the universe is endless which allows for every possible variable and Hillary and Clinton on planet X in 2008 was what was chosen for Broadway. Uh huh. In which case given my choice I would rather see the stage version of Howard The Duck which had the same premise.
One person shows arn't really plays to begin with. So scheduling two of them in a theater as large as the Ahmanson is a pretty nasty trick that is being played on their subscribers.
Publishing weekly grosses provides transparency for the shows investors. I never understood how West End could get away with not providing that information in a public forum where they could be checked and counter-checked.
Only vaguely aware of what happened here (Not a Rent fan) but after months of promoting Carrie Underwood for Sound Of Music I woudn't have seen them having an understudy for her. I would instead expect the director of the next Live musical to exhort to the cast during the previous days dress to give it everything you've got because tomorrow you could all be dead! (Tough director)
On Charlie Rose Harrison Ford was asked if he would ever consider doing Broadway if the right script came along. Harrison didn't say anything, but the look he gave Charlie could best be described as "Are you out of your mind?"
One of the great lines from Sunset Blvd. goes something like this: "Norma, you're a woman of 50. There's nothing tragic about being 50. Unless you try to act 25.".
In the original Julie Andrews was magic, the music had melodies and the story was an original. I saw all three missing with this version, so I gave it a miss, too.
Why would people savvy enough to be on this board want to attend a production that was clearly going to be torture for them? I had the opportunity to see The Last Ship before it opened, but passed on it because the premise seemed nonsensical and even if the shipbuilders managed to sail away on the ship they built in secret (huh?) where would they sail to? Never Never Land? Better to just get a discount airline ticket.
Ms. Cabello is an unknown to me. But the best reason Natalie Wood was cast in the '62 version was because had anyone I'd ever known met her at a gym dance 5 minutes later he would be on the street singing 'Maria', too.
As best as I can recall the only major Hollywood actor who recently took on Broadway who wasn't roasted by the critics was Tom Hanks in Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy. This play will be even more demanding. Good luck to Faye, always a superior actress, and let's hope she has a great director.
I'm clueless about Clueless (Once through High School was enough) but many times to get a play on it's more important who you know than what you've got.
