Jefferson Mays in A Christmas Carol Dec 13
2020, 08:32:28 AM
Watched this last night and thought it was excellent. Mays is the perfect actor for this project, and there were a few sections where I felt totally transported into the world of the play. I lost the lottery, but used the discount code in the notification email. I thought this stream was well worth the discounted price.
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Netflix's THE PROM official thread/reviews/reactions Dec 11
2020, 08:59:08 PM
I thought this was fantastic, much better than I imagined when the project was announced. I liked that they remained faithful to the stage version, and the few additions/changes they did make were all for the better. Agreed on the praise for Meryl Streep, she's on fire in this part. And though I went in with low expectations for James Corden, I thought he delivered a good performance. Glad that many more people will get exposed to the message of the piece with this solid adaptation.
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NBC Broadway Special? Dec 10
2020, 08:57:18 PM
That Jagged Little Pill performance was miles better than the one on the parade! Probably because Lauren Patten is the best thing about the show.
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NBC Broadway Special? Dec 10
2020, 08:38:02 PM
That version of Seasons of Love was my favorite number so far. Also enjoying the personal stories from performers about the importance of the theater.
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Ben Brantley Steps Down Dec 10
2020, 10:42:47 AM
According to Twitter, Maya Phillips is now a permanent critic at large at the NY Times. Congrats Maya! Glad to see more diverse critics!
https://twitter.com/mayabphillips/status/1337052026589548544?s=19
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NBC will present THE GRINCH musical this December starring Morrison Dec 9
2020, 09:34:26 PM
Agreed, that sequence with Cindy Lou's song and the Grinch softening really worked. I don't really believe Morrison when he's just being a baddie, but I think there's promise when he shows some emotion. We'll see if that holds up at the end of the show.
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2020 Tony Nominations Thread Oct 15
2020, 12:21:56 PM
Even though there was obviously a lot of overlap for musicals, Jagged Little Pill leads with 15 nominations. 14 for Moulin Rouge and 12 for Tina.
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Favourite Phantom? Sep 22
2020, 09:43:24 AM
I might be biased since he was the first actor I saw as the Phantom, but Hugh Panaro has always been my favorite. He acts the role better than anyone else. I also really enjoyed Ben Crawford in the role. I've only seen clips, but John Owen-Jones is definitely one of my favorites vocally.
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74th Annual Tony Awards will go digital this fall Sep 21
2020, 11:20:12 AM
I started thinking about this year's virtual Tony's while watching the Emmy's last night, which I thought handled the current pandemic situation really well. It's now been a month since the American Theatre Wing announced the ceremony for the abbreviated 2019-2020 season. Does anyone know when we can expect more details on the ceremony or at least a general timeline for nominations and the awards?
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Who are your Favorite Broadway Riffers? Sep 8
2020, 04:29:13 PM
Alysha Umphress!
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74th Annual Tony Awards will go digital this fall Aug 26
2020, 09:46:20 AM
Philly Theater Girl said: "Slightly off topic but, when it comes to the acting awards in a musical, how much consideration is given to an actor's singing ability vs acting? There are some leads in musicals who are much stronger singers than actors and vice versa."
This is highly situational. I'd say the voters are looking at the sum total of a performance as opposed to singing or acting individually. Just thinking of a few past winners,
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74th Annual Tony Awards will go digital this fall Aug 21
2020, 06:58:41 PM
Since Girl from the North Country is ineligible, this will be the first year since 2014 that the Best Musical winner will not have had a critically successful run off-broadway before making the move to the Main Stem.
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74th Annual Tony Awards will go digital this fall Aug 21
2020, 11:08:19 AM
Wow, definitely didn't see this one coming. It will be interesting to see how they handle this digitally. Glad that those shows and artists from earlier in the season will at least get some type of recognition / celebration for their work!
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Musicals due for a revival Aug 3
2020, 02:47:10 PM
City of Angels and Kiss of the Spider Woman are both due for a revival. There are also plenty of popular titles that haven't played Broadway for a surprisingly long time like Mame, Funny Girl, and Dreamgirls.
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Greatest Song of All Time From a Musical Jul 30
2020, 07:02:34 PM
There have been a lot of great suggestions so far in this thread! I tried to narrow it down to just a couple of categories:
Golden Age musicals - If we're talking about the best "classic" musical theatre song, it's hard not to pick something from the Rodgers + Hammerstein catalog. As a standalone song, I'd probably pick "Some Enchanted Evening." In the context of the show it was written for, I'd go with "If I Loved You."&n
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Phantom to change to Jul 30
2020, 12:36:42 PM
Thanks joevitus. I can definitely see that interpretation as well. I think we're all just trying to read into the little information we actually have from CM and ALW. Ultimately, we'll get the answers to our questions once we see what the production looks like once it reopens.
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Phantom to change to Jul 30
2020, 09:09:17 AM
I don't think this most recent press release really changes anything. It just sounds like ALW is trying to word the announcement so they can hold onto the title of longest running musical in the West End. I'm sorry, but they're making changes to the physical production and shutting down the legal entity that has been running the show for decades. Regardless of how similar ALW insists the show will be to the original, it will be hard to call this the brilliant original.
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Phantom to change to Jul 29
2020, 07:46:36 AM
In response to the announcement from Mackintosh, ALW tweeted: "As far as I'm concerned Phantom will reopen as soon as is possible."
I wonder if ALW had any input in this decision. It seems from his public statements that it was done against his wishes.
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Phantom to change to Jul 29
2020, 07:31:57 AM
*Double post*
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Phantom to change to Jul 28
2020, 11:22:08 AM
I also read the announcement to mean that Phantom has played its last performance in London and any reopening will be considered a revival. One thing that might have spared the Broadway production is that the cost to close the current production, complete a load out, and load in the new production would be much higher here due to the strength of our unions. We usually complain about how high this makes our ticket prices by comparison, but maybe that's actually working in our favor in this case
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