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I for one think this worked better as a film than a stage musical. It still has problems but overall, what an amazingly successful transformation into a film/tv musical!!!  

Meryl was wonderful and as good as Beth Leavel!  James Corden was fine but I did miss the ridiculous campiness of Brooks as Barry. I thought James toned down the gayness that Brooks so flaunted on stage.  Nicole and Andrew did very well. It was enjoyable.

It does does lose steam half

The song and Anne Harada are cute. But the GUY steals the video! I don't know who he is and i almost turned it off because its basically a one joke song... which only became truly funny when the blue collar guy sang it!!! Make sure to wait for it (HIM)

As a director, actor and  gay man,  I have no problems with straight men playing gay roles. And have no problem with gay men playing straight roles.

Simply pick the best actor for the role. Gay or straight. Period

Ih the name of "politically correct" is has been so easy to bash an actor for playing opposite his sexual orientation.

 

I acted in Lisbon Traviata opposite a straight actor playing the lead gay role. We audit

Leave it to the miss management of Mary McCall of Actors Equity (who has a salary of 400,000 per year)

to screw actors over. She's been doing that since she's been elected head of equity. 

 

Today The Unsinkable Molly Brown Movie Soundrack

Six... 

Sweet Charity.

 

 

 

 

Sweet Talented Man.

Rip

Well i did see this production

I don't remember Ian Richardson. I don't even remember who played Eliza. But i do remember George Rose being a revelation. he was an an amazing performer!!

Yes he should have been supporting but he was memorable in anything  he was in.

I just learned that Mary McColl's salary as the CEO of Actors Equity is $400,000 per year. I'm sorry but that seems awfully high especially when 99% of our union is unemployed.

Loved Rene Zellweiger in it. She really pulled it off. Much better than End of the Rainbow which was tragic. I think this was  more truthful

 

See if for Zellweiger's performance. Uncanny. Some missteps for example: Lorna has blue eyes and the young lady who played her had brown eyes. The young Judy wasn't the best find but she was fine. Liza did not look like Liza. However they nailed Joey Luft!!

 

See it. A stunning performance by Zellweige

Loved Rene Zellweiger in it. She really pulled it off. Much better than End of the Rainbow which was tragic. I think this was  more truthful

 

See if for Zellweiger's performance. Uncanny. Some missteps for example: Lorna has blue eyes and the young lady who played her had brown eyes. The young Judy wasn't the best find but she was fine. Liza did not look like Liza. However they nailed Joey Luft!!

 

See it. A stunning performance by Zellweige

That what i was told. First or not.. She was STELLAR!!!!

 

I first saw Beautiful back in February of 2014. When I found out it was closing, I decided to take a second look. I went tonight: Tuesday Sept 3.

 

There were two understudies on.  One for Carol  King and one for Gerry Goff. I thought oh geez this is gonna be an odd night. Often understudies are lackluster and bad carbon copies to the leads.

 

Not this time.

What an amazing surprise. I have never heard of Sara Shepherd before  but sh

I'll know  from  Guys and Dolls

 

No Other Love from Me and Juliet

 

 

 

 

So I've had a night to digest this thing and I have further thoughts.

Encores have given us Broadway ready confections such as Brigadoon and Gentleman Prefer Blondes. I went home on a high after those.

Conversely I have had to suffer through Irma La Douce, Promendade, High Button Shoes and now Road Show.

So back to Road Show. The fault is not Sondheim's although the score does seem like derivative Sondheim with the exception of "The Best Thing that ever happe

American Psycho.. was great and original 

Bonnie and Clyde

Mail

Honeymoon In Vegas

Celebration

Henry Sweet Henry

After seeing spectacular producions of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Brigadoon at Encores,  I must say the last three outings at Encore were substandard.  And why the heck are they doing Thoroughly Modern Millie when there are so many unseen shows worthy of being seen?

High Button Shoes, except the Keystone Ballet was a major disappointment with a miscast Harrison Floy. Promenade, a cast album I have adored for years was directed so oddly that I couldn't wait for the

This is the third Encores show in a row that I found an absolute snooze fest. I think I'm going to pick and choose more carefully in the future.

First High Button Shoes with a miscast Michael Urie, than the painful production of Promenade and this very dull boring production of Road Show.

The biggest problem with Road Show is that you don't care a lick about the main characters.  One is a thief/ crook/ gambler ne'er do well and the other is a mommas boy. They go

Ain't too Proud... best musical of the season (in my humble opinion) 

 Fiddler in yiddish

A movie about Judy Garland.

Hmm/ Some mmillenials don't even know who Judy is.  They never experiencesd the magic of her singing.

Couldn't the movie have the decency to educate the younger generation using the original vocals? Who wants to hear Zellweger sing when t there are Judy recordings.

Sorry. You don't make a  movie about Sammy Davis Jr. with Sammy Singing.And you definitely DO NOT make a movie about Judy Garland-- a incomparabl

Thank Goodness someone interesting is replacing Betty Buckley. Betty was a big disappointment in the show. No humor whatsoever.

 

Carolie Carmello Rocks!

Having seen the wonderful Bernadette, Bette and Donna.. Betty was a big let down.