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Austin Durant will take over Ziegler in MOULIN ROUGE for six weeks; Burstein on Medical Leave  Dec 11 2019, 05:35:36 PM

Jarethan said: "Too bad for audiences those six weeks. I saw his understudy and I thought he was fine; but there was another whole dimension to Burstein's performance that he didn't get. Came across a solid performance, but not a memorable one."

How is this too bad for audiences? Austin Durant is new to the company, and isn't the understudy.



How Long Will Ben Crawford Be in PTO?  Nov 5 2019, 11:15:47 PM

Phantom updates their playbills weekly, so if he's scheduled to be out, they're able to have in the playbill that one of the understudies will be on. He's still meant to do all eight a week, and isn't regularly scheduled to be off most of the week.



Freestyle Love Supreme Cameos  Nov 4 2019, 01:54:54 PM

thedrybandit said: "amazingamandakate said: "Was anyone there last night? Apparently Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren came up on stage!"

I was at the 10pm last night and that didn't happen there. Can't speak for the 7pm though. If that happened, that's amazing.
"

It's not letting me edit my post for some reason - but as soon as I replied, this popped up. Looks like the 7pm had a great show!

Freestyle Love Supreme Cameos  Nov 4 2019, 01:53:12 PM

amazingamandakate said: "Was anyone there last night? Apparently Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren came up on stage!"

I was at the 10pm last night and that didn't happen there. Can't speak for the 7pm though. If that happened, that's amazing.



Phantom of the Opera - And why I finally get it  Sep 22 2019, 02:31:10 PM

FANtomFollies said: "Figured I'd post my thoughts from yesterday's show here:

I also think a few of the effects are in desperate need of updating. I won't mention the chandelier falling speed as it's been discussed at length in other threads. The best example of this is when the Phantom releases Raoul from the magical lasso, he swings the candle as if to burn the lasso off, but the candle is a few feet away and we never even see a spark/smoke. I also found


BCEFA FLEA 2019 COLLECTORS UNITE  Sep 22 2019, 02:28:23 PM

BroadwayPhan said: "The Moulin Rouge table was quite disappointing...very sparse and extremely limited merchandise. I saw some regular unsigned Playbills, some Pride Week t-shirts, and a few signed papers and photos. That was it. Surprised they didn't try to do more."

They also had some costume pieces from Karen and Aaron that were there earlier in the day, plus a few props.



"I Know Where I'm Going" musical?  Sep 17 2019, 05:38:26 PM

Has anyone heard about this production or know what's happening yet? I've heard or seen it mentioned a couple times this week but no details past that they're rehearsing for something (workshop?) now.



Disney's ALADDIN filmed for release  Sep 1 2019, 05:10:28 PM

TaleofTwo said: "Another Broadway show filmed inthe West End due to crazyunion regulations."

Crazy union regulations like paying the people who do the work that the company filming it will be profiting off of?



MOULIN ROUGE Cast Recording Out Today! - Thoughts  Aug 31 2019, 07:26:53 PM

EllieRose2 said: "For the record, ''Moulin Rouge!'' has earned Tveit some of the best reviews of his career. Ben Brantley of the N.Y. Times has raved that Christian is a role that Tveit was ''born to play.''

Exactly. People who are complainingabout one of the most beautiful voices on Broadway clearly are people who haven't seen the show or have terrible seats for sound lines when they see it.
"

Or, they saw the s


MOULIN ROUGE Cast Recording Out Today! - Thoughts  Aug 30 2019, 09:54:55 AM

It's recorded well and is a pretty good sounding album. I caught the show earlier in the month, and didn't care for most of it, and that's still the case listening to it. Karen and Tveit do nothing for me live or on the album, and Tveit in particular seems to be even more vocally bland here than he was live.

Shame. It's my favorite movie, and I was hoping at least listening to the album, it might capture that feeling more, but the song choices still just leave me b


EVITA City center  Aug 17 2019, 01:34:37 PM

BwayBby605 said: "Janet Decal who brilliantly played the role in Prince of Broadway would be the absolute best choice for this production! I hope they consider her."

I'd actually love that.

But... are you sure you're not her agent?



Rename a theatre for Hal Prince  Jul 31 2019, 09:15:34 PM

ghostlight2 said: "Now, I wonder if they are going to stick with the new norm of picking a single theater to dim their lights?"

If you're referring to the lights being dimmed for Hal, they did that this evening at every Broadway house.



Coriolanus at the Public  Jul 31 2019, 12:34:42 AM

I just saw it tonight, and agree with a lot of what the two posters above me said. I'll start by saying I loved the sound design, and thought the lighting was fantastic. The set design was well done, but the costume design I didn't care for at all - the board shorts over pants look that the majority of the men were sporting was a bizarre choice.

And on the topic of the set & costume design, the apocalyptic design theme that they're going for here (which feels like the f


Choir  Jun 11 2019, 10:53:51 AM

I don't know the plans for the show, but when the show loaded out at MTC, they saved the set, and all of that is in storage somewhere now. Could be for a transfer, or just for regionals that want to rent it.



Who is the phantom?  Jan 24 2019, 08:16:53 PM

Lot666 said: "There is always a board on the door as you enter the lobby from the foyer (where they scan your ticket), and it indicates who the replacements are (if any) for the current performance."

That's true, but if they know in advance and put it in the playbill that, for example, Jeremy Stolle will be the Phantom on Thursday for both shows, as they did for today's performances, they won't put that on the understudy board.



Who is the phantom?  Jan 23 2019, 08:16:03 PM

Phantom is pretty good about updating their Playbills when they know in advance understudies will be on. I know Jeremy Stolle is on tomorrow for both Thursday shows, and it looks like Laird was on earlier this week. Unfortunately I'm not sure who it would be tonight.

Ben Crawford is the principle Phantom actor and he must have had a few days off booked for this week, so you may be seeing Laird tonight unless Ben had yesterday and tomorrow off, but not today.

The ushers shoul


King Kong in Trouble?  Jan 3 2019, 09:02:49 AM

Sho-Tunes-R-Us said: "AEA AGMA SM said: "Sho-Tunes-R-Us said: "If ever a show needed to play Vegas KONG is the one. And I don't mean that in a bad way. The spectacle could be enhance five times over with a Vegas budget and the show cut to a tab version, ala Phantom: The Spectacle. That show ran at Paris LV for many years...as did Mamma Mia! (the first time 'round). The tourists would eat it up and the Big Guy would continue to RRRRRRROOOOAAAARRRR for many mo

Shows that made changes during their run  Nov 25 2018, 03:22:29 PM

Tag said: "-Phantom changed the Masquerade choreo in 2016"

In addition, when Norm Lewis began his run, they took that opportunity to add in some of the new orchestrations from the Las Vegas production, as well as adding Raoul back in to Wandering Child.



Dear evabelieven hansen? Whitewashing?  Nov 13 2018, 11:24:06 AM

Kelley10 said: "After tonight I promise you all I will never write another word on this site.

You are all so delicate I don't know how you get through a single day.

I don't want to be the one to set you off. I hope you only you have good experiences.

Bye people bye bye.
"

 

So.... you come here, say that Connor might hate his sister because she's another race, and then clarify "Oh no no, it's because sh


Dear evabelieven hansen? Whitewashing?  Nov 12 2018, 10:06:27 PM

Kelley10 said: "It's funny you read it in a racist way. I was talking about kids don't usually take to having a child adopted into their family. I'm just saying it brings up a different history you just can't ignore."

I'm living proof this isn't always the case - I'm adopted, and all three of my siblings are adopted, two joining the family when I was in my teen years, and they were 6 and 10 at the time, and I loved gaining siblings. Obviou


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