Is the Lyttleton that much larger than a large Broadway house? I really don't know. I'm asking! Seemed a slightly above average size when I was there... but nothing comparable to, say, the Olivier stage.
It was really extraordinary in Chicago. It looks like they've taken a different approach... but the script is really interesting if maybe a little obvious. There's a lot of room for great, strong lady performances.
This was a real disaster in Chicago. Really disappointing. Well cast, great costumes, lighting, sets, and staging. With a truly terrible book and a totally mediocre, irrelevant score. I wonder how things so obviously terrible get so far.
I hope they've made it better. It was clear in Chicago people desperately wanted to love it. And it's going so much going for it. Samantha Barks is a real star and doesn't waste a moment in this show. I'm rooting for her!
Lauren Ambrose is a star. The whole point is people want to see HER. People are traveling across the country... in some cases across the world to see her. She's not a clerk at Walgreens. People are allowed to be disappointed the star that they wanted to see, who is advertised as the star of show, has decided not to perform. I don't think anyone is acting like it's the end of the world... but it is also a ****ty thing to do to your fans. Will they get over it? Of course. They might
I think we're maybe a little too woke if we're telling an Asian-American playwright (and one who has consistently been at the forefront of representation) that she needs to not give white men a voice... particularly when that is, to some extent, the point of the play. As if Young Jean Lee doesn't understand the importance of marginalized voices and representation.
The Cher Show Jul 1
2018, 02:29:33 AM
Tonight the first full number was Turn Back Time. Not quite the whole thing but almost. There’s certainly no way you can miss it so I think it might be a change? They also sang basically a full version of Believe after the curtain call.
It seems like they’re making a lot of changes and I think generally the show is pretty good. Some of the staging for the numbers is extraordinary. The singing and acting is all great. They cover a lot and it feels very much this happened then this ha
Who holds creative control over the Tony Awards? By that I mean... who picks the Hosts? Who decides who can and can't perform? Who is responsible for what does and doesn't make the broadcast? The director? They Tony Committee? The American Theater Wing? CBS?
I've tried to suss it out on-line but haven't been able to figure it out.
I used to feel Bye Bye Birdie was a dusty old chestnut too... but then I saw a fantastic production! Rose and Albert could both REALLY dance. Not just all the steps but they could use choreograph as an extension of their character in the moment. This made all the dance interludes not just show stoppers, but essential to the show.
Additionally, there's so many main characters that need strong personalities. You can't really just put anyone in these parts. You need folks wi
I liked the Doyle version a lot! It lacked the bite and spectacle of the original production but I don't wonder if maybe that's a better approach for a show about Japan that's written and directed by white people in 2018.
It's not really a money thing. It's the time and effort I'm taking to get to the theater. If something feels like a full evening, I don't care how long it is. I just can't imagine a 40 minute play that feels like a full evening, regardless of its impact. And it would be so easy to present something to with it. Even a lecture. Something. It just seems so odd to ask your audience to schlep if you've just got 40 minutes for us.
There's no shortage of short plays in the world. What on earth happened to curtain raisers? Or maybe pairing it with another play 50 minutes in length?
Several years ago The Goodman did a production of Hughie with Brian Dennehy. It was certainly very well done and I'm glad I went... but it felt sort of inert. And bizarre to be leaving the theater after (what felt like) a VERY long 50 minutes. Several years after that, they did the same production but followed it with Krapp
To be fair to the other ladies, Patti is lip-syncing in that video. Though she does still run away with things.
Hannh Corneau (Yitzhak in the recent Hedwig tour) was an absolutely stunning Evita in a regional theater here in Chicago. The acting and the belting were totally top notch. I tried to find a video of A New Argentina... but alas.
