NBC will present THE GRINCH musical this December starring Morrison Nov 10
2020, 10:25:13 AM
Wow, what a wonderful surprise! Looking forward to it.
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New Randy Rainbow (with a Special Guest) - Brilliant! Oct 7
2020, 07:39:08 PM
I get that everyone is on pins and needles about this election, but it is so annoying to be told “Don’t wish and hope yadda yadda yadda” when you’ve already spoken to all your friends and family about voting and made a plan to vote on the first day of Early Voting.
Trust me, I’m doing more than wishing and hoping. But the wishing and hoping is also what’s keeping me from becoming an alcoholic.
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New Randy Rainbow (with a Special Guest) - Brilliant! Oct 7
2020, 07:05:34 PM
I am not a huge fan of Randy Rainbow, but I loved this video. Patti!!!!! And also, it’s what so many of us are wishing and hoping for!!!
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Happy 85th Birthday, Julie Andrews! Oct 1
2020, 06:18:53 AM
Star of stage and screen, Dame Julie Andrews turns 85 years old today! During the pandemic, she’s kept busy reading children’s books for her podcast Julie’s Library.
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New Netflix Dolly Parton Christmas Musical w/ Christine Baranski and Jenifer Lewis Sep 29
2020, 12:44:40 PM
jvoom said: "Wasn't she mean't to be working on her life story for Broadway, too?"
That sounds familiar. I know last year she workshopped a new musical called “A Smoky Mountain Christmas” in Boston. I wonder if the two projects (Smoky Mountain Christmas and the Netflix Christmas musical) share any songs?
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New Netflix Dolly Parton Christmas Musical w/ Christine Baranski and Jenifer Lewis Sep 29
2020, 11:53:54 AM
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dolly-parton-christmas-movie-lands-at-netflix
Directed by Debbie Allen with songs by Dolly Parton and starring Christine Baranski, Jenifer Lewis, and Dolly herself!
Premiering on Netflix November 22nd!
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Next Sondheim revival? Sep 25
2020, 06:26:53 PM
I would weep to see Julie on Broadway in A Little Night Music... I’m really not sure if that’s something she’d be interested in, but who knows...
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Glenn Close and Patti Lupone in Angels in America Sep 25
2020, 02:06:43 PM
Sutton Ross said: "Full Cast:
Roy Cohn: Glenn Close
Prior Walter: Andrew Rannells, Paul Dano, and Brian Tyree Henry (this casting is SO good)
Belize: Jeremy O. Harris, Larry Owens, S. Epatha Merkerson
Hannah Pitt: LauraLinney
Harper Pitt: Vella Lovell, Lois Smith
Louis Ironson: Brandon Uranowitz
Angel 1: Linda Edmond
Angel 2: Nikki James
Angel 3: Patti Lupone
Angel 4: Daphne
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Roles synonymous with an actor BUT didn’t win the Tony Aug 5
2020, 03:41:14 PM
I think it is actually surprising that Julie Andrews did not win a Tony for Eliza, of course I know politics and narratives are different every season. And that’s not to disparage Judy Holliday’s winning performance, which I’m not familiar with— but My Fair Lady is such a beloved and classic musical and Julie’s original Broadway performance has been mythologized into a giant.
I wish the Tonys would just give her a damn honorary one, anyway. 1996 was a million years ago. Julie graciously
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Great and (dare I say) important Audra interview Jul 27
2020, 12:56:19 PM
I just love Audra.
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Naya Rivera presumed dead Jul 13
2020, 05:35:53 PM
What a terrible, terrible tragedy. A mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend gone too soon. May she rest in peace.
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Naya Rivera presumed dead Jul 13
2020, 01:11:38 PM
From the Ventura County Sheriff:
“Happening now: A body has been found at Lake Piru this morning. The recovery is in progress. A news conference will take place at 2 pm at the lake.”
https://twitter.com/venturasheriff/status/1282715917453897736?s=21
Today also marks 7 years since the passing of Cory Monteith.
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Naya Rivera presumed dead Jul 9
2020, 10:39:32 PM
I rewatched some of Naya’s Glee performances today. She was such a talent that she went from playing Sue Sylvester’s henchwoman to being a full-fledged main cast member within a season. Rewatching her character Santana’s wedding to Brittany reminded me of how much joy the episode brought me in 2015, when we were still awaiting the Obergefell v Hodges decision. What wonderful light she brought to the lives of people she never even knew.
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Naya Rivera presumed dead Jul 9
2020, 05:20:14 AM
CATSNYrevival said: "The saddest part of this is an adult thinking that leaving a boat to go for a swim when you’re the only two people on board is a safe thing to do. That’s reckless."
I think the saddest part of this is that a person may have died.
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Naya Rivera presumed dead Jul 9
2020, 03:25:57 AM
I’m horrified.
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Susan Egan Jun 12
2020, 06:36:47 PM
fashionguru_23 said: "I was also thinking though about how Jodi Benson's career is also like Egan's. They are both Disney princesses in one form or another, and really, most of their following and project since Disney have somewhat been related to back to Disney."
I think you could say this of almost all Disney Princesses TM before the modern era. Certainly Adriana Caselotti (Snow White) and Ilene Woods (Cinderella). I think Mary Costs (Aurora) had
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Susan Egan Jun 12
2020, 06:28:49 PM
I thought Susan Egan looked lovely in that trailer for the 2018 production of BATB. I wish I could have seen it!
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Hamilton Broadway Coming to Disney Plus July 3 May 12
2020, 08:43:49 AM
I wondered if this might happen. Disney’s been hurriedly pushing a lot of content onto Disney+ in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Why continue to sit on “Hamilton” when they could release it now to help retain current subscribers and earn new ones? Disney+ is just about the only thing they’ve got right now with the possibility of turning a profit.
Myself, I collect physical media so once I finished “The Imagineering Story,” I was done with Di
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The Official Kennedy Center FOLLIES Thread May 5
2020, 07:31:23 AM
I was a sophomore in high school when Follies made the trek from the Kennedy Center to Broadway. I was a theatre kid weaned on Disney and Rodgers and Hammerstein. I’d recently made the leap to Andrew Lloyd Webber, too. I read these forums often... it was a weird place (and still often is) where I was enraptured by stories and accounts of plays and performances I never would have a chance to see.
I kept reading about Sondheim. Sondheim, Sondheim, Sondheim. All the time with the Sondheim.
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Patti LuPone didn't like 90th Birthday 'Ladies who lunch' May 2
2020, 06:29:52 PM
She *is* a *diva.* Her matter-of-fact speaking her mind attitude coupled with her incredible talent is why we’ll still be talking about her 50+ years in the future. She’ll never bore me.
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