"What accounts for the fact that grosses fluctuate for shows that are consistently sold out without discounts? I understand that there is often a discrepancy between the gross and the attendance due to the fact that many shows have steep discounts and/or comps. But what about shows like Harry Potter? It's never on TDF or TKTS, and as far as I know, they don't have any promo codes, and they haven't been changing their ticket prices. So why would their grosses (and fo
Why did Tuck Everlasting bomb so bad? Jun 24
2018, 10:54:07 PM
The show was maybe passable for a community theatre, but for broadway it was just really lame, misguided, and blander than white bread. It had maybe one decent song, but everything else just felt so amateurish. Terrific cast, though.
The ballet was nice, but it was like watching a heavy metal band dropped into a Mozart opera. Completely out of place.
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "I was totally convinced by Jordan Donica. I'm becoming a bit less convinced by these critiques the more I read them and the more they are being posted honestly. They're all saying the same thing and I think the issue really isn't this production but people's dream casting or dream production they imagined themselves producingnot coming to fruition. I think the typical sound and playing that some "purists" want would have been a
Band's Visit not worth 9 Tonys Jun 14
2018, 07:52:16 AM
I sat mid way up in the mezzanine and I loved every second of The Band’s Visit
Tony Awards: Predicting the Winners Using Math Jun 9
2018, 08:48:16 PM
The movie won awards because it was good. The musical will not win awards because it’s simply not good. I know you’re a huge fan of it, but even if it weren’t Disney, in no universe are the new songs composed for Frozen better than the score for Band’s Visit or even Spongebob for that matter.
Anyways, this system he’s using is probably slightly flawed this year Since the band’s visit wasn’t Eligible for most of the awards this year. That being said, it looks like most of his predict
- Margaret Johnson in a Light in the Piazza revival, especially after hearing her sing Fable last year. - I was hoping after the huge success of Brigadoon last year that City Center would do Camelot for their gala so she could be Guenevere before it’s too late.
Beyond that, I’d listen to her sing the manual instructions to my iPhone.
Honestly thrilled too see that Once on this Island has a shot. I thought it was the best of the three revivals this year by far.
New York Times TONY voter poll? Jun 7
2018, 10:52:23 AM
Does anyone know if they’re doing that again this year? I’d imagine it would have come out already, or is it coming later today or tomorrow?
GeorgeandDot said: "I wouldn't mind seeing Renee Fleming snatch the Tony. Her work over the years in the opera world is just stunning and she really is one of the best voices of all time. I wouldn't mind her winning simply because of who she is. Same for Diana Rigg."
I’ve often found Renee in past performances to suffer from Barbara Streisand syndrome. Everything was over the top, embellished to within an inch of its death, hammed-up, etc.... but
Saw it from the front row during thanksgiving weekend. Must have been only 300 people in the audience at best.
I think by the time I saw it, after hearing reports of it being the most ridiculously campy train wreck ever, I just found it to be bizarrely and boringly bad. Sure it had plenty of ridiculous campy moments (the giant lemon, the random Italian aria, the dancing skeleton number - which most of the audience sincerely laughed and clapped with - the character with Tourette&rsq
Unless I'm seeing something incorrectly, there are hundreds of $25 seats still available in the mezzanine. The sides and the last few rows are all available.
What makes The Room - and other similarly campy films like it - so appealing and unintentionally hilarious is that it was presented as being a serious and real drama. Whether you liked it or not, pieces like Disaster were intentionally made to be silly/campy/over the top and absurd so it’s not the same category, at least to me.
The most recent example I can think of was the the Jekyll & Hyde revival several years ago. They took themselves so seriously and it was an utter
Kad said: "Is there a peer to peer code for this?"
Dont know if this is helpful or not, but I got a pretty nice seat just off the left center aisle in the mid mezz for only $25. Last time I checked there were still plenty available
