I saw it in London and was absolutely rivoted. Bertie gives an incredible performance and the entire play is VERY relevant in this era of "fake news" and the modern start of "who cares if it's true, we are selling the most papers" times we live in. There was a great line in it that's stayed with me-- "When the people create their own content then they will be happy."
BrodyFosse123 said: "Disney owns all things Walt Disney. They won’t let anyone touch any of their properties.
No producer would hire Christian Hoff for anything. His involvement with the recent revival of PAL JOEY pretty much did him in."
I saw Matt Risch on the street Saturday and it made me think of that. I never bought the "broken foot" story but I assumed it had to be more than "he sucked so they replaced him."
I carry a larger backpack almost every day and to just about every show I go see and they'll ask me unzip the top and they'll peek in and poke it with the stick and wave me in.
Maybe the materials were referring to "backpacking" backpacks than your everyday carry your gym shoes and laptop around bag?
As Color mentioned, it's all interpretation, honestly coming down to she could be lying about nothing, some things, or everything. I've seen it before where to me the actress is playing Sally as someone pretending to be English.
I saw all three in the revial and summed them up like this-- Williams was already broken, she knew her time was ending and she was already too into the drugs and drink to stop. She seemed to be play-acting everything. Stone was above
msmp said: "Call_me_jorge said: "Plus I don’t why Jimmy can’t hop into the JD role."
I'd be amazed if he doesn't take the stage at some point before it closes."
I think he could take over as JD if they age up the love interest. I know men his age date girls in their 20s, but if she were older it would certainly make it less icky to the audience.
I can more see him taking the small role of the older man and
gypsy101 said: "just saw the Hamilton performance, it wasn’t great. the hard Gs and Rs were really throwing me considering it’s supposed to be rap and you don’t hear those sounds a lot in american rap, it all felt very forced and strange which may have to do with British actors doing American accents (though usually British actors do very convincing American accents and it’s usually the reverse that sounds odd)"
I don't know a single person who likes Rebeck's work other than an occasional "well, such-and-such was ok, I guess." It is unfathomable to me how she keeps getting produced by major producers and non-profits.
I was there last night as well and enjoyed it tremendously.
I agree there is no hand-holding minus a breif note in the playbill about the history bits, but I overhead some big-wigs from the Menier Chocolate Factory joking and talking about how you just have to trust the audience and never doubt their intelligence. They also joked they understood it more tonight than they ever did in London.
Like Whizzer said they play is a real mille-feuille and you have to just g
They asked for my ID last night but she was super nice when I said I didn't bring my state ID with my birthday but had my student ID. She was super understanding and gave me my ticket with a "warning."
Years ago I was managing the merch for a couple months at Ave Q at New World Stages and she was a swing at the time. She went out of her way to make me feel welcome, know me, invite me out with the cast and crew, etc. One of the sweetest, most loving, nurturing, and giving people I've ever met. This is truly devastating and my heart shatters for her. So much love to her and her husband and family.
bwayphreak234 said: "Has anyone else noticed that there will be a performance listed with no stars next to it indicating limited availability, but when you try to add a ticket it will bring you to a page that says no tickets available? I check TDF many times throughout the day, and this has been happening a lot lately."
in my experience if you refresh for the page every 30 seconds or so tickets will appear in your cart.
I was gobsmacked for the entire two hours last night.
Laurie Metcalf is a truly gifted and remarkable actress. She can make you laugh from your gut then immediately make tears stream down your face the next second and then laugh again. It's a presence I've only seen a few times in my life.
Glenda. Jackson. wow. Anything I can say will not do her justice. If anyone was worried delays were caused by "memory issues" can rest easy. This woman knows this dia
Mr. Nowack said: "Of course Shindle does it best, the note was her money note added for her to shine on."
I once heard her say she riffed it either in a workshop or rehearsal because this was her only song, attention was then given to Elle mid-song so she had to get it back somehow.
Watching some of these "who did blah blah" best really makes you realize how many community/regional/high school just blatantly copy the design and staging of the broadway/off-broadway.
They once listed a wrong curtain time for Amelie and when I got the the box office at 7:45 they were incredibly nice, immediately let me pick any other date that worked for me. That's the theatre and the producers, sure, but the next day TDF called and emailed with a partial refund and they renewed my subscription for another year for free. Class acts.
