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I could not get into this at all. I'm admittedly not a fan of the stage musical, but the pace of this dragged with constant commercials. I really think for these live events they need to just go old-old school and get a big sponsor and cut half the ad breaks. I'd rather have "Pepsi Presents!" said constantly and the Whos carry soda bottles around in scenes than the constant interruptions. 

Morrison seemed to be auditioning to play Sweeney Todd with that weird

Sondheim is FAMOUSLY open to interpreting/modifying his work and speaks so fondly over the joys of  collaboration. It must say something he didn't want her directing.

I've always understood/interpreted Hedwig as a cis gay man who took his only shot of escaping East Berlin--marrying an American military officer and the only way to do  that was a quick and botched gender confirmation surgery.

I've always felt the role should be played by absolutely anyone, though. Cis men, trans men, cis women, trans women, non-bionary, any human.

Emilia Clark did the HORRID Breakfast at Tiffany's where the cat got better press than her or the show.  7 years ago but still fits.

jacobsnchz14 said: "I wonder what a Donna Murphy-Norma Desmond would be like."

Didn't she do a couple of readings of it for Roundabout  before Glenn Close decided to do it in London then bring that over?

I think we can all agree Donna is beyond talented and perfectly capable of carrying just about any role full time. 

I'm not sure if she'd ever do that again just so she's not pigeon holed into being a stand by, but I'd love if Broadway did this more so we get to see BRILLIANT actors play iconic roles in major big budget productions that it's very unlikely they'd get the opportunity to play otherwise. Mary Testa has an incredible 

darquegk said: "I would love to see Jim Carrey do a great movie musical, especially after the premature cancellation of his musical dramedy “Kidding.” But he’s more a Dan in Next to Normal than a Phantom."

At one point wasn't he supposed to be Applegate in the rumored Jake Gyllenhaal remake of Damn Yankees? This was over a decade ago in that post Chicago-rush of announcements of movie musicals. I actually think he'd be great in that role.

I will always post this insane interview that man did with the late, great Dave Rakoff with Amy Sedaris.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEc_ID23Uyk

I don't particularly like this and don't see it happening for Covid reasons, but singers, drag queens, cabaret artists, etc definitely sell "meet and greet" tickets where you get a photo, autograph, and a quick hello with the performer, but usually before the show. Heck, many actors were already using  Cameo.

But like it's been said the performer would have to be paid extra for this and have to agree to it in a contract beforehand (and an actor might

I know Reba got very busy with a successful sitcom for years right after that and I know she makes more money touring for a month than she'd make in months on Broadway, but I'm still shocked she never returned after getting that kind of unanimous praise and welcome. She would have been a great Dolly and I wonder if she was approached and turned it  down. She's definitely a Bette-level name that would have sold the tickets at the prices Rudin wanted. 

This just makes me upset we never got Judy's Rose. I know it just wasn't possible for many reasons, but imagine what Francine Gumm, vaudeville child star, could have done with Rose Hovick. 

I've always heard Donna as well. I wonder why she never played the role eventually. Possibly because she or her agent at the time thought she should only originate rolls for the press and award consideration? Just seems odd she allegedly really wanted to do it but couldn't get out of some concert work (or State Fair) for the two weeks for encores but then didn't replace Anne at some point. The early replacements weren't stunt cast, they were broadway n

The Milos Forman adaptation of the novel is VERY well regarded so any movie musical would honestly be compared to it and likely unfavorable. That being said I actually think with some streamlining  it would make a very epic, cinematic (but expensive!) movie musical. 

Sondheim almost always asks his collaborator to write a scene or monologue with no intention of it going into the actual show, but he'll lift lines, character. and mood from it. He's always said if you say "write a torch song here" he's terrible but if you wrote him a little paragraph about a woman in a bar wearing a red dress and drinking a grasshopper he could write something. 

Another famous example is when Harvey Weinstein wrote Albin this beauti

I think the movie of Shock Treatment has aged remarkably well. I don't consider it a sequel and think you can watch it knowing nothing about Rocky Horror. It was way before reality television and social media stars were celebrities and predicted the commodification of sharing people's lives for public consumption. 

I think the movie of Shock Treatment has aged remarkably well. I don't consider it a sequel and think you can watch it knowing nothing about Rocky Horror. It was way before reality television and social media stars were celebrities and predicted the commodification of sharing people's lives for public consumption. 

darquegk said: "The only thing I know about him being unreasonable or difficult is the way the vastly improved stage version of Shock Treatment is locked away from further productions after its licensed premiere."

I saw this! I was jetlagged, saw an evening show then this at midnight in the backroom of a pub. It changed a LOT from the movie of Shock Treatment, but was a breezy 90 minutes of insane fun. I laughed a lot at the young actor playing the Richard O'Brie

I don't understand the people here who seem to need EVERY Glee cast member to issue a statement about her mean actions before they'll believe it.

You can watch MANY interviews including the recent Stars in the House reunion where her name is tangentially brought up and all their faces drop. Chris Colfer talked about how rewarding it was to get to sing "Defying Gravity" on the show and his face when he says "sang it with Lea" tells 20 stories on

Do things seem majorly edited? From my limited understanding, the issue of getting it on DVD and streaming was all the music used was a rights nightmare. Glad it seems to have been straightened out!

I saw it at St Anne's and didn't care for the production at all. I found the staging distracting, confusing, and a gimmick, not a device that helped tell the story. I didn't understand why it was set "now" but all the references were squarely in 1940-- paper boys, telegrams, drug stores, etc. Foster leans so heavy into the character but only in the ways Blanche says about him to demean him, mostly his animal nature. I always think an actor should use what other char