f13overture said: "Awww bummer, after seeing Seth Rudetsky's video of Patti LuPone singing "Trouble", I've been hoping for a gender bent Music Man starring Patti LuPone as Harold Hill and Norm Lewis as Marian"
The erasure of the trail-blazing work of Bobbie Adler as Professor Carole Hill in "The Music Person!" Hugh Jackman in The Music Man Mar 13
2019, 10:35:41 AM
Fan123 said: "Not sure how much it really matters, but technically Marian is meant to be young enough to have a kid brother. In those days people were more likely to have children over a wider span of years, so that's still quite a bit of leeway of course."
Weeeeelll, it can also be interpreted (just interpreted I'm not saying it's in the text) that Winthrop is Marian's child with the miser who leaves her the library books and to save face they say it
I imagine there's going to be a lot of physical comedy with the moving of the dead bodies and Irwin is a master of that type of comedy. He liked helped with that.
Mar 7
2019, 01:19:19 PM
I heard from several pretty close sources a well-known director (i honestly for get who) came in at the Public and basically ghost directed/helped. I won't claim to know if it was just heavy notes or if they took over completely but I heard it was closer to the latter. I've heard it mentioned a few more times since, but again it's all alleged.
Mar 7
2019, 11:00:42 AM
WhizzerMarvin said: "I loved John too...also loved The Flick and of course Gold’s brilliant staging of Fun Home. He and Annie Baker seemed to be a creative match made in heaven.
I hated his production of Glass Menagerie though, and Lear didn’t work for me at all either. Maybe I just don’t like Gold’s take on the classics, but dig his modern work.
With Annie Baker/Fun Home Gold’s direction only enhanced the pieces and never got in wa
Mar 5
2019, 04:25:38 PM
Honestly, I could see this working as a country All About Eve type of show.
veronicamae said: "Does anyone know how those unlicensed musicals work like what is always going on in LA? Like Cruel Intentions and Edward Scissorhands, except it's all pop songs? They can't possibly afford to license all those songs...can they?"
I imagine it's a legal loophole combining cabaret rights (since they're performed in technically cabaret spaces and not union theatres) and parody laws since the songs are used in a parody show. <
I really did not care for this play (don't seem to be alone, there were quite a few mid-show walk outs last night).
While I think Rupp is doing a fine job I just feel nothing for this character or any of the character really. It's trying to say she can't be a bigot and have bigoted beliefs because she's nice to a girl she knew growing up and because she has personal problems in her life. The narrative of "bigots are people too" is not something I need to h
Tom5 said: "Just for the record the coolest and most exclusive restaurants are the ones never never never listed here or anywhere. That's why they're exclusive."
I know a broadway actor who once gave one of those restaurant recommendations you see in the back of playbill. He said he didn't pick the restaurant and they basically paid for a nice dinner for two there and asked his opinion on things like "I liked the salmon!"
ASP likes to reuse actors so I'd expect Bailey De Young to be in the running for Dainty June as she was on Bunheads and Maisel and still looks young.
In the same vein I'd like to see Lauren Graham, Sutton, and McCarthy as Tessie, Mazeppa, and Electra. :-P
Feb 6
2019, 12:34:34 PM
I skipped this on my last London trip (saw the Inheritance a second time instead) because everyone told me it was just confusing and while they're both terrific neither performance was must-see. This seems very strange to transfer.
Try calling a bar/restaurant near the Atkinson too. Maybe somewhere like Glass House Tavern has a coat check and would hold it for you during the show. Or a hotel on that block. Never hurts to take the 2 minutes to call for peace of mind.
In my experience you should be fine. There are usually coat checks open this time of year, but even if not the house manager should be able to store it for you somewhere.Just bring a few bucks if they charge you/for a tip and dont be impatient if it takes them a while after the show to get it for you.
I think it would be FASCINATING to reverse their known character types and have Megan play Mame and Messing play Vera. Both know how to wring laughs and elevate material, have chemistry and a great working relationship.
Jan 23
2019, 12:19:46 PM
Does anyone think the forthcoming "Surviving R Kelly"-type documentary about Jackson would cause a backlash against this?
He should let somewhere like Chichester Festival or the Menier take a stab at re-imagining it. That way if it works, he's got a smaller working production and if it doesn't, revive the original in 5-10 years saying "the last one proved people want the original!"
Mike Barrett said: "As far as I know, Steve Carrell has never performed and I'd love to see him. And I know he's young so of course he hasn't, but Timothee Chalamet would be a treat to see in any drama."
Tim-o-tay was also off-broadway a few years ago in a play, Prodigal Son at MTC.
I mean, no offense, but how is someone in the audience of say, the Broadhurst, supposed to see a character the literal size of a thumb, or heck, a Barbie doll?
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