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I watched it this weekend and thought it was exceptional. It made me really regret passing on a free ticket to see the 2016 revival at the Taper in Los Angeles with friends.

Venue: Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles
Cast: Greg Bryan, Keith David, Jason Dirden, Damon Gupton, Matthew Henerson, Nija Okoro, Lamar Richardson, Ed Swidey, Glynn Turman, Lillias White
Director: Phylicia Rashad
Playwright: August Wilson
Set designer: John Iacovelli
Costume designer: Emil

A real shock and so very sad...

I enjoyed this. I almost turned it off after about 40 minutes, but I'm glad I stuck with it as it totally sucked me in and I totally went with it; like a guilty pleasure.

The actual age difference between Streep and Key is about 21 or 22 years. Streep definitely appeared older and I thought about it for a few seconds while watching last night. Still, this morning it reminds me of a line Streisand shot back at a journalist a number of years ago (2012) when asked if she thought s

PURLIE

TWO BY TWO

KING OF HEARTS

DEAR WORLD

SUGAR...but not sure how they'd pull it off as a concert version

 

 

Thanks for posting! The most recent MY FAIR LADY Blu-ray is magnificent. It's great that it will finally be available on the digital platforms.

I find a lot of older classics available on VUDU, etc. in high definition. Many of these films have been transferred in HD or UHD for traditional broadcast licensing and the digital platforms produce some good revenue as well. I wish more of the titles were available physically (Blu-ray), but just having them available to stream d

This string was great. I finally read it after avoiding it for weeks...for no good reason. 

After reading all of the posts, I was happy to realize that I'd seen many of the shows that people wish they'd seen...but I have to put myself in the camp of those who missed Marin Mazzie in THE KING AND I. I admire Kelli O'Hara's undeniable talent, but, in my mind, I imagine that Marin would bring so much more warmth to the role. I could be totally wrong, but I

Glad to hear you're on the mend, Dame! 

Your $640 tube of vaseline reminded me of a friend of mine who fell off of his bicycle in San Diego in January of this year. He "came to" in an ambulance en route to the hospital. He had no cuts, bruises or anything. The hospital wanted to keep him overnight for observation. He was discharged the next morning. Luckily, he suffered no injuries...as I said, not even a cut or bruise. The ambulance and hospital bill came to $42,000

I saw THE BEAUTIFUL GAME in London twice with the original cast and I, as others have said, found it very powerful and moving. I was always surprised that it never made it to Broadway. 

When I returned from that London trip, I told people in my office how much I had enjoyed the show. Of course nobody I raved about it to had ever heard of it. A very short time later, six people from my company had to go over to London for business and I suggested they see THE BEAUTIFUL GAME. I

Not directly related, but I'll bet he'll be at the Kennedy Center Honors the next time they're held live...

Thanks for making me aware of this. It didn't show up as a new release in any of my music services. Just got it in high-resolution audio from Amazon Music HD. 

Jacobsnchz14, here's to hoping someone at Jay see's your rendering. It is really fantastic! It's certainly not too late to change.

Really looking forward to Aaron's acceptance speech. So many possibilities!

BwayLB wrote: I normally wouldn’t be game for IMAX unless a portion was shot with IMAX cameras, but maybe.

From what I am finding, the film was shot with 35mm film using Panavision Panaflex Millennium Cameras with Panavision T-Series lenses. For the purpose of the film being shown digitally upon its release, the digital intermediate has been mastered in 4K. This is good as many of the most recent films are mastered in 2K which is the picture quality you get on your

I would agree with PUT ON YOUR SUNDAY CLOTHES. It is so joyous that I find it almost always can wring a tear out of me.

Mark Waltz wrote: To be a bit more obscure, I could see her as Leona in "Do I Hear a Waltz".

I think this is one of the best suggestions here. I know we don't have to suggest a show that would've been produced in her lifetime, but DO I HEAR A WALTZ? was produced when Garland was 42.

Had she been insurable or dependable (for a Broadway run) at the time, Leona's musical numbers would've been perfect for her...and she would've acted the part i

For those wanting a "taste" of this book before paying $28 for it, there's a hefty chunk of text available for reading on the Amazon site. This includes a table of contents so you're able to see which shows are covered...

Dollypop wrote: The preview period for TITANIC was definitely infamous.

I've been a Titanic buff since 4th grade when I read Walter Lord's book, A NIGHT TO REMEMBER.

I went to an early preview of the musical and it truly was awful! I felt especially bad as Walter Lord...in a wheelchair and, I believe, with an oxygen tank, was in the audience that night.

I took a chance and went back to the show shortly after it had opened and loved it. I couldn't beli

I use Amazon Music HD now. Unlike Apple Music (256 kbps) or Spotify (320 kbps), tracks on Amazon Music HD are, at a minimum, CD quality (1,411 kbps, 16 bit, 44.1 kHz). They also have millions of tracks in high resolution sound (9,216 kbps, up to 24 bit, 192 kHz). 

HAMILTON, DEAR EVAN HANSEN and many more cast recordings are presented in High Resolution which has far better sound than CDs. There's even a High Resolution version of 1959s THE SOUND OF MUSIC which was remaste

As a student, I'd seen Yul Brynner and Constance Towers in the 1977 Broadway revival. 19 years later, I saw the production with Lou Diamond Phillips and Donna Murphy and the cast album has been a favorite of mine ever since. I sometimes listen to the Brynner 1977 cast recording as I love how well the album was produced (Thomas Z. Shepard). I'm not a big fan of the most recent recording, but there's nothing really wrong with it; just my opinion

The thing I remember abou

I'd love to see a revival of KING OF HEARTS...with the magnificent Santo Loquasto sets I saw when it was in previews in Boston. I still think it's a shame it opened in the midst of a newspaper strike. Only 54 performances, including previews, in the winter of 1978.

I still love listening to the recording, but I was perhaps too young to gauge its merits, or lack of, back then. I just know it's always stayed with me.

I'm just wondering if anyone on this board e