ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "I'll be interested to see if Fish, like Van Hove, is a "one-trick pony," or if he can create something unique and equally exciting as Oklahoma!."
I realize that many people on this board had probably never heard of Daniel Fish before OKLAHOMA, but bear in mind that he's been a prominent director for about 25 years. He's very versatile in terms of the projects he chooses, and the conceptual language of
The legendary actor died earlier this month at the age of 86. Many wonderful performances over the years, especially his Tony-winning turn in The Invention of Love.
I was in his shoes in 2008 when my partner of 10 years died suddenly. I was 37, he was 45. The loss of an intimate partner is unfathomable, and it's especially hard when you lose your love young. Marin was only 57 when she died and Jason is still a young man. When you lose someone who, by all accounts, you should have had many more years (decades) with, it's devastating. You feel like you've been robbed of something. As a fellow traveler on that road, I wish him all the love and p
JDonaghy4 said: "Stunt casting, to me, means hiring someone famous to sell tickets even if they are lacking in talent. Melanie B in RENT comes to mind. Adam Driver or Bryan Cranston are famous but I would hardly consider their work last season as stunt casting.
Jordan Fisher is incredibly talented and sings like a dream. Yeah hes too old for the role (isnt he replacing a 14 year old?) but I would love to see him tackle this. Great casting."
SouthernCakes said: "I can’t help but laugh at that picture!! He looks way too old for the role! And he’s just way too “cool” for that outfit. None of that rings true.
And this is def stunt casting. He’s been on Dancing With The Stars, Rent Live. He’s not a nobody. Just because he’s not Bette Midler doesn’t mean it’s not stunt casting."
OMG. Someone being on television before (or being famous) doesn
I saw the original Broadway production. I mostly remember is Rip Torn red-faced and braying and Shirley Knight wallowing in pathos. I'm hoping Quinn and Nielsen give more subtle performances when I see it later in the week.
I saw this yesterday afternoon. There was a public memorial for the theater's founder, Robert Rechnitz, directly before the matinee, so the performance itself started about 15 minutes late. They didn't start seating the audience until after 3 o'clock, and I was impressed by how quickly and easily the staff got the audience situated, given the circumstances.
The show itself isn't perfect, but it's really strong, and I find myself still humming many of the songs hours
joevitus said: "I find there are still clicks and toxic behavior (though the ones doing it almost always accuse others of being the toxic ones--nice psychological warfare going on) and the moderators sometimes support this(moderators never give their names, so you don't know who is responding to you at any given time--if you get a response to a complaint). It's definitely strange around here. If it used to be much worse--yikes!"
Earlier this week, I saw several people post on Facebook that Ann Crumb was receiving hospice care. Sadly, news has now come that she has died, age 69, of ovarian cancer.
Ann was active on Broadway in the 80s and 90s in Aspects of Love, Anna Karenina (Tony nomination), Les Mis and Chess. She opened The Goodbye Girl on the West End. In recent years, she moved back to her hometown of Media, Pennsylvania, and appeared in several Philadelphia-area theater productions.
Great casting, but this is something that really annoys me:
This is not a "site-specific" production. A site-specific production would take place in the Bechdel family home. I find it annoying how marketers have started calling anything that is produced outside of a traditional theater space site-specific. Okay, rant over.
On my first theater trip to New York, I saw Ms. Carroll in Agnes of God. It was the first time I had seen someone who looked like me onstage in an authoritative and powerful role. As a person of color, it's something I've never forgotten. Ms. Carroll was a legend who lived with grace. Rest in peace to a very special woman.
I worked in classical music from the early 1990s until 2009. Domingo's penchant for aggressively pursuing female colleagues -- and, in cases where the woman was of a lower stature than himself, not taking no for an answer -- was well known even at the beginning of my career. A prominent soprano (now deceased) once told me she slapped him so hard after he made an aggressive pass at her backstage that she thought he might have to cancel a performance. It was not the first or the tenth time
FosseTharp said: "LarryD2 said: "I have never been a particular fan of her writing. Her overlong reviews read like rambling Tumblr posts, and her opinions usually display a keen grasp of the obvious. I always thought it was a slap in the face to the many established (and better) journalistsin NYC and elsewhere that she was essentially handed this plum job with no experience. I assume she comes from some kind of moneyed background, since many people wouldn
I have never been a particular fan of her writing. Her overlong reviews read like rambling Tumblr posts, and her opinions usually display a keen grasp of the obvious. I always thought it was a slap in the face to the many established (and better) journalists in NYC and elsewhere that she was essentially handed this plum job with no experience. I assume she comes from some kind of moneyed background, since many people wouldn't leave a secure, salaried position for the unstable career
bk said: "LarryD2 said: "Ben Vereen admitted to inappropriate behavior and misconduct. His statement is in the BWW article linked in the first post. Isn't this a settled matter?"
Not here, not ever. Everyone must have their endless outrage. Mr. Vereen apologized. What else do you want? And someone brings up Mr. Barbour? Again? He paid the price for his actions and STILL people cannot stop. Do you people ever actually listen to yourselves? I don't
