"And Evita starring Lady Gaga directed by Michael Arden or Rachel Chavkin."
Ten million percent. I'll also second Parade. What a score, and unfortunately very timely.
I was actually thinking about a Show Boat revival last night. Laura Benanti as Julie! And I've been on a Sweet Charity kick lately. I missed the recent Sutton Foster production but as much as I love her she doesn't seem right in the reels I've seen.
Apologies if this has been discussed before. After feeling lukewarm about Hundred Days I was really blown away by my second show by the Bengsons. Has anyone heard any rumblings of a cast recording or possible subsequent productions?
What do you think of a NY transfer? Not necessarily Broadway. I know it's soon, but we've already had a Spring Awakening revival, and Spring Awakening was only two years older.
raddersons said: "I'm in shock. I knew this was coming but didn't know it would hurt this bad when the news broke.
Pure speculation: Oak/Casal used race to control the narrative of him getting fired, so that instead of it being "Oak was fired because he was unprepared and didn't learn the accordion or know his lines", it was "Oak was fired due to racism." And it would have worked if Mandy didn't drop the show and Dave didn'
Deedee23 said: "This is truly heartbreaking. I don't want to contribute to the blame game or anything, but I hope that the next time Casal buys ice cream, someone knocks it to the ground.
I just. I don't know what to say. I'm so angry and so hurt. I can't believe this is the ending that comes to the most beautiful piece of theatre I've ever been lucky enough to encounter. Shame, shame, shame.
bisous3 said: "Nicole 10 said: "Last night I went to see The Great Comet and there was a girl seated on stage who was mouthing along every single line of the show. For those of you unfamiliar, during Natasha & the Bolkonskys Princess Mary and Natasha grab stools and sit at a table with audience seated onstage. The girl was sitting next to Mary and she was leaning in close to Mary and was making relentless eye contact while mouthing the song along. She conti
The first thing I thought of was that Lin will be going into the Comet. He's big fan, and the timing is right for it. Of course that's a crazy pipedream, though.
CorkySt.Clair said: "All of the drama (and this new Mamet-flavored development) just makes me so sad. This show has brought me such joy, and I'm still finding little orchestral nuances and blink-and-you-miss-it book references every day. In a perfect world, such a wholly beautiful and inventive show would be able to survive on its own merits, rather than the attachment of a star. Ultimately, I feel like GC (intentionally or not) is for those who already have a background wit
I'm coming out of a very long BWW hiatus to say how sad I am that this is happening. The Comet is more precious to me than any other show, and it would absolutely break my heart to see it end this way.
That said, I have to think they had something up their sleeve for the fall, since Mandy wasn't going to be in for that long anyway. There might still be hope for some other, more long-term celebrity replacement.
Saw this last night. It's one of my favorite plays, but this production is a mess. I agree that van Hove definitely understands the play, but I just don't see his reasoning for suggesting that the witches are real. (Is he suggesting that, though? It's so hard to make sense of it.) I think that's what he's getting at with Betty flying and the trash blowing in and light exploding when Abigail and the girls get hysterical, but I just don't see the logic of it. My best gue
Blah. Was hoping for The Music Box, but I guess not. I think Groban and the universally wonderful reviews will be enough, though I still say they should have waited until spring.
Has anyone else noticed this? The twitter account posted a picture and video of rehearsal, and Amber Gray is in both. I guess she's back for Broadway, and Lilli's leaving for Spongebob.
Caught the matinee yesterday. I liked it, but I feel a little bit like I did when I saw Dave Malloy's Preludes: I know what this playwright is capable of, and so I hold his work to a higher standard than usual, and I can't tell if I would have been disappointed with it otherwise.
It's pretty all over the place, snatching elements out of nowhere and tossing them in to the mix. (SPOILERS AHEAD.) I was most perplexed by the inclusion of the 9/11 backstory. It just seemed like a
