poisonivy2 said: "No way. Both Fun Home and DEH packed an emotional wallop the way TBV just didn't."
As Kad mentioned above, The Band's Visit bested Dear Evan Hansen in a few awards where their off-Broadway productions went head-to-head last year, including the Lucille Lortel Awards. [I had originally listed the Obies here, too, but DEH was considered - and won - for the previous season.]
Dave28282 said: "If 10 actors audition for a role, of which one black actor, there is a 90% chance the black actor does not get the role, based purely on equal statistics. Which would mean that there is a 90% chance that anyshow does not have a black actor, if based purely on talent."
Others are doing a fine job of critiquing the substance of your nonsense, but I need to inject some math here. Let's say a show has ten roles, that 10% of the actors auditioning for
Dave28282 said: "The difference is that gays are still beheaded and stoned in many countries today while poc are not."
Sorry to jump in so late, but I'm surprised no one has called you out on this. People of color are very much targets of violence right here in the United States: Stephon Clark, shot dead in his own back yard... Philando Castille, Freddie Gray, Eric Garner...
AlfredDrakeII said: "Think you so little of women and gender nonconformists? Why are you automatically assuming that men will win? Do you understand how bigoted and misogynistic that sounds?"
I didn't interpret those comments in that light. On the contrary, I think the fear is that, due to the sexism and male privilege prevalent in our world, many men would win over more deserving women.
While not denying that premise at all, I actually agree with those wh
zainmax said: "He could also ban scalping. Bots are only part of the problem."
I don't think it should be illegal for an individual to sell a ticket for more than the purchase price (within the bounds of the license granted with the purchase of the ticket). People do it all the time with real estate, rare coins, and all other kinds of investment. There's a willing seller, a willing buyer, and it's not a matter of life and death, so I don't see wh
BuddyStarr said: "Enough celebrities running for political office. Usually the only qualification they have for office is a fan base. No experience in government affairs. Haven't we learned anything from Ronald Reagan, Arnold S, Gopher and the Orange menance?"
I don't really think the main issue with any of these people was their celebrity status. Trump is a unique example and I've said enough about him elsewhere. Though I suspect we both hate most of Rea
After Eight said: "Could be word of mouth is catching up to the hype."
On the contrary, word of mouth seems particularly strong for this show. When I was in NYC last weekend, three different people emphasized how great a show it was when I told them I had tickets. It's limited anecdotal evidence, but I can't remember the last time that's happened to me for any other show.
Of course, two of those people were sitting at my table at&nbs
After Eight said: "Poisonivy2 wrote: "His tiresome, repeated "You liked it? You have no taste, it was awful"
Nonsense. I never said anything of the kind."
Actually, you have called other people's character into question many times because they liked one of your disfavored shows. I just googled one example that was easy to find, but there are many others if I cared to spend more than a minute on it. (The show under discussi
ArtMan said: "I have been reading After Eight's posts for nine years on here. Some I agree with...some I don't. But like everyone else on here, he has the right to his opinions, without the need for name calling and attacks."
After Eight has previously stated or implied that liking certain shows is basically a sign of bad character, of complicity in some kind of cultural collapse. He's said this kind of thing again and again, and this is why many people r
qolbinau said: "I wonder if someone managed to write in a joke, however tenuous, about Russians meddling with elections."
Not that I recall, but near the end there was a very pointed comment about nuclear weapons falling into the hands of unstable leaders that got a lot of laughs and the biggest applause of the afternoon.
I read the lyrics on the link you provided, and I agree that they make much more sense for Svetlana than the original lyrics. I still don't think the song fits her quite as well as it originally fitted Florence, though. :)
I saw yesterday's matinee as well. Raul's performance was definitely heroic, and he got the adulation he deserved from the audience and his castmates. During the intermission, I was really dreading "Pity the Child," but he made some very smart choices in his placement of the money notes near the end of the song. I'm sure they were nothing like what audiences heard in prior performances, but it worked.
I liked the book a lot, much more than the version I saw a
