Sigh. As a high school English teacher, this thread has me feeling pretty hopeless. I am used to children not understanding the nuance and power of satire, but when (what I assume to be educated and worldly) adults are so astonishingly ignorant to the aim and emotional motivation of satire, I start to understand how Trump got elected.
I made a joke very early in this thread about Jonathan Swift, an 18th century satirist who wrote an satirical essay called "A Modest Proposal&
Her BOM comments make it clear she does not understand satire, Let's make sure she never gets her hands on Swift's "A Modest Proposal" because if she thought raping babies to cure AIDS was offensive, just wait until she hears about 18th century British people eating babies. Yikes!
I sat in front of Chris Rock at The Color Purple revival, and I sat behind Quentin Tarantino at Hello Dolly. I was entering the Paramount Hotel as Leslie Odom was leaving at the height of Hamilton mania. I was so proud of myself for ignoring him. And one of my biggest Broadway crushes, Ephraim Sykes, has crossed my path countless times somehow--crossing 8th Avenue, in line at Duane Reade, walking down 45th Street, 46th Street, and on the subway are just a few.
I can't stand resort fees either. I have found the worst offenders for resort fees in Times Sq are The Row and the Paramount. Each one seems cheap and fairly good when you look at the pictures, reviews, etc. but the resort fees for both are outrageous and make a budget hotel into a total ripoff.
To avoid resort fees, I usually go for either The Mayfair on 49th between 8th and Broadway. The decor is horrible and the rooms are beyond tiny (no room to put your suitca
Now it would be one thing if Page Six figuratively slut-shamed Kara and Stephanie but literally? I won't stand for it!
RENT, does Mimi have full AIDS? Jul 26
2019, 01:57:10 PM
An hiv positive person TODAY should expect to have AIDS in ten years? Oh my.
A person with hiv today who is on treatment (meaning a pill a day) can expect to live a full, normal life with a regular life expectancy. Maybe you guys are talking about the Mimi’s of today who don’t take care of themselves?
Just so you know, Phantom does not have a Wednesday matinee, so you'd have to do Mean Girls matinee and Phantom in the evening. Phantom does have a Thursday matinee.
It looked like that year, 8 shows had regular Sunday eve performances, two shows added Sunday eve performances, and two shows canceled Sunday eve performances.
When it comes to holiday disrupting schedules, it really depends
RIP Broadway 07/18/2019 Jul 17
2019, 09:36:30 PM
January 2009 was another time that everybody was worried about the huge amount of closing notices and what will become of Broadway:
No they always seat latecomers at the end of the auction, but the problem was that everybody was in the wrong seats, so it took a looooong time to get it all sorted out.
****Spoilers ahead for each show so if you haven't seen the particular title, skip ahead! And yes I know BWW has a spoiler toggle thing but this is where we are so let's accept it.****
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Hello BWW, I just went on my first Broadway binge since last summer so I'd love to tell you about it.Â
I saw four shows over 3 days and I was pleasantly surprised at the TOTAL lack of phone/device problems at all four shows. Yay audiences!&
Ali Stroker Attendance? Jul 4
2019, 05:00:26 PM
I saw the show Tuesday night July 2 and Ali was out and Sasha was on. She was incredible so I didn’t feel like I missed out on anything. No she was not in a wheelchair which made her Ado Annie blocking very interesting since it seemed like she was constantly running around, sitting on laps, getting in faces, etc. Obviously there are two versions of the blocking for Ali and her understudy.
I don't think this would help for two reasons. First, so many people have Apple watches these days and don't have any problems having them glowing bright throughout the show.
Second, from my experience, most people who use their phones during shows just have their phone out for a few seconds. Yes, enough to disrupt the audience, the performers, and generally everyone around them. But the point is that these kind of people would say that they are just checking messages bec
Since the Tony Awards are neither ON Broadway nor OFF Broadway, unless you have a separate section for events, concerts, etc, then it shouldn't be grouped with regular off/on Broadway shows. I myself only keep meticulous and complicated charts, lists, and diagrams of only Broadway shows that I see.
I was on the fence about seeing Ain't too Proud because of the audience singing but now that the bookwriter is condoning audience singing, I am definitely not seeing it. I would imagine that if she were trying to watch a play or musical and people would not shut up around here, she would have a problem with it but unfortunately this has become about race and not respect of the theater space.
Two weeks ago i got a $497 orchestra third row center seat at Hamilton/Chicago for $180, which is what I paid for a seat up in the balcony in 2016. It seems like everybody assumes that Hamilton Chicago tickets are completely sold out and very expensive, so nobody even tries to get tickets. Whenever I say that I saw the show, people look at me and ask how was I ever able to snag a ticket like I had to sleep in the cancellation line for a month or something.
I saw the national tour of Chicago tonight, in Chicago! I have seen the Broadway production 29 times, so it was fun to compare and contrast the two productions.
The audience LOVED the show. So much cheering---dare I say MUCH more cheering than the last time I saw Chicago's Hamilton. However, there were some major sound issues. I would say that about 90% of Billy Flynn's lines were not heard, partly because of Eddie George's mumbling and partly because of the poo
One of my favorite theatrical experiences was seeing Color Purple on broadway with a theater full of sassy black women. They said "amen" and "girrrl" and "UMHP!" whenever something moving happened and I didnt mind it at all because it felt so in the moment. It felt so good to have us all experiencing it together, During On Your Feet, someone shushed me for lightly singing "1,2,3" and I snapped back qui
Almost every time I've seen Hamilton, someone around me starts to sing along with Aaron Burr when he starts the show with "how does a bastard, orphan.."
Last week, when I saw Hamilton in Chicago, a woman behind me started to sing along and was immediately shushed by what sound like the entire theater lol. She giggled and said sorry. But then she kept singing along to every song. Her boyfriend (or whoever he was) tried to get her to be quiet, but she wasn't h
