In London, Adrienne Warren did not win the Olivier Award for Best Musical Female Performance- Sharon Clarke from Caroline Or Chanage did. Could be a real knock down drag out at the Tony's- Adrienne was simply incredible as Tina- have rarely seen such a star performance- can she be overlooked again?
OLIVIER AWARDS----BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Sharon D Clarke for Caroline, Or Change at Playhouse Theatre
The Inheritance- for sure. Birthday Candles because I love Debra Messing- Caroline Or Change- it closed in London early- had to get a refund on my tickets- never saw it- Music Man.
Fiddler On The Roof in Yiddish with subtitles is what I would see next if I had to buy my tickets for October again- I have Hadestown, Moulin Rouge and Tootsie- but would have loved to see Fiddler instead. I hope Tootsie is good- or maybe it will close by then and i will see Fiddler instead- probably a better choice anyway.
Oh, please- who doesn't fight horribly with their hubby from time to time?- they might be a very happy couple- and really love and respect each other- but are having a few meltdowns over a few issues with the show- not necessarily any type of deal breaker or major marital fiasco.
Count me in as not a fan of Ivo- did not like A View From The Bridge- found the unnecessary drumbeats to heighten suspense- or whatever it was supposed to do- very distracting and completely ineffective- absolutely hated what he did with All About Eve in London- with the unnecessary video additions- which added nothing- and the wooden characterizations- I hope he does not ruin WSS.
Saw Fun Home at Circle In The Square- had very close orchestra seats on the side- which were awful. They did not state that there was a partial view- but because of the staging, characters were continually blocked - hated this seats-and actually do not like that theater- have seen a few in the round productions- and if not staged really carefully, in the round can be not great.
Yes- that was excellent- I love Bernadette- and her singing, though mannered, is always, for me, always draws me in- I guess it is the emotion she conveys with each song- acting out the song with everything she has- her voice- like Liza or Verdon or so many- is not a technically pristine instrument- but she is a very talented actress and singer and she can get a song across, Love her.
Really enjoyed reading your message- I am seeing the show in October- and I bet I will agree with you- I am a lifelong very liberal Democrat- but this WOKE stuff is not for me.
A one act- 75 minute show- and paying top of the line prices to see it- seems like a stretch to me. I do understand it is about quality and not quantity- always is- but I do wish the show was adding additional songs.
Thank you for that- just got second row center based on your suggestion- I do hope Vanessa Redgrave is in it- but if not, I am sure someone really good will be cast. Seeing it on a Sunday- all in one day.
Could be like Wicked- where critics did not universally love it- but audiences did. I guess if word of mouth was very strong and positive- it will defy the mixed critical reception. But, Wicked was a family show- and appealed to a sider swath of the population.
Wonder if these ticket prices - along with not the greatest reviews- will translate into a big hit- a la Wicked?- or be just a moderate draw and last not nearly as long as we might have thought.
I loved Victor/Victoria with Julie Andrews- I know it got dissed- but I personally loved it. Going back a million years- loved Flora The Red Menace- Liza's first BWAY show- and a flop- boy I loved that as a kid. Also a musical no one ever mentions- Skyscraper- Julie Harris was one of the stars- I loved it. Long, long time ago, I know. I also loved Parade- a very serious and engrossing look at racism in Georgia. I love serious musicals.
It is very expensive to mount many of these productions- and so many lose money- I have no problem paying up for a ticket in a great location- but I do have a problem with resale tickets- and Ticketmaster selling to the bots who buy up the best seats in the house and then charge ridiculous prices for the same seats. That should be against the law, in my opinion.
I liked ATProud a few weeks ago- it was okay- a jukebox musical with a good story- but it lacked the one element that for me truly makes theater great- and that is --IT DID NOT MAKE ME THINK- it was not creative artistically, it was purely and entertainment- and lots of people go to the theater with that as the priority- whereas, when I go - I want to be intellectually stimulated, I want to think about stuff in a new way, I want to be touched emotionally by a story that is complex and u
