Patti LuPone, who refused to do matinees at all during the run of Evita."
That was decided for her by the producers, following the precedent started with Elaine Paige in London.
COMPANY eyeing a spring 2020 transfer at a Shubert theater Jul 25
2019, 08:20:10 AM
She said that the recovery was tough (which is a common complaint from hip replacement patients), but she obviously recovered fine and would have a similar length of time to recover from this one as she did from the first one. Plus I think the first one was more overdue than this one, which could have made recovery tougher. She’s not a young patient, but she’s so active that she should be fine.
Jul 16
2019, 05:19:53 PM
jimmycurry01 said: "Ado Annie D'Ysquith said: "Really, Andrew? Couldn't you just let Rodgers and Hammerstein have this one and, you know, make something brand new?"
You make it sound as if Rodgers and Hammerstein were the first to use this property. That is hardly the case. The Cinderella story is on of the most adapted stories in the literary canon. There have been multiple musical interpretations before the R&H adaptation, and there have be
Cape Twirl of Doom said: "I thought Radio City was also without power so how did Beetlejuice manage to be unaffected?"
I was wondering the same thing, since I thought I read that the blackout was from 5th all the way to the Hudson River. I wondered if some of the theaters (namely the Sondheim, Lyceum and Hudson) were on a different grid than the rest of the theaters that are west of Broadway AND are at the northern end of their grid. But I’m not sure why the Wi
Matinees for Friday, July 5 Jun 26
2019, 06:34:21 AM
Playbill also usually has a listing of show schedules during a holiday week. A lot of shows are adding a performance on Monday, July 1st, too.
bdn223 said: "Its similar to why War Paint closed on November 5, 2017, instead of playing through its announced closing of December 30, 2017. Patti LuPone’s hip injury allowed the producers to cash in in their Key man insurance policy and recoup costs for the entire production, instead of loosing more money by risking the show without her."
To get into the semantics of it, I wouldn't refer to LuPone's hip replacement surgery as an "injury," be
The Prom actually managed to pull of a medley, which so many shows fail to do. (Oklahoma! didn't fare well putting those two numbers together.) They chose numbers with high energy, too, and I thought it translated really well onscreen.
RWPrincess said: "Beetlejuice: Having Catherine O'Hara there on top of the great performance should help them a lot. I can see how fans of the movie would want to buy tickets for this if they haven't already."
I hadn't been too excited about Beetlejuice after a good friend's meh review of their out-of-town tryout, but I did buy two tickets for Wednesday evening after seeing their performance last night. (Granted, I did buy them on TDF, so I wasn't
TooTiredForThis said: "Parodies actually have requirements under the law to count as fair use, limiting how much one can use to what is necessary to make the point, and must make commentary on its source.
Sadly we have like 3 generations who have their parody education from Weird Al, who gets permission for his releases, and when he doesn't, may release them not for profit. The case that this was parody and not theft would... not be strong."
Does that
MITB Tony's Reactions Jun 10
2019, 08:45:39 AM
How exactly where they supposed to give a shout out to the show they were spoofing? “Hey, this is a parody of a number from Be More Chill!”
I’ve also never been a fan of Jen Tepper (the whole “follow your dreams and make it happen for you!” falls flat for me, a peer of hers, who had to following the paying jobs to continue surviving after graduating college right into a recession), so I’m not really surprised to see how bitter she’s been since the Tony nominations came out.
qolbinau said: "Yassssss love and respect and diversity and other nice sounding words.
I’ll go and listen to LuPone’s rainbow high and you can feel free to listen to Elena Roger’s. At the end of the day we need you to sing those notes gurl. It shouldn’t matter if you’re black OR white OR Asian OR Latinx. In fact, the idea that black and Asian people are excluded from this casting seems appalling. We can’t have a black Eva? We are living
Pose2 said: "Patti Lupone would be turned away, she is not a person of color. Diversity is pretty important, especially in art."
Not to be That Guy, but this is really more about inclusion, not diversity. Having an entirely Latinx cast is not diverse, but IS representative of the people whose story is being told. And, for Evita, is obviously the right way to go.
This is the same reason that schools that have a minority majority, like North Bergen High School o
