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Is it possible to reclaim the Hellinger...  May 7 2018, 04:46:23 PM

HogansHero said: "yes, in the sense that the Dutch could reclaim Manhattan."

Once this happened, the Lenape could reclaim Manahatta!

 



A very detailed discourse on THE BOYS IN THE BAND  Apr 27 2018, 05:54:35 PM

newintown said: "The linked piece really isn't material to the conversation here, I think - it reads like a freshman essay, andone from an agricultural state college, to boot. But it canat least trigger more interesting thought."

Hey, newintown - I did a search and you are correct, the author went to that well-known agricultural state college the UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO!

 



ASPECTS OF LOVE Original Tour  Apr 24 2018, 02:52:50 AM

The lyrics  for "Love Changes Everything" are generic and bland.  They you nothing about the character because they are not specific to the character who sings the song.  The music is not interesting, it just repeats and repeats going nowhere.



HEAD OVER HEELS at the Curran - Reviews  Apr 24 2018, 12:30:35 AM

antonijan said: "

World premiere."

No, the show's World Premiere was at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2015!

 

 



SUMMER Reviews  Apr 24 2018, 12:26:33 AM

Sara Holdren lost any credibility she had as a critic.  If a show bashes men, she's as happy as a clam.

http://www.vulture.com/2018/04/the-spangly-pleasures-of-summer-the-donna-summer-musical.html



SAINT JOAN (2018) Previews  Apr 4 2018, 02:27:29 AM

WhizzerMarvin said: "

Much fault also needs to lie with the play itself, which is often too talky for its own good. Shaw seems much less interested in telling Joan’s story than wanting to expose hypocrisy and corruption in the church and politics, which is all well and good, but Joan often doesn’t even feel like the main character. Sure, she’s talked about an awful lot, but the play is rarely told from her perspective, but rather from that of the church.<


NYCC Grand Hotel  Mar 25 2018, 06:50:32 PM

Grand Hotel is an ensemble show.  No one in the original production were big names and look how long the show ran.

Mandy has never been known for his dancing.

I've always thought of Ben Brantley as a stunt reviewer.



THE ICEMAN COMETH (2018) Previews  Mar 22 2018, 01:55:48 PM

The Iceman Cometh is a ONE SET show!



MY FAIR LADY (2018) Previews  Mar 22 2018, 01:49:47 PM

About Lauren Ambrose -

She is also a trained opera singer who studied voice and opera at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.

Ambrose is the lead singer of "Lauren Ambrose and the Leisure Class", a ragtime dixieland jazz band formed in 2009. They have performed several times at Joe's Pub and charity events.

 



ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE Reviews  Mar 16 2018, 03:32:43 AM

Keep in mind, when After Eight saw Mary, Mary, he or she fell to his or her knees in ecstasy.  Some have wondered if it was an orgasm!



RISE  Mar 14 2018, 01:35:40 AM

The show is based on DRAMA HIGH The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater by Michael Sokolove.  The teacher is Lou Volpe who came out as gay.  The school is Henry S Truman High School in Levittown, PA.  Sir Cameron Mackintosh makes an appearance in the book when he comes to see the school's production of Les Miz.

The book is very good. I give it two thumbs way way up!



CAROUSEL (2018) Previews  Mar 2 2018, 02:29:54 AM

 Dear Sally Durant Plummer: You wrote -
I'm not saying that all shows should deal with this every time we cast someone not white in a role. There are many shows - Hello, Dolly!, She Loves Me, etc. - that are just great fun and everyone deserves a chance to play those roles. I just don think that is true of Carousel, when the only actors of POC are cast as Billy and Jigger."

Have you seen this production?  If you did, were


Michael Riedel is Leaving the New York Post  Mar 1 2018, 02:54:00 AM

ErikJ972 said: "haterobics said: "qolbinau said: "It is more complex these days - so called left-wing ‘progressives’ claim to hold progressive values but then go on to defend the most right-wing, sexist homophobic belief system on earth. It is indeed very hard these days to tell the values someone holds based on their political ideas when it’s full of inconsistency/contradiction."

Do you have some sort of Google alert that lets


CAROUSEL (2018) Previews  Mar 1 2018, 02:43:48 AM

I'm surprised by the posts by the musical mavens and some of the wanna be mavens.  You don't know Carousel. The three major productions were choreographed  by people from the ballet world. The original was choreographed by Agnes De Mille.  The National Theatre production was choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan.  This production is choreographed by Justin Peck.

If you live in a musical comedy bubble, you probably don't know Justin Peck's work. Go t


LOVE NEVER DIES - US Tour  Feb 19 2018, 02:08:29 AM

Most of the reviews for LOVE NEVER DIES say the story doesn't make sense.  Many of the comments posted here agree.

Poor ALW can't make up his mind if LND is or is not a sequel to Phantom.

Except for the Prologue which takes place in 1911, Phantom takes place in 1881.  LND takes place in 1907. ALW claims LND takes place 10 years after Phantom. Really? One would assume ALW knows how to add.

No wonder Phantom fans feel ripped of BY LND.



So...is Broadway not dimming its lights for Jan Maxwell  Feb 17 2018, 03:50:35 AM

I do remember the Rivers  controversy.  It was wrong to dim them for her; it's wrong to not dim them for Jan.



So...is Broadway not dimming its lights for Jan Maxwell  Feb 17 2018, 01:38:22 AM

Joan Rivers wrote and starred in TWO Broadway FLOPS!  The first ran for 9 performance and the second ran for 50.  She was a replacement in Broadway Bound.  Those were her Broadway credits.  Lights were dimmed for her.  Good figure.

Dim For Jan!



THE SECRET GARDEN Revival Set for 2018-2019 Season  Feb 13 2018, 01:57:09 AM

The major flaw of the musical is the focus is on the adults not the children!



Millie Reunion Concert (reactions)  Feb 13 2018, 01:50:50 AM

This show was dated when it opened in 2002!

Urinetown should have won Best Musical.

Here's the 2002 New York Times review. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/19/movies/theater-review-all-right-everyone-smile.html



LOVE NEVER DIES - US Tour  Feb 6 2018, 02:44:42 AM

HunterK said: "chernjam said: "Had to laugh realizing that LND is playing tonight in Boston... Obviously theatre people didn't realize this was Super Bowl Sunday and that the Patriots would be in the game. Have to imagine lots of discounts for tonight's performance"

That is why and how I am going!! For me seeing a show is the gay man's Super Bowl!!
"

What  a cliche!  There are gay men who like musicals and football!


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