In my early forties is when I saw SJB in Fort Lauderdale. She brought me to my love of theater and belting. I think that day in 200? was when she found out she would be singing for Schoneberg and Boublil. She nailed Elphaba and brought me to musical theater as a life passion at this ripe old age. Had seen Rent and Phantom and loved them, but nothing ever made me a fan like her.
The Mrs. has been watching that video on a loop, I'm uninterested, she's planning a Boston trip. There hasn't been a show that makes me want to make the trip to NY in a while.
This thread seems nuts to me. I don't see that many shows as all of you folks but of the last 10 there was Hedwig, Fun Home, and Falsetto's. I invited my sister in NY to two of these and now she suspects I might be gay.
Thinking of maybe going to Chicago for The Cher Show. I assume Hamilton is sold out for those dates, is there anything akin to the cancellation line in NY and does anyone have experience?
'Little sense of rhythm and character, over-enunciated and proper, I kept cringing. First time I've ever thought the writing sounded like Pretend Theatre Rap.'
"And I’ve grown to like Block over the years, but she’s hardly long overdue for a Tony. She has 2 nominations. She was good in Boy from Oz, Drood, and Falsettos. But her performances in Pirate Queen and 9 to 5 were hardly Tony worthy. She’s a phenomenal singer. I’ve always felt she is a bit wooden in the acting department. Her warmth and humor offstage somehow doesn’t transfer."
Pirate Queen was a mistake, Stephanie was unbelievable, and I think
Really q, please, open your mind, someday someone will play this role better than Platt and it might be this guy. This show wasn't a hit because of Ben Platt.
"Just out of curiosity, what didn't you like about 20th Century, South Florida? It sort of sticks out in your list of otherwise modern shows."
I have been to maybe 50 shows. I forget what I saw that week but they were all infinitely better. I do not remember one song. It seems strange that people would hate on Anything Goes which was the same kind of thing, liked that a lot more. 50-75
