LxGstv said: "I really enjoyed Alison’s take on the roles, the interaction on the bench with Dr. Pomatter was by far the most flirtatious, IMO. I didn’t see Shoshana though."
Ooh, I'm excited. I think Shoshana and Jeremy sold the sexy scenes that were more broadly comedic but otherwise they had an awkward energy. There's only a 7 year age difference but they came across like a guy and the woman who used to babysit him. "You Matter to Me"
poisonivy2 said: "Is Alison Luff the feisty funny Jenna (like Jessie, Sara, and Shoshana) or the sad, winsome Jenna of Betsy, Kat McPhee, and Nicolette Robinson? Both can work."
I'm surprised you would put Jessie in the feisty funny category. When I saw it she seemed either cold or perpetually on the verge of tears. Her Jenna seemed shell-shocked and nervous.
Sara is the only one who captured that sassy seen-it-all waitress attitude. She was perfect
How do people feel about subscribing? This is the first season when I've wanted to see all three shows. If I'm probably going to end up in the balcony anyway, should I just buy the tickets now and pay roughly $44/ticket or is it better to wait for TDF or Goldstar?
FlyHigh523 said: "ND_2000 said: "Luff's run was criminally short!"
I agree. If you’re gonna stunt cast like this, why not just let Stephanie Torns take over until you announce Jordan’s run. Ugh. They jipped Alison Luff so much."
GreasedLightning said: "I love the shadow of the plant about to devour a human and blood stains on Little Shop.
I wouldn’t exactly call that logo treatment “light” ..."
In general I like the Playbill cover but I would make some tweaks. I didn't even notice what the shadow was depicting until I read what you wrote. The stark white makes it feel like it's happening in the dentist's office and all the background colors aside from
This is so exciting! With the creative team and cast this has jumped to the head of the pack of new musical offerings in a lackluster season. I'm a little hesitant about the idea of an LSD musical portraying real life people but if everyone is bringing their best... why not? A lot of great shows sound strange at first.
I like Tom Kitt's work aside from Superhero. I assume he'll have to incorporate some pastiche because of the time period so that should be interesting.
I can't stand the movie because of the lip-syncing. Somehow it works in The King and I but is way too distracting in MFL. That said, I don't think they need to drastically rewrite the story for a new film. They just need to capture the magic that the closing cast with Laura Benanti (minus Harry... I saw it with his alternate) had. That production fully understood how to present the material in 2019 without changing too much. Eliza and Alfred are really the keys to getting it righ
Jordan Catalano said: "There’s also “Soapdish” and another one I can’t remember."
Without great reviews/word of mouth I feel like that would do worse than Tootsie. Is there a huge audience for that IP?
That said, I would gag over a Death Becomes Her or Clue musical. But without stellar material I can't see those attracting a huge audience on name recognition alone.
I have no idea what I thought was going to happen. Somehow I was expecting casting that would recapture the magic of the original cast without knowing exactly who I wanted them to cast. But with the announcement of a West End transfer, my interest has plummeted. Will I still see it? 100% But my expectations are so low. Maybe it's just that it's such an American story, I wish it was being led by one of the many amazing American musical theater actresses. Or at least if Cynthia Errivo w
I get that Betrayal wants to sell their name talent but I'm not sure why they went with headshots where the actors clearly weren't in the same room at the same time.
Slave Play is... a choice. I don't know if it's just my laptop but it's hard to focus my eyes. The combination of the colors and the way the words are barely outlined and that odd alignment is visually unpleasant. I don't know if that's intentional or bad graphic design.
disneybroadwayfan22 said: "NievesG said: "The lottery is now open :) Good luck to all!"
Ditto! Just entered for regular and ADA!"
Can you do that? The rules are unclear. I didn't want to be disqualified for entering too many times but I wanted to enter the Senior Accessibility lottery for my parents so they don't have to download another app they'll never use again.
Mrs. Doubtfire: I had mixed opinions of Something Rotten and yet knowing it's the same writing team, I'm not turned off. With all the recent movie adaptations, good word of mouth could definitely push this forward.
Marie: The topic interests me and I want only the best for Ahrens and Flaherty. But the songs I've heard sound too much like the newer material in Anastasia for my comfort.
A Strange Loop: I don't think it's meant to transfer to Broadway. It's
orangeskittles said: "The real tree-killer with playbills is all the ads. The actual show-specific content in a playbill isonly about 10 pages.
This. I'm not hating on them wanting to sell ad space to make money or to publish articles and interviews that I'm sure someone puts a lot of care into. But that's what is really bulking up a basic program. Everything is digital is a nonsense argument. Many people want the souvenir and having digital Playbills just
I got a jolt seeing how low that Waitress number has gotten. If they want to finish strong, maybe they will have to bring Sara back.
The relatively lower attendance at Cher seems to suggest that it's not about ticket price or anything... there just wasn't enough interest in a show about Cher. As a fan of Cher and the show, I'm disappointed but admittedly you would get the most out of it if you at least knew most of the songs, if not the details her life, going in.<
Sunny11 said: "The 2020 Democratic candidate wouldn’t have any links to Bill Clinton though. It’s not like an undecided voter will think- ohI am not going to vote democrat because of the antics of the president of 20 years ago.
Turn on Fox News any day and count how many times they say Hillary or Clinton. Yes, even now. I'm in the camp of thinking this is terrible timing.
There's no way a theater is ever going to be more important than the show it's housing.
The New Amsterdam is gorgeous. I don't particularly want to see Aladdin again but I wish I could take a tour of it. The Broadway is always going to be the place I saw Doctor Zhivago twice in the same week. I've grown attached to the Brooks Atkinson because of Waitress but I feel like I've just gotten lucky with seats and it doesn't have the best sightlines. The Imperial
