Profile for Sorry-Grateful

I noticed today that the Hamilton lottery states that entries from "disposable email addresses will be discarded."

This feels like a bluff unless there is some way that a third-party like the lotto software has access to when email addresses were created and/or how often they are used. How would the software that runs the lottery be able to determine which emails are disposable and which are not? How would they be able to ascertain the difference between a rarely-use

Marianne2 said: "Something that just occurred to me to those complaining and claiming people buying multiple copies of Playbills just to sell. Maybe there were some people doing that, but some people make artwork with them. Like I bought something from a vendor at Broadwaycon in 2016 that involved Playbills. And the Broadway Green Alliance was selling flowers made out of them. So, maybe people should think before judging people for multiple purchases of same thing. Besides, if they g

Jordan Catalano said: "I think you underestimate those burly men's reasoning for buying Playbills. Burly men are some of the biggest theater queens alive and Playbills don't sell for anything at all hardly."

As a queen myself, I can say these were no mere theater lovers. And unfortunately there is a market for Playbills. Sought after shows, especially ones that closed early or had a key cast member leave early in the run, can sell for alot.

The

The most frustrating thing about Flea this year was the amount of people who were obviously, even blatantly, buying up Playbills to re-sell. I watched a grown ass man in his late 40's/early 50's with all the hallmarks of  a re-seller (huge pile of Playbills for purchase, picking multiples of everything, distinct lack of joy or humanity) find three identical copies of Newsies early in the morning. A teen girl also looking through the Playbill boxes screamed, said "I

Of all the shows nominated that year, Caroline, or Change deserved to win. It was the most well crafted musical of the bunch. If the Tony's are about awarding excellence in theater (they are not), Caroline is the clear winner.

That being said, I prefer Wicked to Avenue Q any day of the week. Avenue Q's jokes are stale after any repeat viewing, and so much of the show is based on the most yawn-worthy cliches (closeted gay man loves his roommate LOLOLOL, so new and fresh). It mistakes po

The thing about Riedel that's always left a bad taste in my mouth is the glee with which he wants to see shows fail (and fail spectacularly) well before the show has even opened. If a show is bad, write a bad review. But Riedel will attach himself to a show in development that he finds particularly offensive, or opposed to his sensibilities, or produced by someone he has a beef with, or with a good enough chance of being popular that he can milk his contrarian dislike for drama and page v

Theater3232 said: "It is not reasonable to expect someone to leave home 3 hours early just in the "off chance" there is a severe delay (that happens just a couple of times per year)."

It IS reasonable for theaters to put policies in place that prioritize the needs of audience members already in the theater over those arriving late. It doesn't matter the reason you show up late. It can be entirely out of your ha

I have no sympathy at all for people who show up late to a theater and aren't immediately allowed to go into the house. It happens sometimes--anyone who sees theater regularly has shown up late to a theater at least once--but the priority of the front of house staff needs to always be on the audience members already seated inside the theater. When you have to climb over several people to reach that center orchestra seat, you affect several dozen people around you. You block the view to th