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Winning the  Jun 13 2018, 09:09:43 PM

1970 Best Play: Borstal Boy

Yet "Child's Play" won 5:

Best Actor Fritz Weaver

Featured Actor Ken Howard

Director Joseph Hardy

Scenery +

Lighting (the first year this category was awarded) both won by Jo Mielziner

 

Go figure.



Coco - OBC Album  Jun 10 2018, 10:40:17 AM

The exchange about Sebastian went:

"Is he homosexual?"

"Oh, he's beyond that."

 

Also at some point soon after the tour closed Ginger Rodgers did a stock tour (with the original costumes) that played large venues. It did business basically because of her.



NY Daily News on Audience Members Falling at CURSED CHILD  May 16 2018, 08:17:37 PM

On the other hand anything that would cause John Simon and Terry Teachout not to go to the theatre is okay by me.



What Broadway theatre has the biggest stage?  Mar 17 2018, 09:13:47 AM

Of the "old" Broadway houses, I have always read that the largest stage belongs, somewhat oddly, to the Al Hirschfeld.



The Most Thankless Roles in Musical Theatre  Feb 9 2018, 09:49:38 AM

Jeff in Bells Are Ringing

Nick in Funny Girl; Everyone I have met who has done the show agrees Nick Arnstein is the most thankless role in musical theatre.

In some sort of coincidence, both of these roles were originated by Sydney Chaplin.



Any info on Terri Klausner, the original Evita alternate?  Feb 4 2018, 05:58:34 PM

A friend was at Catholic Univ the same time  as Terri Klausner. She has commented that Terri was talented AND nice as an undergraduate. She has only good things to say about her. For one soprano to praise another speaks volumes.



ARI: 1971 musical based on "Exodus" - anyone here see it?  Nov 1 2017, 04:46:29 PM

I caught the last preview in Philly which was probably the second performance. The previous poster used the word 'flat' and that about sums it up. It wasn't good, but it wasn't awful, but it wasn't good. It sort of laid there. Exodus is just not a good idea for a musical.

The cast was good although Ari probably torpedoed David Cryer's (father of Jon) career as a (very hunky) leading man, and also that of  Constance Towers. John Savage who did go on to a mov


Audra in Applause  Jul 21 2017, 12:00:50 PM

There is a flaw with this proposal which would was originally revealed in the Encores production with Christine Ebersole a few years back.

Why cast a major singing star in a show that was specifically tailored to a star (Bacall) who wasn't really a singer and had a range of about an octave?

The Encores production revealed the many weaknesses of Applause. It is a good vehicle, but as a show it is lacking.

Applause is best left in memory.

 

 


Looking for 1 $30 ticket for Assassins 7/12  Jul 12 2017, 06:59:18 AM

Your best bet should this appeal not work, would be to go to City Center tomorrow and scour the crowd for someone with an extra ticket. This often works.There always seem to be people with extras.



CANDIDE and COMET  Jun 13 2017, 04:37:56 PM

There is a coffee table book of this production of Candide with many photos (B&W and color) along with the Hugh Wheeler script and the multitudes' lyrics. Leafing through this book will give you an idea of how extensive the renovation and reconfiguring of the Broadway actually was. There is a copy for sale on abebooks.com for $79.05. Perhaps a library has a copy someplace.

The poster who said no seat in the Broadway remained where it was is correct. There was seating on the mai


Live TV Musicals Overload?  May 12 2017, 08:50:12 PM

Granted this is a lot of Broadway, but it could also be locking up the broadcast rights to various shows before somebody else does.



First  May 5 2017, 03:34:11 PM

Grand Hotel; the Musical was about the first show using the appended clarification that actually ran.



Riedel on the Rebecca civil trial  Apr 26 2017, 11:47:50 AM

The big three theatre landlords invest in shows so they will be able to see the books. Sometimes the investment is not direct; examples being covering the union bonds and their own theatre bonds.



Remembering ANYA, the Other Anastasia Musical  Apr 25 2017, 03:20:50 PM

Trivia: the first voice heard  on the cast recording, a soprano singing the melody of A Quiet Place on "Ah", is the late Diane Tarleton.

Diane  created the roles of Laurel and the Torch Singer in the Off-Broadway productions of Torch Song Trilogy. Before being produced as a Trilogy, the first two plays were produced separately. When the show moved to Broadway, because of the running time, she had to pick one role or the other and chose Laurel.

Diane died


Irene  Jan 1 2017, 03:50:46 PM

I saw Irene in Philly and it was a pile of mediocrity. The cast was fine, but the book and songs just didn't gel.There was no magic and with a vehicle as lightweight as Irene, you're going to want some magic. Right after I saw it, the shake-up began.

Debbie put on her big girl pants and said to the producers to fire Gielgud (which cost a fortune since they had to pay him his royalties during the entire run of the show), hire Gower Champion (also an expensive proposition; Gower


Singing in the Rain Revival?  Dec 15 2016, 11:21:31 AM

Cutting to another reason for a 'delay'; this show just isn't that good. The best number in the original was the title song which used the original choreography from the film and was done to a recorded track because the sound equipment would work in the (very expensive) rain storm on stage.

The rest of the show is sustained mediocrity at best.

It would be better all around to show the 1952 film on TCM once a week for a year.



Gyllenhaal and Ashford to open SUNDAY at The Hudson  Dec 13 2016, 02:39:36 PM

Okay, with a total renovation this question will be tough to answer until we actually see the theatre.

 

But I do have a (very) old copy of Stubs which had seating charts of the Broadway theatres. 

 

The chart for the Hudson is Orchestra AA and then A-T.

Mezz overhangs orch row L. There are 8 rows in the mezz, A-H

Balcony overhangs mezz row B and also has 8 rows, A-H.

There is no total capacity given nor are there any boxes on th


I Need Jake Gyllenhaal To Play Bobby  Oct 28 2016, 09:38:30 PM

Jake as Bobby is actually a very good idea, but can he dance? 

 

If anything, that's your deal breaker.



an Actor/Musician version of A Little Night Music?  Oct 21 2016, 09:50:28 AM

To steal a line from the great Walter Kerr, this is "a bad idea gone wrong".



Story you've always wanted to see become a musical?  Oct 13 2016, 11:41:05 AM

The film of the novel "My Brilliant Career" is shaped like a musical. And it has a dynamite lead role for a woman.



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