Yes, its very similar. I don’t think they went with showing only the darkest skinned cast members on the marquee though. It really confuses me considering half of the cast should be white, and one of the biggest complaint
West Side Story Revival Marquee-What are they thinking? Aug 22
2019, 06:47:35 PM
Has anyone else seen the upcoming West Side Story revivals new Marquee up at the Broadway? Its on par with Tootsies original marquee in terms of boring and bland, and in my opinion ugly. Its literally just a close up photo collage what I assume are members of the cast, with what Id guess is Arial font over it, spelling out West Side Story. Dont get me wrong, I like it when people try something new, but considering West Side Story has one of the most iconic marquees, nearly all productions
n2nbaby said: "Holy crap, you weren’t kidding about the ticket prices. Premium is $149 and most orchestra are $99-$115. Interesting. I wish other shows would follow suit."
As stated in other threads, to the point I sound like a broken record, but Frozen has have major issues building up its advance. If you looked on ticketmaster for a ticket this week on Monday, Frozen had probably only sold between 30%-50% of its tickets for the week. When the week is over tho
It will most certainly be a revival, but Paula Vogel will be and deemed eligible of the award/be one of the marquee recipients of the award alongside the productions lead producers if the production happens to win Best Revival. Thus she won't have to pay the $2K to receive her statuette.
Its the John Cameron Mitchell/Hedwig Rule, that allowed Mart Crowely to be nominated and win for The Boys in the Band, and Kenneth Lonergan to be nominated for
BritCrit said: "The Prom and Be More Chill ended on a high.
As for Tootsie... to quote a line from one of the songs... “Ya really f***ed it up...”
It’s interesting that two musicals with somewhat uncertain long-term prospects (Frozen and Beetlejuice) could survive the autumn doldrums pretty well, because Beetlejuice will benefit from Halloween themed marketing, whilst the growing hype for Frozen 2 could help the Broadway version gain an Aladdin
darreyl102 said: "^I was speaking to the poster who said that Queen would knock the s*** out of 'poor unfortunate souls', something I've never seen her be able to do live. I'm fully aware of the history of the song, and it doesn't have to be as big as it was on Broadway but I'm saying that I don't see the tifa doing anything but the okay performance she usually does when she sings"
Sherie Rene Scott, ruined the enjoyment of me listen
ABC’s The Little Mermaid LIVE Aug 6
2019, 01:44:02 PM
The announcement reads like they will likely be including some aspects of the Broadway production, which if I had to guess would be the costumes. Yes everyone laughed at the heelys, but other than that and flounder’s over-sized T-shirt, the costumes were quite beautiful in my opinion. It was the set and props that were an eyesore with so much mother of pearl paint, everything looked like plastic. In addition to the uninspired staging that caused the reimagined act two climax to be one of the big
Miles2Go2 said: "IAMREADING said: "CapnHook said: "How about you just sit back, be an active listener, and watch the show. Why do you need to distract yourself and others during the show?"
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I believe CapnHook is referring to the bolder section of your original post:
Hi! Forgive me if discussed, I tried to search. Ihave noticed that when I see shows lately the Playbill does not list the songs (in orde
Pashacar said: "AntV said: "This is closing too soon. Sales have picked up this summer and it's doing much better than all the other shows that are closing soon. Some may say it's simply a rush to see it before it closes, but I think the netflix movie announcement and casting helped create interest in the show."
Agree, it’s been a notablytougher ticket lately than it has been in months, more than just your typical closing bump. Would have b
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Let the show be the star.
They've made the commitment to these actors for the pre-Bway engagements, it would besillyto re-cast now. This group of women is going to be a tight, cohesive ensemble, the kind that you wouldn't get from 5 Bway rehearsal weeks. It clearly ain't broke. "Theatre names" are virtually meaningless at the box office; this running cost will be lean and mean, like a play -- probably about 400k
Alice Ripley Jul 23
2019, 11:26:44 AM
As others have said its her performance in Next to Normal set the theater-world ablaze. Her voice though is most certainly not everyone’s cup of tea. It has a raspy folk singer-songwriter quality that doesn’t fit with most legit scores. I would honestly compare it to Elane Stritch in terms of its uniqueness, except Alice Ripley can actually sing. Alice Ripley is also much more of a acting driven musical theater actor, then a singing driven musical theater actor. In saying this I mean, her perfor
Jul 17
2019, 10:49:46 AM
Considering there are no announced musicals with original scores this season, it makes sense that Webber would want to rush this to Broadway, and pull off another Sunset Blvd Tony win. The only musicals with original scores that are currently circling Broadway are Six and Mrs Doubtfire, neither of which have the clout involved to guarantee a theater for themselves come spring, compared to Mr. Webber.
Ado Annie D'Ysquith said: "If MOANA does become a full-length Broadway spectacle, it will undoubtedly go the FROZEN route and have a ton of new material written for the adaptation. It's not like Lin-Manuel Miranda is afraid of hard work...Lol
I agree that I'd love to see more young performer versions of "classic" shows. I think Tams-Witmark recently released a kids' version of ANYTHING GOES, which is fascinating to me. That being said, keep the JR
DramaTeach said: "^ Not a little late for that as I’ve been thinking this since I saw it last year. Lots of their company decisions recently have felt misguided. Not sure where the “magic” went."
The root of the problem with Frozen's production, is that it didn't follow the successful model Schumacher instituted after the quick demises of Tarzan and The Little Mermaid. After both shows
DramaTeach said: "This is just my opinion, and people will definitely disagree, but here we go. I do not wish anyone job loss, but on some level I’d like to see Frozen not do well. The additional songs were not good and the lack of artistic merit and creativity was disappointing. Disney needs to step up their game (or realize that Broadway is a better place for something with depth like Hunchback). We’ll see about Hercules. There’s a lot of potential there.&quo
The fact that Frozen somehow managed to be up for the week seems like a positive sign for the production going forward. I know we've all been very speculative of Frozen's long term viability. Its grosses have dropped by 35% year over year, making it appear to be another critic-proof juggernaut that is able to build up a massive advance before opening to luke-warm or negative review, and isn't able to sustain itself once that initial adva
I think the issue a lot of people forget when it comes to dream casting of Ursula, is that SHE IS A MIDDLE AGED 'WOMAN'. Most of the names mentioned are in their late 20s and early 30s. Ursula is canonically based on Broadway and the original script King Titon's younger sister. He is canonically 1000+ years old, but looks like a man in his 50s. Thus Ursula should be in a similar age range as whoever is cast as Triton. Thus a middle aged woman/drag queen wo
IdinaBellFoster said: "I'm shocked people thought the original cast had any chance of being in this.
Also - Meryl sounded great in INTO THE WOODS. If she can do "Last Midnight" in the studio, she can handle THE PROM."
Many including myself who is involved the IP were under the impression it was going to be a filmed performance alla Passing Strange, or a minimally staged film like the NBC and Fox live musicals. This is in part due to
