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2019, 05:05:30 PM
I think we all knew stunt casting was coming, and the show has a large enough ensemble with one off numbers and characters that it will be easy to do going forward. My only real question is were none of the women of SNL free to do a months run in the adult women track?
I think Shaw's critique of Hamilton's audience make is spot on though, and how it truly will effects and hurts a performance of the show. I have a friend who is a teacher has been desperate to see the show since opening and just could never afford tickets. I saw online that a new block was going on sale a few months ago and mentioned it to her and said "If memory served me correctly the rear mezzanine was priced at only $69, at least that was true back when the show op
August: Osage County is honestly one of if not my favorite play that I have reread to many times to count, and even wrote a 10 page thesis paper on in college. The prologue alone, is so dense and filled with symbolism and foreshadowing for the entire play I find something new every time I read it.
The one problem I think any revival of the play will have when it is eventually revived is the play's run time. The official run time of the play is 3 hours and 10 min
joevitus said: "bdn223 said: "Yes, Evan is arguably one of the most difficult roles written for the Broadway stage"
Do you meanthisin terms of vocal requirements, acting or both?
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Both, in terms of acting, Evan is a horrible self centered person, and somehow has to make the audience like and sympathize with him. He's literally the antagonist of the musical. In terms of vocal....doesn't it really need to be explained?<
Jordan Fisher—DEH Dec 3
2019, 12:27:11 PM
I know half of you may not know who Jordan Fisher is, but this is most certainly stunt casting. First and foremost because it is being sold as a 16 week engagement with his final performance already announced. Second he’s taking over a he role during the traditionally slower period of Winter, and Dear Evan Hansen’s advance sales have softened in the past 6 months. My jaw nearly dropped when I got a mailer in September and another last month with a discount. Third is Fisher has a Gen Z following.
This is definitely going to be similar to the Barrow Street production of Sweeney Todd, where it will just keep extending with a "new set of stars" and depending on how they sell it will extended again. The production opened to glowing revues, and all involved had made it a point to say it will never transfer to Broadway.
If First Date hadn't already taken the concept, I think Taylor Swift would be really great at writing that type of musical.If there is one thing she is great at lyrically it is finding a poetic/relatable way to explain the the stages of love. Do I see her writing a big budget musical adaptation/comedy, probably not. I do see her writing something more along the lines of Tom Kit and Brian Yorkey, Jason Robert Brown, or Dave Malloy, smaller character driven musicals.
Frozen 2 might actually spark life into its Broadway adaptation after all. For a week where most shows are down, its surprises me Frozen is actually up. Side note I know the move came out on Friday, hence the connection.
Mike Barrett said: "Exactly, it’s not like Beetlejuice needs to close right now lol. Let’s see how it does in January/February, that’s going to really show how strong the pull is for this show. If it’s still going strong then and come March/Early April theeeennn idk what’s going to happen haha"
The question is if Beetlejuice hasn't missed its nut twice before end of Winter/early Spring, will Rudin have to pay to relocat
I am wondering is Grande wanted Alyssa to be beefed up for the movie, and Murphy turned her down causing her to walk.
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2019, 01:08:14 PM
As the reigning Best Musical winner Hadestown will get a spot on NBC, I would also assume Beetlejuice, Tootsie, and Ain’t to Proud will get spots. Moulin Rouge should get a spot, as its a new powerhouse, which I would guess would push Tootsie to CBS? On CBS, I expect Frozen, Mean Girls, The Lightning Thief, and whichever 2018-2019 musical still running gets the boot from NBC so likely Tootsie or Beetlejuice.
It honestly wouldn’t surprise me if Disney Theatrical was partially footing the bill for this in some way. As Disney owns the IP rights to the film via Touchstone, entitling Disney Theatrical to a producing credit for the original production, it does make some sense that they would be involved in some way. I think more then likely Disney will be footing the bill of the filming of the production for Disney+, as it would we a win on multiple levels for them: 1) More content for Disne
How dare Tootsie play to $1M+ during a holiday week!! Also it just goes to show how much of a barn the marquee is and/or how high ticket prices have risen that Tootsie can break a million dollars, but only sell 62% of its gross potential.
Markie27 said: "I think Fun Home was theonly musical that recouped that season."
You are correct. Fun Home was the only musical that opened during the 2014-2015 season, that formally announced a recoupment of its capitalization during its Broadway run. An American In Paris, announced they were expecting to recoup their investment when they posted their closing notice in June of 2016 for a January 2017 closing, b
dramamama611 said: "Once grosses drop consistently below 5 or 6 hundred k a week, THEN you can worry. It grossed 1.8 MILLION bucks last week - it's fine, and will be for quite some time."
I know Wicked has been running for nearly 16 years at this point, but I thinks its running costs have to be at least $750K a week. Its a big musical, an even if the producers have their running costs down to a science in terms of efficiency, after such a long run,
bk said: "It wouldn't matter if they'd waited five years, because the exact same outraged people in this thread would be posting then and let me tell you how little that matters in the scheme of things.
But it's fun to judge a show prior to knowing a single thing about it, not to mention judging a person based on what you've read. I'm not a judge and I'm not a jury - I have no idea if the allegations are real or not real. I have no idea if this will
Bigserver1 said: "I mean "Leaving Neverland" was already taken...
This sounds like a trainwreck. Hard pass for me (as is the case for most Bio musicals,personally)."
The only real bio musical I would really want to see, as most come off as revues with a barebones plot, is Britney Spears, but only if a majority of the plot takes place in 2007. Call it Lucky, as the song is literally foreshadows her life story, ironically enou
Kad said: "JBroadway said: "If I can get a dirt cheap ticket to this, I’ll CONSIDER seeing it for 1 reason, and 1 reason only: Lynn Nottage. She is the only ray of hope that this project has, if they allow her any creative freedom, that is."
I had hoped that Nottage would mitigate the tone-deaf nature of this project, but that interview in the Times did not fill me with confidence.
Laura Osnes (This one worked soley on the chemistry and playfulness of Osnes and Santino Fontana)
The ones that work best are the ones where the actor/actress essentially creates a Curb Your Enthusiasm, style heightened caricature of themselves. I'd say Ms Osnes is the exception to this as she's just such a nice and genuine person, but
