newintown said: "It's been said a million times before but - any director who thinks they know how to write better than their writer(s), ought to just write their own piece. O'Brian's actions here are the sort of thing every writer with any self-confidence and integrity abhors."
Same applies to writers who think they can direct better than directors.
ALLEGIANCE in Boston May 11
2018, 09:05:51 AM
Glad it found a life after the Broadway production. I do think it might fare infinitely times better if you put the show on this season given how tepid the new musicals are and the possibility that the political climate might have warmed up people for issues the show wrestled with.
LaneBryant said: "GeorgeandDot said: "VERY bad choice to cast the only black woman as the maid."
WAITRESS only lets Black Women play the fat role.
HAMILTON only lets dark-skinned Black women play Peg/Maria or Angelica ....point me to a dark-skinned Eliza - not a swing or a cover... it's never happened...
I could keep going but I'm already exhausted
There's a PLETHORA of Black women problems on Broadway. This i
I feel The Band's Visit has a tad too much comedy in the beginning. I loved it the second time after knowing what to expect, but the comedy part threw me off when I first saw it and didn't warm me up for the emotions that I was so taken by revisiting the show.
RippedMan said: "In Angels it's just his backside, no? At least it was in London. In the movie he gets naked. I never really think nudity is required in anything.
Also, the new Avengers movie is 2hrs 45mins. People are sitting through that just fine. So why can't people sit through a 2hour play? I don't get it?"
The proshot is different from the physical production in London, at least from what I remember. I think for obvious reasons they c
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SonofRobbieJ said: "Dancingthrulife2 said: "In Angels, if the actor playing Joe does not take off all of his clothes in a certain scene, he is not doing his job right--the scene requires nudity to make sense and work. In Boys, however, I don't see what Mantello is trying to achievethat scene by having Bomber go half nude other than some eye candy gimmicks. It takes the audience right out of the world of the play without a legit reason to do with."
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "musikman said: "Interesting since Brantley apparently was left very cold by My Fair Lady (I happen to agree with him)."
Let's not exaggerate what he said. He said "Might I interject that as much as I admired “My Fair Lady” for its conscientiousness in addressing the issue of women’s independence, the production left me cool if not cold."
The thing about nudity is, it should be a directional or dramaturgical choice that ultimately serves the play. In Angels, if the actor playing Joe does not take off all of his clothes in a certain scene, he is not doing his job right--the scene requires nudity to make sense and work. In Boys, however, I don't see what Mantello is trying to achieve that scene by having Bomber go half nude other than some eye candy gimmicks. It takes the audience right out of the world of the play
antonijan said: "Can a black Glinda happen in this lifetime?"
The Japanese audience has no problem seeing an Asian Glinda. I wonder why some countries have problem imagining a nonwhite actress as a green character.
What show do you have high hope for next season? May 8
2018, 06:19:41 AM
Would definitely love to see King Kong if they include the dinosaurs. I’m a sucker for the cutest animal to ever walk the earth—Tyrannosaurus Rex.
(Don't forget to deduct 10% to reach the net gross before you do the compare.)
From what I heard from a veteran Broadway producer, there are two ways royalties are calculated. The creatives can take either a certain percentage of weekly grosses or a higher percentage of the part above the water.
The original London cast offer some quite exciting performances, but they don't amount to much when the text constantly pulls them back to the bleak reality inundated by cheap laughters that I personally sneered at. The stage magic the same for all productions, except that the sheer size of Lyric makes Part I finale much less effective than it
Harry Hadden-Paton's interpretation of Higgins is so perfectly fitting that he doesn't steal Eliza's thunder when he shouldn't and does dazzle and charm when he should. I went back last week and was also amazed by how much his performance has improved since the early previews I attended. The last scene is now clearly a display of the change of power dynamics between Eliza and Higgins. Hadden-Paton's acting choices for the scene are pure perfection and add the much nee
I hope I could have her sitting near me in every performance so phones that aren't turned OFF will be snatched and smashed and folks in the audience making noises will be slapped and kicked out.
EthelMae said: "I don't know but I so wish Carole King would join the show! I know she has to be younger in the beginning of the show buta lot of wigs and costumes wouldhelp, and who would care? It would go through the roof, I think."
I don't think reliving this period of her life every night would be good for her mental health.
I saw the show last week and was aghast at how bad the American cast was. I wasn't wowed by all the London cast when I saw it two years ago, but at least no one stood out as bad. I couldn't believe what I was seeing when a totally clueless imposters of McGonagall and Snape were on the Lyric stage. It seemed as if they received little to no direction and had only read the first paragraph on their character's wikipedia page before being shoved onto the stage. The text
I watched the hbo version of Angels the other day, and absolutely hated the music in it. It is way too intrusive and this is not a play or a movie where your audience needs or wants to be told how to feel.
