I'm afraid dimming the lights of central Manhattan's most prominent entertainment venues cannot be considered a "private" tribute.
The dimming of the lights has always signified respect from the theatre community. Just because a small group got to judge who deserved the tribute, does not make it "private".
Turning the dimming "into a competition" is precisely what happened as soon as unity was broken. By quantifying the relative
This is a time when we should be thinking thoughts of love and honour for Ms Mazzie- we should not have to be complaining at the poor taste of those who are meant to represent the community.
PS I've not noticed the tribute on the BWW header before either but I think it is very fitting and I'm very glad it was done.
Nobody has mentioned yet the new director/ choreographer, whose Strictly Ballroom for Global Creatures has just flopped massively in the West End.
His productions are typically cluttered with over-busy chorus business and weak story-telling. Neither producers nor director have yet managed to successfully tell a story of this scale on stage. A musical is so much more complex than a dinosaur theme show.
I saw it twice in London and was hugely moved by it.
It's a pity American audiences won't get to see Shirley Henderson, Debbie Kurup and especially the astonishing Sheila Atim, but I hope it is a huge success: given the powers behind this show, I think a transfer is inevitable.
This story has never intended to explore issues of trans-gender: Mrs Doubtfire is a disguise assumed by a man, just he might disguise himself as a French person or a bear. Just like in classic Restoration comedies such as 'The Rivals', the comedy comes from the vicarious thrill that the disguise might be blown. Additionally, a man who has no desire to become a woman, does a poor and thereby amusing impression of a matronly lady. In no way at all does this reflect the
I was watching The Cheap Detective for the umpteenth time this morning and Murder by Death is one of my favourite flat-out comedies. Mr Simon gave a great deal of pleasure to this world.
