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Member Name: ljay889
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Birthday: 8 - 28
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Profile: I love Sondheim


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Lea Michele Back To Broadway?  May 3 2018, 01:50:20 PM
I know a lot of you can’t stand her, but I always find her very enjoyable on Watch What Happens Live.

Kiss Of The Spider Woman 25th Anniversary  May 2 2018, 07:28:50 PM
I wonder what happened with the reading with Audra and Pasquale?

Official 2018 TONY Nominations Thread  May 1 2018, 10:40:23 AM
some of you think Come From Away would beat The Band’s Visit? Uhh, really??

Post Your Final 2018 Tony Nomination Predictions!  Apr 30 2018, 09:01:12 PM
This is really a dreadful season for musicals.

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/29/18  Apr 30 2018, 03:44:13 PM

22 years later, I'm pretty amazed by Chicago's gross.

Also, I assumed McPhee would be a slightly bigger draw for Waitress.

Skylar Astin, Betsy Wolfe, Michael Urie, and More to Lead Kennedy Center's HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING  Apr 30 2018, 02:48:31 PM

I can't imagine there's any intention for a transfer, whatsoever. 

The Bette Midler version of Gypsy is up there with the best productions of this show.  Apr 14 2018, 09:22:46 PM

David10086 said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "Wasn't Tyne originally going to reprise her performance in the television version? Herweak vocalsaside, now that would've been an intense performance.

No. Gypsy Rose Lee's son Erik Lee Preminger had been trying to get this Bette Midler version going for about 10 years before one of the rights holders: Arthur Laurents, finally agreed to this CBS TV movie adaptation as it would be faithful word-by-word to h

The Bette Midler version of Gypsy is up there with the best productions of this show.  Apr 14 2018, 12:09:46 PM

I find no intensity and passion in Midler's performance. Her performance feels lazy and often campy. It might a direction issue, but it's not a great performance. Wasn't Tyne originally going to reprise her performance in the television version? Her weak vocals aside, now that would've been an intense performance. 

MOULIN ROUGE will be finally be a stage musical  Apr 4 2018, 12:05:44 PM
So exciting!!

Andrew Lloyd Weber tribute on NBC  Mar 28 2018, 11:01:19 PM
It was regarding Phantom and making sure Hal wanted to direct it. He told Hal “you’ve done all the Steve Sondheim shows, and they aren’t romances.”

Andrew Lloyd Weber tribute on NBC  Mar 28 2018, 10:43:50 PM
Of course there was slight Sondheim shade, lol.

Douglas Hodge - Yay or Nay?  Mar 26 2018, 10:32:30 PM

qolbinau said: "La Cage - Yay (except what is up with the weird autotune on the recording?)"

I remember saying this when the recording was released, and others said I was being ridiculous. 

MY FAIR LADY (2018) Previews  Mar 22 2018, 12:43:17 AM

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "AI have to say about Lauren’s singing, I think it’s mostly an acting choice because when she hit that last note in “I Could Have Dances all Night” the audience erupted. Not only was it well earned but it seemed like the first time Eliza really and truly spoke in her true voice that has been inside of her all her life. It was a brilliant choice I felt. "

This is spot on, and exactly how I felt! She finally lets&nbs

MY FAIR LADY (2018) Previews  Mar 21 2018, 10:21:42 AM

dramamama611 said: "^ But, but, I DESERVE to see it....I live in East Gibip and can't get to NY to see it. It's not fair. Me, me, me, me, me........"

Yup and they’re begging for a 5 second clip. Soon enough, we’ll have press photos and footage. 

MY FAIR LADY (2018) Previews  Mar 20 2018, 03:49:17 PM
That’s an illegal bootleg video. Of course it’s going to be deleted.

MY FAIR LADY (2018) Previews  Mar 19 2018, 04:06:45 PM

Her singing is not bad whatsoever. She lets her voice soar during the ending of "I Could Have Danced All Night," but it doesn't soar all evening. She's definitely a little tentative, but her voice is pleasant and she sings perfectly in tune. 

Official Bernadette Peters in Hello, Dolly! performances thread  Mar 19 2018, 01:00:58 PM
Cool! I’m Hoping it’s true. The wait is agonizing.

Official Bernadette Peters in Hello, Dolly! performances thread  Mar 19 2018, 12:25:04 PM
Are you assuming there’s a new Sondheim workshop or have you heard any rumblings?

MY FAIR LADY (2018) Previews  Mar 18 2018, 07:31:11 PM

Saw the matinee today. It was my first time seeing MFL, and it was long, but pretty spectacular. It ran 3:10. Sher has outdone himself, and the sets and costumes are glorious.
Hadden-Paton and Ambrose are the perfect match. Their “relationship” was very believable. Ambrose and the entire production come alive from “I could Have Danced All Night” on. Her voice is a little soft but she let it soar in the right moments. She more than held her own vocally an

Stephen Spielberg, keep ben Platt away from the west side story remake  Mar 15 2018, 09:13:32 PM

My God, he really can't rid himself of Evan's anxious mannerisms. It's becoming uncomfortable. 

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