whats a plot/idea do you want to see on the stage? Dec 20
2020, 11:42:03 AM
I wanna see Shrek fight a robot, and then Frankenstein and Wolfman dance WAP at curtain call.
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Dec 19
2020, 05:58:47 PM
As a Pittsburgher born and raised, it wasn’t until grad school that I discovered Wilson was a comparatively minor figure in American literature, and not the single predominant voice of the twentieth century drama.
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The Ratatouille Musical is HAPPENING. Dec 17
2020, 07:07:41 PM
Now that Disney is being more user-friendly with its approach to intellectual property, I hope we see a return of “Alien: The Play.” I don’t think I’ve ever seen full-on science fiction staged as sincerely AND successfully as that high school did it.
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Houdini musical in development, aiming for B'way Dec 16
2020, 04:19:22 PM
Mika was working on one briefly too.
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NBC will present THE GRINCH musical this December starring Morrison Dec 10
2020, 11:22:14 AM
I’m convinced that this production and concept were initially offered to Neil Patrick Harris- Morrison seems to have been directed to watch “A Series of Unfortunate Events” and give as direct a Count Olaf as he could.
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What musicals still need to be revived through ENCORES? Dec 4
2020, 08:56:29 AM
Have they done Smile? It would be good to see a major presentation of the finished version of the show, given that “the Broadway version was not the good version” has become so notorious.
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Thanksgiving Day g vv ..mm v2020 - Broadway Plans Nov 26
2020, 12:44:07 PM
I’m a nerd and was glad to see not only the Pikachu balloon but an American appearance by the Pikachu Army.
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Thanksgiving Day g vv ..mm v2020 - Broadway Plans Nov 26
2020, 12:43:58 PM
I’m a nerd and was glad to see not only the Pikachu balloon but an American appearance by the Pikachu Army.
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Is there any new talk about the future of BEETLEJUICE? Nov 25
2020, 06:58:37 PM
Unless they delete Beetlejuice also, not likely.
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Wicked Movie Seeks New Director Nov 25
2020, 07:42:47 AM
If nobody else wants the job, I’ll do it. You know the saying “fast, cheap, good- pick two?” With me, it’s “fast, cheap, good- you wanted any of those, you would have hired somebody who’s directed a movie before.”
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Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical Nov 21
2020, 04:14:18 PM
I think the idea is "this is where you start" as a creative. You flex your muscles on silly little tasks like this, and the seed of creativity grows from there.
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Is there any new talk about the future of BEETLEJUICE? Nov 12
2020, 08:56:53 PM
Funny, you can see that two months ago I was all about "shut it down, cancel the tour, license it out and rake in the cash from every school in America." But two months later? I feel more ambiguous about it. Not because of the business of Broadway, but because of the business of mass media.
Universal has sunk BIG into making Beetlejuice a cultural and merchandising juggernaut in the past few years, and the Beetlejuice musical was an unexpectedly successful part of that mercha
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Happy Birthday to Loretta Swit Nov 8
2020, 12:11:26 AM
I thought it was just sort of a hacky joke about Swit being washed up, but then I saw MASH and discovered that she was a one hit wonder... but what a hit!
Maybe in thirty years we’ll be suggesting Melanie Lynskey for every female role younger than Granny Addams.
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Favorite/Most Clever Rhymes Nov 3
2020, 08:12:05 AM
Check out the Seth MacFarlane swing version of "Sadder but Wiser Girl." It's got what I imagine are additional/extended lyrics for the sheet music or pop versions of the song, which don't appear in the show version.
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Papa Rose? Nov 1
2020, 05:31:55 PM
Murray Wilson, father of The Beach Boys, was a legendary nightmare of an abusive and controlling stage dad.
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If YA Books Were Musicals . . . Oct 29
2020, 09:38:58 PM
Love Simon could work well... I’d love if they commissioned a half original half jukebox score from Fun/Bleachers, because the use of that anthemic “neon pop” sound really defined the film’s marketing.
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Sasha Baron Cohen as Tevye Oct 26
2020, 03:39:07 PM
When I finally saw Equus, I was surprised to discover that (contrary to pop cultural memory) Harry Potter does not have sex with the horses.
It seems somewhere along the line, my brain had addled the plots of “Equus” and “Zoo” together. I still haven’t seen “Zoo” and I don’t plan to... hearing it described so often in high school during the YouTube shock era was enough.
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Do Tony Award Performers Get Paid? Oct 25
2020, 08:34:02 PM
More complicated in this quarantine era, do Tony Award performers get laid?
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Antonio Banderas set to direct and star in Company Oct 24
2020, 02:58:07 PM
He’s on pitch, in character, enthusiastic and musical, though definitely more of an actor who sings. That, to me, IS the quintessential Sondheim sound- you want it to be just a little idiosyncratic.
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Antonio Banderas set to direct and star in Company Oct 22
2020, 11:00:49 PM
This is... actually pretty cool. But when is Banderas going to fulfill his destiny as Cervantes in Man of La Mancha?
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