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I think it interesting that the program/cover art/etc all have a big ! after Kate, and that isn't the way work was originally listed. 

And the reviews that I have read all choose to omit it.  A small point (very small I admit) but it is interesting to think why it was added?   

On a similar note: at Broadwaycon this year they (the production team) kept crowing about Oklahoma! having its 75th anniversary, when it fact it is the 76th...

Maybe no

I don't know who wrote the melody for this but with the exception of about 20 notes, the rest is an unknown composer.  I know that the R & H Organization is thrilled by this, but I find it really upsetting, especially since Rodgers was such a stickler for his music to be sung correctly.  I have listened to it twice and with th exception of the intro to each verse there is nothing left of the original melody.  In fact the entire R & H Goes Pop at Broadwaycon was real

Hello all.  I have been trying to get the discount to work for Waitress.

I used FAM5 and PLAY3.  Each time it says invalid code, or even not valid for tickets you ordered (even though I haven't selected a ticket)  This is the ticketmaster website . Today, Saturday afternoon, the phone doesn't even ring through when dialed.  Maybe a holiday rush has caused some issues? 

Is there a trick some kind soul could share?

Am going 1/13 at 7:00 pm p

In an earlier Broadway time almost every star had solo albums (luckily many available on CD):

Julie Andrews, Mary Martin, Carol Lawrence, Barbara Cook, Ethel Merman, John Raitt,  Dolores Gray, Gwen Verdon (a favorite), and dozens more.  I am glad that this welcome contribution to our music continues!  Sometimes the arrangements were unique perhaps giving a 50s or 60s flavor to the songs that they didn't have in their OBC recordings. 

 

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BrodyFosse123 said: "Countless now classic musicals never recouped butwere consideredhits: WEST SIDE STORY, GYPSY, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, FUNNY GIRL, FOLLIES... the list is endless.

Just because a show doesn't recoup doesn't make it a failure. A financial failure? Yes. A failure as a show? Absolutely not.
Are you sure that the originals of Sound of Music, Gypsy, and Funny Girl didn't recoup? I thought SOM for sure was a huge money maker. I would imagine

Goodness knows I am no fan of Miss Fleming (especially in any kind of popular music), and I didn't even like the "extra" stuff they gave for her to sing eg "What's the Use of Wondrin" and the end of "You'll Never Walk Alone"  which I didn't care for from the recording.  Just my opinion. 

But I am not sure what the poster is referring to here.  I have seen at least 1/2 dozen productions of "Carousel" and even ap

Is Carousel really going to make it all the way to January 2019?

These are rather low grosses for a really "big" show. 

The last time they grossed over a million was 6 weeks ago.

So they have gone from approximately 1.1 million to approximatley 675K.  That is a big drop over 6 weeks.  And if I am reading the charts right the lowest grosses since they opened.

Interesting to see how it all plays out.  Perhaps the replacement for Ms.

I was on their website and no performances are listed past 7:30 pm, Sunday January 6th, 2019

Is this the closing date?  Maybe this has always been the date? Curious as I know that the box office has not been stellar in the past few weeks. I am also interested as to whom will replace Renee Fleming who goes out 9/2 according to her website.  Is she planning to return in late October or November?  Her website is mum on that subject.  But there are gaps in listed engage

OK I agree that the announcement of the alternate Eliza (who is splendid by the way) would be an unpleasant one for folks who had purchased tickets specifically to see Ms. Ambrose on that day. Although I was offered the chance for a refund at the performance I went to in May --- I happily said no.  It was the *show* I wanted to see not the talented Ms. Ambrose!  I would have been thrilled to see her as well as her understudy.

However all of those who talk about the difficulty

Susan Graham would be inspired casting but she is booked all of September and parts of October.

Are Deborah Voigt, Jessye Norman and von Stade still actively performing?  Maybe they could be lured back from (semi) retirement. Voigt does sing concerts on occasion, but Norman and especially von Stade you see the names less and less. von Stade is actually in Philly during September. Norman doesn't seem to have an engagements calendar that I can find.

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