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Saw this last night on a total whim knowing nothing about it, and enjoyed it overall.  I wish I'd known Arielle Jacobs was otherwise engaged.  Aubrey Matalon was very good, but I suspect Jacobs gives a better performance.  Vicki Lewis was also out.  Jake David Smith was by far the standout of the production in terms of the cast.  Otherwise, would echo a lot of what's already been said - the production values are very high (costumes and projections - though Aub

Saw Max tonight and agree with all the praise for him in this thread.  I've seen the show a few times with Hugh already (all with rush tickets after the first time), and it was definitely worth seeing Max's take.  If they put him on during Hugh's upcoming vacation, I highly recommend going then just to see how he does it.  Also recommend going the rush ticket route - I strolled up to the Box Office at 11 am and there was no wait and I got a great seat for $49 (L 12)

Saw tonight's performance.  I agree with much of what has been said upthread: Adams was charming and entertaining, Williams took a bit of time to warm up.  I thought JTF's performance worked well, but would have loved to see Denis O'Hare's take; I can certainly imagine him being great in the role.  I agree with the poster who said the confrontation scene in Act 2 didn't work for them because Oberholtzer's characterization of Shane is somewhat childlike t

Thanks for these tips!  Based on recent reports, I got there at 8:02 a.m. today (a Thursday) and was the 6th person in line (I didn't ask people ahead of me what time they got there, but 3 of them were sitting in camping chairs so they may have been there a while).  By 8:30 a.m., there were 12 more people behind me in line.  At 10:00 a.m., when the box office opened, there were more than 40 people total in line.  It was lightly raining and the temperature was around 40

Caught the 2 p.m. performance today (I live a 5 min walk from the venue, and it's only an hour long show).  Definitely aimed at young children, but if you're a grown-up who loves the Winnie the Pooh characters, it's sufficiently charming.  The theater is small enough that you can sit in the cheapest possible seats and be just fine.  I thought Jake Bazel, who plays Pooh, was by far the most impressive - he really nails the voice and is also a really good puppeteer.&n

standingovation79 said: "the only thing that rings TRUE about Brantley's review is the BADLY WRITTEN book by John Logan (I can't believe the check cleared after the producers saw what his book read like)."

That is not what he said - the NYT review calls the book "baldly written", not "badly", and then goes on to say that it is "still trimmable".  In other words, Brantley is saying that as sparely (i.e., baldly) as the b

Just want to second that Colton Ryan gives a terrific, somewhat different but in no way inferior performance in the role as compared to Ben Platt.  I saw Colton the weekend of the Tonys when Ben was on vocal rest, and saw Ben at the matinee this past Saturday.  I also have to second that Ben is great but clearly sick and tired and having to hold back in parts of some songs in order to give it his all in others - I hope he is able to rest and recover.  But the show is totally wo

I was at the D23 panel that presented this movie.  It looks beautiful!  Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was on hand to promote the film and talk about playing the demigod character of Maui.  In addition to the live musical performance that is excerpted in that youtube clip posted above, the presentation featured some lovely clips from the film.  One involved the depiction of the ocean itself as a character, including a flashback to the character of Moana as a