Profile for JBroadway

RE: Lea Salonga 

We've seen several times in recent years that the right role/show has the potential to amplify an actor's star power. Particularly when it comes to musicals. You'd think that if a star has a fan base, the specific show would be arbitrary, but precedent has shown that's simply not the case. Narrative/context often plays a part.

In this case - yes, it's true that Salonga hasn't demonstrated meaningful box office power in the past - but

VernonGersch said: "how utterly tone deaf in this guy? such an obnoxious display of self importance. specifically in this very fragile time for theater."

 

I'm usually not one to defend the rich, but I think it's sort of unfair to pin that on him. Let's not forget which producer we're talking about here: he produced Hamilton. Hamilton probably paid for this home, and Hamilton is still going strong. And now he's working on Sweeney Todd,

A few things about this: 

Firstly, I looked back at the articles and they said "2023," not specifying Spring or Fall. And with Parade now happening this spring, I think it's pretty safe to assume it's not coming in this season. 

Secondly, let's not forget that plenty of things get developed for Broadway, and even announced for a particular year, and end up coming in several years later - or as the case often is, never manage to get to Broa

I've spent the past 5 years advocating for gender-neutral categories on this board, and one thing I've said multiple times:

The Tonys could've and should've seen this coming from miles away. It was so obvious that they were going to end up in this exact situation, and they just plowed forward with a willful lack of foresight. Like walking into a hurricane with their hands over their eyes. 

Even if you ignore all the logical reasons for it, and all the inclus

hearthemsing22 said: "I'm genuinely curious as to why the schedules are such a big deal."


If you're genuinely curious:

Many die-hard theatre fans come to a big theatre city like NY or London with the plan to squeeze in as many shows as possible. So, if there are some shows playing Monday night, Sunday night, Thursday Matinee, etc. that's 3 more shows you can see on your trip than if every show were on the regular schedule.

Hairspray0901 said: "heathkliff said: "The only lost time I could envision is that the standard schedule gives most performers a Sunday evening off and all day on Monday, whereas some alternative schedules could make that harder to achieve."

Thank you for bringing this up! As is, most have off Sunday night, all day Monday, and most of the day Tuesday (if they have a 3pm Sunday and a 7pm Tuesday). Switching to the proposed schedule I had earlier made woul

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "The tour hasn't even auditioned yet and doesn't begin until September, so I doubt it would have ANYTHING to do with the tour."

 

You may very well be right, but I'm confused by this logic. It's not so uncommon for a headlining star to commit to a run 9+ months out, especially if the run is predicated on the star's involvement. And naturally, if that's the case, it would inevitably be decided well befo

Yeah, as Ke3 said: these campaigns were mostly fueled by the artists of the shows themselves. And in both those cases, they were also artists who hadn’t done a lot of commercial theatre, whereas everyone involved with OSM has been around the block, and are maybe more realistic. 

Speaking of being “realistic” it’s also possible that fans saw what happened with KPOP and ANM and just….realized it didn’t work? And reading/listening to interviews wi

forfivemoreminutes said: "in many Black community spaces, engaging with performances/presentations more vocally is encouraged and a community norm (note the differences in norms and expected behaviour at a predominantly white church vs a historically Black church, for example). Other shows like Ain’t No Mo’ incorporated these norms explicitly into their structure, and it’s clear that the Black cast and creative team were visibly moved and appreciative of the vocal s

kdogg36 said: "Alex M said: "With the amount of revivals we are getting this season I very interested as to what will happen at the Tonys. I guess its hard to say since no one has seen three of them yet."

Actually four (at least) - it seems like just about everyone has forgotten about Dancin'."

 

Wasn’t Danin’ included in those 3? 6 musical revivals eligible, 3 of which have been seen (Parade, ITW, 17

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "BoringBoredBoard40 said: "I wonder if there is a universe where 2ST might partner with PH on a transfer, considering they also have produce Bruce in the past it would make sense"

I just don't think there's single ticket demand for this play with the current cast. The PH run did not sell exceptionally well until the very end of the run, it's tough tough subject matter for Broadway, and no stars. It would go into

Since you asked - that's the price with fees. Price without fees is $129, which is still a lot for the last row. 

I'm thinking it's some combination of:

(1) a miscalculated carryover over the holiday surge pricing; I think they've been selling quite well leading up to Christmas, and maybe they expected the demand to carry over into this week more than it has. 

(2) maybe the hiked up the price because they're banking on day-of TKTS sales - in

JBroadway said: "I haven’t looked through a list (maybe I will later and amend), but Jagged Little Pill immediately jumped to mind. One of the worst pieces of writing I’ve ever seen, let alone worst musical books, let alone Tony winning-musical books."

For the record, I did end up looking through the list of winners in this category: Out of the 56 winners, there are only about 11 that I'm not familiar with (i.e, I've never seen the show in any for

JSquared2 said: "Well for one thing, the person out sick would not be Tony eligible"

 

This isn't really accurate, in practice. That rule exists to prevent replacements and understudies from being eligible, it doesn't exist for situations like this. The committee would just make an official ruling to make an exception (which there's precedent for) - and they wouldn't even bat an eye to do so, as long as the voters/nominators get a chance