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Wow. This was…not good. I read reviews and listen to what people say on here, but I go in knowing that my opinion doesn’t always align with those. Unfortunately this was one of those moments where everyone ragging on it is right. The songs after bad, the character/story choices were incomprehensible, and the tone shifts were wild.

We went from a cartoonish ‘I’m going to throw myself behind a fence to avoid Daisy because I’m insecure” Gatsby

Said it on another thread, but even though Henry’s story is the most moving part of Illinoise, I’m happy for Man of Steel. It stands on its own and has a beautiful message about our power as humans.

Hell’s Kitchen feels like it’ll definitely be Empire State of Mind as an opening or closing to the show. Outsiders should be Great Expectations, Suffs’ Keep Marching, Cabaret’s Wilkommen (maybe as the opener with Empire as the closer of the evening), Merr

It’s only sort of Broadway (lots of Broadway talent), but it was a pretty incredible night. Here are my thoughts:

1) Barry Manilow is a legend. I did not enjoy Harmony, but his love of Broadway and his energy at almost 81 makes me want him to get a Tony nod. I know that’s not how it works.

2) Really not a fan of the “Falling” arrangement in Hell’s Kitchen. Bean and Dixon performed it here, and it brought me back to my dislike during the Downtown pro

ACL2006 said: "I agree that this show won't appeal to tourists or even the older theatergoers. I, too, heard several people say as I exited the theater that said "I'm not sure what exactly happened" or "what was this about?". So maybe their limited run will be enough unless it ends up winning the Tony. Maybe they'll look to transfer this to a smaller theater in September and have it run for six more months?"

The negative or mixed quote

I have many thoughts, so bear with me. I saw this almost a year ago at Bard, and the memory isn’t what it should be, but I’ll do my best. The book of this worked much better for me now than it did a year ago. I’m not sure if that’s because I knew what to expect or because there have been actual revisions. I was still moved to tears, but not as many because, again, I knew what was coming, and I’ve been ruminating on it for a year.


Those

CJRochester said: "Featured Actor in a Musical looks like a crowded field. I think everyone agrees Radcliffe is definitely a lock for a nomination. A few others will have to be left out.

Daniel Radcliffe - Merrily We Roll Along

Joshua Boone (maybe Brent Comer) - Outsiders

Ricky Ubeda and/or Ben Cook - Illinoise

Brandon Victor Dixon - Hell's Kitchen

Conrad Ricamora - Here Lies Love

Ethan Slater - Spamalot"

Matt Rogers said: "Wick3 said: "I watched ILLINOISE at Park Ave Armory and reading thefree program everyone received on their seats actually helped me understand the show more. I'm curious if the Broadway productionwill have a thicker Playbill than normal to incorporate this aspect of the show.

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Is this accurate? Do you need program notes to understand the plot of this show? Then again, they had program notes to help audiences with the pl

Kad said: "DramaTeach said: "What are the actual rules here? Merrily wasn’t eligible bc it was off-Broadway, but so was Stereophonic. And Here Lies Love. And Days of Wine and Roses. Why nominate Illinoise as an Off-Broadway musical when it’s also on this season? I wonder the cut-off dates. And that “lead performer in a musical” category?! Fascinating."

Stereophonic was both off-Bway and Bway in the same season, so they automatical