LEMPICKA Reviews Apr 15
2024, 05:17:59 PM
Perhaps she thinks standing ovations should be mandatory?
I think the creative teams shouldn't represent any characters negatively and shows should not have villains or any nasty things like conflict or nasty words.
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John Napier's Brilliant Set Designs for the original SUNSET BOULEVARD Apr 12
2024, 03:25:51 AM
John Napier- what a legend. I encountered him a few times and yes he often seemed like a curmudgeon, but what a genius! Arguably the most important contributor to the mega-musical movement (though his designs could also be sparse and very economical).
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Where Are You, Dollypop? Apr 1
2024, 02:14:31 PM
I hope Dollypop is OK.
What happened to the old days? What happened to the neighbourhood?
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SWEENEY TODD To Close On May 5, 2024 Mar 13
2024, 03:34:53 AM
Should have been Lea Salonga.
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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA musical headed to the UK and West End in 2024 Feb 29
2024, 01:23:06 AM
I can't wait for the Optics Police to yell about how they replaced a female director, set designer, costume designer, and lighting designer, and a trans female choreographer,with men for the London revisal."
Well those people all clearly did a super job.
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Stephanie J. Block in Kiss Me, Kate – London Jan 17
2024, 03:37:08 AM
I hope the book gets a trim.
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Nicole Scherzinger to star in West End Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Dec 3
2023, 03:47:55 AM
Ultra Tory Andrew Lloyd Webber asks for state funding... not for healthcare or homelessness, just for the thing he likes.
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Here We Are Nov 27
2023, 12:43:23 AM
It would be great to record this to add to the archive of Passion, Sunday and Into the Woods videos.
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Who knows what's playing ??? No one in Brooklyn.....!!! Nov 25
2023, 09:21:53 PM
An Uber? Is that a new-fangled thing?
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Old Friends - Broadway? Nov 15
2023, 03:47:35 AM
I smell PR bluster to shift seats in London.
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Imelda Staunton & Jenna Russell to lead HELLO DOLLY in London Nov 3
2023, 04:50:12 AM
She was a ham in Sweeney Todd; she was a ham in Into the Woods; she was even a ham in The Wizard of Oz. Ham to the bone.
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Where Are You, Dollypop? Nov 1
2023, 02:51:52 AM
I trusted Whizzer's reviews more than most mainstream publications.
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Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 10/29/23 Oct 31
2023, 05:16:08 PM
And Passing Strange
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Where Are You, Dollypop? Oct 28
2023, 01:46:56 AM
My bad. It was actually Pal Joey who people have said is still around. I had a couple of run-ins with Pal Joey — he criticized me personally for not liking a couple of shows he loved), so i sometimes interchange them. It is After Eight who I was referring to in my post. So negative and dismissive of anything produced after about 1980."
I would never confuse those two I always assumed After Eight was a troll, whereas Pal Joey is a BWW national treasure!
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Where Are You, Dollypop? Oct 27
2023, 02:48:12 PM
Sorry, who said After Eight was still around?
There were some great contributors on the West End board, including Wickedboy, Songanddanceman and Scripps.
I guess they moved to a UK based board?
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Dance of the Vampires Revival? Oct 27
2023, 04:30:44 AM
Whilst it's true that Crawford has a monster-size ego, he was right that the show needed to change when it moved from Europe. The Euro taste in musicals is so different- Starlight Express is still running???- the original never managed to deal with the inherent camp by embracing it more or eradicating it totally.
Broadway had some stunning moments- I recall the ballroom flying especially- but maybe what this needs is a more immersive low-tech, grungy intimacy?
But who
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Sondheim/Ives HERE WE ARE @ The Shed Oct 3
2023, 06:52:04 AM
Can anybody explain what the new final reprise is?
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Movie Adaptions that Got Stuck Out-of-Town Oct 3
2023, 06:09:51 AM
George Stiles (composer) is probably too busy raking in the $$$$$$ from producing SIX!
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Sondheim/Ives HERE WE ARE @ The Shed Oct 1
2023, 02:59:54 PM
Stand or fall, they can say this is 100% Sondheim. It is a "pure" representation, if not complete.
It's a shame they don't have a "Sunday" for a grand finale, but it would feel like a very public compromise to add additional material that would probably just end up being a distraction anyway.
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Sondheim/Ives HERE WE ARE @ The Shed Sep 29
2023, 03:13:40 AM
On the boards we will inevitably play "what if", but it is a relief that something special is being presented as "what is".
So probably entirely premature, but best revival and best musical would be a grand finale.
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