OK, not a great title. But I didn't see a new thread.
by Anonymous | reply 600 | October 20, 2024 3:06 PM |
Replying to R588, who wrote "Ken Page originated roled. [sic] Gavin Creel mostly appeared in revivals."
Broadway-wise, Ken Page originated one role: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'. He wasn't the first Old Deuteronomy in CATS, though of course he was the first to play it on Broadway. His other Broadway credits were 2 replacement turns (THE WIZ and AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES) and 2 revivals (GUYS AND DOLLS and the return of AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'). He did originate roles Off-Broadway (I am the only person alive who loved HAPPINESS at Lincoln Center) and in London (CHILDREN OF EDEN).
Broadway-wise, Gavin Creel originated one role: THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. He was also in the original cast of Sondheim's BOUNCE out of town.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 5, 2024 2:50 PM |
pedant | ˈped(ə)nt |
noun
a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning: the royal palace (some pedants would say the ex-royal palace).
by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 5, 2024 3:03 PM |
There is nothing pedantic about R1's post.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 5, 2024 3:23 PM |
R3 needs to upgrade her pedantry-tolerance settings if she's going to stay on the DL.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 5, 2024 3:28 PM |
Thanks, OP. And I like the title.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 5, 2024 3:39 PM |
[quote]Missing Gavin and Ken and (in Lindsay's case) Performances
And, in terms of performances, also in the case of Maleah Joi Moon in HELL'S KITCHEN :-)
by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 5, 2024 4:29 PM |
I spent 15 minutes trying to find THEATRE Gossip.
Is this the real true thread?
by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 5, 2024 6:18 PM |
Ken Page was also a wonderful Jupiter opposite Andrea Martin, La Chanze, Gregg Edelman and Marin Mazzie (RIP) in Cole Porter's OUT OF THIS WORLD in the early years of Encores! Fabulous cast recording available.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 5, 2024 6:44 PM |
John Lithgow and the play GIANT about anti-Semitic writer Roald Dahl are getting stellar reviews at London's Royal Court right now. Can't wait for this one to get to Broadway though I imagine it will do a West End run first.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 5, 2024 6:46 PM |
Are we supposed to read the other children in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Jews?
by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 5, 2024 8:15 PM |
[quote]Are we supposed to read the other children in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Jews?
I always assumed Oompa-Loompa was a Jewish name.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 5, 2024 8:20 PM |
Here's the link to the previous thread ...
Offsite Link
by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 5, 2024 9:11 PM |
Thanks for starting the new one, OP! And thank you to the late-in-the-thread poster from the prior thread who shared the Hell's Kitchen gossip!
by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 6, 2024 1:48 AM |
[quote]Thank you to the late-in-the-thread poster from the prior thread who shared the Hell's Kitchen gossip!
You're welcome ;-)
Interesting, in the internet/social media era, that shows are sometimes able to keep it relatively quiet when stuff like this is going on. Another example: It seemed to me that the MERRILY producers and press people did everything possible not to discuss Lindsay Mendez's huge number of absences from that show.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 6, 2024 2:20 AM |
R14 - it is interesting the way they've been able to keep it quiet. I think there are probably a few factors -- one, please correct me if I'm wrong -- but my impression is that Hell's Kitchen, unlike Merrily, is not really regarded as a theatre-lover's show. I know it's not even been open a full year yet, but whenever I've walked by its theatre, the crowds for it already seem 90% tourist. Nothing wrong with that. Tourists keep NY's economy humming -- but I imagine this kind of backstage inside-baseball intrigue is of little interest to the majority of people seeing the show. Vs. Merrily which obviously WAS a theatre-person's show with many avid theatre-goers returning to it multiple times and it remaining a big part of the theatre world's conversation throughout its run.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 6, 2024 2:44 AM |
Productions have no need to address frequent absences or other performance issues anymore. Social media is packed full of automatons who do the job for them, saying such things as:
"I'd like to see YOU perform 8 times a week!"
"Understudies are the life and soul of Broadway!"
"They have every right to skip performances, you don't know them!"
I sure wish I could take a day or two off from my job every single week in perpetuity, too bad I don't have twitter stans.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | October 6, 2024 3:05 AM |
This may be old news here, but I only just learned that Sarah Pidgeon, Juliana Canfield and Tom Pacinka (Tony nominees all) have left the cast of “Stereophonic,” which will close on January 12.
I haven’t been looking at the Broadway grosses lately, had business fallen off? Why are they closing the show?
by Anonymous | reply 17 | October 6, 2024 3:36 AM |
How much money does a performer lose for a missed performance. Do they have time off, sick days, etc?
by Anonymous | reply 18 | October 6, 2024 3:37 AM |
THEATRE.
Goodness.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | October 6, 2024 3:39 AM |
The details matter, r19.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | October 6, 2024 3:41 AM |
R20 I agree.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | October 6, 2024 3:43 AM |
I saw Hell's Kitchen the day after the Tony Awards nominations. Gianna Harris played Ali that day. Also, most of the audience were high schoolers.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | October 6, 2024 3:44 AM |
[quote] I haven’t been looking at the Broadway grosses lately, had business fallen off? Why are they closing the show?
It's definitely selling. But for some reason, the show has always been a limited run. It extended three times. My question is- if it's doing so well, why not just have it be an open ended run?
by Anonymous | reply 23 | October 6, 2024 3:46 AM |
That’s why I asked the question above, R23. Will “Stereophonic” just keep extending every couple of months?
Or will the original cast get together again to take it to London next year?
by Anonymous | reply 24 | October 6, 2024 3:53 AM |
I really think even with Idina, Audra, Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard and everyone else, the Tony will go to Nicole for Sunset.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | October 6, 2024 4:24 AM |
Jamie Lloyd is the retarded love child of Ivo Van hove and Julie Taymor
by Anonymous | reply 26 | October 6, 2024 4:42 AM |
Stephen Slater review of Romeo and Juliet. Haven't found any others yet. But previews just ended.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | October 6, 2024 11:21 AM |
R18 Actors get one sick day for every four weeks of work. If they are out more than that, they are docked 1/8 of their salary. When a show closes, they are paid out for any sick days not used.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | October 6, 2024 1:33 PM |
Steven Sater is an idiot and one of the Great Assholes of the Theatre.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | October 6, 2024 1:40 PM |
What theatre is that show playing in? I like the title.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | October 6, 2024 4:06 PM |
The hell’s kitchen lead role seems like a beast. I remember seeing it and wondering how on earth that girl was gonna maintain everything that was asked of her. Isn’t part of the jobs of directors and choreographers is to figure out what is sustainable?. I know the kid is young, but I can’t imagine the exhaustion. It’s ridiculous for the performer and unfair to audiences.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | October 6, 2024 4:08 PM |
[quote]R15 and R16, I think those are very wise assessment of the situation on both of your parts.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | October 6, 2024 4:30 PM |
^^^Sorry, that was not meant to be formatted as a quote:
[R15] and [R16], I think those are very wise assessments of the situation on both of your parts.
R31, I didn't notice the role being THAT much of a beast, especially not for a very young performer, but other people have made the same point you're making here. Whatever, I think we agree that a situation should not exist where a performer needs to be out SO often. And certainly not where, for some reason, they have felt it necessary to bow out of the show IN MID PERFORMANCE on at least seven occasions.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | October 6, 2024 4:40 PM |
Well r32/r33 that settles that since you are obviously the final (and CAPITALIZED) word on this and every subject.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | October 6, 2024 5:15 PM |
Up yours, R34. All I did was express an opinion and also support for the comments of two other posters.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | October 6, 2024 5:20 PM |
[quote]Steven Sater is an idiot and one of the Great Assholes of the Theatre.
Glad to see his "review" didn't get in the way of him shoveling food down into his gaping maw.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | October 6, 2024 5:26 PM |
He’s bald, with a bad hat—and he talks with his mouth full. Yuck.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | October 6, 2024 6:04 PM |
Re: The Stereophonic cast changes. Presumably, those actors either have some new lucrative offers in-hand or their representation has convinced them it's time to move on from Stereophonic and take meetings etc. for future opportunities while the iron is hot.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | October 6, 2024 8:46 PM |
I expected a discussion here about the marquee light-dimming controversy re Gavin Creel. The Theatre Gods evidently okayed a ‘partial’ dimming (whatever that is) which has outraged much of the younger theatrical contingent.
While my Insta feed is hardly a byword it is a sort of borometer, and it is chock full every day with tributes and reminiscences from people who knew and loved Creel. He had a very high profile theater career and won the fucking Tony, why not a full dimming of all marquees as a tribute and to assuage the grief of those he left behind? Clearly he was loved.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | October 6, 2024 8:51 PM |
[quote]it is a sort of borometer
Pics please.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | October 6, 2024 8:52 PM |
Re: Stereophonic cast changes. They apparently happened Oct. 1st. (According to IBDB)
by Anonymous | reply 41 | October 6, 2024 9:12 PM |
Gavin Creel’s Beloved Al Hirschfeld Theatre Breaks Ranks To Join Broadway Light Dimming Tribute; Actors’ Equity Takes Stance On Growing Controversy:
by Anonymous | reply 42 | October 6, 2024 9:54 PM |
Because R39 Broadway Theater owners and Producers are the most selfish bottom feeding pieces of shit on earth. They will cheat and steal anyone they can out of their last penny. They live in a disconnected universe all of their very own. The Broadway League, of which I am a member by the way, encourages and supports this behavior. It's a dying industry.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | October 7, 2024 1:47 AM |
It’s probably a good paycheck but those Stereophonic actors must be [italic] exhausted [/italic] and possibly bored. Paycheck aside — which is a big aside – the thrill must be gone
by Anonymous | reply 44 | October 7, 2024 1:52 AM |
R44, Yeah, didn’t someone on a previous theater thread say the “Stereophonic” cast are each getting $5,000 a week?
by Anonymous | reply 45 | October 7, 2024 3:09 AM |
R45 - I forget the exact details / exact amount, but there's an excellent couple of episodes of Freakonomics dedicated to Stereophonic -- both the art and commerce -- features pretty candid interviews with the playwright, actors, producers. One of the actors actually revealed their salary, which they collectively bargained for but still sounded fairly modest. I'm sure if they've got TV or film prospects, those would dwarf their weekly Broadway salary.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | October 7, 2024 5:30 AM |
The Gavin Creel petition has 20k signatures. I don't think they can ignore it.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | October 7, 2024 5:45 AM |
Shoshana Bean is leaving Hell's Kitchen. I wonder if she's sick of the bullshit.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | October 7, 2024 1:39 PM |
why can't the lights of Broadway be dimmed on the last day of the month for everyone who has passed that month. This way we include EVERYONE. How about the stage managers, costume people, designers, long time ushers...anyone who has been working consistently on Broadway and making it run. Why are they not included?
by Anonymous | reply 49 | October 7, 2024 1:51 PM |
Also, if she wasn't specifically identified, I'd have thought that was Jasmine Guy.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | October 7, 2024 1:52 PM |
R49, that is truly an excellent idea.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | October 7, 2024 1:59 PM |
And everyone thought bottom-feeder Char St. Martin was a holy terror. The entire League is populated by imbeciles.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | October 7, 2024 2:26 PM |
[quote] there's an excellent couple of episodes of Freakonomics dedicated to Stereophonic -- both the art and commerce -- features pretty candid interviews with the playwright, actors, producers.
Did Eli Gelb discuss his need to stick his dick in any and every available female?
Who in the original cast remains?
by Anonymous | reply 53 | October 7, 2024 2:27 PM |
Damn, but somebody here is literally obsessed with the sex life of Eli Gelb, which I for one consider to be a freaking weird obsession. Back off and get a life, dude!
by Anonymous | reply 54 | October 7, 2024 2:54 PM |
R54 especially Eli Gelb. Why can’t someone be obsessed with Ramin Karimloo? Now there is a MAN!
by Anonymous | reply 55 | October 7, 2024 3:02 PM |
Calm down, Mary R54.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | October 7, 2024 3:10 PM |
Eli Gelb is....not good looking.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | October 7, 2024 3:28 PM |
I guess he is if you go for really geeky-looking Jews.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | October 7, 2024 3:43 PM |
R56, the person who needs to calm down is the one who has obsessively posted about Eli Gelb's sex life in MULTIPLE threads. Perhaps that person is you? If so, what the hell is your damage?
by Anonymous | reply 59 | October 7, 2024 4:35 PM |
Calm down, R59.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | October 7, 2024 4:50 PM |
While the idea of a monthly dimming of lights for all who died is undeniably sweet, it kind of robs the honor as the extraordinary and rare gesture for the truly great that it was originally intended. But I guess this what culture in the 21st century has come to - we are all winners.
Well, whatever.....
by Anonymous | reply 61 | October 7, 2024 5:36 PM |
R61 I think it’s unfair to liken support for Gavin Creel with a slip in general standards of excellence.
Creel managed an impressive list of theatrical credits and honors way beyond the average 48 year old Broadway jobber. But beyond that, it is clear from the grieved reaction of the theater community that he was known, loved and respected by all. He was a kind of student body president of Broadway, cheering his colleagues on. The fact that he convinced the producers of “Hair” to let the company take a day off to march for gay rights in D.C. is itself extraordinary and speaks of his values, commitment and leadership.
He wasn’t just another aging gay chorus boy, but that is how he is being treated with this half-assed, tone deaf ‘tribute.’
by Anonymous | reply 62 | October 7, 2024 5:48 PM |
[quote]Shoshana Bean is leaving Hell's Kitchen. I wonder if she's sick of the bullshit.
What happened? Is there some kind of backstage drama? Shoshana should stay on, because this is the first big gig she's had since she replaced Idina in Wicked.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | October 7, 2024 5:56 PM |
I thought I had read that the League had given in due to the outcry and that now ALL the theaters will dim for Gavin. Is that not correct? Maybe someone just posted that without knowing what they're talking about.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | October 7, 2024 6:42 PM |
R62 Meh. Creel was no Ken Page.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | October 7, 2024 7:10 PM |
R63 could it be that she’s 50 and the role sucks?
by Anonymous | reply 66 | October 7, 2024 7:12 PM |
Anyone know the identity of "sergius" on ATC? Erudite and intelligent (if a bit pompous) they seems to have the means nd time to see lots of shows, both in NY and London.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | October 7, 2024 7:30 PM |
Will David Adjmi have to lawyer up and pay for his own defense after being sued (again), or will the producers hire lawyers and pay for it?
by Anonymous | reply 68 | October 7, 2024 8:18 PM |
Eli Gelb was great in Stereophonic, but obsessing over his sex life is a bit odd. I suppose every pot has a lid. Now MikeR -- THERE'S a man worth obsessing over. When you caught him backstage at the San Jose Performing Arts Center in his dance belt, you really gained an appreciation for how powerful his hip flexors were.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | October 7, 2024 8:18 PM |
Datalounge brains cannot compute a slutty straight guy, it contradicts our strongly held belief that straight men don't actually exist. Thus, a guy who genuinely loves pussy fascinates and alarms us.
Or maybe some one thinks it's a lot funnier than it is. Who's to say?
by Anonymous | reply 70 | October 7, 2024 8:44 PM |
Did they dim the lights for Vera Charles?
by Anonymous | reply 71 | October 7, 2024 9:22 PM |
True, R70--just the idea of Gelb fucking women is too much for some Nancys here!
by Anonymous | reply 72 | October 7, 2024 9:31 PM |
R70, I suppose either explanation is plausible, but I don't think either one justifies MULTIPLE posts in several different theatre threads.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | October 7, 2024 9:49 PM |
Playbill keeps referring to the upcoming Circle in the Square production of "Romeo and Juliet" as a "revival," like it's an obscure drama from the 1960s.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | October 7, 2024 10:10 PM |
I had trouble finding this new thread in a search because "theatre" is spelled "theater."
by Anonymous | reply 75 | October 7, 2024 10:12 PM |
[quote]why can't the lights of Broadway be dimmed on the last day of the month for everyone who has passed that month.
Because when a gesture comes to mean everything, it ends up meaning nothing.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | October 7, 2024 10:28 PM |
Right, R73, because people and themes and stories NEVER get carried over in these threads.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | October 7, 2024 10:30 PM |
R19 for what it's worth, most Germanic languages spell it 'theater' (e.g. German, Dutch, American English)
Other Germanic languages like Danish and Swedish spell it 'teater.'
Only the Brits spell it 'theatre.'
And that's because they copied the French 'théâtre.;
So, it's the Brits who strayed from the original spelling.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | October 8, 2024 12:06 AM |
MCC Theater has posted Gavin's "Mamma Mia! Medley" from this year's Miscast. Watching it, it's almost inconceivable that he would be gone only 5 months later.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | October 8, 2024 12:06 AM |
R78 the Romance languages spell it with the 'R' after the 'T.'
FRENCH = théâtre
SPANISH = teatro
ITALIAN = teatro
PORTUGUESE = teatro
by Anonymous | reply 80 | October 8, 2024 12:23 AM |
I was a copy editor for a major newspaper for years. We spelled it "theater" when it was used generically but would use "theatre" in names of specific theaters, if that's how the venue spelled it, as in "Shubert Theatre."
by Anonymous | reply 81 | October 8, 2024 12:35 AM |
But what about when you're saying Theater or Theatre is really going through some rough patches. As spoken of as an institution, Theatre seems more apt to me.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | October 8, 2024 1:04 AM |
[quote]I had trouble finding this new thread in a search because "theatre" is spelled "theater."
I always search for the thread number -- in this case "572". Thankfully, one of the FEW good things about Muriel is that she allows searches for three-character words -- which a lot of forums do not.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | October 8, 2024 1:10 AM |
Even if numerous late theatre artists were honored with the dimming of theater lights, who would determine who made the cut? When it becomes a list of lesser-known names, it becomes even more tricky.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | October 8, 2024 1:26 AM |
^^^ But why doesn't the French spelling count? And are you saying the French had a word for theatre before the Brits did?
by Anonymous | reply 85 | October 8, 2024 2:04 AM |
[quote]I always search for the thread number -- in this case "572".
The way I search for the next theatre (or theater) thread, if there isn't a link in the current thread, is that I go to the search field and just type in "gossip" along with the number of the next thread. Very quick and easy.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | October 8, 2024 2:08 AM |
If you dim the lights for everybody, it means nothing. In my opinion. It should only be done for legends like Julie Andrews, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette, Patti LuPone. Gavin just gets in maybe because of how beloved he was across the whole community..
by Anonymous | reply 87 | October 8, 2024 2:11 AM |
"Beloved" is relative.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | October 8, 2024 2:21 AM |
Dimming the lights (to think about you) should really be a striking and noticeable change; that just isn't possible in a Manhattan that only gets louder and brighter with each passing year.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | October 8, 2024 2:36 AM |
[quote]It should only be done for legends like Julie Andrews, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette, Patti LuPone.
And Helen Lawson, of course.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | October 8, 2024 2:41 AM |
[quote]Even if numerous late theatre artists were honored with the dimming of theater lights, who would determine who made the cut?
Now you know what we go through every year!
by Anonymous | reply 91 | October 8, 2024 2:45 AM |
[quote]If you dim the lights for everybody, it means nothing. In my opinion. It should only be done for legends like Julie Andrews, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette, Patti LuPone. Gavin just gets in maybe because of how beloved he was across the whole community.
But then you get into these back-and-forths about who was more "beloved" than others, which I don't think would solve the problem.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | October 8, 2024 2:48 AM |
Were the lights dimmed for the most beloved megawatt Tony nominee and host Bonnie Franklin?
by Anonymous | reply 93 | October 8, 2024 2:50 AM |
[quote]But what about when you're saying Theater or Theatre is really going through some rough patches. As spoken of as an institution, Theatre seems more apt to me.
No offense intended, but I really don't see much logic in this. "Theater" works quite well in reference to the institution. Does "theatre" seem more apt because it looks fancier?
by Anonymous | reply 94 | October 8, 2024 3:01 AM |
^^^I think that's the reason, silly though it may be, why some people feel that way.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | October 8, 2024 3:03 AM |
[quote]How about the stage managers, costume people, designers, long time ushers...anyone who has been working consistently on Broadway and making it run. Why are they not included?
It's the exception rather than the rule, r49, but set designer Robin Wagner and lighting designer Tharon Musser were both honored.
[quote]And everyone thought bottom-feeder Char St. Martin was a holy terror. The entire League is populated by imbeciles.
Oh, she was, r52 - and they are. A bunch of self-important assholes. I still wonder why Charlotte St Martin "stepped down" rather suddenly earlier this year. There's been an "interim president", Jason somebody, ever since.
There's got to be a story behind that.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | October 8, 2024 3:13 AM |
Who were Gavin’s boyfriends?
by Anonymous | reply 98 | October 8, 2024 3:30 AM |
R78, American English is generally more conservative than British English. Its spelling and pronunciations tend to be more like English centuries ago than modern British English, probably because the original, east-coast colonies developed virtually as an island, whereas Britain always had the same contact with Europe, and France in particular, that California has with Mexico. In British English, the changes would have started as either/or words, and then solidified as what they are now. Shakespeare plays probably would have sounded more like today's Americans were speaking than today's Brits. Except they wouldn't have had vocal fry.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | October 8, 2024 3:38 AM |
Not me, R98! I eat pussy!
by Anonymous | reply 100 | October 8, 2024 3:42 AM |
R55 Unfortunately Ramin seems to be losing his looks. Just saw him in A Face in the Crowd in London and he was not looking as handsome as I remembered. He kept all his clothes on as well so no idea if he’s still as fit as he was. Didn’t help that the show itself was meh at best.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | October 8, 2024 3:43 AM |
Ramin’s trashy tattoos are best covered up by clothing.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | October 8, 2024 3:45 AM |
He's hideous.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | October 8, 2024 3:46 AM |
But of course this word didn't originate as the French "théâtre" or the Italian "teatro" or "theater" -- it's originally the ancient Greek word θέατρον.
For me it's "theater" in America, "theatre" in England. Your mileage will inevitably vary.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | October 8, 2024 3:46 AM |
And how are your looks holding up, r101?
by Anonymous | reply 105 | October 8, 2024 4:13 AM |
I wonder what happened with the wife. He used to post about her all the time on social media….but then he stopped. He’s never home, it seems.
Of course there were rumors of affairs with his leading ladies/chorus girls, but the wife had to have known that would be a possibility, so maybe he fell harder for a girl than just a casual fling.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | October 8, 2024 12:52 PM |
[quote]I still wonder why Charlotte St Martin "stepped down" rather suddenly earlier this year. .
I would say "very suddenly."
[quote]There's got to be a story behind that.
And because of the suddenness of her departure, I'm thinking the story could be quite juicy. I wonder if we'll ever hear or read it?
by Anonymous | reply 107 | October 8, 2024 2:28 PM |
[quote]For me it's "theater" in America, "theatre" in England.
But at least half of that statement is not true, as there are many, many cases of "theatre" being spelled that way in America, whether the word is referring to a particular venue or the theatre/theater in general. And I would imagine that has been the case ever since the establishment of theatre/theater in this country. I haven't spent enough time in England to know how consistent they are in the spelling of the word.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | October 8, 2024 2:30 PM |
Fuck you, R16!!!
by Anonymous | reply 109 | October 8, 2024 2:35 PM |
THIS DAY IN BROADWAY HISTORY: In 1979, "Sugar Babies" opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | October 8, 2024 2:39 PM |
Wanna bet, R47??
by Anonymous | reply 111 | October 8, 2024 2:55 PM |
I thought R69 died. They have the internet in Hell?
by Anonymous | reply 112 | October 8, 2024 2:59 PM |
R122-Yes, the IP address is somewhere near Tampa...oops.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | October 8, 2024 3:23 PM |
Sorry, I meant R112
by Anonymous | reply 114 | October 8, 2024 3:24 PM |
What is MikeR's real name so we can look him up?
by Anonymous | reply 115 | October 8, 2024 5:28 PM |
Cabaret had another bad week. New cast isn’t helping.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | October 8, 2024 5:54 PM |
[quote]Cabaret had another bad week. New cast isn’t helping.
The fact that it stinks also isn't helping.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | October 8, 2024 8:07 PM |
[quote]And because of the suddenness of [Charlotte St Martin's] departure, I'm thinking the story could be quite juicy. I wonder if we'll ever hear or read it?
I doubt it, r107. Her tenure was a nightmare from beginning to end. She handled the strike of 2007 poorly.
How she even got the job is still a mystery. Her background was in hotels prior to becoming the president of of the Broadway League.
"Very suddenly" is indeed more accurate. I don't think much more than a month had passed, between when she announced "stepping down" and her unceremoniously departing the post she had held for nearly two decades.
The Broadway League will be no more forthcoming about this than they are about their reasoning regarding who they choose to honor with dimming the lights, and to what degree.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | October 8, 2024 8:21 PM |
[quote]But at least half of that statement is not true, as there are many, many cases of "theatre" being spelled that way in America, whether the word is referring to a particular venue or the theatre/theater in general.
It is mainly spelled 'theatre' by pretentious Americans.
R81 is correct that major U.S. publications have always spelled it 'theater' unless the place itself is spelled 'theatre' by pretentious Americans.
e.g. "Wicked, the blockbuster of musical theater, is still drawing crowds at the Gershwin Theatre over 20 years later."
by Anonymous | reply 120 | October 8, 2024 9:09 PM |
I never thought I'd say this, but if we start talking about Follies, will you girls drop the the "theatre" vs. "theater" discussion??
by Anonymous | reply 121 | October 8, 2024 9:12 PM |
r120 is pretentious.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | October 8, 2024 9:17 PM |
Re grosses:
I'm surprised Jim Parsons isn't packing them in at OUR TOWN. Only $562 million for 8 performances?
And I guess Aaron Tveit is a draw with MOULIN ROUGE grossing $1.381 million. When he was out for most of the previous week due to schedules absences, MR grossed only $1.083 million.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | October 8, 2024 9:19 PM |
At this point Jim Parsons is a bit over-exposed on Broadway.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | October 8, 2024 9:22 PM |
Wicked is the only show doing over $2 million.
When do shows start making more money? November?
by Anonymous | reply 125 | October 8, 2024 9:39 PM |
WHET that ageing Miss America—the one *without* any nominations?
by Anonymous | reply 126 | October 8, 2024 9:51 PM |
To add: she couldn’t act well then…or?
by Anonymous | reply 127 | October 8, 2024 9:56 PM |
Sutton and Urie both out of Mattress tonite.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | October 8, 2024 10:06 PM |
Uric acid stains the sheets. Bedwetters!
by Anonymous | reply 129 | October 8, 2024 10:14 PM |
At least it’s not Wes Tay Tay and his “Chipotle sheets” from the D.C run of Cabaret.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | October 8, 2024 11:26 PM |
I just watched Isaac Cole Powell on the new HBO series Franchise.
WEHT Wes Taylor?
by Anonymous | reply 131 | October 9, 2024 12:00 AM |
He was on Only Murders in the Building last season. He also was in the off-Broadway Assassins.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | October 9, 2024 12:06 AM |
Theater - American & German spelling
Theatre - British/European spelling.
One's not "fancier" than the other. It's just spelled different from country to country.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | October 9, 2024 12:45 AM |
Great. I hope we can now put "theatre" and "theater" to rest.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | October 9, 2024 12:48 AM |
[quote]The Broadway League will be no more forthcoming about this than they are about their reasoning regarding who they choose to honor with dimming the lights, and to what degree.
I certainly agree with you that the League will not be any more forthcoming about this in terms of any official statement, but that doesn't mean the true story won't leak in one way or another :-)
by Anonymous | reply 135 | October 9, 2024 1:14 AM |
[quote]I'm surprised Jim Parsons isn't packing them in at OUR TOWN. Only $562 million for 8 performances?
Do you wanna try that again?
by Anonymous | reply 136 | October 9, 2024 1:18 AM |
[quote]At this point Jim Parsons is a bit over-exposed on Broadway.
"Our Town" has nudity now?
by Anonymous | reply 137 | October 9, 2024 1:37 AM |
[quote]for what it's worth, most Germanic languages spell it 'theater'
It’s not worth much. Kindly fuck off, asshole. We believe in tradition here at DL, and tradition ordains that our theatre threads spell it theatre.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | October 9, 2024 1:57 AM |
TRADITION! Tradition!
by Anonymous | reply 139 | October 9, 2024 2:07 AM |
Oh what a dream!
by Anonymous | reply 140 | October 9, 2024 2:11 AM |
Only Tovah has what it takes to play Golde Rose in:
GYPSY IN YIDDISH!!!
by Anonymous | reply 141 | October 9, 2024 2:27 AM |
Worst thread ever?
by Anonymous | reply 142 | October 9, 2024 2:49 AM |
Isn’t this Aaron‘s last week in Moulin Rouge before the notebook guy takes over? Those girls must realize this will probably be his last stent. He’s been to the rouge three or four times now, right?
by Anonymous | reply 143 | October 9, 2024 3:07 AM |
[quote]He’s been to the rouge three or four times now, right?
Those in the know call it the mou.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | October 9, 2024 3:11 AM |
I believe Gavin dated Andrew Rannells and Jonathan Groff at different times.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | October 9, 2024 3:26 AM |
The only thing that could get me to spend a Tuesday night, seeing that mattress without Sutton or Urie would be to avoid a lengthy discussion of the spelling of theatre versus theater
by Anonymous | reply 146 | October 9, 2024 3:39 AM |
R108, the first part of my statement was "for me." I wasn't saying that all Americans only use the "theater" spelling.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | October 9, 2024 3:45 AM |
r135 Leak to who/where though? Riedel would've been all over, but no-one is covering Broadway like that any more.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | October 9, 2024 10:24 AM |
Say what you will about Riedel, he was entertaining.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | October 9, 2024 12:08 PM |
Jonathan Groff Confirms Bobby Darin Broadway Musical For Spring 2025:
by Anonymous | reply 150 | October 9, 2024 1:02 PM |
But who will be Sandra Dee?
Who will be Connie Francis??
by Anonymous | reply 151 | October 9, 2024 1:38 PM |
R150 I think this is a mistake. He was roundly given praise and the Tony for Merrily last season. Coming back so soon in a bad jukebox musical seems like a poor choice.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | October 9, 2024 1:57 PM |
I would go see a Bobby Darin musical if it has the part about Bobby being announced at a nightclub and as he walked on Sandy would say: "Your toupee is on crooked."
by Anonymous | reply 153 | October 9, 2024 2:35 PM |
Poor Groff is going to get roasted for this. He couldn't be further from Bobby Darin and he's not a great actor. Expecting cringe. Betting he won't even be nominated for a Tony.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | October 9, 2024 2:35 PM |
Hugh Jackman Sets 12-Show Monthly Concert Series At Radio City Music Hall:
by Anonymous | reply 155 | October 9, 2024 2:38 PM |
I fear Alex Timbers and his crew will be lost attempting to interpret the appeal of Bobby Darin who was dead and mostly forgotten long before they were born.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | October 9, 2024 2:42 PM |
This will rival Ben Platt's residency at Carnegie Hall!
by Anonymous | reply 157 | October 9, 2024 2:43 PM |
Joy Woods IS Sandra Dee!
by Anonymous | reply 158 | October 9, 2024 2:53 PM |
Billy Porter *IS* Diana Ross in a dramatic scene where Diana and Bobby plan to star in the first iteration of the Bodyguard movie in the early 1970s.
by Anonymous | reply 159 | October 9, 2024 3:06 PM |
[quote]But who will be Sandra Dee?
[quote]Who will be Connie Francis??
Who will be: "I'm your mother -- I'm your sister -- I'm your mother -- I'm your sister!"
by Anonymous | reply 160 | October 9, 2024 3:11 PM |
Would the one-two punch of Louis Armtrong and Bobby Darrin both flopping put a stop to the jukebox biomusicals for a while? I feel like the well is running dry. Does the Matt Doyle-lead Sinatra musical still have its sights on Broadway?
by Anonymous | reply 161 | October 9, 2024 3:17 PM |
The Broadway League should dim the lights for this thread.
I blame OP.
by Anonymous | reply 162 | October 9, 2024 3:21 PM |
I'm 55 and I don't know who Bobby Darin is. It's a name I recognize, but mostly because Kevin Spacey played him in a movie no one saw and I remember him getting a Globe nod for it.
So who exactly IS the audience for this show? What age group?
Groff has his fans, but I don't think they're gonna flock to this.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | October 9, 2024 3:26 PM |
Bobby? Been there. Done that.
by Anonymous | reply 164 | October 9, 2024 3:31 PM |
SHRIMP BOATS!
*The Jo Stafford Musical*
by Anonymous | reply 165 | October 9, 2024 3:39 PM |
Patti LuPone IS Patti Page!
by Anonymous | reply 166 | October 9, 2024 3:57 PM |
Groff's fans flocked to an earlier version of this Bobby Darin show when it was done at the 92Y a few years ago, but of course, that was only for three or four performances total.
by Anonymous | reply 167 | October 9, 2024 4:06 PM |
Well, at least one of his hits was a show tune.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | October 9, 2024 4:08 PM |
^^^Umm, "Mack the Knife" was also a show tune :-)
by Anonymous | reply 169 | October 9, 2024 4:17 PM |
Indeed, r169.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | October 9, 2024 4:39 PM |
Who else deserves a jukebox musical? Stevie Wonder, for sure. Rosie Clooney? Bing? Connie Francis?
Some have had jukebox movies (Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, the Cashes et al.)
by Anonymous | reply 171 | October 9, 2024 4:56 PM |
Cooper Koch to play Frankie Avalon in a Broadway jukebox misical produced by Ryan Murphy. You read it here first.
by Anonymous | reply 172 | October 9, 2024 5:02 PM |
With the right creative team and vision, I think a musical adaptation of Wuthering Heights with Kate Bush songs could be effective. The 11 o'clock number is built right in, and a good book could contextualize the other songs.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | October 9, 2024 5:05 PM |
All kidding aside, assuming she's a character in the show, I wonder if a few of Connie Francis' biggest hits will find their way into the Bobby Darin show.
Who's Sorry Now?, Stupid Cupid, Lipstick on Your Collar and Where the Boys Are, among others, were all huge popular hits (spanning generations) when she first sang them.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | October 9, 2024 5:56 PM |
Monday's episode of Dancing with the Stars teased a Soul Train musical.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | October 9, 2024 6:02 PM |
That adorable Olympic medal winning gymnast Steve is the only reason I’m back to watching DWTS.
by Anonymous | reply 176 | October 9, 2024 6:23 PM |
Groff's early Darin effort was perfectly fine because the songs are great. It's just that he isn't Darin and never will be. And as I recall, just an inflated night club act, not a strict bio. Agree that it probably won't work.
by Anonymous | reply 177 | October 9, 2024 7:03 PM |
He’s a Darrin, not a Darin.
by Anonymous | reply 178 | October 9, 2024 7:05 PM |
R178 is very proud of himself, thinking he’s witty. Maybe in Cleveland. Maybe.
by Anonymous | reply 179 | October 9, 2024 7:09 PM |
A Bing Crosby musical better have a nice beat.
by Anonymous | reply 180 | October 9, 2024 7:10 PM |
Well only dim a few of the posts, R162. Because were cunts.
by Anonymous | reply 181 | October 9, 2024 7:13 PM |
R157, I PRAY you mean the Palace.
by Anonymous | reply 183 | October 9, 2024 7:15 PM |
Speaking of Lindsay Mendez R152), she was married to her third husband (and father of her second child) earlier this year. Shouldn’t she be readying for divorce #3, by now?
by Anonymous | reply 184 | October 9, 2024 7:17 PM |
How *did* Ben's gig at the Palace end up doing?
by Anonymous | reply 185 | October 9, 2024 7:20 PM |
If Mamaleh Were Married, R141?
by Anonymous | reply 186 | October 9, 2024 7:20 PM |
The staff is still picking acrylic nails and shoulder hair outta the carpet, R185.
by Anonymous | reply 187 | October 9, 2024 7:20 PM |
I mean financially, r187.
by Anonymous | reply 188 | October 9, 2024 7:26 PM |
R184 and OP are hoping for another endless round of jokes about Lindsay Mendez missing performances.
by Anonymous | reply 189 | October 9, 2024 7:27 PM |
On Alex timbers's IG he says they're transforming Circle in the Square ("Circle," to those who use the shorthands) into an intimate immersive nightclub
by Anonymous | reply 190 | October 9, 2024 8:04 PM |
It’s a basement attached to a parking garage. Meh. If only we could get rid of the constant flow of nasty Wicked stans next door.
by Anonymous | reply 191 | October 9, 2024 8:14 PM |
Broadway To Dim All Lights For Gavin Creel, Maggie Smith & Adrian Bailey; League to Review Policy:
by Anonymous | reply 192 | October 9, 2024 8:16 PM |
A Modest Proposal.
That works. ^
by Anonymous | reply 193 | October 9, 2024 8:19 PM |
And what about Ken Page?
by Anonymous | reply 194 | October 9, 2024 8:38 PM |
Oh I like that, r192...but yes, add Ken Page.
by Anonymous | reply 195 | October 9, 2024 8:50 PM |
Who?
by Anonymous | reply 196 | October 9, 2024 8:50 PM |
R154- he is an incredible versatile actor who can pretty much do anything in any medium. You sound like the people who said Audra was all wrong to play Billie Holliday.
by Anonymous | reply 197 | October 9, 2024 9:24 PM |
If you’re 55 and don’t know who Bobby Darin is, you’re an idiot.
by Anonymous | reply 198 | October 9, 2024 9:26 PM |
You’re funny!
by Anonymous | reply 199 | October 9, 2024 9:27 PM |
I'm 56 and I know who Bobby Darin is, but I am not the least bit familiar with him other than knowing the titles of a couple of his songs, that he was married to Sandra Dee and that he died early.
by Anonymous | reply 200 | October 9, 2024 10:06 PM |
WHAT THE FUCK?! Why would they leave out Ken Page? What is wrong with these people?
by Anonymous | reply 201 | October 9, 2024 10:16 PM |
Sandra ran away from her abusive mother to marry Bobby.
by Anonymous | reply 202 | October 9, 2024 10:19 PM |
r200, you've pretty much summed up all there is to know about Bobby Darin. And it's not interesting enough to fashion a musical. But perhaps interesting enough for a nightclub revue which is all ticket buyers will get for their hard-earned money.
by Anonymous | reply 203 | October 9, 2024 10:43 PM |
Warren Leight is at least the 5th writer to take a crack at writing the book for the Darin musical.
by Anonymous | reply 204 | October 9, 2024 10:45 PM |
I'm in my mid 20s, and I know who Bobby Darin was.
I'm also the Jerome Kern Troll, so I'm probably not exactly representative of other 20 somethings.
by Anonymous | reply 205 | October 9, 2024 10:49 PM |
Sorry, r203, but we're using it in SHRIMP BOATS.
by Anonymous | reply 206 | October 9, 2024 10:59 PM |
I saw a reading of the Darrin thing. Groff is terribly miscast. Zero swagger.
by Anonymous | reply 207 | October 10, 2024 12:08 AM |
LOVE you Kern Troll! Don't stop posting and linking. xoxoxo
by Anonymous | reply 209 | October 10, 2024 12:49 AM |
The thing is, with Bobby Darin mostly forgotten by everyone under 70, will Groff even attempt to recreate his style?
by Anonymous | reply 210 | October 10, 2024 12:50 AM |
"Our Town"? Again?
Now with goofy colorblind casting! I mean, it's so ludicrous as New Hampshire has practically zero black residents, and I used to live there, I know. What would Thornton Wilder think of this one wonders? It's bad enough that nearly every production misses the New England accent joke written into the homework scene, but now by dint of casting it is forced to be a play it isn't. I'm sure it will be a hit.
As soon as the colorblind Dreamgirls opens on Broadway I'll pipe down!
by Anonymous | reply 211 | October 10, 2024 2:14 AM |
I understand your post is supposed to be satire, R211, but didn't we beat that horse to death in the last thread?
Bringing it up now, apropos of nothing, is just giving countenance to a repetitive and BORING discussion.
by Anonymous | reply 212 | October 10, 2024 2:18 AM |
Someone posted the following on ATC, the the tradition of dimming (or turning off) the lights of Broadway in memory of deceased artists:
[quote]Why are they making this simple issue so complex? It should always be all theaters. Partial makes no sense and I find it disrespectful to the Broadway community. As for who should make the decisions on who to dim the lights for? Well, I think it should be a group of well-known actors, directors, choreographers, playwrights, composers and lyricists. Throw in a few theater fans to keep them all in check. I volunteer as tribute. :-)
Oh, sure. And if such a group were formed, THEY would be the ones who'd have to face the backlash if they ever decided that the lights should NOT be dimmed for any particular person. So there would still be a backlash, it would just be aimed at a different group.
This proves that It's usually simple-minded people who think they have come up with simple answers for complex questions about which there is much controversy and disagreement.
by Anonymous | reply 213 | October 10, 2024 2:29 AM |
This article is the first I've heard/read that Brody Grant has been out of THE OUTSIDERS for about a month (and will soon be returning). No reason is given here for his extended absence. I remember some vague gossip here that there was some sort of issue at THE OUTSIDERS. No details were ever given, but do we think there was any truth to that gossip, and that his absence is somehow related to it?
by Anonymous | reply 214 | October 10, 2024 2:41 AM |
Of course there’s a connection —-
by Anonymous | reply 215 | October 10, 2024 2:43 AM |
People still go to ATC? That site is still a thing?
by Anonymous | reply 216 | October 10, 2024 2:48 AM |
^^^Sorry, I forgot to post the link to the article in question. See below. The article includes the following:
[quote]Reps did not give a reason for Grant’s extended absence but said in a statement, “‘The Outsiders’ is a very demanding project. He needed time away and is returning next week. As with any long-running shows, our performers regularly take time away, when needed, to recharge and reset.”
Yeah, but (1) when the lead of a show is going to be out for an indefinite period, this should be publicized rather than kept secret; and (2) at the time when Grant's month-long hiatus began, the show had only been running about six months. The necessity for performers to "recharge and reset" is usually taken care of by scheduled vacations and, of course, sick days. If someone needs to take an entire month off six months into a show's run, there's something wrong somewhere. But again, maybe that's not the real reason.
by Anonymous | reply 217 | October 10, 2024 2:50 AM |
[quote] Speaking of Lindsay Mendez [R152]), she was married to her third husband (and father of her second child) earlier this year. Shouldn’t she be readying for divorce #3, by now?
Did they dim the lights for her two previous marriages?
by Anonymous | reply 218 | October 10, 2024 3:38 AM |
[quote] Warren Leight is at least the 5th writer to take a crack at writing the book for the Darin musical.
He did wonders for Leap of Fatih
by Anonymous | reply 219 | October 10, 2024 3:40 AM |
[quote]Bringing it up now, apropos of nothing...
Newsflash- Our Town just opened on Broadway, so apropos of that actually.
Who died and left you hall monitor?
by Anonymous | reply 220 | October 10, 2024 4:05 AM |
Emily?
by Anonymous | reply 221 | October 10, 2024 4:10 AM |
[quote]And what about Ken Page?
Theaters will be brightening their lights for him, apparently.
by Anonymous | reply 222 | October 10, 2024 9:04 AM |
Why didn’t Karen Ziemba replace Brody for the month? She’s always ready, no?
by Anonymous | reply 223 | October 10, 2024 12:07 PM |
Groff used a lot of Darin's phrasing and style n the Y show. As well he should. It was Darin's personality that made him a star, not just the hit songs.
by Anonymous | reply 224 | October 10, 2024 12:18 PM |
Groff will be more Sargent thank York.
by Anonymous | reply 225 | October 10, 2024 12:31 PM |
R198,
I'm far from an idiot. I will not deign to defend myself in this grand forum, nor feel the need to, but I will ask: Why would a 55-year-old necessarily know Bobby Darin? Or need to?
As I said in my initial post, I knew he'd been played by Kevin Spacey in BEYOND THE SEA, so I knew he was a famous singer in his day, but not much beyond that.
He died in 1973, when I was 4 years old. Most pop songs have limited lives beyond their generational impact (though of course I know "Splish Splash"), none of his films have really been kept in the cultural conversation in my lifetime, and because he died at such a young age, and so long ago, he's just not that well-known these days to anyone under 60.
Please note I'm not saying he's not worth knowing. One benefit of having an excellent biographical Broadway musical of his life could be that he will be introduced to so many who aren't aware of him and his legacy beyond his name. But that will only work if the musical is any good and gets good notices that encourages audiences to come. The Darin name won't be enough; Groff might be.
by Anonymous | reply 226 | October 10, 2024 1:21 PM |
[quote]I will not deign to defend myself in this grand forum, nor feel the need to
And yet you continually do.
by Anonymous | reply 227 | October 10, 2024 1:27 PM |
Oh the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear...
by Anonymous | reply 228 | October 10, 2024 1:38 PM |
R211, as Thorton Wilder was known to be a homosexualist, I’m sure he wouldn’t mind the diversity.
by Anonymous | reply 229 | October 10, 2024 1:52 PM |
Bobby Darin was considered a Sinatra manque at first. But he had a good voice, warm and expressive, and his own early-‘60s hipster style. It’s worth checking out his recordings if you like that kind of singing and songs from that period (I do).
But I don’t see a successful musical being made from his life. I guess the hook is that his bad heart was a shadow hanging over him which eventually took him too young. And he had a turbulent childhood and adolescence as did wife Sandra Dee, who had been sexually molested by her stepfather since childhood, then became a teen movie star overnight. You can imagine them bonding over their respective horror stories. But it seems like a slim premise for a full musical. More like something Ryan Murphy would do as a miniseries, complete with explicit flashbacks.
by Anonymous | reply 230 | October 10, 2024 1:53 PM |
[quote]Groff used a lot of Darin's phrasing and style n the Y show.
I didn't necessarily notice him doing that, maybe only occasionally.
[quote]As well he should. It was Darin's personality that made him a star, not just the hit songs.
And what some people are saying is that Groff, as much as we love him, is nothing like Darin in terms of personality, not to mention looks and style of singing.
by Anonymous | reply 231 | October 10, 2024 1:59 PM |
Bobby was a terrible actor.
by Anonymous | reply 232 | October 10, 2024 2:45 PM |
Thanks R183......of course I meant The Palace.
Bobby Darin grew up thinking his mother was his sister......
by Anonymous | reply 233 | October 10, 2024 2:47 PM |
R233. That's nuts
by Anonymous | reply 234 | October 10, 2024 2:48 PM |
[quote] Why would a 55-year-old necessarily know Bobby Darin? Or need to?
Truly why does anyone [italic] need [/italic] to know anything?
by Anonymous | reply 235 | October 10, 2024 3:14 PM |
^^^The thought is that lots of people will have no interest in buying tickets to a show about someone who is completely unfamiliar to them and in whom they have no interest. And for a Broadway show to be successful, it has to have very broad appeal.
by Anonymous | reply 236 | October 10, 2024 3:19 PM |
[quote] The thought is that lots of people will have no interest in buying tickets to a show about someone who is completely unfamiliar to them and in whom they have no interest.
I see.
by Anonymous | reply 237 | October 10, 2024 4:07 PM |
Good point, R237, but I think all of those shows were very different situations. And P.S., GREY GARDENS the musical was not a long-running hit.
by Anonymous | reply 238 | October 10, 2024 4:20 PM |
Maybe in keeping with making OUR TOWN for a "now" and "with it" audience, Jim Parsons should wear his red Flash t-shirt as the Stage Manager.
by Anonymous | reply 239 | October 10, 2024 5:07 PM |
Anyone see LEFT ON TENTH? It has "flop" written all over it.
by Anonymous | reply 240 | October 10, 2024 6:03 PM |
It seems like such a meh idea, but I'll bet it would have done gangbusters if we still had a thriving dinner theater scene nationally.
by Anonymous | reply 241 | October 10, 2024 6:11 PM |
Would Bobbie Darin have been a Ben or a Buddy?
by Anonymous | reply 242 | October 10, 2024 6:16 PM |
Buddy
by Anonymous | reply 243 | October 10, 2024 6:21 PM |
Yes! Could have been a great Buddy!
by Anonymous | reply 244 | October 10, 2024 6:44 PM |
Bobby Darin as Buddy. Connie Francis as Sally. Tab Hunter as Ben. Connie Stevens as Phyllis. But who's Carlotta?
by Anonymous | reply 245 | October 10, 2024 6:54 PM |
Left on Tenth and The Roommate seem like the kind of plays Broadway hosted back in the 70's and 80s. And I mean that fondly.
by Anonymous | reply 246 | October 10, 2024 6:55 PM |
Paula Prentiss is a Phyllis. Connie Stevens is a DeeDee.
by Anonymous | reply 247 | October 10, 2024 6:56 PM |
[quote]Bobby Darin as Buddy. Connie Francis as Sally. Tab Hunter as Ben. Connie Stevens as Phyllis. But who's Carlotta?
Kaye Ballard
by Anonymous | reply 248 | October 10, 2024 7:01 PM |
[quote]But who's Carlotta?
Connie Ford, of course.
by Anonymous | reply 249 | October 10, 2024 7:07 PM |
Our Town has flop written all over it.
by Anonymous | reply 250 | October 10, 2024 7:08 PM |
That Bobby Darin movie was so strange—a biopic of someone long gone from the public’s imagination, starring someone way too old for the part.
by Anonymous | reply 251 | October 10, 2024 7:13 PM |
R240 I saw it last week, and it’s a nothing of a play. No real conflict or drama. The actors made the most they could out of flat material and there is one very affecting scene that uses Barbara Cook’s “Ship in a Bottle” beautifully but it works because of how great that performance is, not because of any connection to the characters/material. Totally skippable unless you’re a huge fan of Marguiles or Gallagher.
by Anonymous | reply 252 | October 10, 2024 7:14 PM |
It was a vanity project, r251.
by Anonymous | reply 253 | October 10, 2024 7:14 PM |
[quote]Left on Tenth and The Roommate seem like the kind of plays Broadway hosted back in the 70's and 80s. And I mean that fondly.
There's nothing wrong with that kind of play as long as they're well written, which The Roommate is not. (I haven't yet seen Left on Tenth.)
by Anonymous | reply 254 | October 10, 2024 7:31 PM |
If you’re headed west, you can’t turn left on 10th.
by Anonymous | reply 255 | October 10, 2024 7:40 PM |
Is the reference in the play's title to 10th Avenue, or 10th Street? I was told it's the latter.
by Anonymous | reply 256 | October 10, 2024 7:44 PM |
If that’s true this shit is even dumber than I imagined. No one in Manhattan would leave out “street” where there’s an avenue of the same ordinal number.
by Anonymous | reply 257 | October 10, 2024 7:49 PM |
Like that famous comedy: “Prisoner of Second”
by Anonymous | reply 258 | October 10, 2024 7:52 PM |
R226- you must noT know who Judy Garland is. After all she died years before you were born.
by Anonymous | reply 259 | October 10, 2024 8:43 PM |
R256 It is 10th St
by Anonymous | reply 260 | October 10, 2024 8:45 PM |
Bad title, then. A good thing: I tossed the coupon into the recycle box of my floor’s service vestibule.
by Anonymous | reply 261 | October 10, 2024 8:49 PM |
[quote]as Thorton Wilder was known to be a homosexualist, I’m sure he wouldn’t mind the diversity.
I do mind the misspelling of my name on DL.
by Anonymous | reply 262 | October 10, 2024 8:50 PM |
A NYer would not say “left on” re a one-way crosstown street. You’d just say “turn on.”
by Anonymous | reply 263 | October 10, 2024 8:51 PM |
Still trying to figure out a Stevie Wonder musical would work. Present a capsulized version of his life, graft a new story on to the songs or just present his astounding catalog of music?
by Anonymous | reply 264 | October 10, 2024 8:52 PM |
[quote]Ephron was born in New York City
[quote]writer, dog lover, pizza lover, New Yorker 🖋 🐶🍕🗽Left on Tenth my new memoir out now
Ah DL, wrong as ever
by Anonymous | reply 265 | October 10, 2024 9:00 PM |
Tenth what, Nora? You write like a tourist.
by Anonymous | reply 266 | October 10, 2024 9:11 PM |
Delia, sorry
by Anonymous | reply 267 | October 10, 2024 9:12 PM |
She: “The only way to get home from Fifth Avenue or Seventh Avenue is to turn left on Tenth Street, which is one-way west to east…”. See what she did there?
She never thought of Sixth Ave?. Her taking literary license in the title is subpar—this will flop!
by Anonymous | reply 268 | October 10, 2024 9:17 PM |
Is anyone a member of Manhattan Theatre club? Someone said they got an email that single tickets go on sale for Old Friends on October 23. Can someone confirm?
by Anonymous | reply 269 | October 10, 2024 10:00 PM |
I’m not a member but I got the email today.
by Anonymous | reply 270 | October 10, 2024 10:04 PM |
R240 I found it to be a slog shipped direct from the Hallmark channel. Margulies spends the first 20 minutes giving a TED Talk about her character's struggle with Verizon (this after Verizon hold music, complete with "All of our representatives are currently assisting other customers" announcements, played incessantly during the pre-show), followed by half an hour of Margulies and Gallagher sitting on desks reading emails to each other. What remains are some (admittedly cute) dogs, 90s romcom tropes, and a dark tonal shift at the end that feels icky and undeserved given the saccharine slop we had to trudge through to get there. To top things off, they didn't make any effort to get creative with their legacy Playbill designs.
by Anonymous | reply 271 | October 10, 2024 10:08 PM |
[quote]single tickets...for Old Friends
Ironic
by Anonymous | reply 272 | October 10, 2024 10:28 PM |
“ and a dark tonal shift at the end that feels icky…”So that’s where the turn is? Asking a friend.
Why not “Left on Iccky Shift”? R271
by Anonymous | reply 273 | October 10, 2024 10:35 PM |
Posting this not just for the content of the article but for the interesting comments left by readers:
by Anonymous | reply 274 | October 10, 2024 11:29 PM |
DL thread merges into NYT thread! Who would of thought?
I bet whiners here regret canceling their subscription now. 🙃
by Anonymous | reply 275 | October 10, 2024 11:39 PM |
*have not “of”
by Anonymous | reply 276 | October 10, 2024 11:40 PM |
[quote] I bet whiners here regret canceling their subscription now.
R275, you actually think THAT would change my opinion of the Times, and its sane-washing of Trump and its cynical clickbait of playing two sides, downplaying the Democrats in favor of the GOP, or whichever way the wind blows, in order to make the most revenue?
No. Some story about dimming lights doesn't come close to the journalistic crimes of the Times.
by Anonymous | reply 277 | October 10, 2024 11:51 PM |
R270 thank you. Did it happen to say what time?
by Anonymous | reply 278 | October 11, 2024 12:04 AM |
R277 you ate a living parody…in action. Bless you.
by Anonymous | reply 279 | October 11, 2024 12:21 AM |
And you are one, too ;)
by Anonymous | reply 280 | October 11, 2024 12:22 AM |
Really, R279? Explain how.
by Anonymous | reply 281 | October 11, 2024 12:32 AM |
[quote] you ate a living parody
Oh, and by the way, oh dear, R279.
by Anonymous | reply 282 | October 11, 2024 12:33 AM |
You oh dear something that was already corrected. There’s your parody at work—that’s how so.
by Anonymous | reply 283 | October 11, 2024 12:35 AM |
I miss the Theatre Gossip threads not devolving into puerile goo.
by Anonymous | reply 284 | October 11, 2024 12:39 AM |
Where exactly was it corrected, R283?
A parody is someone lke you who favors banality over real issues.
by Anonymous | reply 285 | October 11, 2024 12:41 AM |
Yes, it was corrected at R280.
Let's go back to actual substance, if you can. How was my criticism of the Times inaccurate?
by Anonymous | reply 286 | October 11, 2024 12:43 AM |
I guess r280 was over your head….as you seemed busy with stomping your feet at the NYT. You can’t make this shit up…but you keep posting. To your heart’s content…bless.
by Anonymous | reply 287 | October 11, 2024 12:44 AM |
So, R287, you continue to deflect being asked about any criticism of the Times. And you accuse others of being paltry intellectually. Right, Mary. As you say, you can't make this shit up. Dumb cunt.
by Anonymous | reply 288 | October 11, 2024 12:48 AM |
One last time. The joke was based on r274: to wit, if you could read the comments on the NYT article then you might note the irony of how it seemed much like a DL thread. But you, apparently, can’t; you immediately got your back up and rehashed an old DL complaint about the NYT itself. You skipped the fun part and went straight to the dullard part…as if you were writing a parody post.
by Anonymous | reply 289 | October 11, 2024 1:02 AM |
R289 has long been banished from my sight. But she can continue to fuck herself.
by Anonymous | reply 290 | October 11, 2024 1:04 AM |
😘
by Anonymous | reply 291 | October 11, 2024 1:06 AM |
The beauty of blocking your stalker is that you can't see them. One of the few saving graces to DL.
by Anonymous | reply 292 | October 11, 2024 1:14 AM |
Plot twist: the blocker was the one stalking the blockee.
by Anonymous | reply 293 | October 11, 2024 1:23 AM |
I see she's still going at it without having to see her. Pathetic.
by Anonymous | reply 294 | October 11, 2024 1:27 AM |
Understudy on for Joe in Sunset Blvd tonite.
by Anonymous | reply 295 | October 11, 2024 1:56 AM |
Excuse me, r295, you're interrupting the Bickersons.
by Anonymous | reply 296 | October 11, 2024 2:23 AM |
R296. Yes. I know. :)
by Anonymous | reply 297 | October 11, 2024 2:24 AM |
What exactly is it that you two get off on with this back-and-forth? It’s like you’re beating your tiny little hands against the bars of the prison of your pathetic impotence. . It’s like you’re dueling Miss Havishams, your Getting Away With Murder t-shirts in hopeless tatters, stained with your Similac drools. banging away on your crusty keyboards, yelling into the voids that are your lives.
by Anonymous | reply 299 | October 11, 2024 2:40 AM |
[quote]But who's Carlotta?
Constance Ford.
by Anonymous | reply 300 | October 11, 2024 2:43 AM |
r249 beat me to the best reply ever, lol.
Dataloungers think alike!
by Anonymous | reply 301 | October 11, 2024 2:44 AM |
[quote]Thorton Wilder was known to be a homosexualist
Oh my! Did his son Gene know?
by Anonymous | reply 302 | October 11, 2024 3:09 AM |
They’re eating your dogs!
They’re eating your cats!
And now -
They ate a living parody!!
by Anonymous | reply 303 | October 11, 2024 3:18 AM |
[quote] They’re eating your cats!
I lobve to eat pussy!
by Anonymous | reply 304 | October 11, 2024 3:24 AM |
*I love to
by Anonymous | reply 305 | October 11, 2024 3:25 AM |
Did Vulva Toadstool ever play Carlotta? And flash her panties?
by Anonymous | reply 306 | October 11, 2024 3:34 AM |
Notice how The New York Times spells 'theater' at R274
by Anonymous | reply 307 | October 11, 2024 4:46 AM |
Fuck off, r307.
by Anonymous | reply 308 | October 11, 2024 6:40 AM |
I can't believe Jesse gave this very average production a rave. Between this and his rave for "Elephants" and "Suffs" he's really losing it...
by Anonymous | reply 310 | October 11, 2024 10:03 AM |
All the fraus in the Broadway Remembered group (on FB) are OBSESSED with Suffs. Are they the ones keeping that show open? Anytime someone on there asks for a recommendation -- even if the poster mentions a shortlist of shows they're considering which does NOT include Suffs -- they flood the comments with Suffs recommendations.
by Anonymous | reply 311 | October 11, 2024 10:47 AM |
There are multiple bitchy call outs to Jesse Greene’s taste in the early comments to his review. Good gun!
by Anonymous | reply 312 | October 11, 2024 10:51 AM |
*fun
by Anonymous | reply 313 | October 11, 2024 10:51 AM |
THIS DAY IN BROADWAY HISTORY: In 1915, a revival of "Sherlock Holmes" opened at the Empire Theatre.
by Anonymous | reply 314 | October 11, 2024 3:03 PM |
Broadway Dancer Zelig Williams Missing In South Carolina; Hugh Jackman Appeals For Help:
by Anonymous | reply 315 | October 11, 2024 6:07 PM |
He’s chained to a radiator, in the basement.
Spoiler: Hugh is the kidnapper!
by Anonymous | reply 316 | October 11, 2024 6:09 PM |
Zelig?
Where?!
by Anonymous | reply 317 | October 11, 2024 6:10 PM |
How were the Stroman dance transitions in Left On Tenth?
by Anonymous | reply 318 | October 11, 2024 7:03 PM |
They took a wrong turn downstage
by Anonymous | reply 319 | October 11, 2024 7:09 PM |
Did we talk about the "Stereophonic" lawsuit yet? I had heard of the legal rumblings but didn't know until today that a lawsuit was filed.
by Anonymous | reply 320 | October 11, 2024 7:34 PM |
R320 can’t follow a thread, much less a legal battle…..
TL; DR—the lawsuit is going its own way: it will break no chain.
by Anonymous | reply 321 | October 11, 2024 7:37 PM |
When we had a truly memorable number in a musical, primarily talking about the staging here. The big fight in The Outsiders is pretty original and very striking. I remember nothing choreograph in hell’s kitchen, Spamalot, once upon a mattress, this Cabaret etc etc., or anything else going back a couple of seasons.
by Anonymous | reply 322 | October 11, 2024 8:10 PM |
[Italic] Let me try that again with proofreading
When was the last time we had a truly memorable number in a musical? I’m primarily talking about the staging here. The big fight in The Outsiders is pretty original and very striking. I remember nothing choreographically in Hell’s Kitchen , Spamalot, Once Upon a Mattress, this Cabaret etc etc., or anything else, even going back a couple of seasons.
by Anonymous | reply 323 | October 11, 2024 8:18 PM |
[quote]When was the last time we had a truly memorable number in a musical?
by Anonymous | reply 324 | October 11, 2024 8:58 PM |
The interlude in Kenny Leon’s Our Town? Too soon?!
by Anonymous | reply 325 | October 11, 2024 9:26 PM |
Yes we know
by Anonymous | reply 327 | October 11, 2024 9:43 PM |
OK, what's the tea?
JAMES MORGAN STEPS DOWN AS PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY
JAMES MORGAN STEPS DOWN AS PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY
New York, NY (October 11, 2024) – The York Theatre Company (Marie Grace LaFerrara, Executive Director) has announced that long-time York stalwart James Morgan has resigned from his duties, effective immediately. Since being appointed as Producing Artistic Director in 1997, James Morgan and The York have focused on "bringing musicals to life" in its Mainstage Series—most of them world, American, or New York premieres—by some of the field's most esteemed creators and launching the careers of many talented new writers.
"On behalf of the Board of Directors of the York Theatre company, we wish James Morgan well in his future endeavors," stated Jim Kierstead, York Board President. "We will soon be announcing plans for a future filled with diversity, talent, and musical theater in order to continue our long legacy of supporting artists of all backgrounds."
The York Theatre Company Board of Directors includes W. David McCoy (Chairman), Jim Kierstead (President), Riki Kane Larimer (Vice President), Molly Pickering Grose (Secretary), Gerald F. Fisher (Treasurer), Bernard Carragher, Timothy F. Collins, Alan Govenar, Laurence Holzman, Katherine Huang, Joan T. Mischo, Charlotte Rosenblatt, Joan Ross Sorkin, Debra Walton, and Claudia Zahn.
The York Theatre Company "Where Musicals Come to Life," is the only theatre in New York City—and one of very few in the world—dedicated to developing and fully producing new musicals and preserving notable shows from the past. For over five decades, York's intimate, imaginative style of producing both original and classic musicals has resulted in critical acclaim and recognition from artists and audiences alike. Under the guidance of Producing Artistic Director James Morgan since 1997, The York has focused on new musicals in its Mainstage Series—most of them world, American, or New York premieres—by some of the field's most esteemed creators and has also helped launch the careers of many talented new writers. Over 45 cast recordings from York Theatre Company productions are now available, including its acclaimed revival of Closer Than Ever (2013 Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Revival). Commercial transfers of such York premieres as The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!), Souvenir (Tony Award Nomination for actress Judy Kaye), and Jolson & Company, and revivals of Pacific Overtures and Sweeney Todd (four Tony Nominations including Best Revival) have all showcased the importance of The York and its programs.
Recent York productions have included A Sign of the Times (New World Stages), The Jerusalem Syndrome, Vanities—The Musical, Hoagy Carmichael's Stardust Road, Penelope: or How the Odyssey Was Really Written, Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin in Hollywood, A Taste of Things to Come, Marry Harry, and Rothschild & Sons. The critically acclaimed musical Yank! received its Off-Broadway debut at The York, and subsequently to rave reviews in London—as did York's Rothschild & Sons. The hit musical Cagney received its York premiere in 2015, transferring to the Westside Theatre for over 15 months. In 2017, Desperate Measures received a total of 15 award nominations (and three wins) that included Best Musical from the Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, and Off-Broadway Alliance and subsequently transferred across town to New World Stages. The York is the recipient of a special Drama Desk Award for "Developing and Producing New Musicals," a special Outer Critics Circle Award for "50 Years of Producing New and Classic Musicals." Due to a flood in their longtime home at Saint Peter's Church in January 2021, The York is currently producing at The Theatre at St. Jean's at 76th Street and Lexington Avenue.
by Anonymous | reply 328 | October 11, 2024 10:19 PM |
I've mentioned it, R320, except that queens here prefer to chew the fat about dimming lights. That article is misleading--who is exactly being sued, the producers or Adjmi? On the surface, it seems absurd that the plaintiff is suing on the basis of the playwright creating a character based on the plaintiff. That happens all the time--it's called creative license and freedom of expression.
by Anonymous | reply 329 | October 11, 2024 10:47 PM |
Hey! I'm playing the character in question, who's the basis of this lawsuit! Do I get free pussy for it?
by Anonymous | reply 330 | October 11, 2024 10:49 PM |
I initially read R328 as JANE MORGAN STEPS DOWN AS PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY
by Anonymous | reply 331 | October 11, 2024 10:53 PM |
[quote]On the surface, it seems absurd that the plaintiff is suing on the basis of the playwright creating a character based on the plaintiff.
"Creating a character based on the plaintiff" is not the extent of it. There are detailed scenarios and even lines that were lifted directly from the book, word for word. Read the complaint. It's not that long, and it's interesting.
by Anonymous | reply 332 | October 11, 2024 11:00 PM |
I did read it, R332. It's still a flimsy lawsuit, imo.
by Anonymous | reply 333 | October 11, 2024 11:04 PM |
It's definitely not the sturdiest, but I think there's enough there for a judge not to dismiss it outright. Time will tell.
by Anonymous | reply 334 | October 11, 2024 11:08 PM |
R329 that lawsuit is not going their way or your way. Read the thread above. If there were a way, we’d be filing suit as well.
by Anonymous | reply 335 | October 11, 2024 11:19 PM |
In a way, it's too bad they just didn't make it BE Fleetwood Mac and then use the actual superior songs for the play.
by Anonymous | reply 336 | October 11, 2024 11:23 PM |
We'd then have had our first "Jukebox Play" and who knows where that would lead?
by Anonymous | reply 337 | October 11, 2024 11:27 PM |
I noticed that Stevie Nicks did not see Stereophonic while she's in NYC this week for SNL. I guess she doesn't want anything to do with it.
by Anonymous | reply 338 | October 11, 2024 11:27 PM |
Do you know what a legal nightmare that would have been, R336? It never would have happened. It's much better as a fictional work. Which essentially it is. The entire play consisting of the group dynamics is made up--the essence of fiction.
by Anonymous | reply 339 | October 11, 2024 11:33 PM |
R339 yes...there's nothing up there resembling Fleetwood Mac.
Said no sane person ever.
by Anonymous | reply 340 | October 11, 2024 11:36 PM |
[quote]OK, what's the tea?
[quote]JAMES MORGAN STEPS DOWN AS PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY
There was recently an incident between Gerry McIntyre and James Morgan during a zoom meeting, r328, in which Morgan lost his temper and began screaming at him. McIntyre stepped down from his position of Associated Artistic Director as a result.
I think McIntyre's FB page is open, and he has posted his resignation letter there. It's pretty damning. I think Morgan resigned before before he got fired.
by Anonymous | reply 341 | October 12, 2024 12:02 AM |
What Would Jesse Do?
by Anonymous | reply 343 | October 12, 2024 12:50 AM |
I've worked with Gerry a few times and always managed to stay on his good side. He's a good guy if you shoot straight. Things would need to be really fucked up for him to go off.
by Anonymous | reply 344 | October 12, 2024 12:59 AM |
[quote]What Would Jesse Do?
Want to be what Lucy was.
by Anonymous | reply 345 | October 12, 2024 1:03 AM |
Annette Bening saw The Roommate this week.
by Anonymous | reply 347 | October 12, 2024 2:42 AM |
She was no doubt relieved she passed on playing Patti's role.
by Anonymous | reply 348 | October 12, 2024 2:57 AM |
I didn't say that, R340. The characters were based on real-life people, which is not a basis for a lawsuit, and their scenes and dialogue with each other are (mostly, but for the few lines in question) made up. Do you think it's a documentary?
by Anonymous | reply 349 | October 12, 2024 1:07 PM |
Thanks for the info R341. Looked for McIntyre's post on FB but couldn't see it (we're not "friends" but have lots of mutual).
by Anonymous | reply 350 | October 12, 2024 6:10 PM |
Don’t bring Zoom to a gun fight!
by Anonymous | reply 351 | October 12, 2024 7:57 PM |
Just watched this week’s episode of Law & Order. Elizabeth Marvel was on for the first time in a long time. She looks incredibly thin and frail, and her voice has lost some of its timber. Is she ill?
by Anonymous | reply 352 | October 12, 2024 8:44 PM |
Has the York Theatre company ever been anything an annoying collection of fussy, mildly talented upper east siders who think they understand musicals, YANK! stank.
by Anonymous | reply 353 | October 12, 2024 8:49 PM |
Teaching my husband how to use Apple Music, I played him three renditions of “As If We Never Said Goodbye” Glenn, Patti, Betty Lynn. I had assumed Patti’s would take the palm but we surprised that we thought Glenn’s was the best, despite (and maybe because) the fact that she has the weakest voice by far of these ladies. Patti sang with no attention to the words and while Betty Lynn sounded spectacular, she always sounds like Betty Lynn, not like whatever character she’s playing. Glenn found pathos and majesty and intimacy even with that uncomfortable shift between head voice and chest.
I know, get a blog. We’re seeing Nicole next month.
by Anonymous | reply 354 | October 12, 2024 10:10 PM |
You two would be the hit of any party!
by Anonymous | reply 355 | October 12, 2024 10:14 PM |
Correction: not*
by Anonymous | reply 356 | October 12, 2024 10:14 PM |
The dumbest of the dumb Ivy schools, I gather.
Poly comes from the Greek, meaning much or many. Poli is shorthand for political, or politics.
by Anonymous | reply 357 | October 12, 2024 10:32 PM |
Opps —me dumb here. 🤓
by Anonymous | reply 358 | October 12, 2024 10:34 PM |
Yes, r355 and I’m going to my 50th high school reunion tonight. What an icebreaker I’ll have!
by Anonymous | reply 359 | October 12, 2024 11:12 PM |
I think you know the answer to your question, R353.
by Anonymous | reply 360 | October 13, 2024 12:05 AM |
R352-She looks very ill for a woman of only 54. She's unrecognizable from her recent role in "Presumed Innocent". And that horrible wig did her no favors. That was not a healthy woman on "Law and Order" this week. Or hopefully, a woman recovering from something unhealthy.
by Anonymous | reply 361 | October 13, 2024 2:54 AM |
Sprockets Boulevard. It’s fantastic theater for people who don’t like to think very much. Nothing makes any sense, but it doesn’t really matter because there is a lot to look at. Plus the angry cast glowers at the audience down throughout the show even when the music is happy and jazzy,
And the applause! Nicole holds a note for no particular reason and people go crazy. David Thaxton holds a note to get applause, but then cracks on the next one,
Strangely. the overproduction has the same effect as it did in the original, which it to spotlight the limits of Sir Andrew’s talent.
by Anonymous | reply 362 | October 13, 2024 3:02 AM |
The talent limits are much more heinous for Don Black and Christopher Hampton
by Anonymous | reply 363 | October 13, 2024 3:12 AM |
I always feel ALW gets too much stick. He's just a composer. The book, the lyrics, somebody else entirely.
by Anonymous | reply 364 | October 13, 2024 4:04 AM |
[quote]The book, the lyrics, somebody else entirely.
Which both are in service to his score.
by Anonymous | reply 365 | October 13, 2024 4:09 AM |
Funnily enough, I had the opposite reaction. I'm not the biggest ALW fan, but this new production made me appreciate his score more. Whatever the faults of his lyricists / librettists over the years, I actually think his music for Sunset Blvd is more interesting and varied than I'd ever appreciated before. There's much more...color and dynamics and rich harmonics... in this music than I'd appreciated. I think one of the reasons it's more noticeable.. at least to me... is because of the deliberately stark production design. It ends up putting much more emphasis on the music. It also helps that they've got a pretty killer orchestra in the pit and deliberately amplified sound design that gives you this cinematic surround-sound experience.
by Anonymous | reply 366 | October 13, 2024 5:15 AM |
r364 But after Tim Rice he was choosing the lyricists and book writers he worked with, so still deserves some blame
by Anonymous | reply 367 | October 13, 2024 10:38 AM |
In his most recent book, Jack O’Brien hilariously skewers Webber. He’s basically Norma Desmond reincarnated as a toad.
by Anonymous | reply 368 | October 13, 2024 11:04 AM |
[quote]Plus the angry cast glowers at the audience down throughout the show even when the music is happy and jazzy.
WTF? What's the point of that?
by Anonymous | reply 369 | October 13, 2024 11:26 AM |
Don’t ask. You also shouldn’t ask why Max is younger than Norma and overemotes nearly as much. It’s a lot of style and flash, but no one is much concerned with a story or characters. It reminded me of Cabaret.
by Anonymous | reply 370 | October 13, 2024 12:21 PM |
This really is gonna flop isn't it? Fiyero is GAY GAY GAY and no mention that it's split into 2 parts?
by Anonymous | reply 371 | October 13, 2024 12:56 PM |
[quote]Sprockets Boulevard.
They made musical about Dieter??
by Anonymous | reply 372 | October 13, 2024 3:03 PM |
Yes, including staring directly in the camera during a close up. The best part is when they all wear black dresses and gyrate on the floor. I’m not making this up.
by Anonymous | reply 373 | October 13, 2024 3:25 PM |
The moment in Sunset where there's a closeup of Artie with one tear rolling down his cheek is the most unintentionally funny thing I've ever seen on Broadway. Well, maybe next to the moment in Left On Tenth when the dog dies of liver cancer.
by Anonymous | reply 374 | October 13, 2024 3:59 PM |
Does the guy playing Artie use a tear stick? That’s doping for actors. Does he want to be considered the Lance Armstrong for theater?
by Anonymous | reply 375 | October 13, 2024 4:27 PM |
Max taking off his headset was also pretty laughable. Jamie Lloyd doesn’t seem to understand human emotions, especially in a chilly piece like this. So you get very weird sentimental flourishes that come out of nowhere.
by Anonymous | reply 376 | October 13, 2024 4:32 PM |
There's a legendary story that when "Love Never Dies" was creamed by the crix and the audiences were staying away in droves, the typical ALW bullshit took place and everyone was blamed and summoned to meetings for fixes, and changes, but the meetings were always about stupid shit -- costumes, lighting, acting choices. ALW was never there, and blamed everyone else. Director Jack O'Brien would just get home to NYC after one of these stupid meetings, and he'd get a call demanding/summoning that he return to London immediately for another meeting. He flew back first class, walked into the meeting, looked around the room, and said "Call me back when the fucking composer is here," and walked out and returned to the airport. He never went back again. They then hired some moderate talent to do the Australian production, and that tanked too.
by Anonymous | reply 377 | October 13, 2024 4:32 PM |
[quote]The moment in Sunset where there's a closeup of Artie with one tear rolling down his cheek is the most unintentionally funny thing I've ever seen on Broadway.
When/why does Artie cry in the show?
by Anonymous | reply 378 | October 13, 2024 4:33 PM |
When Betty leaves him for Joe, there is a massive close up and Artie is indeed shedding a single stream of tears. He takes off his headset and walks away. This is theater for very uncritical audiences.
by Anonymous | reply 379 | October 13, 2024 4:39 PM |
R379 Did they change the story?
Betty doesn't leave Artie in the original film nor musical.
In fact, Artie never learns about the affair, because he's away in another state filming a circus movie.
Joe ends it with Betty at the end and she returns to Artie, who is none the wiser.
by Anonymous | reply 380 | October 13, 2024 4:51 PM |
They change a great deal. Artie overhears Too Much in Love to Care and has his heart broken. But there is no real physical production, do it’s not clear where anyone is supposed to be. Norma is now 40, pretending she’s 20. Which makes it strange that Joe is so repulsed by her.
by Anonymous | reply 381 | October 13, 2024 4:56 PM |
Set your DVRs for Betty Bacall in The Fan this Thursday at 9:45pm on TCM.
by Anonymous | reply 382 | October 13, 2024 5:00 PM |
Shouldn't that be set your DVRs for a young Michael Biehn in a swimsuit in The Fan?
by Anonymous | reply 383 | October 13, 2024 5:13 PM |
[Quote] Set your DVRs for Betty Bacall in The Fan this Thursday at 9:45pm on TCM.
Why would I need it on DVR when I already have it on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray?
by Anonymous | reply 384 | October 13, 2024 5:45 PM |
[quote]The moment in Sunset where there's a closeup of Artie with one tear rolling down his cheek is the most unintentionally funny thing I've ever seen on Broadway.
How do you achieve a "close-up" in live theater? Does he walk around and stand in front of each audience member?
by Anonymous | reply 385 | October 13, 2024 5:49 PM |
You haven't been keeping up, r385.
by Anonymous | reply 386 | October 13, 2024 5:51 PM |
R385 hadn’t see a show in 20 years.
by Anonymous | reply 387 | October 13, 2024 6:01 PM |
Love Never Dies = Paint Never Dries
I hope this Sunset gets televised so I can hate watch it from the comfort of my own home.
by Anonymous | reply 388 | October 13, 2024 6:20 PM |
It isn't staged for a TV screen, r388.
by Anonymous | reply 389 | October 13, 2024 6:26 PM |
The Herr Schultz understudy was on for both shows yesterday. Scheduled absence. And, SURPRISE! Bebe was out, too. We know how much she hates working with understudies.
by Anonymous | reply 390 | October 13, 2024 6:27 PM |
Oh, please, R389. You don’t think Netflix will scoop it up? ALW will be thrilled for that to happen.
by Anonymous | reply 391 | October 13, 2024 8:25 PM |
[quote]You don’t think Netflix will scoop it up?
Oh, please, r391, where did I say that wouldn't happen?
by Anonymous | reply 392 | October 13, 2024 8:30 PM |
You dismissed my opinion it could end up on a TV screen, dumbass/R389. Reading is fundamental. Look into it.
by Anonymous | reply 393 | October 13, 2024 8:37 PM |
Interesting, Bebe had rehearsed with the Schultz understudy and planned to go on.
by Anonymous | reply 394 | October 13, 2024 9:39 PM |
I wrote it wasn't "staged for the TV screen, r393. Nowhere did I write it wouldn't end up on one. Reading is fundamental.
by Anonymous | reply 395 | October 13, 2024 10:13 PM |
It really wouldn’t work on a TV or movie screen, but whatever.
by Anonymous | reply 396 | October 14, 2024 12:02 AM |
Truly theatrical productions rarely do, r396.
by Anonymous | reply 397 | October 14, 2024 12:04 AM |
I take that back, Noises Off would work on live TV.
by Anonymous | reply 398 | October 14, 2024 12:05 AM |
Love Never Dies is easily ALW’s best score of the last 20 years… despite the hate for the money-grab of a Phantom sequel, it’s clear his heart was in it (before and after the cat deleted the score). Certainly, the music is on the level of the original and perhaps even better. Having seen the one night only performance with Norm Lewis and company at Drury Lane last year, it’s clear there is a future for the show, perhaps an enterprising director would do the two pieces in rep ala Angels In America and complete the vision for the piece.
by Anonymous | reply 399 | October 14, 2024 1:44 AM |
Is Galileo dead?
by Anonymous | reply 400 | October 14, 2024 1:55 AM |
For years, r400.
by Anonymous | reply 401 | October 14, 2024 1:58 AM |
My casting for a live TV broadcast of Noises Off would include Olivia Colman (Dottie), Dan Stevens (Garry), Hannah Waddingham (Belinda), Juno Temple (Brooke) and Colin Firth (Freddie). Hugh Grant seems both too old and too obvious for Lloyd.
by Anonymous | reply 402 | October 14, 2024 2:07 AM |
"easily ALW’s best score of the last 20 years" -- such high praise, R399! Extending the reach back nearly 30 years yields such masterpieces as WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND . . . THE BEAUTIFUL GAME . . . THE WOMAN IN WHITE . . . STEPHEN WARD . . . SCHOOL OF ROCK . . . BAD CINDERELLA . . .
by Anonymous | reply 403 | October 14, 2024 2:19 AM |
R400 was he even Italian?!
by Anonymous | reply 404 | October 14, 2024 2:28 AM |
Are all of these new musicals (not revivals) opening this season? Do they all have theaters?
TAMMY FAYE
DEATH BECOMES HER
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
SMASH
SWEPT AWAY
THE BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
MAYBE HAPPY ENDING
REDWOOD (the Idina Menzel musical)
A WONDERFUL WORLD
OLD FRIENDS
Have I forgotten any new musicals?
by Anonymous | reply 405 | October 14, 2024 3:20 AM |
I saw Galileo at Berkeley Rep and it was a hot steaming mess.
by Anonymous | reply 406 | October 14, 2024 5:05 AM |
[quote]Certainly, the music is on the level of the original...
That's what we were afraid of.
by Anonymous | reply 407 | October 14, 2024 5:23 AM |
[quote] Have I forgotten any new musicals? JUST IN TIME
by Anonymous | reply 408 | October 14, 2024 5:32 AM |
And "The Devil Wears Prada" opens in London next month but is unlikely to open on Broadway this season.
by Anonymous | reply 409 | October 14, 2024 5:35 AM |
Incidentally, how come community/regional theaters in the UK only do one weekend of shows, whereas in the US it's usually two or three weekends or even an entire month.
by Anonymous | reply 410 | October 14, 2024 6:36 AM |
[quote]Love Never Dies is easily ALW’s best score of the last 20 years
You mean it's nearly competent?
by Anonymous | reply 411 | October 14, 2024 6:47 AM |
R255- you absolutely can if you’re on foot.
by Anonymous | reply 412 | October 14, 2024 7:03 AM |
R257- I’ve lived in Manhattan for 30 years and I absolutely would leave out Street or Avenue since context would make it obvious what I was talking about.
by Anonymous | reply 413 | October 14, 2024 7:05 AM |
R263- yes, you would since you would most likely be talking to a pedestrian. Even in a cab, you’d ask them to turn right or left even though it’s a one way street.
by Anonymous | reply 414 | October 14, 2024 7:07 AM |
Everything you ever need to know about 'Love Never Dies' is right here:
by Anonymous | reply 415 | October 14, 2024 8:38 AM |
R257
So when I say there’s a new play coming out called “Right on Ninth” set in Manhattan, you instinctively know that it is the street not the avenue? Bullshit
by Anonymous | reply 416 | October 14, 2024 11:12 AM |
DLers taking their need for literalism to new levels now
by Anonymous | reply 417 | October 14, 2024 12:20 PM |
Re r405
Isn’t Queen of Versailles coming in next year too?
by Anonymous | reply 418 | October 14, 2024 1:56 PM |
I thought they'd announced they weren't coming in this spring, but next season. But I could be wrong, r418.
by Anonymous | reply 419 | October 14, 2024 2:03 PM |
As of Oct. 14, there's five venues that will need tenants for early 2025. They're all Shubert houses. The Booth, Imperial, Jones, Lyceum, and Music Box.
by Anonymous | reply 420 | October 14, 2024 2:04 PM |
What about BOOP? Didn't Jerry Mitchell say it would appear on Broadway this season?
by Anonymous | reply 421 | October 14, 2024 2:08 PM |
What theater will SMASH take?
by Anonymous | reply 422 | October 14, 2024 2:08 PM |
BOOP is taking the Music Box. SMASH is taking the Imperial. The bigger question is what's going to take the August Wilson when CABARET crashes in January.
by Anonymous | reply 423 | October 14, 2024 3:00 PM |
R422 given the fan base, hopefully a small one!
by Anonymous | reply 424 | October 14, 2024 3:01 PM |
BOOP was announced for the Broadhurst, unless they're changing their plans.
by Anonymous | reply 425 | October 14, 2024 3:15 PM |
Any ideas why Cabaret is such a big hit in London but a modest success here? At this point there have been at least 5 Sally's and 5 Emcees but it's doubtful we'll get beyond the 2 we've had on Broadway.
by Anonymous | reply 426 | October 14, 2024 3:16 PM |
‘cause it sucks.
by Anonymous | reply 427 | October 14, 2024 4:00 PM |
r426
same thing happened with Evita
by Anonymous | reply 428 | October 14, 2024 4:13 PM |
It's a bigger hit in London because they didn't have the superb Roundabout production that. ran for nearly a decade, and because all British theater is another excuse to drink, and the whole new production is about the bar sales. A show based on drinking with your friends can run for decades in London. Not so much on Broadway.
by Anonymous | reply 429 | October 14, 2024 4:46 PM |
But didn't the roundabout production come from London first?
by Anonymous | reply 430 | October 14, 2024 4:59 PM |
Yes, r430.
by Anonymous | reply 431 | October 14, 2024 5:07 PM |
Did the original Mendes CABARET play the West End or was it just at the Donmar (is that where it began/)? If it played the West End before coming to Broadway, how long was the run?
The West End usually has fewer musical revivals to choose from so that might also explain this CABARET's longevity. I'm in the minority here, apparently, but I thoroughly enjoyed it in London.
by Anonymous | reply 432 | October 14, 2024 5:53 PM |
In case you were wondering who's playing Tulsa, Miss Mazeppa, Electra, Tessie Tura and the Balloon Girl. (Apologies if this wasn't posted earlier and I missed it.)
by Anonymous | reply 433 | October 14, 2024 6:22 PM |
r432 Just the Donmar. Always wondered why it didn't have a West End run.
It being a well known name, with some degree of stunt casting, likely helps with the international tourist trade.
by Anonymous | reply 434 | October 14, 2024 6:50 PM |
Cats, The Jellicle Ball could easily take the August Wilson and they wouldn't have to change all that much in terms of decor or set.
by Anonymous | reply 435 | October 14, 2024 7:24 PM |
In the UK, Cabaret opened right as the pandemic was ending so it got a lot of support
by Anonymous | reply 436 | October 14, 2024 7:58 PM |
Everything you ever need to know about 'Love Never Dies' is right here:
by Anonymous | reply 437 | October 14, 2024 7:58 PM |
Seeing the London version was like a sympathy fuck, is that what you mean?
by Anonymous | reply 438 | October 14, 2024 7:59 PM |
I think the proper term is “pity fuck,” R438.
by Anonymous | reply 439 | October 14, 2024 8:14 PM |
There’s a pro shot of “Love Never Shuts Up” on Broadway HD
It’s a hoot. It’s bad fan fiction with a repetitive if over orchestrated score
by Anonymous | reply 440 | October 14, 2024 8:14 PM |
I'm told that David Stone was seen at a recent performance of "Spelling Bee" at the Kennedy Center in D.C., so don't be terribly surprised if that production winds up on Broadway soonish.
by Anonymous | reply 441 | October 14, 2024 8:57 PM |
With Beanie, r441?
by Anonymous | reply 442 | October 14, 2024 8:58 PM |
R442. I'll keep my Thursday nights open....just in case!
by Anonymous | reply 443 | October 14, 2024 9:05 PM |
[quote] Cats, The Jellicle Ball could easily take the August Wilson and they wouldn't have to change all that much in terms of decor or set.
Since "immersive staging" is all the rage, you think one of the Broadway houses would remain somewhat flexible for a while.
by Anonymous | reply 444 | October 14, 2024 9:53 PM |
CABARET at The Donmar was very different from The Roundabout. For Roundabout, they brought in Rob Marshall who made real magic around Mendes concept and direction. It was night and day.
by Anonymous | reply 447 | October 14, 2024 10:06 PM |
I don't know about a revival of Oh Calcutta! but it seems like Broadway might just be hankering for a new all nude musical review.
Or perhaps this is what could become of Chicago to extend its run for another couple of decades.
by Anonymous | reply 448 | October 14, 2024 10:40 PM |
The Donmar Cabaret was also broadcast on the BBC.
by Anonymous | reply 449 | October 15, 2024 3:33 AM |
[quote] And "The Devil Wears Prada" opens in London next month but is unlikely to open on Broadway this season.
Or, from what I’m hearing, any season.
by Anonymous | reply 450 | October 15, 2024 4:07 AM |
[quote]The Herr Schultz understudy was on for both shows yesterday. Scheduled absence. And, SURPRISE! Bebe was out, too. We know how much she hates working with understudies.—Nancy Hess
[quote]Interesting, Bebe had rehearsed with the Schultz understudy and planned to go on.
I'm pretty sure that r390 was joking, r394. Bebe doesn't have issues with understudies.
Nathan Lane, on the other hand...
by Anonymous | reply 451 | October 15, 2024 8:47 AM |
R451. Thank you, I was joking. Bebe was out again last night so she's obviously under the weather. Her understudy appears to be a 20 something with a grey wig stuck on her head. WTF.
by Anonymous | reply 452 | October 15, 2024 11:13 AM |
Why isn't SMASH doing an out-of-town tryout? Especially with as inept a director as Stro? What kinds of fools invest in that shit?
by Anonymous | reply 453 | October 15, 2024 12:43 PM |
I think between "Tammy Faye" and "Prada" we are all going to be living those glorious first lines from "Drowsy Chaperone,": "Please Elton John, must we continue this charade?"
by Anonymous | reply 454 | October 15, 2024 1:39 PM |
Alas, Smash the TV show was the out-of-town tryout ...
by Anonymous | reply 455 | October 15, 2024 1:41 PM |
In a way, I guess we should admire Marc Shaiman for keeping on keeping on despite his general lack of success since "Hairspray." But I wish he had better taste in projects and collaborators, and he certainly doesn't seem to be able to work at the top of his game anymore.
by Anonymous | reply 456 | October 15, 2024 1:49 PM |
R456 Hi Scott Wittman!
Would you please stop fucking up Patti LuPone concerts by having her sing rock songs from the 70s instead of showtunes?
Thanks!
by Anonymous | reply 457 | October 15, 2024 1:56 PM |
^^^^That's not very funny, because why would Scott Wittman be complaining about Marc Shaiman's choice of collaborators? Also, I highly doubt that Patti Lu ever does anything she herself doesn't want to do in her concerts.
by Anonymous | reply 458 | October 15, 2024 2:17 PM |
R445 that's a tiny piece of paper to cover such a BIG ass.
by Anonymous | reply 459 | October 15, 2024 2:18 PM |
R458 it was a joke since they are divorced.
Also Patti has gone on record that Scott directs all of her concerts and finds her music.
But…it was a joke
by Anonymous | reply 460 | October 15, 2024 3:00 PM |
Is anyone else a bit tired of the "you must BE that person to give them such praise" routine?
by Anonymous | reply 461 | October 15, 2024 3:20 PM |
Stro is directing Smash because Stephen Spielberg insisted on it.
by Anonymous | reply 462 | October 15, 2024 5:28 PM |
I thought I'd posted this, so apologies in advance if this is a double post.
James Morgan wrote an apology letter that essentially verifies Gerry McIntyre's resignation letter.
by Anonymous | reply 463 | October 15, 2024 5:47 PM |
Morgan’s not wrong in questioning who they are programming for. Hard to imagine “diverse” audiences flocking to the York.
by Anonymous | reply 464 | October 15, 2024 5:52 PM |
Every theater is supposed to be for everybody.
by Anonymous | reply 465 | October 15, 2024 6:09 PM |
R465, that's an extremely naive and ignorant comment.
by Anonymous | reply 466 | October 15, 2024 7:00 PM |
[quote]It was a joke since they are divorced.
But it's not funny, because Wittman and Shaiman have continued to write together even though they are no longer a couple.
by Anonymous | reply 467 | October 15, 2024 7:01 PM |
Weak teak from off-Broadway is the worst DL GOSSIP.
by Anonymous | reply 468 | October 15, 2024 7:05 PM |
Teak isn't weak.
by Anonymous | reply 469 | October 15, 2024 8:17 PM |
Teakache is the weakest of all. The Prof. Marvel of DL.
by Anonymous | reply 470 | October 15, 2024 8:27 PM |
R467 Hi Marc!
by Anonymous | reply 472 | October 15, 2024 8:36 PM |
So the richest real estate now on Broadway is a parking garage with direct access to the Gershwin and Circle in the Square?!
by Anonymous | reply 473 | October 15, 2024 8:37 PM |
R472, and your comment is ALSO not funny, because it makes no sense.
by Anonymous | reply 474 | October 15, 2024 8:50 PM |
R475 me too! Well, when she’s in a good mood
by Anonymous | reply 476 | October 16, 2024 12:41 AM |
Minnesota opera has commissioned a new opera version of Stephen King's Misery - Stephanie Blythe as Annie Wilkes?
by Anonymous | reply 477 | October 16, 2024 12:52 AM |
Anne Blythe as John Wilkes
by Anonymous | reply 479 | October 16, 2024 1:44 AM |
[quote]Minnesota opera has commissioned a new opera version of Stephen King's Misery - Stephanie Blythe as Annie Wilkes?
Incidentally, this Twin Cities dance company is currently doing a ballet based on Bonnie and Clyde.
(The actual couple, not the Frank Wildhorn musical.)
The dancer playing Clyde is pretty hot.
by Anonymous | reply 480 | October 16, 2024 3:28 AM |
R471 wow, Aaron Tveit's last week in MOULIN ROUGE went out with a bang -- $1.6 million!
He certainly was a boon to them this summer/fall.
And some people made fun of him for returning to MR.
by Anonymous | reply 481 | October 16, 2024 3:40 AM |
I read recently Tveit and his fiancée are expecting a baby. A fiancée? Didn’t DL in ages past assure me he was a gayboy? I’m shocked I tell you.
by Anonymous | reply 482 | October 16, 2024 9:11 AM |
That ballet looks BAD! And not the good kind of bad.
by Anonymous | reply 483 | October 16, 2024 11:40 AM |
The cast is pretty attractive, though.
by Anonymous | reply 484 | October 16, 2024 12:48 PM |
R482 that’s been a pipe dream of DL
The cutest guys in theatre are straight.
Derek Klena
Aaron Tveit
Jeremy Jordan
by Anonymous | reply 486 | October 16, 2024 2:58 PM |
Real Women Have Curves is opening April 27.
by Anonymous | reply 487 | October 16, 2024 3:02 PM |
YUCK.^
by Anonymous | reply 488 | October 16, 2024 3:46 PM |
How much of the traditional Broadway audience is going to absolutely confuse "Buena Vista Social Club" with "Real Women Have Curves" and therefore not go to either?
by Anonymous | reply 489 | October 16, 2024 4:20 PM |
Didn't Real Women Have Curves have a disastrously reviewed out of town production (maybe in Boston?)? When will these producers/investors learn?
by Anonymous | reply 490 | October 16, 2024 4:33 PM |
R436 I remember when I visited my NY friend in the summer of 2012, he took me to see DOGFIGHT with Derek Klena as a marine, and NEWSIES with Jeremy Jordan and all those boy dancers in tight pants! 😍 😂
Too bad CATCH ME IF YOU CAN had closed several months earlier, because then I would have experienced the Klena/Jordan/Tveit trifecta in one week. 🥰 🤣
I've yet to see Tveit live.
BTW: Jordan looks better in person. I didn't care for him in the few stills/videos I saw of him before, but I was blown away by his boyish good looks and charm in NEWSIES and at the stage door afterward.
by Anonymous | reply 492 | October 16, 2024 5:50 PM |
Sorry. That was meant for R486.
by Anonymous | reply 493 | October 16, 2024 5:51 PM |
r491
[quote]Erivo expressed her disappointment on her Instagram story, sharing one of the altered images. "This is the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen," she wrote. "Equal to that awful AI of us fighting, equal to people posing offensive questions about my body. None of this is funny. None of it is cute. It degrades me. It degrades us."
The most offensive thing she's ever seen? What a stupid cunt.
by Anonymous | reply 494 | October 16, 2024 6:30 PM |
See this is the (dementing) power of DL. I was fully convinced Aaron Tveit was a known homosexual and now I read he has a fiancee and is expecting a child with her. This seems to me a lot of work for a gay man on Broadway in the 2000s.
This fuckin' place.
by Anonymous | reply 495 | October 16, 2024 6:39 PM |
"To edit my face and hide my eyes is to erase me. And that is just deeply hurtful."
Oh, please.
by Anonymous | reply 496 | October 16, 2024 6:43 PM |
You want to talk about being erased?
by Anonymous | reply 497 | October 16, 2024 6:45 PM |
Hold my beer!
by Anonymous | reply 498 | October 16, 2024 7:11 PM |
How is she being erased? You can see her face and eyes. Silly bitch.
by Anonymous | reply 499 | October 16, 2024 7:18 PM |
[quote]I was fully convinced Aaron Tveit was a known homosexual
With zero proof, r495? That's on you.
by Anonymous | reply 500 | October 16, 2024 7:24 PM |
[quote]Real Women Have Curves is opening April 27.
The title "Real Women Have Blubber" didn't score well with test groups.
by Anonymous | reply 501 | October 16, 2024 7:39 PM |
Newsflash! You can have a female fiancée and a baby and still be gay. Or bisexual.
As for Tveit, who knows (or really cares; he's not that interesting to get very invested in).
by Anonymous | reply 502 | October 16, 2024 7:57 PM |
[quote]Newsflash! You can have a female fiancée and a baby and still be gay. Or bisexual.
Right, because straight men don't exist, according to DL.
by Anonymous | reply 503 | October 16, 2024 7:59 PM |
R503 When did I suggest that in my post which was refuting the stupidity of arguing that a fiancée and baby indicate that a man isn't gay or bisexual?
Personally, I think Tveit probably is mostly straight...he's too boring to be gay. He seems like the male theater type to be actually straight but has enjoyed a blowjob/handjob from an eager chorus boy a time or two when he was drunk.
by Anonymous | reply 504 | October 16, 2024 8:09 PM |
Hannibal? From a chorus boy? WTF!
When did anyone ever get a better handjob than from their own palms and fingers🙄
by Anonymous | reply 505 | October 16, 2024 8:19 PM |
Hannibal handjob 🙃
by Anonymous | reply 506 | October 16, 2024 8:19 PM |
Yes, you can argue it, R502, but in 2024, it seems like a really, really stupid thing to even try to argue. It sounds like the kind of internalized homophobia of about 1990 trying to drag anybody who could be pretzeled into respectable or admirable. Love yourself, babe...
by Anonymous | reply 507 | October 16, 2024 8:22 PM |
R504 wishes.
by Anonymous | reply 508 | October 16, 2024 8:23 PM |
I have found everything I have seen Erivo in very offensive.
by Anonymous | reply 509 | October 16, 2024 8:44 PM |
[quote] How is she being erased? You can see her face and eyes. Silly bitch.
You're not following. Read the article at r491.
[quote] A fan of the musical took to social media to share photoshopped versions of the poster. These edits lowered Elphaba's hat to obscure her eyes and added bold red lipstick, aiming to more closely replicate the original Broadway design.
by Anonymous | reply 510 | October 16, 2024 8:46 PM |
[quote]Ann Blyth as John Wilkes
Blythe Danner as Melanie Wilkes.
by Anonymous | reply 511 | October 16, 2024 8:47 PM |
So what, R510--some fan did that and she's banging on about it?
by Anonymous | reply 512 | October 16, 2024 8:48 PM |
Melanie Mayron as Laura Keene.
by Anonymous | reply 513 | October 16, 2024 8:50 PM |
Hey R504: You NAILED it, buddy. I’m a cute chorus boy and Aaron let me blow him when he was wasted. He gave me the most delicious facial I’ve ever had. He told me he’s into girls but likes the occasional bj from guys because we are so much better at it.
by Anonymous | reply 514 | October 16, 2024 8:53 PM |
Yes, r512, it is the most offensive thing she's ever seen. (Probably because it shows Ariana and not her)
by Anonymous | reply 515 | October 16, 2024 8:53 PM |
Jim Parsons looks trans with that beard at R309.
by Anonymous | reply 516 | October 16, 2024 9:00 PM |
R514-Uh-huh. And how big was it, chorus boy?
by Anonymous | reply 517 | October 16, 2024 9:02 PM |
^ Baseball bat. Never seen anything like it. Plus when he blew it was a geyser. I was covered in sweet Tveit jizz.
by Anonymous | reply 518 | October 16, 2024 9:19 PM |
You see... he's hiding something.
They all are.
by Anonymous | reply 519 | October 16, 2024 9:22 PM |
[quote]So what, [R510]--some fan did that and she's banging on about it?
Exactly. Can you imagine what our news feeds and social media would be like if a star publicly objected and was offended every time a fan posted something they didn't like?
Also, in my opinion, although Erivo's face is more obscured in the doctored version of the image, it's still recognizably her -- AND she actually looks much better and more attractive in the doctored version, because her facial expression in the original, undoctored version is so stupid.
by Anonymous | reply 520 | October 16, 2024 9:48 PM |
Is Wednesday bigot night on the DL? I’ll pass.
by Anonymous | reply 521 | October 16, 2024 9:56 PM |
But not silently.
by Anonymous | reply 522 | October 16, 2024 9:57 PM |
Who/what are you referring to, R521?
by Anonymous | reply 523 | October 16, 2024 9:58 PM |
God, Broadway is dying.
by Anonymous | reply 524 | October 16, 2024 10:33 PM |
Guess the original workshop of "Real Women have Yeast Infections" didn't test well either.
by Anonymous | reply 525 | October 16, 2024 10:49 PM |
Dear Lord, they're reviving the Fields of Ambrosia (where everybody knows ya).
by Anonymous | reply 526 | October 16, 2024 10:52 PM |
R524 I don't want to hear about Broadway dying because I just got here.
by Anonymous | reply 527 | October 16, 2024 11:05 PM |
Will be super curious to hear about Maybe Happy Ending. I think first preview is tonight.
by Anonymous | reply 528 | October 16, 2024 11:14 PM |
How is Richard Thomas in OUR TOWN?
by Anonymous | reply 529 | October 16, 2024 11:17 PM |
[quote]Melanie Mayron as Laura Keene.
Chrissy Metz as the City of Keene, New Hampshire
by Anonymous | reply 530 | October 16, 2024 11:27 PM |
r485 They see you, Sandy.
by Anonymous | reply 531 | October 17, 2024 2:34 AM |
Suffs really was an extremely stupid title for a musical.
by Anonymous | reply 532 | October 17, 2024 3:04 AM |
Agreed. It sounds like a fabric softener
by Anonymous | reply 533 | October 17, 2024 7:39 AM |
[quote]Larry Kurt, one of the only clothed models featured in Mandate Magazine, February, 1977
Any eldergays have Larry? So sad he was taken by the plague.
by Anonymous | reply 534 | October 17, 2024 8:32 AM |
[quote]Larry Kurt, one of the only clothed models featured in Mandate Magazine, February, 1977
Spelled Kert.
by Anonymous | reply 535 | October 17, 2024 10:20 AM |
Rumor was that EVERYONE had Kert back in the day.
by Anonymous | reply 536 | October 17, 2024 11:50 AM |
He was THE man date.
by Anonymous | reply 537 | October 17, 2024 12:32 PM |
Fun new NEWSIES video to get young people out to vote.
by Anonymous | reply 538 | October 17, 2024 3:08 PM |
THIS DAY IN BROADWAY HISTORY: In 1965, "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
by Anonymous | reply 539 | October 17, 2024 3:24 PM |
R536 the story goes that Larry was frustrated after a rehearsal for Company after he replaced Dean Jones.
Larry shouted “who do you have to fuck to get out of this show” to which Sondheim replied,
“The same person you fucked to get in”
by Anonymous | reply 540 | October 17, 2024 3:50 PM |
That story is older than the oldest poster on DL, r540. Which is pretty damn old.
by Anonymous | reply 541 | October 17, 2024 3:52 PM |
[quote]Fun new NEWSIES video to get young people out to vote.
But they didn't tell me who to vote for -- William McKinley or William Jennings Bryan?
by Anonymous | reply 542 | October 17, 2024 3:54 PM |
Re: WHEN THE FLOCK EAT THEIR OWN
Chris Peterson of "On Stage Blog" posted that Cynthia Erivo should "chill" regarding the altered, fan version, of the Wicked posted.
After YEARS of being rabidly pro-basicially-anything-POC/DEI-related, his followers and now calling him out (at least on FB) for daring to tell a POC how she should feel.
by Anonymous | reply 543 | October 17, 2024 4:08 PM |
^^^Although I happen to agree with him in this particular case, he is a vile muckraker.
by Anonymous | reply 544 | October 17, 2024 4:30 PM |
Chris Peterson needs to leave the planet.
by Anonymous | reply 545 | October 17, 2024 11:52 PM |
Football coaches shouldn’t comment on Bway
by Anonymous | reply 546 | October 17, 2024 11:54 PM |
[quote]Football coaches shouldn’t comment on Bway
by Anonymous | reply 547 | October 18, 2024 2:16 AM |
Has anyone read Kelly Bishop's book? Curious how it is.
by Anonymous | reply 548 | October 18, 2024 4:41 AM |
I've read Bishop's book. It's only semi-interesting. Most of the drama is about how she eventually found love and then spent years taking care of an ill husband while commuting for "Gilmore Girls." All the Broadway stuff is what you know already, but she is deliciously honest about how Michael Bennett mindfucked everyone and she would have none of it.
by Anonymous | reply 549 | October 18, 2024 2:28 PM |
Thanks, R549
by Anonymous | reply 550 | October 18, 2024 2:35 PM |
Broadway may not be dying but this thread sure is.
by Anonymous | reply 551 | October 18, 2024 9:26 PM |
Fifty more posts left in this thread.
by Anonymous | reply 552 | October 18, 2024 11:40 PM |
Has Lindsay missed any Mommy and Me classes yet?
by Anonymous | reply 553 | October 18, 2024 11:42 PM |
Ok I’ll take five….cant do 59
by Anonymous | reply 554 | October 18, 2024 11:43 PM |
How soon til she and her gay husband file for divorce?
by Anonymous | reply 555 | October 18, 2024 11:44 PM |
Is anyone going to tomorrow night's first preview of Tammy Faye?
by Anonymous | reply 556 | October 19, 2024 12:56 AM |
Not me.
by Anonymous | reply 557 | October 19, 2024 12:58 AM |
That video of Christian Borle and whoeverthebritis inspired so many requests for....refunds!
by Anonymous | reply 558 | October 19, 2024 1:05 AM |
Everything I've seen of Tammy Faye looks so predictable and tedious.
by Anonymous | reply 559 | October 19, 2024 1:58 AM |
Okay, user "SC2" on All That Chat, revealed as a Datalounger! His response to the infamous mlop's latest drunken all-thumbs post has all the hallmarks of this thread.
It's in the thread about Mitzi Gaynor's passing.
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HERE'S MLOP'S FIRST POST:
[quote]So sad to hear this, she was forever young. I met her a few times, once at an event at Barnes and Noble and she could have been nicer and then, The Bistro Awards. I have know three Mitzi's, Mitzie Welch who with her husband wrote special material for Carol BUrnett and was responsible for her fame with "I Made a Fool of Myself over John Foster DOuglas. She was a great singer and standby for Carol in FADE OUT FADE IN. There was MItzi McCall half of the team of McCall and Brill who her debut on the ED Sullivan Show the night the Beatles made their debut, there's a story about that she passed away last month.. And now Mitzi Gaynor, things come in threes. RIP
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THEN USER "ROMAN" POSTED THIS IN RESPONSE, GENTLY TEASING MLOP FOR HER OBVIOUS TYPO:
[quote]“So sad to hear this, she was forever young. I met her a few times, once at an event at Barnes and Noble and she could have been nicer..”
[quote]…is the funniest thing I’ve read in a long, long time. Gee whiz, mlop, you can’t even give her a day…?
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AND MLOP THEN CONFIRMED IT WAS, OF COURSE, ONE OF HER INNUMERABLE TYPOS (WHILE WRITING "DOLLY" INSTEAD OF, PRESUMABLY, "DOLL" IN HER FOLLOW UP):
[quote]sorry about that, it should read 'SHE COULD HAVE NOT BEEN NICER, SHE WAS A DOLLY" I need to find the photos.
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AND, SC2, OUR PRESUMED DATALOUNGER (GOD BLESS HIM), SAID THIS IN RESPONSE:
[quote]No what do you need is an editor who likes a challenge.
by Anonymous | reply 561 | October 19, 2024 3:04 AM |
I don't. But I DO love MLOP.
by Anonymous | reply 562 | October 19, 2024 7:52 AM |
r561 You really thought that reply was worth bringing to our attention? Maybe you should spend more time there and less time here.
by Anonymous | reply 563 | October 19, 2024 9:05 AM |
[quote]Has Lindsay missed any Mommy and Me classes yet?
You know a thread is dying when we're back to "Lindsay is missing appearances" jokes.
by Anonymous | reply 564 | October 19, 2024 9:12 AM |
At least we’re not talking about Jan Maxwell‘s rent-stabilized department at Manhattan Plaza.
Oops.
by Anonymous | reply 565 | October 19, 2024 11:54 AM |
Or dimming the lights for Kyle Jean-Baptiste
by Anonymous | reply 566 | October 19, 2024 2:25 PM |
Lindsay is quite good in the streaming series about Aaron Hernandez.
by Anonymous | reply 567 | October 19, 2024 2:34 PM |
I think they should just dim the lights permanently and then no one is left out.
by Anonymous | reply 568 | October 19, 2024 2:43 PM |
Broadway seems well on its way to that end....I saw THE OUTSIDERS last night. Jesus, if that's "Best Musical"...
by Anonymous | reply 569 | October 19, 2024 3:01 PM |
I'm watching Funny Face on TCM. Haven't seen it in years. Audrey's singing is charming. Just lovely. And Kay Thompson should have made more movies.
by Anonymous | reply 570 | October 19, 2024 4:25 PM |
[quote]And Kay Thompson should have made more movies.
Well, r570, we still have her recordings.
by Anonymous | reply 571 | October 19, 2024 4:30 PM |
This isn’t news or gossip, but I saw “Oh, Mary!” a couple of weekends ago and thought it was just the funnest hour and a half in the theater I’ve ever had. Cole Escola is a genius and should win a Tony. I also was surprised about how tender and beautiful the “good days” monologue is in the midst of all the slapstick. I really loved that.
I occasionally recall Conrad Nicamora’s line reading of “Fuuuuuuck” when he’s looking at Simon’s ass and start laughing all over again.
I can’t wait to see it again at Thanksgiving.
by Anonymous | reply 572 | October 19, 2024 5:50 PM |
*funniest
by Anonymous | reply 573 | October 19, 2024 5:52 PM |
Hearing good early reports about MAYBE HAPPY ENDING. Are they all shills, fangirls or could it actually be good?
by Anonymous | reply 574 | October 19, 2024 6:04 PM |
Conrad wrote on Instagram he broke his rib and will be out of the play for a while.
by Anonymous | reply 575 | October 19, 2024 7:22 PM |
It's been a while. A Wonderful World is on GMA this Thursday and GMA3 this Friday. GMA has Elton John, Katie Brayben, and Jake Shears this Friday. Danny Burstein is on CBS Mornings this Thursday. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Bernadette Peters are on Seth Meyers this Wednesday. Lin and Eisa Davis are also on Today this Wednesday, Kelly Clarkson this Thursday and Sherri this Friday.
by Anonymous | reply 576 | October 19, 2024 7:33 PM |
Oh, and I missed one. GMA also has Nicole Scherzinger plugging Sunset Boulevard this Friday.
by Anonymous | reply 577 | October 19, 2024 7:34 PM |
Anyone on Drew?
by Anonymous | reply 578 | October 19, 2024 7:59 PM |
Scherzinger tries soooooooooo hard in her interviews. It's.... sometimes painful. But entertaining in a watch out for that tree! kind of way.
by Anonymous | reply 579 | October 19, 2024 8:04 PM |
[quote]Conrad Nicamora’s
Oh, dear.
by Anonymous | reply 580 | October 19, 2024 8:21 PM |
Nicole's talk show highlight. She had Conan as her foil and it was classic.
by Anonymous | reply 581 | October 19, 2024 8:29 PM |
No, The Drew Barrymore Show doesn't have any Broadway/stage guests this week.
by Anonymous | reply 582 | October 19, 2024 8:31 PM |
Just saw Oh Mary! a couple of days ago and the Abe Lincoln understudy was the best thing in it.
by Anonymous | reply 583 | October 19, 2024 10:26 PM |
I wonder how Conrad broke his rib.
by Anonymous | reply 584 | October 19, 2024 10:48 PM |
I Googled. It was a bike accident.
by Anonymous | reply 585 | October 19, 2024 11:02 PM |
Naturally I have tickets to see Oh Mary on the 30th, so it looks like I will be seeing the understudy/stand by.
I’m a little disappointed because I have had a crush on Conrad since his dreaming performance in Fire Island
by Anonymous | reply 586 | October 19, 2024 11:27 PM |
FWIW, I like Conrad, but I didn't LOVE Conrad in Oh, Mary! No, of course it's not a subtle work, but I was surprised he had his voice in tact by the end from all the shouting. It's a very shouty performance.
by Anonymous | reply 587 | October 20, 2024 1:13 AM |
A time-traveling, badly-wigged Jason Priestley is starring in Back to the Future?
by Anonymous | reply 588 | October 20, 2024 2:07 AM |
Oh, I didn't know Casey Likes and Roger Bart both left the show. I don't blame them, just didn't know they were both gone.
by Anonymous | reply 589 | October 20, 2024 2:25 AM |
That’s the tour cast r588
by Anonymous | reply 590 | October 20, 2024 2:28 AM |
Ah! Thanks, R590
by Anonymous | reply 591 | October 20, 2024 2:28 AM |
[quote]I wonder how Conrad broke his rib.
How are things with Ricamora?
by Anonymous | reply 592 | October 20, 2024 7:28 AM |
How are things IN Ricamora.
by Anonymous | reply 593 | October 20, 2024 2:08 PM |
Conrad’s broken rib could be fashioned into a nice new thread title.
by Anonymous | reply 594 | October 20, 2024 2:14 PM |
Buck would never have had a broken rib.
by Anonymous | reply 595 | October 20, 2024 2:41 PM |
Has Ricamora ever played Conrad Birdie?
by Anonymous | reply 596 | October 20, 2024 2:42 PM |
Here's the new thread!
Offsite Link
by Anonymous | reply 597 | October 20, 2024 3:05 PM |
Conrad Ricamora is 45? Who knew?
by Anonymous | reply 598 | October 20, 2024 3:06 PM |
I now want the recovered Mr. Ricamora to star in a production of ... wait for it ...
by Anonymous | reply 599 | October 20, 2024 3:06 PM |
BAJOUR!
by Anonymous | reply 600 | October 20, 2024 3:06 PM |