THEATRE GOSSIP #382: "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD" ON TDF, "HAMILTON" NEXT! Miranda Corona, Ay Caramba!!!

or at least on TKTS, which is part of TDF!

Worst. Thread. Title. Ever.

Thanks, Lin!

The company of Company

Someone uploaded this bootleg of Tyne Daly in Gypsy - it's from 1991 so would be when she returned to it for the last few months before it closed.

seeseveryshow selling tickets on ATC -- looks like he's ain't seeing every show after all!

he ain't

With the world currently in coronavirus freakout mode, how is everyone here feeling about going to see a Broadway show these days? Are you less enthusiastic to go sit in a theater surrounded by large amounts of people or are you not concerned about it too much just yet?

I went to see a show yesterday and there were a few coughs in my section (and one guy sneezed as he left the bathroom at intermission, though no one around him seemed to flinch) but otherwise most people appeared to be in good health.

I kept wanting to create the next Theatre Gossip thread titled

"Audra's Flattering Black Leather Pants With A Forgiving Elastic Waist Edition"

But other posters keep beating me to the punch....

With new threads like, um.... this one.

I am the poster who saw Audra in her black leather pants at Lincoln Center Jazz and she wasn’t the least bit overweight. Seriously.

Isn’t she pregnant in the post above?

She's definitely too . . . uh, robust . . . for Blanche DuBois.

Someone just unleashed this upon us. Shows you how right the audience reports were from those who were there. Betty was cold as ice.

What color were her panties?

You gotta give Betty this - she's probably one of the sexiest Roses. She's got curves and a nice rack. Oh, yeah. Great voice, too.

Mayor Pete at the matinee of "The Inheritance" Part 1 this afternoon. He got a standing ovation as he sat down, and the first intermission was longer than usual because people were mobbing him. Didn't see him in those seats anymore after the second act.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD will be on TDF a lot once classically trained actor Greg Kinnear takes over,

Everything's going to be on TKTS/TDF before long. I often take the Acela from D.C. to New York to see shows. Amtrak is suspending Acela service starting Tuesday because of a sharp drop in bookings attributed to the coronavirus. (It's a financial decision.) You think people will feel comfortable sitting in crowded theaters? (Or even half-empty ones, which could be the case soon.)

Mart Crowley has died.

Supposedly Sondheim did not care for Buckley’s take on Rose. Can’t think why.

This is the documentary on the making of Boys in the Band.

r19

Steve doesn't seem to like Betty at all in anything of his at least

The curtain call for the Broadway Company is decent quality. Does anyone know if there is a bootleg of it already? I've seen a good bootleg of the London version, and would like to see how the transfer compares. I thought Rosalie Craig was fantastic. I like Katrina Lenk in other things I have seen, but I don't think this is a good fit. I would like to be proven wrong.

[quote] TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD will be on TDF a lot once classically trained actor Greg Kinnear takes over

Greg Kinnear and "Love Simon's" Nick Robinson, what's not to like?

Druid Theatre do The Cherry Orchard - Act One.

The Cherry Orchard - Act Two.

Can you post the London Company?

Does anyone have National Theatre's "Young Marx"? Thanks!

Young Marx was a great idea---but the script and production sucked.

Kinnear seems like a nice man, but the notion that he is either a serious theatre actor or a major box office draw is laughable. They should have gone for a "non-name" with serious theatre chops.

R27 Don't think it was captured but shall have a look-see

Betty looks like Val from Will & Grace during Rose's Turn - though Val is probably the saner one.

And just how cheap are Paper Mill that they didn't bother to reshoot the take after Debbie Gibson's mic went out during Let Me Entertain You?

From the last thread:

[quote]Lansbury was the total package for Rose. Daly looked extremely right, acted the hell out of it but was an absolute shit singer ALL the time, not just at that recording session.

I'm guessing the truth is that, because Daly is not primarily a singer, and probably didn't have a lot of vocal training prior to taking on GYPSY, it's likely that the quality of her singing varied greatly during her run in GYPSY. In the performance I saw, her singing was fine. So it's pretty stupid of you to state flatly that she was "an absolute shit singer ALL the time," unless you saw every performance.

Miss Buckley is all at sea in that performance of 'Roses.' She doesn't have any idea why she's there or why she's singing that song to that girl. You might not like Staunton, but she knows exactly what Rose is doing. Even as she says, "This time I'm apologizing to you..." she is not apologizing. She is full on conning her daughter and pressuring her into taking over June's role in the act. You may not like that interpretation. But it's all thought out and deliberate and clear. Buckley is just waving her arms around.

I was so exited to see Betty in GYPSY as I had heard a tape of her doing Rose's Turn in a BBC concert and she was spectacular. One of the best I ever heard. And then I saw her at Papermill. Jeez, it was awful and her performance was not good. What a shame.

excited^^

For no reason.....

that dam virus will make bway close, movie theatres close, strip clubs, clubs in general, and the few remaining bathouses etc

gonna get ruff

stock up on lube bitches

I sat behind greg Kinnear at a play once and he was a loud oaf! on his fone!

I sat next to James Mitchell at M Butterfly. He was lovely

Buttigieg doesn’t have a single fucking clue about gay culture. He may as well have been reading Greek while watching Inheritance. NY gaydom and the AIDS holocaust are completely foreign to him. Pathetic.

That's a bit much, R40. I wasn't a Buttigieg fan either, but, isn't attending the show a sign of his interest in deepening his knowledge?

Good Christ, is The Lehman Trilogy really going to win Best Play? It's so fucking boring. Those poor actors are working overtime to try and drum up interest but who gives a shit?

R26 here

R12 I just see Norma Desmond in different clothes.

I think she'll always be Norma to me. But then she doesn't change her physicality much role to role does she?

r43 STOP TAKING PICTURES RIGHT NOWWWWWWWW!

Betty begged me to play Louise, but I wanted to give Debbie her chance to shine!

R9, I agree with you. Whoever came up with that, it was perfect for a thread title and was wasted as just a line in a post.

And the current title is one of the worst ever. Whoever did it should lay low for a couple of threads at least. Give others a chance.

Fuck off, r40. Buttigieg isn't anywhere near as ignorant of gay culture as you would like to believe, and his husband is thoroughly well-versed in it and could give you a run for your show queen money. Pissy queens like you represent the worst of the gay world.

[QUOTE]Didn't see him in those seats anymore after the second act.

Meaning he got moved or left?

Eat shit R48. Your little closet queen is OVER .

Byeeeeee cunt.

How nice for fifty year old Buttgig that he now has the privilege and time to be “interested” in gay history and culture despite having taken advantage of it for years and having done NOTHING to support it.

Bernie Bros be bitter.

Uh, Buttigieg is 38.

Not when you’re hysterical!

I am sorely disappointed that Pete's favorite musical is IN THE HEIGHTS.

Anyone getting tix to see Jessie Williams nude in TAKE ME OUT? I hope he doesn't disappoint.

"The King and I" inspired me to become a teacher.

[quote] How nice for fifty year old Buttgig that he now has the privilege and time to be “interested” in gay history and culture despite having taken advantage of it for years and having done NOTHING to support it.

And what, prey tell have you done to support it and posting on anonymous gay sites don't count?

The Pete hatred is irrational and misplaced.

How often do we see most politicians or presidential candidates at the theatre to begin with? How often do we see Mayor DiBlasio at the theatre?

It doesn't look like virus fears made too much of a difference re: last week's Bway grosses, which is a good thing.

This week, though.... I wonder.

This week is no doubt the turning point.

Ernest Shakelton Loves Me....enough with the politics.

State-of-the-art: forgettable score even as you're listening to it.

Everything seemed to be on TKTS when I was there Saturday.

Agree with prior posters about THE LEHMAN TRILOGY.

Not sure why it became a smash while at the Armory. Possibly because of ticket scarcity?

The first third is great, but after that it's downhill with diminishing returns.

THE INHERITANCE is a far better play. But neither compares to THE SOUND INSIDE. How crazy will it be if Adam Rapp actually took the Tony? Won't happen, but of the new plays this season, his is the most impressive one.

R64 - when you say everything seemed to be on TKTS, do you mean shows that don't normally offer TKTS discounts?

"Hamilton" was there, as well as "Girl From the North Country," which had just opened to a rave review in the Times. Also "Hangmen" and others I don't recall at the moment.

Robbie Fairchild and his BF are still together.

"West Side Story" was also at TKTS on Saturday.

There is a thread but I hope it's all right I posted this here.

[quote] Robbie Fairchild and his BF are still together.

Are they?

Pity.

Why does the new Mrs. Doubtfire look like Olympia Dukakis?

Tell me about it, R71.

I'm mildly astounded that HAMILTON was on the TKTS board. Was it 20% off, or the full 50% off? Just curious.

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY hadn't been selling that well before the positive reviews (it was on TDF several times). I imagine the Times rave will sell some tickets, but it's no MOULIN ROUGE.

I have some theatre dates scheduled (ENCORES, FLYING OVER SUNSET) but at this point I'm reluctant to plan anything else. I'm concerned about canceled performances.

Another vote for worst thread title. What the fuck were you thinking? There was so much material in the last thread and that's the best you could do? Ugh.

I enjoyed ERNEST too, R62.

[quote]I'm mildly astounded that HAMILTON was on the TKTS board. Was it 20% off, or the full 50% off? Just curious.

Can't recall. I was surprised to see it there at all.

“Hamilton” WAS NOT at tkts. Neither was “Wicked” or “Tina”.

Dear American DLers,

Could you tell me if this Baker documentary will play in the States without a VPN.

Thanks in advance.

I’m watching the bootleg of Hangman. So far it’s slow and boring as fuck

R80 There is a proshot of the London production on the last thread.

[quote]And what, prey tell

Oh Dear! just shoot me

If Lehman Trilogy underwhelms voters, could we actually see a Best Play victory for.... Slave Play???

For no reason.....

Some Like It Hot, book by Matthew "King of Comedy" Lopez

R67 And they were complaining about this thread's title!

I heard that in the new Some Like It Hot, one of the two lead characters is going to be trans. Honest to God.

If the character is already trans, how are they in disguise? If one of them is already dressed as a woman, where's the fun in that. These people sure know how to suck the fun out of anything.

And what's with this sudden influx of "dudes pretending to be women" musical adaptations?

Some Like It Trans by Matthew Lopez. How thrilling.

[quote]If the character is already trans, how are they in disguise? If one of them is already dressed as a woman, where's the fun in that. These people sure know how to suck the fun out of anything.

Perhaps it's a way of avoiding criticism from the trans community similar to that heaped on "Tootsie" -- i.e., cis men dressed as women is an insult to trans people, so you get around it by making one of the characters trans from the get-go.

I'll stick with Marilyn, Jack and Tony, thanks.

Darlings r87 is trolling us.

Brantley is an ill-informed ass. In his "Unknown Soldier" review, he says Estelle Parsons "turns out to be a creditable singer"

Pirates of Penzance and Threepenny Opera notwithstanding, the 2nd paragraph of her Wikipedia entry says "Parsons became a singer before deciding to pursue a career in acting"

That’s a hideous number, r84. Try to be judicious in your choice of clips.

At least Playbill has some smarts/integrity:

"The comedy was previously adapted for the stage with Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, and Peter Stone’s Sugar, which opened on Broadway in 1972, going on to earn four Tony nominations and play over 500 performances."

^^Sorry, meant to say in reference to Some Like It Hot

This thread title could easily be mistaken for a post at All That Chat…and that’s not meant as a compliment. .

While Choppers Brantley didn't gush over Unknown Soldier, he certainly gave it a much better review than it deserved. It felt as though he was reviewing the tragedy of Michael Friedman's death, not the lousy show that no one had ever produced while he was alive. Did anyone see the rest of the reviews?

And as usual Brantley cannot speak to direction or staging at all… and doesn’t even try

There is no universe in which SLAVE PLAY will win the Tony for Best Play.

If there were stronger entries this season, it would probably not even be nominated. The two Tony nominators I know hated the show, and rightfully so. That emperor has no clothes, especially in the first half.

But if the category has five nominees, SLAVE PLAY might sneak in.

THE LEHMAN TRILOGY, THE INHERITANCE, THE SOUND INSIDE and (to a lesser degree) THE MINUTES and THE HANGMEN are all the likely nominees.

What could sneak in and spoil the chances for one of those five?

I missed GREAT SOCIETY but heard it was dull. And I heard THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM was tiresome, though expect those two leads to be nominated.

GRAND HORIZONS is a weak sitcom.

SEA WALL/A LIFE was great and well-received, but it came and went a long time ago. MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON was a great vehicle for Laura Linney but is a mediocre play.

Unknown: BIRTHDAY CANDLES

That leaves us with LINDA VISTA. Will Tracy Letts get two best play nominations? Seems unlikely, but LINDA VISTA is a thousand times better than SLAVE PLAY.

And finally, that leaves us with A CHRISTMAS CAROL, which will be up for Best Play, as it's a new script. It got great reviews. Can you imagine the wailing and screeching if that got the fifth slot over the overrated SLAVE PLAY? How delicious that would be.

A musical of SOME LIKE IT HOT should be frothy, goofy, decidely Un-PC and, most of all, funny.

No way that they will top the movie, though.

If the Tony committee is smart, they'll make sure to leave off Slave Play. The SJW twitter outrage would bring a ton of free publicity.

Slave Play will definitely be nominated, because of white guilt. The east coast "woke" theater folk believe it is the revolutionary masterpiece of a budding genius, a major force in modern theater. Face it, Broadway is now dominated by the "woke" elite.

[quote]THE LEHMAN TRILOGY, THE INHERITANCE, THE SOUND INSIDE and (to a lesser degree) THE MINUTES and THE HANGMEN are all the likely nominees.

You think HANGMEN has a smaller chance of a nomination than THE SOUND INSIDE and THE MINUTES?

Agree that SLAVE PLAY will be nominated and may well win. No other play generated as much conversation and publicity this season. And yes, there is the need to avoid #Tonyssowhite.

has anyone here seen West Side Story with a principal understudy? Does the prerecorded (vs live) video - eg of Tony running during I Have a Love - match the actor or is it still Powell or whomever?

[quote] And yes, there is the need to avoid #Tonyssowhite.

Except the Tony Awards have an exemplary record of honoring black artists, not because Jada Pinkett Smith bitched about it, but because (Audra notwithstanding) there have been many black artists worthy of their nominations and wins. So if anyone was to start a stupid campaign like that, I would hope the American Theater Wing and The Broadway League would point to that history and shut them the fuck up.

Been there done that and no one has ever asked for a revival.

Add me to the list of those who question the need (or popular appeal) of a new SOME LIKE IT HOT musical. It's a charming little movie that can't be improved upon, and the original cast can't be matched.

We really need a moratorium on cross-dressing, "gender-bending" rom-coms. This shit just isn't funny, fresh, or remotely relevant in these times.

[quote]We really need a moratorium on cross-dressing, "gender-bending" rom-coms.

Now you tell me.

I saw WWS last week with the understudy Tony. I hadn't seen Isaac so had nothing to compare him to, but he certainly was competent. Nice singing voice. As for the production, I was happy not to have to sit through a 3 hour production with the original template. This show does move at lightning speed and gives WWS the shot in the ass it needs.

R111 But WHO was running on the screen during I HAVE A LOVE. Was it the understudy or Isaac?

Oh, come on. You know perfectly well that they cannot film a host of different versions of these sequences to accommodate every possible combination of leads, understudies, stand-bys and swings.

If you cannot figure that out, go back to ATC where they are perpetually flummoxed by anything involving common sense.

[quote]I saw WWS last week with the understudy Tony. I hadn't seen Isaac so had nothing to compare him to, but he certainly was competent. Nice singing voice. As for the production, I was happy not to have to sit through a 3 hour production with the original template. This show does move at lightning speed and gives WWS the shot in the ass it needs.

It's WSS, and the fact that you made that stupid mistake twice in one post indicates that your analysis of what this show "needed" isn't worth much.

[quote]You know perfectly well that they cannot film a host of different versions of these sequences to accommodate every possible combination of leads, understudies, stand-bys and swings.

Many of the video sequences are live, so those huge images on the back wall would be of whoever was in the show for that performance. The long scene of Tony running during "A Boy Like That / I Have a Love" is an exception. I don't find it so hard to believe that they might have filmed all of the possible Tonys doing that. How many could there be in total? Probably no more than four at absolute most.

Did Sunset Blvd film the Norma understudies for use in the final moment?

If they're revamping musical versions of movies that didn't work the first time they hit Broadway, how about a new version of Applause? Keep a few of the songs, but update the book and bring in a big star.

Anyone else terrified of Ms. Doubtfire?

[quote]If they're revamping musical versions of movies that didn't work the first time they hit Broadway, how about a new version of Applause? Keep a few of the songs, but update the book and bring in a big star.

People have suggested rewriting the book for APPLAUSE so that the action takes place around 1950, the time of the movie, and others have suggested updating the action to the present day, but neither approach would work, for different reasons.

Also, while APPLAUSE is not a great show, it isn't really accurate to say that it "didn't work" on Broadway. It ran for 896 performances.

If you think that there won't be an uproar if all the nominated Tony plays are written by white men, you haven't been around very long.

Matthew Lopez is not a white man, R119.

Will do, r94....

So how long before the city forces all the movie and Broadway theaters to close?

The Geffen Playhouse in L.A. has announced THE INHERITANCE as part of their 2020/21 season. Dates: Jan 12 – Mar 14, 2021

R115 That was footage of Gloria Swanson wasn't it?

R120, anyone who is not black is white. And, in this case, a man.

I wonder if they will use any of the NY cast? Maybe Tony Goldwyn, he's regarded as a "local" boy due to his history, even though he lives mostly in NY.

SUGAR can't really be said not to have worked, either. It ran for 500 performances, then toured for quite a while (with Morse, Larry Kert, Gale Gordon, and Leland Palmer). It was produced frequently during the late 70s, and in the 80s there was yet another tour, albeit a bargain basement one with Joe Namath. There was also a successful London production with Tommy Steele. I can think of several productions of it in the last fifteen years or so. I don't think it has disappeared at all.

The score has two or three really great songs, and the rest are just okay. But it's a lot of fun, and the book is really funny. Unfortunately when Styne & Merrill turned their attention to it again for London, they didn't come up with any better material than they already had.

Matthew Lopez is half Puerto Rican...thus, of some Spanish descent. Spain is in Europe...like France and Italy.

The fact some woke latins are trying to get all Latin people moved into the people of color category is a tad ridiculous since Spain was the ORIGINAL American continental colonizer.

[quote] ..thus, of some Spanish descent.

No, not "thus." Not necessarily. He may be, but Spanish ancestry does not necessarily apply to all Puerto Ricans.

Spic and Spanish!

Speaking of Best Plays...

Death of a Salesman from '66 with the original Willy and Linda...'nuff said.

Latest casualties of the Coronavirus Crisis of 2020- the Berlin production of Mamma Mia! and the Athens production of Phantom of the Opera.

When are they pulling the plug on B’way?

Lol, Slave Play is definitely going to be nominated and has a very good shot at winning. It was part of the conversation and zeitgeist for several months, unlike say Inheritance which was widely derided and ignored and will likely be ignored at the Tonys as well.

Slave Play huffed and puffed, but nobody went to see it. One of the spring plays probably stands a better shot. McDonagh has never won, and while Hangmen is not his best play, it's pretty good. He's overdue. Lehman also could be formidable.

Someone posted a link to the NT's Cherry Orchard, but, regrettably, the link to part one does not have sound. Does anyone have a link that works? Thank you.

Scott Rudin is looking for a new Executive Assistant. He goes through a new one about every three months.

[quote] Scott Rudin is looking for a new Executive Assistant. He goes through a new one about every three months.

Sondheim's ex-rent boys often go to work for Rudin. Once you’ve had cigarettes put out on your balls, the likes of Rudin is pretty easy to take.

Who’s the male equivalent of Anytime Annie?

Anal-Time Andy

[quote] If you think that there won't be an uproar if all the nominated Tony plays are written by white men, you haven't been around very long.

Sure, Jan. Because it hasn't happened nearly every year without incident.

untrue r141. It's the Wokeratti gripe du jour if a POC isn't shoehorned into nominations.

R136 Indeed... getting another version. Thanks for the heads up.

R113 If they can't afford to film all the Tonys running and instead just show Isaac, when he is not in the actual show that evening, it makes this revival even more obtuse.

It makes zero sense to me that colleges are canceling classes on campus, the governor says to avoid crowded subways, travel is in the shitter—and yet Broadway is up and running. That’s being in a confined space with 1000+ people for 2.5 hours. How is that consistent?

I'm Not Running - Act One.

R144 It's a Rudin show. If he could afford to buy ads for an already sold out run of Hello, Dolly!, I'm sure he doesn't mind spending money on filming understudies. Anything rather than give money back to his investors.

R146 I'm Not Running - Act Two

Is that Dee Wallace Stone at r146?

[quote] untrue [R141]. It's the Wokeratti gripe du jour if a POC isn't shoehorned into nominations.

Nothing I said was untrue. As I said earlier, The Tony Awards has a long history of nominating and awarding POCs and as such has not come under fire from the twitterverse.

HOWEVER, most years for Best Play, Best Score, Best Book and several other categories, no POCs are in the mix. But it doesn't matter because in the most high profile categories, the 8 acting awards, and to a lesser degree the directing awards, black people have been very well represented and therefore the awards have remained complaint free.

Do you wanna plead your case a third time?

r150 your original post was confusing. I now realize we agree.

They've got enough time to create the one-part Inheritance for that LA production

I thought a couple of posters here said they saw WSS with understudy. I wonder if they have alternate understudy footage or if they use something generic. r111 as you said you wouldn't know what the standard vid is, but do you remember what video they showed during "I Have a Love/A Boy Like That"? Was it your Tony running towards the camera? another guy? Or something else entirely?

Apparently, Bway shows won't get compensated by insuarance for voluntarily closing shows during the epidemic unless mandated by the government.

Some shows are at steep discount as a result--Rudin's shows are selling all remaining seats at $50 each

If I could guarantee I wouldn’t be within two seats of someone else, i would jump on that.

Right. Is it worth dying for? Or risking it?

Is Danny Burstein really a Tony contender for Moulin Rouge? I thought he was dreadful. His one accomplishment is being the only lead with any charisma, but his performance still fell flat. Brooks Ashmanskas would've been a better choice.

Tveit doesn't deserve a nod. He sings well but there's no acting there to speak of.

[quote] They've got enough time to create the one-part Inheritance for that LA production

Geffen has announced that they will be doing both parts and that both shows will count towards the subscriber total shows. Sure, anything could happen between now and then, but for now it looks as though they are sticking with the original play (and they should).

[quote] Is Danny Burstein really a Tony contender for Moulin Rouge? I thought he was dreadful. His one accomplishment is being the only lead with any charisma, but his performance still fell flat. Brooks Ashmanskas would've been a better choice.

Danny is the male equivalent of Kelli O'Hara. A blandly competent performer who has given one or two deserving performances but is somehow always nominated and now seems overdue. (Brandon Uranowitz is becoming the millennial version of this.) Throw the sick wife into the mix and he's a lock.

R134 = Jeremy O. Harris

[Quote] Throw the sick wife into the mix

Tacky. Really tacky.

r160 please do not denigrate ball-sucking.

[quote] Tacky. Really tacky.

Oh fuck you. Did I say he was using her for votes? No. But if you think it's not going to push him over the top, you're far too Mary Sunshine to be on these boards.

[quote]Slave Play huffed and puffed, but nobody went to see it.

What do you mean by that? All of the Tony nominators and voters saw it.

[quote]Danny is the male equivalent of Kelli O'Hara. A blandly competent performer who has given one or two deserving performances but is somehow always nominated and now seems overdue.

The only performance of Danny Burstein's that I felt was remotely close to "bland" was his Tevye, and that was only because he was hamstrung by a director who had apparently gone temporarily insane. In every other show in which I've seen him, Danny has been the opposite of bland. He even somehow figured out a way to give an interesting performance in the epic piece of crap that is MOULIN ROUGE, and that's saying something.

As for Kelli, the only times I thought she seemed a bit bland onstage was when she was miscast in PAJAMA GAME and BELLS ARE RINGING.

Lucky you, R164- you're very easily pleased.

If you don't select Slave Play as best play, you are racist. If you speak against it, you are racist.

Slave Play is a shoo-in for nomination

"Throw the sick wife into the mix"

Had you phrased it as, oh say, "Rebecca's illness may garner sympathy votes", r163, you wouldn't have come off so snide.

On Data Lounge, "snide" is not a bug, it's our fucking raison d'être.

And, let's face it, if one wants to get ugly about Rebecca Luker, there are better ways.

(*Thank* you, Muriel, for turning Primetime off!)

Saw "Toni Stone" at ACT in SF last night. The house seemed pretty full, so we're getting on with our lives during the pandemic. The play was very good, as are the actors. (The cast is all Black -- the ACT program capitalizes it that way -- and during the course of the performance some play women and white men. "Where is the SJW outrage?!" I had to laugh to myself. Thanks for that, DL!)

A part-time employee with both the Shubert and Nederlander organizations has tested positive for COVID-19.

The employee, who is under quarantine, worked at the Shubert's Booth Theater on Tuesday, March 3rd through Friday March 7th as an usher.

The employee also recently worked at the Nederlander's Brooks Atkinson Theater on the evening of February 25th and the matinee of March 1st, expediting lines outside the building.

Both theaters are being deep cleaned.

Don't miss the coming revival of "Death Trap"

Miss Peggy Lee!

That usher thing is going to shut B’way down. Deep cleaning is no solution when the guy had direct contact with hundreds, maybe thousands of people. Covid-19 don’t know from “the show must go on.”

Touring shows coming to SF this year and next: Wokelahoma!, Ain't Too Proud, Hadestown, The Cher Show, Moulin Rouge, TKaMockingbird and The Prom. Hadestown and Mockingbird (with Richard Thomas) are the only ones I have any interest in. I believe ACT is bringing in The Lehman Trilogy as well (another one I'd see).

In other Bay Area performing arts news, Cal Performances has cancelled all performances at UCBerkeley's Zellerbach Hall until the end of March including pianist Jonathan Biss, Dorrance Dance, The Trocks, Laverne Cox, Manhattan Transfer/Take 6 and the Rotterdam Philharmonic. UCBerkeley itself has "limited campus operations."

Saw a packed matinee of WSS today. Lots of paper, including mine. 2nd row center. So much that is thrilling, so much head-scratching. The Tony and Riff were understudies. Liked the Maria a lot. The first Anita I've ever seen that made no impression at all. Glad I saw it. , May go back.

R175 Is dramedy now posting here, at least now obviously? I think he also recently booked a cruise.

Seattle has shut down ALL performances with over 250 people.

Theater/arts groups are freaking out right now.

Geffen Playhouse stops performances of its current show and pulls plug completely on the next. Yikes.

Is there insurance for this kind of thing? Or are some businesses going to go under?

Not really.

Even the 5th Avenue Theater here in Seattle is freaking the fuck out and they have deep pocket donors.

Broadway shows need to be FUCKING SHUT DOWN, already.

I guess "Love Life" might be postponed for another number of years...

AGREED.

I’m sure the govt will close broadway within a week.

Apparently shows can’t get any insurance money for shutting down prematurely because of the pandemic unless the government mandates it

The NBA shut down and you know there's pressure on NHL, MLB and Broadway to do the same.

[quote] And, let's face it, if one wants to get ugly about Rebecca Luker, there are better ways.

There certainly are.

I can't wait for Patti to blame Coronavirus for losing her potential Tony for Company. I can see it now. "We had the misfortune of starting previews right before the Coronavirus. If it hadn't have been for that, who knows what would have happened?"

Has a season ever been cancelled?

San Francisco has banned performances with more than 1000 people. Both The Last Ship (currently running) & Hamilton are “postponed.” Since The Last Ship was supposed to finish its tour with the SF run on March 22, that’s probably the end of it,

R118, Didn't work, my ass.

Broadway remains open. Gotta get that cash.

R164, Danny should have won for The Drowsy Chaperone.

Close Broadway. It's all crap anyway.

Saw COMPANY tonight. The house was completely full and wildly enthusiastic. People are living their lives.

Wow. That article is brim full of denial. Makes me not like theater folk.

Harry Potter played both performances in SF today.

The inheritance part one last week, and the inheritance part two Wednesday night, were both packed to the rafters

[quote]Kinnear seems like a nice man, but the notion that he is either a serious theatre actor or a major box office draw is laughable. They should have gone for a "non-name" with serious theatre chops.

Who the hell are you? You have ZERO idea if he can handle it or not. This is why Theater Queens are insufferable. No one thought Reba was a serious stage performer to handle a book musical and that went out the door first performance. How about sitting back and waiting before you destroy him for not having the career you think is required.

[quote] How about sitting back and waiting before you destroy him for not having the career you think is required.

Gurrl, who think you talkin' to? This is a theater thread and those evil fucking queens will curl their wannabe lips at anyone and anything.

Happy 74th birthday Liza! Sing happy! 🎂

r193 and r197 this is so tough. It's not a cash-grab; they are providing and most likely losing hundreds maybe thousands of jobs at a wide range of levels. New shows will likely completely collapse and some disintegrate forever. I agree they are not handling this as well as they could but "gotta get that cash" is not an accurate representation. There losing millions already.

Rory Kinnear is a talented theatre actor.

[quote]Gurrl, who think you talkin' to? This is a theater thread and those evil fucking queens will curl their wannabe lips at anyone and anything.

This is my message to Theater Queens.

Is "tacky" still a word?

"Tacky" will ALWAYS be a word.

I was signed up for two classes at the New York Public Library and they just cancelled the classes. Booo!

Both Met Opera and Carnegie Hall have closed until April 1. This feels like it will extend beyond that, though. I would imagine Broadway is up next.

New York is effectively closing down.

Broadway will be next

It's happened...

Broadway dark 4-6 weeks

Fucking hell.

Yep. NYC is the most congested place in the country. My husband is shutting down his office for three weeks. We’ve stockpiled for two months. See you in May!

It's the end times!

Will I get a refund automatically?

Don't tell me not to LIVE just sit and putta...

BUT but but "Company"! My God how will we see "Company"! ????

You can invite company, especially if you have an open-concept kitchen for entertaining. But, one of them could bring the virus that kills you. My money is on Patti.

Watch Karen Olivio show up at "Moulin Rouge" tonight.

Any word yet about Love Life at Encores? Cant imagine they'll play if Broadway is shut down.

They are robbing us of penises with "Take Me Out."

R221, it looks like everything is shutting down. I've gotten emails from Lincoln Center, Ars Nova, The Met, Signature Theater, and on and on. Everybody's going dark for at least the next month.

Well, DL Primetime has given us a dry run experience of quarantine.

I bet Marian Seldes would have kept performing even if she had the Coronavirus!

Do Broadway performers still get paid or do they have to go on the unemployment line?

Additionally, in accordance with Governor Cuomo’s ban of public gatherings greater than 500 people, which goes into effect Friday March 13, Encores! Love Life, Front & Center (Mar 16), and Studio 5 (Mar 23) will be cancelled. Details about refunds will be forthcoming.

Riedel suggesting this could be the end of Phantom because of its reliance on foreign tourists

Next question: what will happen with the Tony Awards? Closed 4 to 6 weeks in the heart of the spring opening season prior to the cut off date will pretty much kill any chance of it happening on a normal schedule.

The Oliviers are meant to take place on 5th April. Probably why SOLT is so resistant to the idea of closing down West End theatre.

SOLT? Society of London Theatres?

[quote]I bet Marian Seldes would have kept performing even if she had the Coronavirus!

The Moscow Art Theater continued to perform throughout the Russian Revolution.

So people won't get their trophies on time. They'll just postpone. Awards are marketing tools, and if there's not a show to go to, they lose their main point (at least to the people who give them out).

R231 Yes

[quote]BUT but but "Company"! My God how will we see "Company"! ????

I saw it last weekend.

And you guys didn't like the OP's title! Miranda Corona - Aye Carumba!

Miami still hasn't cancelled their production of "Hamilton"!

We already knew the Chinese had it in for us. A few years ago, it was discovered that the paint that they used to paint Christmas toys for US children was toxic. You'd have thought we would have learned our lesson then.

Oh, there are U.S. industrialists who purposely make stuff in China to keep costs down, so they are as much to blame for what they put in their products.

I am kicking myself for not seeing Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? when I had the chance. Heard this production was fantastic and Laurie Metcalf was particularly brilliant and a contender for another Tony.

So much for Six's opening night

Will they be able to push back theatre productions and do rescheduling? Although, I would think that could be near enough impossible due to actors schedules/ how long they've hired out theatres, etc. Or will they just pick up after the 4 to 6 weeks and continue till the end of the run?

What will 4 to 6 weeks of shutdown actually do in even the midterm, never mind long? Vaccines won't be available in that time.

Looks like The Minutes might not reopen at all. I was looking forward to seeing it.

If it's six weeks, that defines "closing" in every contract, so every show on Broadway will close.

[quote]And you guys didn't like the OP's title!

We still don't like it. It's a lousy title, virus or no virus.

Goddamnit! Encores Love Life is canceled. But fucking Thoroughly Modern Millie is on.

[quote]fucking Thoroughly Modern Millie

Pics please.

For the next month, this thread is going to be dead, UNLESS

we talk about F*O*L*L*I*E*S

And G*Y*P*S*Y and M*A*M*E.

and Mary and Ethel

Poor INHERITANCE couldn't even get a proper closing night. What a sad run.

Also, I wonder if they will waive the rent on those theaters.

Bajour!

[Quote] fucking Thoroughly Modern Millie

[Quote] Pics please.

Wait until Melissa Benoist stars in the revival.

I understand about the Oliviers but do they matter that much? I really do not understand why the West End is still open....

Too soon, R255.

R246 Oh wow, really? Everyone must be freaking out. So the likes of 'Company' and 'Who's Afraid...' will close?

[Quote] I really do not understand why the West End is still open....

££££££.

I was slated to see Mrs. Doubtfire, Diana and To Kill a Mockingbird in the next few weeks. Oh well. Netflix it is then.

You all owe extra thanks to the uploader of NT Live etc. broadcasts.

So LOVE LIFE has been cancelled at ENCORES outright. That's a shame. After a middling MACK AND MABEL, many of us hoped this would be the standout of the season (and no, it was never going to be MILLIE). Here's hoping they approach it in a future season.

OTOH, it does mean that THE PERPLEXED has closed for good. So there's that.

The Light In The Piazza.

I wish they would cancel Millie and do Love Life in that time slot.

Gimme! Gimme! R265

If you follow the algorithms, there won't be any Broadway shows until there's a vaccine. In other words, for at least a year.

MILLIE is nearly sold out; there's no way they would cancel.

Plaza Suite's opening night is scheduled for April 13th, the day after the one month ban ends.

[quote]Plaza Suite's opening night is scheduled for April 13th, the day after the one month ban ends.

I strongly suspect the one-month ban will be extended.

r270 enough of the doom

Tallulah made sure the show went on:

But Bankhead persevered, even through ill health. In 1933, while performing in Jezebel, Bankhead nearly died following a five-hour emergency hysterectomy due to venereal disease, which she claimed she had contracted from George Raft. Weighing only 70 lbs when she left the hospital, she vowed to continue her promiscuous and party lifestyle, stoically saying to her doctor "Don't think this has taught me a lesson!"

[Quote] Is "tacky" still a word?

R260 Indeed. Though, to be fair, they're in a tough position if the insurance won't pay out unless it's forced on them - same as Broadway. And it seems Boris has no intention of doing such a thing.

R161 Seconded. Fuck you for making light of Rebecca Luker's dreadful diagnosis. Seriously. You're really an asshole.

Do these Broadway actors still get paid during the hiatus? Does production have insurance for emergency closings? I had ticket for Who's afraid of... for April. Now I read they're on hiatus and thanks to Trump, Russell Tovey can still escape to the UK and maybe never come back.

The Minutes, which had two weeks of previews, isn’t returning in April.

Poor Armie

A pandemic has a way of levelling things. Maybe when Broadway comes back they’ll have more affordable/lower ticket prices.

It's the curse of Vicky Clark

[quote] It's the curse of Vicky Clark

No, Love Life itself is cursed. The original production didn’t get a cast recording because of an ASCAP strike at the time. The same thing happened to Where’s Charley, which has had its own cursed life, including a movie negative that is disintegrating because the Widow Loesser disliked the movie.

Agree with r270. Ban won't stop in mid-April.

Bout at least CHARLEY got its Encores! production.

Well, the one bright spot is that there are discount Company tickets available through 6/6, so I just saved $50 a ticket over the ones that I bought months ago that were for a canceled performance.

Why does Ms. Vicki have a curse?

Some of the kids on That Other Chatboard are betting that PHANTOM and CHICAGO will not recover from the closings and international travel ban, as the vast majority of their business was foreign tourists.

I don't see this as tragic in the larger scheme of things. CHICAGO, in particular, would be a mercy killing.

Not kids, R285. Children. Sick, twisted children.

[Quote] Not kids. Children. Sick, twisted children.

Did Ann ban you?

I wish they would take Aladdin, The Lion King and The Book of Mormon with them.

THE LION KING'S box office was way down last week, before the closure. It will be interesting to watch if it recovers.

This is a terrible thing for NYC’s economy. Not something to joke about.

I thought New Yorkers hated and ridiculed tourists. Now, you're pissed because your economy will suffer? Hmmmmm.

New Yorker here. We love our tourists, though just wish you wouldn't block the sidewalks when we want to walk fast to get where we have to get to.

Broadway closed on 9/11 and shows survived.

[quote]This is a terrible thing for NYC’s economy. Not something to joke about.

Did you wander into this website by accident?

The Coming of Evita.

The Coming of Evita.

^ Apologies, bloody double post.

[quote]Broadway closed on 9/11 and shows survived.

But they didn't close for a month.

Cuomo/de Blasio should have closed for two weeks and then taken it slowly week by week. Their "the sky is falling" approach was not necessary.

Let's hope that with Broadway being closed for several weeks that the producers will take the time to spruce up some of those theater interiors. Some of them you walk into and you can smell Ethel Barrymore Colt's farts from decades ago.

*Technically* with all of Broadway being closed, it resets the clock on "longest running Broadway show."

But I doubt any show will ever be able to surpass Phantom of the Opera, plague or no plague.

Broadway only closed for a few days on 9/11. And there were no worries about disease transmission.

But yes, Phantom almost disappeared then. Supposedly Lloyd Webber Is determined not to close it, but month dark plus no tourists is a huge financial blow.

An American In Paris.

Sorry New Yorkers, the "flyovers" are staying home. You can return to your normal lives - much less inconvenienced, but poorer. Watch those taxes go up and services go down. Good luck.

[quote]Supposedly Lloyd Webber Is determined not to close it, but month dark plus no tourists is a huge financial blow.

When it reopens, there will be alot more mannequins in the Masquerade sequence. I'd put money on there being just two chorus people maneuvering ten mannequins each.

I just scrubbed through that whole Evita documentary and didn’t see any sign of Patti LuPone or Andrew Lloyd Webber. Did they choose not to participate?

Jonesing for some musical drama?

Turn that frown upside down....

And have a SMASH marathon!

If you get really bored, you can watch the documentary about Annie, where all the fraus who were former Annies bitch about not having a career after Annie. I wish someone would publish a really juicy book about it. In the documentary, the women allude to a few things, but you never really get anything juicy. I wish Andrea McArdle would spill her guts. It's not like her career is going to go anywhere at this point.

Juicy? Juice from former child actors? Hoping for some molestation details?

[quote]Juicy? Juice from former child actors? Hoping for some molestation details?

Not necessarily. In the documentary, they allude that two of the parents were having an affair. I'd like to hear how Dorothy Loudon treated Andrea McArdle. And what Sarah Jessica Parker, Broadway's ugliest Annie, did to get the lead. She was fine as one of the lesser orphans, but lead orphan? What did her mother promise the producers?

Did Corey Feldman ever play Annie?

Given that SJP could never really sing, I don't understand her being cast in the lead role, either. She looks more like a young Ann B. Davis.

She was probably every bit the actor as a kid as she is now. And you can take that anyway you like.

[Quote] And what Sarah Jessica Parker, Broadway's ugliest Annie, did to get the lead.

So not rape rape but statutory rape?

And who gives a fuck about a stage mom scissoring with another stage mom.

Do we fucking really need a new Who’s Afraid of VW every 5 years??? It’s like the insane number of Gypsy revivals we’ve had.

Stop it already!

Gypsy hasn't been on Broadway in about 10 years. Some of you really type old.

R313 It's been stopped.

It was also well known that Andrea McArdle was too old to play Annie when the show opened. However, because she had such a great voice, they opened the show with her. But you could see Reid Shelton wince everytime he had to pick her up.

And how come all the other actresses played Annie on a one year contract, but Allison Smith got to play it for 2 and half years?

[quote] *Technically* with all of Broadway being closed, it resets the clock on "longest running Broadway show."

No it doesn't. If Phantom, Chicago, Lion King, et al, all resume performances in a month with the same production, then the run is continuing after a hiatus due to a public emergency.

[quote]you can smell Ethel Barrymore Colt's farts from decades ago.

It wasn't me, it was Ethel Shutta!

"If Phantom, Chicago, Lion King, et al, all resume performances in a month with the same production, then the run is continuing after a hiatus due to a public emergency."

If the closing lasts longer than one month, can they be nominated for Best Revival?

[quote] It wasn't me, it was Ethel Shutta!

Fuck you, ya fat dyke. It was DeCarlo. She learned how to rip 'em from Al Lewis

[quote] then the run is continuing after a hiatus due to a public emergency

That's what happened when the musicians' strike shut the musicals down in 1975. A Chorus Line couldn't open on schedule. I can't remember - didn't that last something like 21 days?

none of these had any contagion as a factor

[quote]If you get really bored, you can watch the documentary about Annie, where all the fraus who were former Annies bitch about not having a career after Annie

I beg your pardon?

Even if all the theaters reopen in a month, I doubt people will book tickets right away. Many will probably wait weeks or months before visiting any crowded events again.

[Quote] Many will probably wait weeks or months before visiting any crowded events again.

Not cheap people. They'll be on it.

Sutton Foster’s TV series Younger was supposed to start shooting its final season next week. So far it’s been pushed two weeks later but I doubt anything will start shooting until late April at the earliest. Couldn’t this end up fucking with her Music Man schedule? I can predict screaming matches between Scott Rudin and Darren Star.

Maybe Rebecca Luker could do it (hopefully out of a wheelchair, but if not, that Ado Annie won a Tony in one).

Is Annaleigh Ashford indisposed?

326 Hopefully that results in Sutton's recasting in MUSIC MAN.

FOLLIES!

ANNIE...s

R330 Follies!

Can someone post the 1080p Follies to Google Drive or some such site?

R333 Was waiting hey honey have had a look but could not find one but shall have another look-see

Allison Smith sure delivered an angry, almost evil, "Hard Knock Life." It was like she was prepping to play Patricia Krenwinkle twenty years before she did.

[Quote] Was waiting hey honey have had a look but could not find one but shall have another look-see

Thanks. Someone posted "One More Kiss" in 1080p, so the the full show must be out there in that quality.

IT’S A HARD-COCK LIFE FOR US! LIKE A ZIT THAT’S FILLED WITH PUS!

This motherfucker is so far up his own ass it really is repulsive. I hate this tool.

LMM Derangement Syndrome?

[quote]LMM Derangement Syndrome?

A staple of these theater gossip threads. Any mention of LMM sends him into a blind rage. It's actually pretty comical.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Lynne Trans-Smell Esmerelda is the perfect talent for this utterly mediocre age.

Somebody's off his meds again.

How do we soothe his distress? Do we put on Follies or Sound of Music?

Riedel's column says an actor at "Moulin Rouge" had a fever, making his cast members fearful of his condition:

R343 Why don't you just put on Lin Manuel's free unreleased song from Hamilton. That's what its for. His voice is so soothing, isn't it?

I wouldn't want to be around slutty chorus boys in a pandemic.

That's okay, R346. I'll happily take your place.

I'm gritting my teeth at the inevitable "serious" address by James Corden to kick off the next Tony Awards.

Have no stock in the LMM pony show but it is silly to headline ...

[quote]"The world is turned upside down, but Lin-Manuel Miranda is offering something to help us all get through it."

all for a rejected, not good enough song.

FINALLY...a look at the Dresden production of Follies, set in the former East Germany.

The German Sally has stolen Bernie's hair

I like the tunnels of light thing in the staging

R338 you are a tool. What else is an entertainer supposed to do in times like this? L-MM has done lots of things that prove he's not "far up his ass," like for example he and his people were preparing soon to reopen the Drama Book Shop (though who knows when that will happen now, with the current situation). What have YOU done for other people lately?

R341 there is nothing remotely funny or witty about "Lynne Trans-Smell Esmerelda" as a "joke" name for L-MM. Not on any level and not to anyone, except maybe immature assholes. It's the opposite of wit, whatever word you want to use for that.

Dancing Boys in Boxer Shorts!

There's never enough of that. Not ever.

[quote]Riedel's column says an actor at "Moulin Rouge" had a fever, making his cast members fearful of his condition:

Leave it to that putz to stoke the hysteria, even in a tiny way, on the basis of one person in the cast having a fever. Maybe he should be more concerned about the other cast member -- not a "he" -- who has missed multiple performances.

R352 Haha. Ewww. Save your worship for someone who actually cares. He's the tool and you're just a hand towel.

R355, your irrational hatred of LM-M for releasing a free song to fans as a nice little gesture at a difficult time might be better spent on someone who truly deserves hatred, someone like -- oh, I don't know -- Donald Trump? Or, if you need someone from the entertainment industry to hate, how about Harvey Weinstein, producer of Broadway's FINDING NEVERLAND?

R356 Weinstein is in jail and I'm not talking about Trump. I'm talking about the pip squeak sitting at home thinking the state of the world needs his shitty vocals and shitty pedestrian songwriting to help bring peace of mind. Haha. With a song that has nothing to do with anything right now. Get the fuck outta here and get over yourself Lin.

Calm down, R357. Some people like LMM. Some people like ALW.

I can understand the former, but never, ever, the latter.

Still, if a bunch of people consumed by viral contagion and preparing to meet their maker decide that their last days on Earth are made easier by ALW, I'll just quietly leave them to their ignorance.

There is no reason for scorn.

R358 There is no reason for you to reply to me either or to assume I'm not calm because I'm calling out a shitty subpar narcissist.

"I can understand the former, but never, ever, the latter."

ALW provides good earworm. You listen to "Memory" or "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" and you can't get it out of your head for days. He's the anti-Sondheim and took Jerry Herman's place as king of the Broadway hummable showtime.

That should be showtune.

How do you turn off auto-correct?

R341/R359 is the Poppins loon. Best not to engage.

That image at R350 is one of the most German-looking things I've ever seen.

Metropolitan Opera, After Shutting Its Doors, Will Offer Free Streams From Live in HD Catalog

R362 It's not even the same person dumbass.

Look for lots of closing notices to be posted next Tuesday. The advances are too low, and the producers don't have the flow to hold on. This will also be a lot longer than four weeks. Good bye to The Minutes, Virginia Woolf, Hangman, Jagged Little Pill, Diana, American Buffalo, Girl from North Country, and Frozen.

R366 I would like to see it.

R350 Thanks for that.

But I don't understand why we can have operas sung in their original language with surtitles, yet they often don't do it for musical theater. I can't imagine how they come up with a German translation of Sondheim's very precise lyrics.

I wish I could see a translation of the following for comparison. Looks like it was an interesting production.

No one wants to see a show close, or actors unemployed. At least, I don't.

But I'd rather see those old dinosaurs PHANTOM and CHICAGO close before any of the newer shows mentioned. They've both had incredible runs and made their producers (and hopefully, their creators) lots of money. It's time to go.

I don't think shows should run for 30+ years. We lose the dynamic quality of theatre and the opportunity to address contemporary culture and contemporary audiences. More than that, we limit the opportunity for new work to get produced and find an audience.

I was not a big fan of the last Broadway production of Carousel, but here it is for the curious.

I’m happy for LMM—he’s been effectively able to parlay his Theatre writing celebrity into national celebrity and a movie acting career.

Good for him

[Quote] Good bye to The Minutes, Virginia Woolf, Hangman, Jagged Little Pill, Diana, American Buffalo, Girl from North Country, and Frozen.

Wow, what a mediocre bunch

R366 you could be right, but Scott Rudin can certainly afford to keep Virginia Woolf going if he wants.

Met Opera To Launch Free Nightly Streams During Coronavirus Closure

I don't know if those who love musicals also love opera but I thought I'd post this in case it is of interest.

Thanks, R370. It's not a consistently great production, but it has great elements, particularly some of the choreography and dancing.

It looks like the Dresden production swiped the Phyllis/Young Phyllis in "Lucy and Jessie" idea from the NT production.

[quote]he’s been effectively able to parlay his Theatre writing celebrity into national celebrity and a movie acting career.

And an American Express spokesperson.

Ugh, that Carousel bootleg is in 360p. There's no excuse for posting anything newly shot in under 720p these days.

[Quote] Ugh, that Carousel bootleg is in 360p. There's no excuse for posting anything newly shot in under 720p these days.

I don't think it's intentional. I suspect that when a video is movie length, YouTube automatically converts it down to a low resolution. It's likely to save space on their servers but also an anti-piracy measure.

Is that what you suspect, R379? The please explain the presence of all the feature length 720p titles available on YouTube.

Can you link some? I don't recall seeing any.

Question, not knowing much about all this I'm curious to know for the most part do people outside of DL love or hate Lynn Manuel, I'm talking about seasoned theater lovers.

Next question, I've recently seen a bootleg of Waitress, how does Jessie Mueller stack up to other musical theater leading ladies? I love her and thought her vocal performance showed some great vocal skill but I've not got much to compare it with. I also loved the other ladies too and enjoyed Kimiko Glenn's "When He Sees Me", loved the little things she does with her voice in that performance.

I was sorry not to see Jessie Mueller in BEAUTIFUL or WAITRESS. Friends said she was just stellar.

I was disappointed by her work in the CAROUSEL revival. She and Joshua Henry both sang their roles well, but had no chemistry together. Mueller was pretty bland as Julie when she really needed to be more of a focus.

I would also like to have seen her in that weird genderfucked revival of ON A CLEAR DAY, just out of perverse curiosity.

I thought Mueller played Carrie. Was that a different production?

Lindsay Mendez was Carrie in the 2018 revival.

Muelller was Julie Jordan, the female lead.

[Quote] Also in 2013, she once again took on the role of Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel at Lincoln Center in a staged concert production backed by the New York Philharmonic – a special that was filmed and aired on PBS' Live from Lincoln Center.

I knew she'd played it in New York.

That CAROUSEL is on Amazon Prime and is not the revival. Jessie Mueller's best role in my opinion is CAROUSEL so far. Best sung anyway. Her voice was beautiful there. Her acting was pretty bland. R382 In my opinion she is at the bottom of the Jenna's. Katharine McPhee sang it the prettiest and her acting was good. She was sweet. Allison Ruff was the best acted and INCREDIBLE vocals. So much depth. Lots of other good ones too. Jessie, to me, concentrated too much on using an affected country twang in her singing that none of the other girls did. They all sang with more power and from the heart. I can't even listen to the WAITRESS cast recording because it just doesn't compare.

IMHO, Jessie Mueller was far better as Carrie in the NY Philharmonic's CAROUSEL than she was as Julie in the Broadway revival, but the NY Phil was a far superior production overall.

"I don't think shows should run for 30+ years. We lose the dynamic quality of theatre and the opportunity to address contemporary culture and contemporary audiences. More than that, we limit the opportunity for new work to get produced and find an audience."

Theoretically you may be correct.; However, have you seen the new shit that's being produced for Broadway musical theater? No, thanks.

[quote] I don't think it's intentional. I suspect that when a video is movie length, YouTube automatically converts it down to a low resolution. It's likely to save space on their servers but also an anti-piracy measure.

I'm not the snarky guy at R380, but I was the person who made the original comment about 360p. However, he is indeed correct. There are several full length films, etc. in both 720 and 1080p quality. I attach one here as an example.

I hate Carousel. I've never been able to sit through the whole thing. I am a HUGE Jessie Mueller fan, have seen her in On a Clear Day, Nice Work, Beautiful and Waitress. I saw part of the Lincoln Center Carousel where she played Carrie, but I could not bring myself to see her play Julie. I just loathe everything about the show.

[quote]Look for lots of closing notices to be posted next Tuesday. The advances are too low, and the producers don't have the flow to hold on. This will also be a lot longer than four weeks. Good bye to The Minutes, Virginia Woolf, Hangman, Jagged Little Pill, Diana, American Buffalo, Girl from North Country, and Frozen.

Frozen? Trillion dollar Disney has the "flow" to keep to going forever, if they want.

Thanks for posting an example. Are there similar resolution videos that go to as much as two and hours? I suggested YouTube as the issue because the uploader also put some stuff on Google Drive that was over 1GB in size (it was higher resolution).

Well, the gent who has been posting the NTLive videos- those have been in HD, at least the ones I've watched. And some of them are over 2 hours

Carrie is really the better, showier role in "Carousel". Julie only really has two songs, the bench scene "If I Loved You" and "What's the Use of Wondrin", with a couple of lines here and there otherwise. It works better with close-ups with Shirley Jones in the movies. Barbara Cook and Audra McDonald first got noticed playing Carrie.

Whatever they are posting --- hey, they're free. Don't look a fucking gift horse in the mouth. You're not paying for the tickets, are you? Thanks to whoever is posting them.

[Quote] Well, the gent who has been posting the NTLive videos- those have been in HD, at least the ones I've watched. And some of them are over 2 hours

Thanks. I guess we can tentatively conclude that he posted what he had, which included a 360p "Follies."

Sincere thanks to the poster who has been sharing all the NT Live videos and those sharing other bootlegs, it's especially appreciated now that I'll actually have time to catch up on them with everything cancelled.

I seem to remember someone telling me once that YouTube has limitations on the length and quality of videos you can post if you don't have some sort of a premium account with them. Is that true, and does that answer this question?

[quote] Whatever they are posting --- hey, they're free. Don't look a fucking gift horse in the mouth. You're not paying for the tickets, are you? Thanks to whoever is posting them.

Please go fuck yourself.

Hit too close to home, eh, bossy bottom?

[quote] Hit too close to home, eh, bossy bottom?

No, I just think you're an asshole.

Actually assholes have a real function for the body. You're just the shit.

This crisis has really brought out the best in the theatre community!

Carry on, kids.

Holiday Inn.

Moon for the MIsbegotten.

Jason Robards and Colleen Dewhurst.

Ingrid's Hedda...

r396 and r398 are good people

r400 and r402 are not

SUTTON FOSTER as "Star to Be" in ANNIE '97

Oh, let's watch this again. Neely's Sally.....

That performance actually annoys me less than the version of the number with Imelda, who shoehorned her "Rose's Turn" moment of horror into the song.

Whistle...

R406 thanks for posting.

When is Almost Famous meant to come to Broadway?

Rock Follies Episode One.

{quote] When is Almost Famous meant to come to Broadway?

Hopefully never. It's awful.

[quote] Thanks to whoever is posting them.

You’re welcome.

And to the other guy complaining that the vids aren’t higher resolution, fuck off.

[Quote] And to the other guy complaining that the vids aren’t higher resolution, fuck off.

You could have gone high.

Seasoned theater lovers know better, r382.

I love you, r389.

Yes, thank you to the wonderful poster who is making the effort and taking the time to post the plays. They are perfect.

The anti-LMM Loon is definitely a loon, whether or not he's THE Loon (anti-Julie, anti-Poppins, anti-Jessica Lange, thinks Bedknobs and Broomsticks is the greatest film ever, and named Matt).

That kind of vitriol is just stupid. And furthermore, it's only good once. When you keep at it, over and over and over and over again, all you are doing is reenforcing the fact that you have some kind of underlying mental condition. On top of that, you appear to have some kind of substance abuse problems.

But go ahead, trash Miranda again. No one cares. You're just masturbating, doing it to get yourself off. You're adding nothing to DL.

[quote]The anti-LMM Loon is definitely a loon, whether or not he's THE Loon (anti-Julie, anti-Poppins, anti-Jessica Lange, thinks Bedknobs and Broomsticks is the greatest film ever,

I think they're the same, based on his pathetically unfunny name for LMM, Lynne Trans-Smell Esmerelda. He had a similarly strained and unfunny name for "Mary Poppins Returns," a movie that must have made his head explode. It was the intersection of two of the things he hates most, "Mary Poppins" and LMM.

isn't it a bit naive to think that there would only be one loon on DL?

There are lots of loons on DL. But the loon in question is a prolific poster.

With rage issues about very specific topics.

You can block a poster.

As much as we complain about it (myself included), I admit it, bitches: I miss Broadway!!! I totally agreed with the shutdown given the circumstances but I will admit having it be dark is pretty sad. A reporter with Channel 11 news here in NYC just did a segment showing all of the near-empty streets in the theater district. Crazy times.

[quote] When is Almost Famous meant to come to Broadway?

[quote] Hopefully never. It's awful.

That's Mikey, he hates everything.

Laura Benanti posted on Twitter and asked all the HS/college productions cancelled due to the virus to share their video clips.

I am crying.

(crying at the performances, not at her post)

I wonder if the bidet business will get a bump.

R405 Just finished the first act of Holiday Inn, it's a surprisingly fun and cute show. Nice little mood elevator. Thanks for sharing.

I seem to recall watching A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder (complete) on YouTube, hidden in plain sight under one of those snazzy abbreviation titles, maybe with initials.

Does anyone here know how it's posted? I'd like to see it again.

[Quote] Does anyone here know how it's posted?

Well, a person signs up to YouTube to create a "channel"...

Was the Tori Amos musical The Light Princess ever shown via NT Live? If so, any chance someone has it?

Two customers an hour ago at the Shake Shack at 52 & 7th Ave, and lots of nearby restaurants and bars looked empty. If the Broadway shut-down goes on for months, thIs is going to get very ugly.

Isn't she lovely?

Without theatre to talk about DLers resort to trashing LMM

Miranda Corona - how prescient!

Laura Benanti even makes the pandemic about her. She's Kardasian-adjacent.

R438, we're intelligent; we can do both at the same time.

[quote] And to the other guy complaining that the vids aren’t higher resolution, fuck off.

If you're the guy who posted it, then your reading comprehension is for shit. I merely questioned why anyone would shoot in lo res when even the most rudimentary smartphone does at least 720p video. Don't blame me if your MARY switch is turned up so high, you can't tell the difference.

If you're also the guy who shot it, you're a moron who doesn't know how to use his phone. Try turning down one switch and turning up the other.

[Quote] I merely questioned why anyone would shoot in lo res

It was a cinema broadcast. It wasn't shot in low res. Somewhere along the way, it was converted to low res.

[quote] It was a cinema broadcast. It wasn't shot in low res. Somewhere along the way, it was converted to low res.

Okay, we're talking about two different videos. I'm talking about the Broadway production that was posted BEFORE the Lincoln Center one that was fan shot from the mezz, which is the one I originally asked the question about.

The video at R370

R415, wow, thanks for that. I remember being glued to every episode when the show was on PBS in the late 1970s. Man, it really holds up. I forgot how awful the hot surfer bf’s American accent was. But I can’t find this at all when I go to YT. I did a search on Rock Follies 1 1 and nothing.

R446 It is unlisted. Will post it all on a separate thread. It is camp fun.

[quote]Just finished the first act of Holiday Inn, it's a surprisingly fun and cute show. Nice little mood elevator. Thanks for sharing.

Really? I guess I'm glad the video elevated your mood at this difficult time, but I thought that show was utter crap when I saw it in the theater.

Top Banana 1954 Phil Silvers

Watching Holiday Inn would be the last straw for many Coronavirus patients.

I blame Lynne Trans-Smell Esmerelda Poppins for the corona virus AND global warming.

It was disturbing to see all those theater ads in the Sunday Times for shows that have closed. What on earth will it look like next week?

[quote]Really? I guess I'm glad the video elevated your mood at this difficult time, but I thought that show was utter crap when I saw it in the theater.

Of course you did.

[quote]Top Banana 1954 Phil Silvers

Trivia...It was shot in 3D during the original 3D era but was ultimately released flat.

I actually enjoyed HOLIDAY INN on PBS, I think.

I would have been pissed off if I had paid and gone to the theatre for it

r;434: Wiki is very interesting about the film:

Phil Silvers said about the film:

"There was so little money that "Top Banana" was shot in a day and a half. [The director] just pointed the camera and let it roll. He didn't dare stop. In the final cut, you could see a stage hand walking behind a drop. The sound quivered and faded, and yet it managed to pick up every off camera shoe squeak. The 3-D process was obsolete by the time the picture was released, so the 3-D film was projected on regular two-dimensional machines. This left all sort of strange vertical blurs. But the comedy was still there. Somewhere. I made nothing out of the picture. "Top Banana" is occasionally shown on the TV too-late shows, which adds a little blur of their own. The young film buffs who stay up all night consider it a collector's item. With its out of sync sound, inexplicable noises, scenes that seem to be underwater, it's now avant-garde."

Rose Marie had all of her musical numbers cut from the final cut of the film. In 2017, she noted that a producer had made sexual overtures on her, and when she came back with a sharp retort, the offended producer cut out all of her songs. It would be the only time Rose Marie had experienced any form of sexual harassment during her 90-year career in the entertainment industry.

The film was not financially successful upon its release.

Preservation: The film was photographed in Eastmancolor, and processed by the Color Corporation of America laboratory in Burbank, California. The lab went out of business the following year. Although unconfirmed, it is presumed that all of the original elements were junked at that time. The negatives were labeled under the production company name, Roadshow Productions.

The only material in the MGM/UA library today is an edited 16mm release print of one side (missing about 15 minutes of footage depicting the rehearsal for the introduction of “Miss Blendo”). This is the version which has been released on home video. There are no original elements of the film that currently exist. It is one of two 3-D films lost in the original stereoscopic form, the other being Southwest Passage. The edited footage does survive in several 16mm prints struck in 1954, but it is currently not available in the video version offered by MGM.

"It would be the only time Rose Marie had experienced any form of sexual harassment during her 90-year career in the entertainment industry."

Totally believable.

Those Rose Marie musical numbers were probably the best things in the movie.

Phil Silvers' comedy did not age that well...

What will happen to Restaurant Row?

It will become Restaurant.

Or Row.

Top Banana: I seem to remember that Rose Marie did sing Sans Souci. But that's also a big dance number, and the producer probably didn't want to cut it.

Her other songs aren't so great: A Word a Day with Silvers, I Fought Every Step Of the Way (girl-vs.-the-cads comedy thing). Top Banana did not have a great score. The key thing about the film is seeing exactly what a fifties musical comedy was like.

[quote] The key thing about the film is seeing exactly what a fifties musical comedy was like.

Well, a not very good fifties musical at least. I would rather have had Happy Hunting.

Restaurant Row? It will be come a block of nail salons and Bank of America ATM stations.

[quote]I actually enjoyed HOLIDAY INN on PBS, I think.

Me too. I thought Corbin Bleu was just adorable and quite talented. It was my first exposure to him.

[quote]The key thing about the film is seeing exactly what a fifties musical comedy was like.

Not really. "Damn Yankees" and "The Pajama Game" were '50s musical comedies, and good ones. "Top Banana" captures what a '50s musical revue was like, as does the movie of the superior "New Faces of 1952" (called simply "New Faces"), before TV variety shows killed the Broadway musical revue.

Plus "Call Me Madam" has a great cast and is probably the best representation of what Ethel Merman was like on stage in one of her big hit shows. Also, "How to Succeed in Business" from 1962, is also a big hit from the Golden Age (even with a few cut numbers) that show what a great musical comedy from the 50s-60s era was like.

[quote]Me too. I thought Corbin Bleu was just adorable and quite talented. It was my first exposure to him.

He is quite adorable. Here he is in week 2 of DWTS.. YouTube has them.

Has there ever been a more unattractive cast assembled than the cast of Holiday Inn?

Well, the cast of Wokelahoma wasn't so cute.

I was very pleasantly surprised when I saw "Holiday Inn" at the theater just how talented and charismatic Corbin Bleu was in his dance numbers.

And yet Zac Efron has the career (while he stays away from hobos).

Corbin is doing just fine. He simply went a different direction. He works quite a bit and is establishing himself in theater quite nicely.

He's sort of a higher grade Justin Guarini.

R462, partially correct. In the version of Top Banana released on VHS and DVD, Sans Souci is in there, but shorn of its vocal. It just jump cuts to the dance. Did any pop vocalists cover the songs from Top Banana other than Nat King Cole doing "You're OK for TV."

Thanks, R415! I loved ROCK FOLLIES as a kid (watching without my parents' permission) and now.

Do you have access to other episodes? YouTube has bits and pieces (musical numbers, discussions) but it would be wonderful to see the entire season. I haven't seen it available elsewhere in the US.

I wouldn't put Rock Follies on its own thread. Your channel might get deleted.

[quote]I Fought Every Step Of the Way

I think this is actually a really good number. But separate from the producer's assholery, it might have faced censor's problems for the film. That, and "Sans Souci" and "My Home is in My Shoes" are the three good songs in the show.

R466, but there is no film of those shows onstage.

Top Banana is the only example I can think of in which most of a Broadway production from that era was filmed on stage.

[quote]I thought Corbin Bleu was just adorable and quite talented. It was my first exposure to him.

He was wonderful in HOLIDAY INN, and the rest of the cast was very good. But....that script??!!! Come on, people, it's just awful.

And while the book of Top Banana may be ramshackle--there were a lot of 50s musicals with equally ramshackle scripts.

That does not make it a revue.

[quote]Top Banana is the only example I can think of in which most of a Broadway production from that era was filmed on stage.

I guess that's true, but from just a few years later, there is L'IL ABNER, which is essentially a filmed version of the stage show, though filmed in a studio rather than right on stage.

You're an ignorant jackass, R466

Top Banana isn't a revue. It's a book show. Some of its numbers sneak in under pretexts (such as My Home Is In My Shoes and Sans Souci), but the show has a detailed storyline. The fact that there were better book shows is irrelevant to my point: Top Banana was filmed on stage with its stage cast (except the juvenile lead, who was a replacement during the run). You see how these shows looked and acted, you see the choreography, the scenery, etc.

Tweet by Paul Rudnick:

A pandemic is just another way of encouraging show queens to cast imaginary productions of Gypsy, Follies and the musical they're writing where each of their personal grooming products gets a song.

The Cockettes - Anyone see them live?

How did Paul Rudnick get his career? It certainly wasn't from being a good writer.

Mary Tyler Moore's been seen writing lots of nasty letters to Neil SImon, holding them for Elaine Joyce to eventually deliver and read to him.

in the afterworld, that is

Behind the Beautiful Forever - Act One.

Behind the Beautiful Forever - Act Two.

Anyone have "Naked Boys Singing" (not the movie) or "Camp Morning Wood"? We need something cheerful.

I've said it before, and I will say it again: THANK YOU to the kind person who has been uploading all the theater videos.

In today’s big NY Times Sondheim tribute, Ben Brantley says that he saw Follies at the Palace. It actually played at the Winter Garden.

Brantley probably meant some version of the Vaudeville Follies if his teeth are anything to go by.

I love you, R492.

Sondheim's 75th

R495 Strange cuts away from the songs.

Yeah, don't know what that was about.

R497 Aurora being a cunt, as per usual.

Is Aurora that Portugese boy from Tumblr who idolizes Donna Murphy?

So good of Barbara Cook to wear her formal tent for the occasion.

Rumor du jour: Cast members of MOULIN have been diagnosed positive for the Caronavirus. I'm sure there will be many more actors in many more shows..

Think of all those cock hungry chorus boys. They amount of bodies they've had in the last month alone.

Well, good thing there's all that lovely audience interaction in Moulin! Yes you can can indeed!

The way saliva flies with some of those actors, I’ve no doubt there will be entire casts stricken. Though most musicals have young, fit casts so statistically they should be able to get through it. Still...

If it were Timothy Hughes, it would be worth the exposure.

[quote]Rumor du jour: Cast members of MOULIN have been diagnosed positive for the Caronavirus

I hope Danny Burstein's okay. Now that Rebecca is in a wheelchair and has an underlying condition, she needs as little exposure as possible.

r505, I think I speak for everyone when I saw Timothy Hughes is the hottest stud on Broadway. Or was until it all shut down.

What's Patti LuPone doing in her spare time?

[quote]What's Patti LuPone doing in her spare time?

Kvetching.

What the fuck is a Sans Souci? Is that a Lesbian thing?

The summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, in Potsdam, near Berlin, R510.

You oughta be doing it....

Ever seen episodes of "Sgt. Bilko"? To say that Phil SIlvers' comedy hasn't aged well is an understatement. I find him unwatchable.

"Excuse me, excuse me." " It's pronounced 'San Suckee." Thank ewe.

I hear Patti and Jackie Hoffman are developing a cabaret act “Two Broads on a Stage Kvetching.” But the audience at each set can’t number more than 40.

[quote]But the audience at each set can’t number more than 40.

Pretty sure that won't be a problem for them.

Patti is enraged in Connecticut, telling everyone that ALW created the virus, spread it in China, and wiped it on the chorus boys at Moulin, JUST TO DENY HER A TONY! WHY DOESN"T EVERYONE SEE HOW UNFAIR THE WORLD HAS BEEN TO ME?!!!! I HAD TO DRINK DURING EVITA TO GET THROUGH IT?!

"Drink"

Patti knew exactly what was new in Buenos Aries...

How very DARE you all.

In other news....

FLYING OVER SUNSET is still planned, with sexy Tony Yazbeck as sexy stoned Cary Grant. Will there be any man-on-man love?

Tony Yazbek as Cary Grant? Is Patti playing Hedy Lamarr?

Now the CDC is recommending everything stay closed till at least May 20th.

That post-Easter date was overly optimistic.

Since Cuomo shut things down and the insurance companies are on the hook, does anyone know how much that insurance actually pays? Just enough to cover rent?

I also wonder how the ATW and the Drama Desk folks and all the awards people plan to handle this? Most (not all, but most) of the serious contenders for the Tony Awards were in previews and hadn't even officially opened yet. If they give awards based on what did open during the normal window, some true shite is gonna take home some trophies.

R523, all those organizations just love drama. Whatever creates for themselves the most drama is what they will do. And if nothing opens... nothing can compete. Combine that cold hard fact with the fact that these folks live on drama, look for the awards to be cancelled. (!!!!!!!!!)

I think people need to take a broader view of what's going on. The TONYs, like all industry awards, are promotional events to market their products, ie, shows currently available. When we have no idea what's coming back for business and, more importantly, when... it's absurd to speculate when these awards will take place, or eligibility cut-offs. Right now, no one knows a freaking thing.

You can't (and shouldn't) promote a product that's either unavailable to your audience. or doesn't exist.

^^this

I hope Dolores Gray is awarded another Tony.

Carnival in Stupid Flanders

Bajour! Too soon?

[quote]If they give awards based on what did open during the normal window, some true shite is gonna take home some trophies

Jeremy O Harris must have his fingers crossed so tightly right now

I wasn't impressed when I watched the recording of Holiday Inn. I found the whole thing kind of meandering. Corbin has talent but I absolutely hate his name. And acting as though the plot of the new musical was the inspiration for the old movie? That was just weirdly meta and strange. Don't know why they included that.

I think Jessie Mueller is great but I've only seen her in The Mystery of drood. Did anybody else see that on Broadway like 8 years ago? I went in with no idea what the show was about and I have to admit I spent most of my time being bored. It's not a show that you can easily get into unless you walk in understanding the type of storytelling they're going for. Jesse and...dang....what's his name again? Orfey's husband? Guy who played Rocky? Jesse and he we're f****** hilarious in Drood. And they were in tan makeup to appear Indian, and even put on accents. Andy Karl! That's his name. Yeah, they were genius together. And even though all the characters are actually supposed to be British performers playing characters in an old-style Music Hall Show, I wonder if that kind of thing could be done again on the stage without people freaking out about how "racist" it is. But then, I also think Mrs. Meers is a character that audiences won't be too comfortable with from here on out, even though Harriet Harris was brilliant in the part.

I'm still waiting to see a full video of Laura benanti in my fair lady. I haven't come across one, so if anybody has a link please share it. I know she was looking forward to playing that role for years and I'm curious to see what she did with it.

Her Twitter message out to all the high schoolers with sweet. Sure, I know people do these kinds of things for attention and publicity, but I think she's just trying to reach out to her young fan base and it's true, a lot of them are probably devastated to have rehearsed a show for months that they're never actually going to be able to perform.

I have no opinions on Lin-Manuel Miranda. I'm happy for his success but I'm not a big fan of rap. I'm waiting to see the film releases of In The Heights and Hamilton to really form an opinion. There should never have been a sequel to Mary Poppins though, that much I can say with certainty.

I really hope Phantom and Lion King and the others are able to come back after this break. I would assume after generating such huge profits for so long, the producers would be able to take a hit. It's probably the shows that have barely gotten off the ground that are going to be really screwed over. But Broadway without Phantom? That just seems wrong to me.

I, too, would love to see video of Benanti in My Fair Lady. I wasn't very impressed when I saw Ambrose in the role. Surprisingly, her singing was incredibly strong. It was her acting and stage presence that disappointed.

[Quote] Corbin has talent but I absolutely hate his name.

What would you rename him?

London’s West End has shut itself down. About fucking time.

link?

R533, I have no idea what to rename him. It's really not my business. He has every right to go by whatever name he likes. It just sounds like his name is supposed to be Cordon Bleu, like the French cooking Institute or whatever. It just doesn't fit his personality. It is weird.

I also hope Danny Burstein is okay. I can't imagine how difficult it must be for him to show up at work these days when all he probably wants to do is stay by Rebecca's side.

He could have a worse occupation. He's only gone for a few hours before he can return to her.

For R535

[quote]I also hope Danny Burstein is okay. I can't imagine how difficult it must be for him to show up at work these days

He doesn't have to show up at work at all these days.

It beats his real name, r536, which is Credenza La Fontaine.

I kept thinking Chicken Cordon Bleu before I saw him, but when I saw him I thought he was really excellent, wonderful dancing.

[quote]I have no opinions on Lin-Manuel Miranda. I'm happy for his success but I'm not a big fan of rap. I'm waiting to see the film releases of In The Heights and Hamilton to really form an opinion. There should never have been a sequel to Mary Poppins though, that much I can say with certainty.

You may feel comfortable stating that with "certainty," but the movie was a huge hit, and many of us loved it.

[quote]I also hope Danny Burstein is okay. I can't imagine how difficult it must be for him to show up at work these days when all he probably wants to do is stay by Rebecca's side.

I agree -- but the timing of your comment is incredibly strange, since now he doesn't have to show up at work, as all Broadway shows are shut down till at least the second week in April due to the pandemic. Are you living under a rock?

R542, people on these theater threads do more free associating than thinking.

I presume he pronounces his names as Blue rather than Bleu.

Someone wanted something happy....

Am I in this?

[quote]I hear Patti and Jackie Hoffman are developing a cabaret act “Two Broads on a Stage Kvetching.”

Re Corbin Bleu, Bleu is his middle name. His full birth name is Corbin Bleu Reivers.

R546, no you are not in it. You chose that week to take your vacation. It’s unfortunate, because your replacement is a vacuous twink.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses - The Janet McTeer/McNulty version.

LLD - Act 2.

Is there a bootleg for the L.A. BENT?

[quote] Is there a bootleg for the L.A. BENT?

Sweetheart, there are easier ways to find naked cock without having to sit through that mess.

Maybe I want specific naked cock, dear heart.

Trust me, not that badly!

This would be a great time for all of us involuntary shut-ins to write the great new American opera. Or book musical, if you prefer.

What shall we write about?

I'd suggest DL, but I think that's kinda self-limiting in appeal.

Datalounge -- The Musical!

To the tune of Edelweiss

Data Lounge, Data Lounge

Every morning we read you

Petty minds, bitchy slimes

Donning caftans to read you.

Someone kill the BrooklynBoy wannabee.

BrooklynBoy is actually really talented.

What ever happened to B-list (or was it C-list) actor? I miss his posts.

[quote]What ever happened to B-list (or was it C-list) actor? I miss his posts.

Patti LuPone found out who he was and pulled a shiv on him in Shubert Alley.

Sorry, I beat you to it, r556.

That LLD was such a disappointment, if memory serves. No danger, no delicious sense of evil sportsmanship.

C-List Actor was Eric Millegan, who was one of the co-stars on the TV show "Bones."

The last time he posted, or at least posted with his handle, was during the filming of the final season of "Bones" when his character had been brought back (he was written out for a couple of years).

I think he was living in LA then, or was in LA to shoot the show.

R563 And a glacial pace.

R542, Mary Poppins Returns was absolutely NOT a “huge hit.”

Such a fun Shadow number, r545...

Has anyone seen the meme of Bernadette Peters that says “ When I said I wish that life was more like a musical, I did NOT mean Act 2 of Into the Woods.”

Yes, R568. All over Twitter and Facebook.

It's funny because it's fucking true.

What musical would you want life to be like?

The best thing about the theater threads lately has been the complete absence of C-list actor.

Oh, he's still here, r571. He just doesn't post with that handle anymore. He said as much several months ago when he posted & said he got tired of using the handle.

I saw the London transfer of Les Liaisons D with Lindsey Duncan and Alan Rickman, and it's easily in my Top 10 Shows Ever. It was fantastically wicked, funny and creepy all at once. I was SO disappointed in movie (except for G). Malkovich couldn't hold Rickman's inkwell.

Malkovich was really miscast in the movie, a lot of reviews at the time said so.

First look at Spielberg’s WSS. A few pics of the cast on set, including Moreno.

R574 Too ugly too fuck.

your mileage may vary

While trapped at home over the weekend, I watched Oh, Hello on Netflix. I enjoyed it but it was certainly a strange show. I can’t imagine how it found an audience on Broadway, even for three weeks.

R575 Ansel looks like a giant.

I apologise for posting slightly OT in a theater thread but since several people mentioned the Frears film of Dangerous Liaisons I thought I'd add this, which someone recently posted in another thread. I think Close is slightly hammy here but I also think she's giving director Frears exactly what he wanted and I think she's delicious.

[quote]C-List Actor was Eric Millegan, who was one of the co-stars on the TV show "Bones." The last time he posted, or at least posted with his handle, was during the filming of the final season of "Bones" when his character had been brought back (he was written out for a couple of years).

He still posts frequently on ATC under another handle, currently KingSpeed. (I don't know what that means.)

He actually was endearing in Making Mr. Right, r576.

I thought Malkovich was very funny in the LLD film, but r573 is right about that original production. Rickman was a revelation. Sexy and witty and wicked.

I love the Frears film and I think it might have been better with Rickman but Malkovich gives a good performance and like Close realizes that their version is not about physical lust but about narcissism and psychological manipulation. They both play that very well. I didn't care nearly so much for the Foreman version of the same source material that came out shortly before. It had a more realistic acting style but Frears' version, as I mentioned above, I think is much more involving, hammy melodrama it is.

R521 - "we should worry" -that's the literal translation.

I can’t imagine many of these iffy musicals like Diana, North Country, Flying over Sunset, etc., will be returning at all. Exeunt.

I don't think Eric Millegan was ever considered a co-star on Bones but regularly recurred for several seasons and was given a big story arc where his intern character was given a featured role as a satanist serial killer and given special status. They eventually wrote him out but thought enough of him to bring him back for a couple of episodes as a guest star during the final abbreviated season. Bones went through several interns over the years but I think Eric held the part for the longest.

I always liked him on the show. If I've gotten something wrong, I'd be glad to have him step in and correct me if he's still around.

Right now there is a war between the producers and the theatre owners. The theatre owners are insisting the shows pay rent during this horrible period. It's crazy time. The only survivors will be The Disney crap, Hamilton, Wicked and Mormon.

And, what are the theater owners going to do if everyone but Disney/Hamilton/Mormon/Wicked pull out? Sit on dozens of empty theaters for MONTHS?

For that matter, all the BIG shows could pull out and be fine. Most of them are already packaged for the road, so once this is all over, they could just pull a road company back to NYC to quickly set up shop. I mean, they move from city to city...they know how to get a show up in a few days.

glad I got to see lots of plays on bway a decade ago,,,,,todays stuff is shit

Good news! Ben Platt's gonna save the day with a virtual dance party!

The Met is streaming Carmen on their site until 3.30pm eastern

Thank you r592.

[quote]glad I got to see lots of plays on bway a decade ago,,,,,todays stuff is shit

You should have been around in the 1970s, the end of the golden age. But of course the older gays back then told me i should have been around in the 1940s and 50s.

On The Met stream - subtitles apparently work on their apps, but not on the website, which seems a bizarre oversight

So right, R594. My first trip to NYC was just for a brief weekend, but I saw CHICAGO, with Gwen, Chita, Mary McCarty, Barney Martin and Jerry Orbach, followed by PACIFIC OVERTURES, and finished the day off with Dorothy Collins' midnight show at the Grand Finale. Not bad for about 12 hours, eh?

The next day was the Sunday matinee of EQUUS with Tony Perkins. As we took off from LaGuardia in the early evening, seemingly all the lights in the world went on at the World Trade Center in preparation for filming King Kong's climactic fall from the top.

But, R 596,, today you could see stuff like Slave Play, Tootsie, King Kong, Pretty Woman, and a number of stellar shows which will live forever in the pantheon of Broadway contributions to culture.

Almost Bajour time!

One midnight gone!

Why aren't Platt et al social distancing in that video?

Miranda will always be Carmen Miranda to me!