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Theatre Gossip #448: PATTI LUPONE’S TOILET & BERNADETTE’S BIDET WALK INTO A BAR Edition
by Anonymous | reply 601 | January 4, 2022 5:29 PM |
So are any shows on tonight? Or is everyone dark?
by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 27, 2021 11:01 PM |
I have house seats for Company tomorrow night and reservations at Becco. Fingers crossed.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 27, 2021 11:03 PM |
Get ready for some closing announcements next week....
by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 27, 2021 11:06 PM |
When is the Sondheim estate sale?
by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 27, 2021 11:07 PM |
Actually, r6, this thread is 1 minute different from yours so yours wasn’t searchable. And this one has the better title.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 27, 2021 11:11 PM |
Actually, R7, you're wrong. Mine was first (and better).
by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 27, 2021 11:12 PM |
I think whomever came up with the "where did Leonard Soloway touch you doll" deserves an honorary Tony.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 27, 2021 11:14 PM |
It's whoever, not whomever.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 27, 2021 11:16 PM |
Come From Away in Toronto has posted closing.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 27, 2021 11:17 PM |
No one denied yours was first. But with one minute difference, that means this one was being posted at almost the same time. Yours wouldn’t have been searchable yet. And no, you’d title isn’t better. You’re a petulant little thing, aren’t you? Are you really so ungenerous that you can’t let someone else have a go? You don’t have a lock on it, you know.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 27, 2021 11:21 PM |
Sweetheart, the "walk into a bar joke" is so old, it's possible you invented it. It's also so unfunny that I'm certain you invented it.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 27, 2021 11:22 PM |
[quote] Come From Away in Toronto has posted closing.
So I guess that cast member who was loaned to the NY company won’t have a job to go back to.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | December 27, 2021 11:22 PM |
I'm sure he or she will be needed in NYC for a while.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | December 27, 2021 11:23 PM |
Where is Plaza Suite?
by Anonymous | reply 16 | December 27, 2021 11:28 PM |
I’m the poster who was going to Come meant last night. To reschedule in two weeks in nearly the exact seats would cost me an extra $250 for two tickets, which were already over $400. Plus added travel costs and time and no reason to believe two weeks or a month from now will be any better.
I’ll wait until spring and try to be patient after trying to see this for four years (after missing it by a week in London). However, unlike Patti, I don’t throw floor lamps and phones when things don’t work out as planned.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 27, 2021 11:34 PM |
^ Go to *Company* ^
by Anonymous | reply 18 | December 27, 2021 11:35 PM |
[quote] I’m the poster who was going to Come meant last night
What? After “was going to come” I don’t know what you mean.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 27, 2021 11:37 PM |
R17 How ridiculous, it's like they want to kill off Broadway.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 27, 2021 11:44 PM |
Thanks r9. I had a title ready for this one but these two clowns beat me to it. (Mine was better)
I put a cease-and-desist on the other one, linking here
by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 27, 2021 11:55 PM |
Adding to the Anything Goes discussion from the previous thread--I only watched the title number of the pro-shot, because I don't really care for the show overall, and I found it surprisingly low-energy and lifeless. I've watched the Tony performance from a decade ago numerous times, so I'm probably biased, but it just seems so much better than the pro-shot. Or maybe the filming technique gave the effect of flattening it a bit, not capturing the energy as well?
by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 27, 2021 11:56 PM |
Y’all sound so fancy when you say “pro shot.” Especially as a noun.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 28, 2021 12:10 AM |
I don't really think many of the English "get" the American musical theatre. Their performances of the Broadway classics always lacks a certain pizazz or something like that. The pacing feels off or the performances or either too intense or too bland.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | December 28, 2021 12:11 AM |
I saw the last Brit Anything Goes, the one with the now-canceled John Barrowman, and it was quite fun & energetic.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | December 28, 2021 12:20 AM |
[quote]had a title ready for this one but these two clowns beat me to it. (Mine was better)
Why are they clowns just because they beat you to it? This will teach you not to drag your heels. Get it up (and linked in the previous thread) before the old one ends. And there are enough threads that everyone can have a go.
What was your title? If it’s specific to now, let us know, but if you can adapt it later, save it.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 28, 2021 12:25 AM |
Has John Barrowman been cancelled? What's the story behind that?
by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 28, 2021 12:25 AM |
I'm sure we're all looking forward to some more stunningly original takes from R24
by Anonymous | reply 29 | December 28, 2021 12:45 AM |
r26 it's definitely not a masterpiece, but "walk into a bar" doesn't set a very high...bar. But here goes:
[quote] [bold]THEATRE GOSSIP #448: Patti’s Toilet, Charlotte’s Web, and Sutton’s Four Previews Edition[/bold]
[quote] Call Rotavirus, that’s the name, and away go Patti’s shipoopis, dolls, down the drain.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | December 28, 2021 12:48 AM |
So you meant better in an ironic sense then?
by Anonymous | reply 31 | December 28, 2021 12:51 AM |
I am enjoying the low-grade bickering over who started the thread.
But then I got scolded earlier for starting a separate thread asking about "Theatre Gossip" threads, and that was a pleasant surprise.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | December 28, 2021 12:53 AM |
We're turning the Great White Way brown!
by Anonymous | reply 33 | December 28, 2021 12:54 AM |
R32 But you fucked up the search! Now that poor poster will never be able to find another theatre thread, thanks to your "phony thread"! I guess we'll have to learn to live without their high-IQ contributions.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | December 28, 2021 12:59 AM |
That was the general gist of the comment. I shamefully fucked up the search results.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | December 28, 2021 1:02 AM |
I have heard conflicting answers about this so maybe somebody here knows for sure – is the above the title star refund policy actually a true thing? Is that stated anywhere or just generally accommodated? Can you get a refund if someone else you’re interested in is out?
by Anonymous | reply 36 | December 28, 2021 1:08 AM |
So are two shows posting closing tom'w night? I keep hearing this.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | December 28, 2021 1:10 AM |
John Barrowman was hit with several complaints about him exposing himself backstage etc. he owned up to it and said he was sorry his “exuberant high spirits” may have offended some people. He was fired from Doctor Who and also from his other TV gig, hosting one of those Brit dancing shows.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | December 28, 2021 1:13 AM |
R36 Ken Davenport says above the title is a real policy, and no to anyone else.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | December 28, 2021 1:13 AM |
Thanks. You found that fast. Are you Ken?
by Anonymous | reply 40 | December 28, 2021 1:18 AM |
[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]
by Anonymous | reply 41 | December 28, 2021 1:21 AM |
More on Barrowman. This may be it for his career, at least for a while.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | December 28, 2021 1:23 AM |
In his day, John Barrowman was a really hot piece of ass.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | December 28, 2021 1:32 AM |
John Barrowman split his pants during Putting it Together and I swear he did it on purpose.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | December 28, 2021 1:34 AM |
[quote]To reschedule in two weeks in nearly the exact seats would cost me an extra $250 for two tickets, which were already over $400. Plus added travel costs and time and no reason to believe two weeks or a month from now will be any better.
Under the circumstances, I can't believe they won't give you equivalent tickets without charging you any more than you have already paid. If that's true, it's all about greed at a ridiculous level, and I hope the show closes.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | December 28, 2021 1:38 AM |
Barrow man must be hung
[Quote] during one scene in the original Broadway production of “Sunset Boulevard” Barrowman exposed himself on stage and used his penis to play the piano.
[Quote] “Do you remember the time he put it on your shoulder in the make-up truck?” She replied in the affirmative.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | December 28, 2021 1:56 AM |
Barrowman .
by Anonymous | reply 48 | December 28, 2021 1:57 AM |
I found my rotavirus in the rotogravure.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | December 28, 2021 2:00 AM |
I'm glad insaw Company last week before this closure. Lupone was terrific and got a standing ovation after singing The Ladies Who Lunch.
Also there is a half-naked stud playing the role of the flight attendant. Huge package and great physique.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | December 28, 2021 2:03 AM |
r50 did you see Clyborne Elder before he got vomited on or did you see his understudy?
by Anonymous | reply 51 | December 28, 2021 2:11 AM |
RIP Harevy Evans. I heard about this. I can not believe it. Iam still greiving over Sallyann Hows/ A beautiful man and friend to everyone als0 me. RIP
by Anonymous | reply 52 | December 28, 2021 2:19 AM |
[quote]Actually, [R6], this thread is 1 minute different from yours so yours wasn’t searchable. And this one has the better title.
Actually, Patti's Potty or Lupone's Loo would've been waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | December 28, 2021 2:25 AM |
[quote]Sallyann Hows
Oh, dear.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | December 28, 2021 2:26 AM |
R54, "Sallyann Hows"
Oh, bloody dear!
by Anonymous | reply 56 | December 28, 2021 2:49 AM |
And hows, r56!
by Anonymous | reply 57 | December 28, 2021 2:51 AM |
Someone on ATC is claiming a "hit" show is announcing their closing tomorrow. Hmmm. They said hit show, but they didn't say if it was a long-running show.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | December 28, 2021 3:18 AM |
We are not British, r53. We do not call a toilet a “loo.”
by Anonymous | reply 59 | December 28, 2021 3:19 AM |
Maybe it’s Hamilton, r58!
by Anonymous | reply 60 | December 28, 2021 3:20 AM |
David Byrne approaching the situation with creativity:
by Anonymous | reply 61 | December 28, 2021 3:22 AM |
[quote] I have heard conflicting answers about this so maybe somebody here knows for sure – is the above the title star refund policy actually a true thing? Is that stated anywhere or just generally accommodated? Can you get a refund if someone else you’re interested in is out?
It's an unspoken policy, yes. I've done it twice in thirty some years of theatergoing. Once was when Stockard Channing was out of Six Degrees of Separation, and they exchanged our tickets for a later date right then and there. The other was for Chicago (the revival), for which I had house seats to take my mom, when three of the four leads were out (I believe the only one in was one of the women, and this was the original cast.) We got a refund, went around the block and were walked into a show in another house by a friend of mine who was on the door.
Had I known Kelly Bishop was the understudy in Six Degrees, I would have considered staying, because I adore her and rarely get to see her play such a meaty role. I would have happily paid to see the show again with Stockard.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | December 28, 2021 3:23 AM |
Guesses include Chicago and Aladdin. I haven’t heard anything about Chicago missing a lot performances, but Aladdin has had a tough time.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | December 28, 2021 3:26 AM |
R60 - that seems unlikely, doesn't it?
by Anonymous | reply 64 | December 28, 2021 3:29 AM |
R63 - Aladdin seems more likely, doesn't it? I could imagine Chicago shutting down and reopening, but closing permanently seems unlikely.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | December 28, 2021 3:30 AM |
Wait. They made a TV film of Applause? Seems kind of progressive, at the time, to have a scene set in a gay bar.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | December 28, 2021 3:32 AM |
It depends. Are Asian tourists allowed to come to NYC?
by Anonymous | reply 67 | December 28, 2021 3:32 AM |
What about Phantom? Has it had a particularly hard time? I don't think I've heard a lot about it, at least compared to some others.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | December 28, 2021 3:32 AM |
R66 must be new here. And by here I mean Earth.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | December 28, 2021 3:32 AM |
These are my guesses: Aladdin, Chicago, Come From Away or Tina.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | December 28, 2021 3:34 AM |
We're not ALL caftan-wearing showtune queens, R69.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | December 28, 2021 3:35 AM |
Sweetheart, look where you are. Yes we are.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | December 28, 2021 3:37 AM |
[quote]Sweetheart, look where you are. Yes we are.
Speak for yourself, Blanche.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | December 28, 2021 3:45 AM |
To be fair, I am a caftan-wearing showtune queen, but I was born in the 80s and Applause is not one of those shows from the 70s I've paid much attention to.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | December 28, 2021 3:45 AM |
Wow, Phantom would be huge if that’s the closer.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | December 28, 2021 3:53 AM |
Come From Away makes sense, considering all the trouble they’ve had.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | December 28, 2021 3:54 AM |
Let's see if Datalounge theatre queens can guess correctly....
by Anonymous | reply 77 | December 28, 2021 3:56 AM |
r68, I don't believe Phantom has missed any performances due to Covid.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | December 28, 2021 4:08 AM |
R22, the choreography for the Brit Anything Goes was exactly the same as the Broadway.
The problem is not the British performers. It is ill-conceived choreography. If you want to embody a world that has gone mad and anything can happen, you do not have three levels of dancers all dancing in unison for the most of the number. That is a unified world where people stand together to make sure that anything does NOT go.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | December 28, 2021 4:09 AM |
r79, yes, I'm aware the choreography is the same, which is why it seemed fair to compare the two performances. The Broadway version was fun and exciting (I saw the show twice in person, and, as I said, have watched that video numerous times), so I don't have any issues with the choreography. But in the British version, the tempo is slower, the music more muted, and the performers lack energy in a way their original Broadway counterparts didn't. That's not a choreography issue.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | December 28, 2021 4:15 AM |
Chicago ain’t going anywhere. Neither is Phantom. My guess is Evan Hansen.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | December 28, 2021 4:37 AM |
R81, With all the recent media hype for Jordan Fisher?
by Anonymous | reply 82 | December 28, 2021 6:45 AM |
My bet would be on Come From Away. The Toronto company just had the rug pulled from underneath them and it was a bonafide "hit" in New York. Aladdin has Disney's cash reserves to plough thru this rough spot and it was never a "hit".
Chicago and Phantom aren't going anywhere -- particularly the former, as its weekly nut is fairly minor compared to many of the others.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | December 28, 2021 8:12 AM |
Is Waymon Wong still obsessed with Chad Kimball’s weekly nut?
by Anonymous | reply 84 | December 28, 2021 8:16 AM |
[quote] Unfortunately, Reno and Marian aren't...plucky roles.
Reno is a broad, but I think Marian is pretty plucky.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | December 28, 2021 8:20 AM |
Or would that be Chad Kimball’s wing-nut nut?
by Anonymous | reply 86 | December 28, 2021 8:21 AM |
Oh mlop troll, you have been sorely missed.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | December 28, 2021 8:22 AM |
The show that is going to announce is Ain't Too Proud.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | December 28, 2021 9:51 AM |
As someone who worked with Barrowman in the past, let me confirm that, yes, he whipped that thing out every five seconds. He thought it was hilarious. And yup, it was big. I remember it being very, very red. Maybe that was the Scot in him.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | December 28, 2021 10:05 AM |
Or chafing.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | December 28, 2021 10:22 AM |
R89, Rex Smith would often do the same, present his big cock at the drop of a hat.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | December 28, 2021 10:30 AM |
I have always liked that trait in big-cocked men.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | December 28, 2021 10:37 AM |
Happy Holidays from Patti Lupone's basement.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | December 28, 2021 10:47 AM |
R40 Nope, just know how to use Google, you should try it some time.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | December 28, 2021 11:39 AM |
[quote]We are not British, [R53]. We do not call a toilet a “loo.”
And how many American homes have a bidet, R59?
Arsehole.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | December 28, 2021 11:43 AM |
When is Sutton expected back to MM?
by Anonymous | reply 96 | December 28, 2021 11:43 AM |
r94 I prefer DuckDuckGo. You should try it.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | December 28, 2021 11:46 AM |
Sutton has said she’ll be out until January 2nd.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | December 28, 2021 12:38 PM |
Sutton said that before the CDC changed its policy from 10 days to 5 days.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | December 28, 2021 12:45 PM |
Maybe she isn't entirely well yet, regardless of the CDC directives. Try to imagine singing and dancing in a show like that with compromised lung capacity.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | December 28, 2021 12:56 PM |
"Aint Too Proud" is closing.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | December 28, 2021 1:11 PM |
"It's JERSEY BOYS in blackface."
by Anonymous | reply 102 | December 28, 2021 1:14 PM |
it's true
by Anonymous | reply 103 | December 28, 2021 1:15 PM |
I can't feel bad for any show closing if it's run for more than 2 years and made back its investment. Make room for new blood.
That said, I'd love to hear that a piece of worthless tinselly trash like Moulin Rouge is closing.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | December 28, 2021 1:19 PM |
Frankly, I won't be surprised if all the musicals except MUSIC MAN and HAMILTON announce closings in the next couple of weeks.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | December 28, 2021 1:22 PM |
Wicked, Phantom, Chicago and Lion King will not be closing anytime soon.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | December 28, 2021 1:26 PM |
It's Ain't Too Proud. Closing 1/16
by Anonymous | reply 107 | December 28, 2021 1:31 PM |
It's not even 10 am. Do you really think another closing or 2 won't be announced before the day is over?
by Anonymous | reply 108 | December 28, 2021 1:32 PM |
[quote]I can't feel bad for any show closing if it's run for more than 2 years and made back its investment
Right? Fuck all those people suddenly put out of work, at least the investors made their money back.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | December 28, 2021 1:41 PM |
I watched Anything Goes with Sutton and I really thought it was lacking on so many levels. All of the leads were lacking especially Sutton. Are hats Robert Lindsay’s trademark? Do they have to be incorporated in every show he’s in? It was nice to see Felicity Kendall and she was the standout for me. Sutton was just miscast and gave a community theatre level performance.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | December 28, 2021 1:42 PM |
The fuck kind of community theatre are you going to?
by Anonymous | reply 111 | December 28, 2021 1:43 PM |
r93 - that guy's Patti impression is really good. He gets her vocal mannerisms down so well.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | December 28, 2021 2:44 PM |
Ain't too proud pre-pandemic was close to recouping
by Anonymous | reply 113 | December 28, 2021 2:51 PM |
R112 The moustache is spot on too
by Anonymous | reply 114 | December 28, 2021 3:27 PM |
Only naive fools go into the theater as a career expecting to stay with a successful project for more than 2 years or so, and that includes those working onstage and backstage. Sure, closings are difficult but truly talented people always move on and most don't even wait 2 years.
As for the few that remain in long-running hits for years on end like Phantom, Chicago and Lion King......well, great for them if that's what they want out of their work but I'm sure they realize they are the exception and quite lucky.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | December 28, 2021 3:30 PM |
The all-revealing truth is that you're a cunt. You want a show to close, and people to lose their jobs, just because you don't like it. As if you're somehow forced to see it. And on top of that, your over-riding priority is that investors see their money returned to them. Modern Broadway is because of people like you.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | December 28, 2021 3:41 PM |
[quote]great for them if that's what they want out of their work but I'm sure they realize they are the exception and quite lucky
In other words, you think they are hacks.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | December 28, 2021 3:45 PM |
Gossip is two more shows are going to announce closing dates today. Ugh...
by Anonymous | reply 118 | December 28, 2021 3:57 PM |
My guess is DEH has had it, not because of the pandemic, but because that POS movie version killed all its likability. Ain't Too Proud ain't too surprising. Aladdin has been skating on the edge for quite some time. Close it. Come From Away, after the closing up north, looks likely to bite the big one too.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | December 28, 2021 4:04 PM |
[quote] Gossip is two more shows are going to announce closing dates today.
r104 can barely contain her excitement. Or her shipoopi.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | December 28, 2021 4:05 PM |
I'm betting Tina.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | December 28, 2021 4:05 PM |
After those reviews, is there any hope for Doubtfire?
by Anonymous | reply 122 | December 28, 2021 4:05 PM |
The WOKE cast of Hamilton in LA refused to perform even after everyone had tested negative. This could get interesting.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | December 28, 2021 4:07 PM |
Speculating about a show closing is a lot different than actively hoping it closes.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | December 28, 2021 4:09 PM |
Is Sutton still banging Roger?
by Anonymous | reply 125 | December 28, 2021 4:10 PM |
We saw Tina a few weeks back and it was packed on a Sunday matinee - no empty seats. Is it really that hard to make a profit that a show would have to close even if it can fill all seats for a Sunday matinee?
by Anonymous | reply 126 | December 28, 2021 4:10 PM |
Does anyone know when Broadway had the fewest number of shows running? I think there were periods in the 70s when there were only six or seven shows running.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | December 28, 2021 4:11 PM |
R123 Got a link about that? Because the IG announcement says there were covid cases
by Anonymous | reply 128 | December 28, 2021 4:11 PM |
Dominique Morriseau wasn't too concerned about ending people's jobs when she chose to pull her show at the Geffen early because of some perceived slight, so I'd say this was karma biting her in the cunt.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | December 28, 2021 4:23 PM |
All those Hamilton kids are about to learn how a business actually works.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | December 28, 2021 4:25 PM |
R129, Morriseau was not concerned about ending people's jobs, because she was more concerned with their working conditions.
But saying is was a "perceived slight" is a nice touch. I am guessing you have no idea what this was about.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | December 28, 2021 4:28 PM |
Ain't Too Proud closing January 16th.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | December 28, 2021 4:30 PM |
yes that was reported 25 posts ago
by Anonymous | reply 133 | December 28, 2021 4:31 PM |
What people don't understand is that with a one week/10 day shut down, a show can burn through $500,000-$1 million in cash, and most shows don't have that. And with January sales plummeting, there's no point in risking losing more. It's that simple.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | December 28, 2021 4:34 PM |
[quote] [R129], Morriseau was not concerned about ending people's jobs, because she was more concerned with their working conditions. But saying is was a "perceived slight" is a nice touch. I am guessing you have no idea what this was about.
Horseshit. Ask any member of that company if they'd rather be working or have the playwright shut down a production because someone didn't use the correct pronoun or whatever WSYWAT bullshit was conjured up and I think they'll take the former.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | December 28, 2021 4:35 PM |
R129, my understanding is that the actors and technicians still got their salaries paid out by the Geffin. So financially, they came out okay.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | December 28, 2021 4:36 PM |
Bring back Rain.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | December 28, 2021 4:42 PM |
Music Man canceled through Jan 2
by Anonymous | reply 138 | December 28, 2021 4:43 PM |
Hugh has Covid and will be back Jan 6
by Anonymous | reply 139 | December 28, 2021 4:45 PM |
Hugh Jackman just announced he has tested positive.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | December 28, 2021 4:45 PM |
like when you get an STD and try to figure out which trick gave it to you.. . . . Who, Hugh?
by Anonymous | reply 141 | December 28, 2021 4:47 PM |
Assuming Sutton will be back Jan 2 opposite Hugh’s standby until Hugh recovers. Geez. What a mess.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | December 28, 2021 4:49 PM |
Hugh's stand by is the incredibly hot Max Clayton. I'm there...
by Anonymous | reply 143 | December 28, 2021 4:54 PM |
R143 = Matt Doyle
by Anonymous | reply 144 | December 28, 2021 4:57 PM |
NO, r137!
by Anonymous | reply 145 | December 28, 2021 4:58 PM |
R145 = Reverend Davidson
by Anonymous | reply 146 | December 28, 2021 5:18 PM |
Are they really going to proceed without Hugh? Will anyone stay there? If the understudy really is that hot, they better get his naked pictures around ASAP
by Anonymous | reply 147 | December 28, 2021 5:26 PM |
No one will stand for paying crazy money just to see Hugh’s standby.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | December 28, 2021 5:30 PM |
Sutton looks really old in the London Anything Goes Pro-shot.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | December 28, 2021 5:30 PM |
Why would anyone pay money to see Hamilton, Come From Away, Diana when they are all on Netflix? Hamilton even has the original cast!
by Anonymous | reply 150 | December 28, 2021 5:31 PM |
Playbill says MM will resume on Jan 2 with Sutton and Hugh's standby. I guess they're counting on audiences happy with just seeing Sutton.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | December 28, 2021 5:32 PM |
I'm going to bet the MM producers were kind of forced to put on Jackman's understudy because of the recent Charlotte St. Martin flap and would not want to look like they don't value their US and swings. They'll take a bath on exchanges if they allow them.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | December 28, 2021 5:36 PM |
This whole situation is such a mess. I really feel for all those actors and tech people. In October, things seemed so hopeful.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | December 28, 2021 5:37 PM |
No, things weren’t hopeful in Oct. Producers were just greedy
by Anonymous | reply 154 | December 28, 2021 5:40 PM |
The producers are greedy trope is really boring. They’re running businesses and keeping people employed if they can, to everyone’s benefit. What is it you want?
by Anonymous | reply 155 | December 28, 2021 5:45 PM |
Their $
by Anonymous | reply 156 | December 28, 2021 5:48 PM |
R155, I want to go to a Bway that isn’t filled with movie-stage bull shit shows and idiotic jukebox musicals. A Bway where tickets aren’t astronomical.
Fuck the producers—they took a local art form and made it into tourist crap
by Anonymous | reply 157 | December 28, 2021 5:49 PM |
R143, This is what you call incredibly hot?
by Anonymous | reply 158 | December 28, 2021 5:51 PM |
You would think they would have gone with someone more established to standby for Hugh. Max is a chorus boy who's understudied but never a role like Harold Hill.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | December 28, 2021 5:53 PM |
Post your shirtless pic and then we’ll see
by Anonymous | reply 161 | December 28, 2021 5:54 PM |
I just looked on telecharge. Available seats seem to be $269-$279 for Jan 2 but still $699 and $599 on Jan 4. $699 in row M. Insanity.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | December 28, 2021 6:00 PM |
R160, Paging Matthew Risch!
by Anonymous | reply 164 | December 28, 2021 6:04 PM |
Sutton Foster has dragged community theater into every Broadway house she's ever been in.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | December 28, 2021 6:17 PM |
The understudy is cute but not worth $600/ticket
by Anonymous | reply 166 | December 28, 2021 6:35 PM |
It will be interesting to check Telecharge in a couple of days, 1 to see how many cancellations they're getting and 2 to see if they've changed the prices.
r154 in this case, you're right
by Anonymous | reply 167 | December 28, 2021 6:38 PM |
Hugh Jackman Tests Positive for COVID-19, Cancels Performances Through Jan. 1:
by Anonymous | reply 168 | December 28, 2021 6:41 PM |
Do people even read the threads anymore?
by Anonymous | reply 169 | December 28, 2021 6:42 PM |
yes r168 see posts r138-r140 and all the conversation on this thread since than
by Anonymous | reply 170 | December 28, 2021 6:42 PM |
^ than? Oh, dear.
by Anonymous | reply 171 | December 28, 2021 6:45 PM |
My apologies -- I did not see R140.
by Anonymous | reply 172 | December 28, 2021 6:55 PM |
That Patti’s Basement guy is AWFUL! Talk about bad community theatre.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | December 28, 2021 7:00 PM |
Anyone in my basement is knee-deep in shit. Ask my toilet.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | December 28, 2021 7:03 PM |
so if Sutton got it and made out with Hugh, and then Hugh got it and made out with Kathy V, now is she gonna get it? And Charlotte says understudies are inefficient
by Anonymous | reply 175 | December 28, 2021 7:18 PM |
Just imagine if you have paid almost $700 and you get to see the understudy..... I think they should just close it down until everybody is negative.
by Anonymous | reply 176 | December 28, 2021 7:29 PM |
Are there any shows that haven’t had to cancel performances?
by Anonymous | reply 177 | December 28, 2021 7:33 PM |
I think Mormon, North Country and Phantom have not had to cancel.
by Anonymous | reply 178 | December 28, 2021 8:01 PM |
I’m intrigued. Anybody know why the cast of the current West End Cabaret are dressed in suits for the curtain call?
by Anonymous | reply 179 | December 28, 2021 8:05 PM |
Is it a retrospective foreshadowing of the corporate suits controlling the arts? Or something.
by Anonymous | reply 180 | December 28, 2021 8:11 PM |
R179
[quote]At the end, sadly, everyone ends up wearing the same suit, shirt and tie, hunched over and marching in a circle directed by Redmayne’s MC. The game is over, and the wild, spontaneous “Be yourself, it’s Berlin” culture has been rubbed out entirely.
by Anonymous | reply 181 | December 28, 2021 8:17 PM |
Looks like typical regietheater shit.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | December 28, 2021 8:22 PM |
Max Clayton has covid too.
Matt Doyle posted an IG story (yep, he's back on there) that he's repeatedly tested negative, and claims he's been in a hotel since before Max tested positive. Which sounds....odd.
So no new cases at Company.
by Anonymous | reply 183 | December 28, 2021 8:40 PM |
So if Max is out with Covid then MM can't come back before Hugh is ready on Jan. 6?
Too bad, I'd be happy to see Max in the role though only at a reasonable price - under $150 - and I'd on buying a ticket on the (late afternoon) of the performance as who knows if there would even be a show? And if Max isn't performing but HIS understudy is, I guess you couldn't claim a refund?
What a mess!
by Anonymous | reply 184 | December 28, 2021 8:50 PM |
He said he'll be back on the 6th too. Going to guess they'll cancel 2nd-5th.
Sean Montgomery is the understudy Hill (and Marcellus, Jacey Squires and Constable Locke - bet they're going to regret the decision to quadruple down on the tracks for him now)
by Anonymous | reply 185 | December 28, 2021 8:57 PM |
Great - Max Clayton and Matt Doyle both got Covid in March of 2020. So much for natural immunity.
by Anonymous | reply 186 | December 28, 2021 9:10 PM |
Matt Doyle should have stayed in the personal trainer business and not come back crawling to broadWAY!
by Anonymous | reply 187 | December 28, 2021 9:12 PM |
You heard it here first: Hamilton LA cancelling 4 weeks of shows starting immediately. The producers will use COVID as an excuse to close it early as it is not selling.
by Anonymous | reply 188 | December 28, 2021 10:38 PM |
It’s the end times!
by Anonymous | reply 189 | December 28, 2021 10:45 PM |
R188 So they've cancelled four weeks and then they're going to announce it's closed?
by Anonymous | reply 190 | December 28, 2021 10:57 PM |
Jeffrey Seller's statement: "With COVID-19 cases still rising in Los Angeles each day, the Omicron variant has yet to peak, and we expect many refunds and suppressed sales for the next several weeks," says Producer Jeffrey Seller. "In consultation with our epidemiologist, we are proactively and immediately cancelling performances thru January 23. We look forward to resuming performances at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre with a complete and healthy company in 2022."
Proactively and immediately. What a mensch.
by Anonymous | reply 191 | December 28, 2021 11:02 PM |
It's now 7 p.m. EST. I guess the next closure announcement(s) will come tomorrow?
by Anonymous | reply 192 | December 28, 2021 11:02 PM |
and NY City Ballet just canceled the rest of the Nutcracker
by Anonymous | reply 193 | December 28, 2021 11:03 PM |
R191 So where's that idiot poster claiming there were no positive Covid tests and this was all due to 'wokeness'?
by Anonymous | reply 194 | December 28, 2021 11:04 PM |
R190, The LA sit down was a bust- before and after COVID. It was a bad idea and Jeffrey Seller believes his own hype machine. I don't think it will be reopening.
by Anonymous | reply 195 | December 28, 2021 11:05 PM |
Clayton appears to have deleted his Instagram post where he said he tested positive. Interesting.
by Anonymous | reply 196 | December 28, 2021 11:08 PM |
Close it all down. No way any theatre can pretend we’re not in a pandemic
by Anonymous | reply 197 | December 28, 2021 11:09 PM |
Music Man is pretending. Looks like way more seats available on Jan 4 and they're still mostly 599 and 699
by Anonymous | reply 198 | December 28, 2021 11:14 PM |
So with both Sutton and Hugh out, we’ll probably never see a cast album of The Music Man.
by Anonymous | reply 199 | December 28, 2021 11:20 PM |
[quote]Close it all down. No way any theatre can pretend we’re not in a pandemic
Disagree.
I've been seeing quite a few shows lately. It's not easy to keep operating like this, but it seems like cast infections are NOT happening in the theatre. As an audience member I feel quite safe.
NYers are getting infected going to parties unmasked, not in theatres.
by Anonymous | reply 200 | December 28, 2021 11:33 PM |
MM should just stay closed until Hugh is well enough to return. Nobody wants to see an understudy. They’re not scheduled to open until Feb 10 unless they postpone.
by Anonymous | reply 201 | December 28, 2021 11:41 PM |
The Hamilton LA temporary closing is a front for the chaos that is happening backstage there. The cast was refusing to perform even when everyone was negative. And they will not be paid for the 4 weeks. And if it extends another 2 weeks beyond that, they have to right to recast any part. Which they plan on doing. It's a den of fools out there.
by Anonymous | reply 202 | December 28, 2021 11:52 PM |
[quote]Great - Max Clayton and Matt Doyle both got Covid in March of 2020. So much for natural immunity.
No one ever said that natural immunity lasts forever, you cretin.
by Anonymous | reply 203 | December 28, 2021 11:52 PM |
Wait till they find out that everyone's replaceable, R202. What a shock that'll be.
by Anonymous | reply 204 | December 28, 2021 11:53 PM |
Why were they refusing to perform ?
by Anonymous | reply 205 | December 28, 2021 11:54 PM |
R202 That's just bullshit though, isn't it? Given every time they've cancelled it's been due to Covid.
by Anonymous | reply 206 | December 29, 2021 12:25 AM |
There are legendary stories of Broadway performers powering through illness and injury.
Anyone testing positive now almost certainly has the Omicron variant, which is similar to a cold.
Everyone needs to stop being unnecessarily cautious and carry on.
by Anonymous | reply 207 | December 29, 2021 12:33 AM |
[quote]Anyone testing positive now almost certainly has the Omicron variant, which is similar to a cold.
Absolute, 100%, weapon's-grade horseshit, but you know that. Also, Omicron now accounts for roughly 53% of new infections.
[quote]Everyone needs to stop being unnecessarily cautious and carry on.
"Carry on" as in put COVID positive performers onstage with other people unmasked? Infecting the rest of the cast?
Fortunately Broadway producers aren't quite as stupid as you and are using swings and understudies to fill in for infected cast.
by Anonymous | reply 208 | December 29, 2021 12:56 AM |
And still one death from Omicron. The sky is indeed falling.
by Anonymous | reply 209 | December 29, 2021 1:01 AM |
R208, MARY!!!
by Anonymous | reply 210 | December 29, 2021 1:13 AM |
R208 = Chicken Little
by Anonymous | reply 211 | December 29, 2021 1:13 AM |
Let’s talk about something fun. FOLLIES anyone?
by Anonymous | reply 212 | December 29, 2021 1:14 AM |
It will have to do 'til something better comes along.
by Anonymous | reply 213 | December 29, 2021 1:52 AM |
I love that song, r213
by Anonymous | reply 214 | December 29, 2021 2:06 AM |
[Quote] weapon's-grade
Oh, dear
by Anonymous | reply 215 | December 29, 2021 2:21 AM |
I wish Jane Lynch would come back to broadway.
by Anonymous | reply 217 | December 29, 2021 2:44 AM |
I know....let's bring Broadway to Jane Lynch!
by Anonymous | reply 218 | December 29, 2021 2:46 AM |
Jane Lynch is coming back to Broadway as Mrs. Brice, mother to Fanny "Beanie Feldstein" Brice.
Does anyone think Funny Girl may get "indefinitely postponed" now? Better to cut their losses before a lot of expensive scenery and costumes are built.
by Anonymous | reply 219 | December 29, 2021 3:30 AM |
Isn't this good news for Music Man? When Sutton and Hugh come back, they'll be resistant to Covid, so they can continue with their run with no Covid worries.
by Anonymous | reply 220 | December 29, 2021 3:51 AM |
r202 why would people refuse to perform if everyone is negative?
by Anonymous | reply 221 | December 29, 2021 5:05 AM |
What chaos is happening backstage at LA Hamilton?
by Anonymous | reply 222 | December 29, 2021 7:26 AM |
[quote]Does anyone think Funny Girl may get "indefinitely postponed" now?
Why would Funny Girl get postponed? Omicron is only deadly if you have a serious health issue or if you're morbidly obese or something. And Beanie is... Oh, I get it now.
by Anonymous | reply 223 | December 29, 2021 9:37 AM |
Maybe Beanie will get norovirus and puke on Ramin Karimloo during “You Are Woman”?
by Anonymous | reply 224 | December 29, 2021 10:27 AM |
[Quote] NYers are getting infected going to parties unmasked, not in theatres.
You have absolutely no way of knowing that and pulled it straight out of your ass. That said, it’s not just the audiences but the performers susceptible. Performers are getting it performing
by Anonymous | reply 225 | December 29, 2021 11:42 AM |
As of this morning, the Music Man matinee on Jan. 2 has a now nearly-half-empty orchestra section - so a good number of people have canceled - but seats from row H and closer are still $599 and $699, the rest seem to be $279. The back row of the orch is $229.
(Understudy) Harold Hill to Public: Fuck You for the Holidays.
by Anonymous | reply 226 | December 29, 2021 12:27 PM |
Music Man will not reopen until Jan. 6th with Hugh. Look for an announcement today.
by Anonymous | reply 227 | December 29, 2021 12:35 PM |
Understudies and standbys will scream bloody murder. Look for a backlash shortly thereafter.
by Anonymous | reply 228 | December 29, 2021 12:49 PM |
Lol I see this thread has brought out the masks prevent COVID neurotics - how’s that working out with Omicron?
by Anonymous | reply 229 | December 29, 2021 12:59 PM |
r229 what to do with you? That's your only contribution to this thread, so you probably don't belong here. Engage? Block? So many possibilities.
by Anonymous | reply 230 | December 29, 2021 1:08 PM |
[quote]Lol I see this thread has brought out the masks prevent COVID neurotics - how’s that working out with Omicron?
Quite well, actually, since the people catching Omicron going out to Xmas parties unmasked.
by Anonymous | reply 231 | December 29, 2021 1:41 PM |
THE MUSIC MAN also has to contend with the expense and labor of creating costumes for all these understudies (costume shops are also feeling the punch of Omicron) and Santo Loquasto is an old and impatient man,
by Anonymous | reply 232 | December 29, 2021 1:51 PM |
I've been to Company, The Lehman Trilogy, and Ain't Too Proud in the past 2 weeks. Masking policies are being enforced before the shows and during intermission, but during the show? There are way too many assholes pulling down their masks or taking them off completely. The system is crashing.
by Anonymous | reply 233 | December 29, 2021 3:20 PM |
R233, I imagine many feel that, once the lights go down, they are able to break the rules under the cover of darkness. You're right, it's a shame.
by Anonymous | reply 234 | December 29, 2021 3:38 PM |
[quote] Understudies and standbys will scream bloody murder.
Newsflash: Understudies and standbys are not as good and no one is buying tickets to see you. You always bring disappointment
by Anonymous | reply 235 | December 29, 2021 3:40 PM |
The mask pullers are always the incredibly entitled assholes sitting in House Seats. Up in the mezzanine, people are following the rules.
by Anonymous | reply 236 | December 29, 2021 3:43 PM |
My perception was the opposite, R233. At the four shows I've been to lately, there was lots of verbal and visual warning before the show and at intermission, and house staff were subtly but pretty constantly patroling. It was enforced to such a degree that there was a general feeling of safety and a pretty high level of compliance from what I could see.
One has to wonder if these infections spreading through casts and crews are more likely being brought into the theatre from their personal lives of the personnel, then spread through the company via the nature of their work and the close quarters backstage, as opposed to the performers and crew catching virus from masked and vaccinated audience members.
There is a higher level of danger for casts and crews at work right now, and not everyone in the workplace is taking the same precautions in daily life with everyone they see (how can they?). People have kids who are in school, or they have to get on public transport to get to work. There's no way to bubble the entirety of all the people who work in the theatre at a show.
Is there any other industry besides live theatrical performance that is having shutdowns? Or is most everything back to business as usual?
by Anonymous | reply 237 | December 29, 2021 3:54 PM |
"Is there any other industry besides live theatrical performance that is having shutdowns? Or is most everything back to business as usual?"
Is your google broken? How stupid are you? All businesses are being affected right now. Duh...
by Anonymous | reply 238 | December 29, 2021 3:58 PM |
Let’s be honest: none of those theaters have good air circulation systems. The unmaskers are probably trying to breathe.
by Anonymous | reply 239 | December 29, 2021 4:00 PM |
And yet, some shows have yet to shut down once. Caroline, Or Change, Slave Play, Book Of Mormon, Girl From The North Country, Phantom, Flying Over Sunset, Trouble In Mind....so, why is that? Do some theatre have stricter protocols backstage? Are other producers dropping the ball? Does each theatre make its own Covid policy?
by Anonymous | reply 240 | December 29, 2021 4:04 PM |
how does an air circulation system help one breathe?
it can help filter out particles, including viruses if upgraded enough, but doesn't help you BREATHE
by Anonymous | reply 241 | December 29, 2021 4:04 PM |
[quote]One has to wonder if these infections spreading through casts and crews are more likely being brought into the theatre from their personal lives of the personnel, then spread through the company via the nature of their work and the close quarters backstage, as opposed to the performers and crew catching virus from masked and vaccinated audience members.
I know a dresser on a show, and cast and crew are in masks in the theatre at all times. The only people unmasked are performers while onstage. Hell, pit orchestra wind players are asked to put their mask back on if they have a long rest during a performance.
by Anonymous | reply 242 | December 29, 2021 4:06 PM |
but who's being careless or careful outside the theater? stagehands, musicians, actors?
by Anonymous | reply 243 | December 29, 2021 4:09 PM |
Apparently Hugh and Sutton.
by Anonymous | reply 244 | December 29, 2021 4:13 PM |
R242 That's what I've heard too, that backstage and the pit are pretty strict. So are these performers catching the virus from being in the room with the audience?
by Anonymous | reply 245 | December 29, 2021 4:15 PM |
[quote] how does an air circulation system help one breathe?
It’s difficult for some people to breathe in a hot, enclosed space. Cooling and circulating the air properly helps people to breathe easier.
Also, when it’s too warm in an enclosed space, people tend to get drowsy, no matter how good the show is.
by Anonymous | reply 246 | December 29, 2021 4:22 PM |
STOP SLEEPING! DON'T YOU DARE SLEEP! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
by Anonymous | reply 247 | December 29, 2021 4:24 PM |
Producers are evil! It is all the producers fault there is a pandemic! Blame the producers for everyone getting sick. Blame the theatre owners for owning old buildings! There is ALWAYS someone at fault, and I, as an artist, am never at fault, and never to be questioned on my sanity or work ethic. And I gotta union to back me up on that!
by Anonymous | reply 248 | December 29, 2021 4:24 PM |
R248 We're still waiting for you to expand on your claims that the LA cast of Hamilton tested negative and still refused to work.
by Anonymous | reply 249 | December 29, 2021 4:27 PM |
The Roundabout on 42nd is the warmest of all theatres. I’ve fallen asleep during every show I’ve seen there - even the good ones.
by Anonymous | reply 250 | December 29, 2021 4:50 PM |
[quote] The Roundabout on 42nd is the warmest of all theatres.
That’s because the average age of their subscribers is 105 and the Roundabout wants them to feel like they are still in the nursing home.
by Anonymous | reply 251 | December 29, 2021 5:06 PM |
Is there anyone sadder than Jim Caruso and his daily "chats" on IG?
by Anonymous | reply 252 | December 29, 2021 5:14 PM |
R252. Yes. Richie Ridge.
by Anonymous | reply 253 | December 29, 2021 5:20 PM |
R252, Yes, Billy Masters.
by Anonymous | reply 254 | December 29, 2021 5:23 PM |
Who's Jim Caruso and why are his IG chats sad?
by Anonymous | reply 255 | December 29, 2021 5:24 PM |
Richie Ridge is the worst.
by Anonymous | reply 256 | December 29, 2021 5:32 PM |
Richie Ridge is one of those people who I am not sure what they do or how they do it but he's always on red carpets and for a while was interviewing a lot of those SAG/AFTRA career introspectives in New York. I don't think he's a journalist so how does he luck into these gigs? I think the same thing about Frank DiLella but I believe he comes from money.
by Anonymous | reply 257 | December 29, 2021 6:12 PM |
Frank DiLella makes me long for Roma Torre.
by Anonymous | reply 258 | December 29, 2021 6:17 PM |
... and I'm not even a lesbian!
by Anonymous | reply 259 | December 29, 2021 6:17 PM |
R257, I don't understand your point about Richie Ridge. He's not a journalist in the sense of being a theater critic or writing a column for anyone, but he's been interviewing celebrities for many years. I believe he first started with a cable show called "Broadway Beat" and then moved on from there.
Frank DiLella apparently does come from money, and that plus his good looks (in some people's opinion) has helped him get where he is despite the fact that he has very little talent and the most unbearable speaking voice of any host or interviewer I can think of.
by Anonymous | reply 260 | December 29, 2021 6:18 PM |
I’ve met Richie Ridge. He takes annoying to a whole other level.
by Anonymous | reply 261 | December 29, 2021 6:18 PM |
I think he hopes people will confuse him with Richie Rich.
by Anonymous | reply 262 | December 29, 2021 6:22 PM |
R261 how do you mean? Is that the one who looks like a turtle?
by Anonymous | reply 263 | December 29, 2021 6:25 PM |
He looks like the butt of a joke.
by Anonymous | reply 264 | December 29, 2021 6:28 PM |
Wow R260, I had completely forgotten about BROADWAY BEAT... it's placed on a shelf in the back of my brain with Fynsworth Alley and That's Kentertainment.
by Anonymous | reply 265 | December 29, 2021 6:34 PM |
Is DiLella's father some executive at whoever owns NY1 these days or otherwise a big donor? Frank had gotten a little better (just a little) in his interviewing, what with all that apparently purchased experience.
by Anonymous | reply 266 | December 29, 2021 6:48 PM |
Actually, the really forgotten character is Barry Z.
by Anonymous | reply 267 | December 29, 2021 7:01 PM |
Fuck Barry Z. I prefer his wife, Ginger.
by Anonymous | reply 268 | December 29, 2021 7:13 PM |
I stopped watching because DiLella is so monotone. No charisma at all.
by Anonymous | reply 269 | December 29, 2021 7:16 PM |
Barry Z!!!
by Anonymous | reply 270 | December 29, 2021 7:16 PM |
Whatever happened to that bearded guy who used to host "Interludes After Midnight", the naked talk show on Manhattan Cable years ago? Anyone know his name or have any links to him? I thought he was kind of hot letting it all hang out years ago. More of a daddy, but that was cool.
by Anonymous | reply 271 | December 29, 2021 7:22 PM |
Slave Dale was very cute and seemed like a nice guy, too. Ah, memories! And they still apparently keep repeating all those old Robin Bryd shows ad infiniti if you flip by those channels!
by Anonymous | reply 272 | December 29, 2021 7:24 PM |
So please, don't fart.
There's very little air and this is Art.
by Anonymous | reply 273 | December 29, 2021 7:52 PM |
Are you sure his first name was Slave, r272? Seems odd.
by Anonymous | reply 274 | December 29, 2021 7:56 PM |
R274 the other day an Italian told me that 'schiavo' means 'slave' (pronounced skee-a-vo) and that was Terri Schiavo's surname (though they pronounced it shy-vo).
by Anonymous | reply 275 | December 29, 2021 8:08 PM |
I was in NYC for a couple of months recently (left just as Omicron was exploding in mid-December), and while there I went to the theater a handful of times. Mostly attended Broadway shows, one off-Broadway, and a dance piece at City Center. I never once saw anyone around me in the audience with their mask off or down (and I was keeping an eye out here and there, and all through pre-show and intermission). The only place I had an issue was City Center. I was seated in the back right of the orchestra in the big theater. There were some empty seats around me, and I noticed a lot of people pull their masks down when the lights went down. Also, an older couple moved into the row and sat themselves right next to me and pulled their masks down. I snapped at them and motioned for them to put their masks up and when they ignored me I went to motion for an usher and they pulled them up. But no one was actively patrolling to check for mask compliance.
Each dance piece was followed by a short break and every time that would happen, more and more people would be sitting in the few empty seats around me. By intermission, I'd hd enough and went to sit in the back row, which was almost completely empty.
I decided that would be my final show while I was there. However, I felt generally safe in the theater otherwise.
by Anonymous | reply 276 | December 29, 2021 8:15 PM |
[quote] Frank DiLella makes me long for Roma Torre.
Roma Torre makes me long for Sharon Diezenhaus.
by Anonymous | reply 277 | December 29, 2021 8:17 PM |
The quality of Broadway theater offerings is so low right now it's very easy to give it up for a couple of months. I won't miss it.
by Anonymous | reply 278 | December 29, 2021 9:58 PM |
And it won't miss you toots
by Anonymous | reply 279 | December 29, 2021 10:19 PM |
Caroline, Lehman, hadestown, Trouble in Mind, Harry Potter. It’s been way worse than this
by Anonymous | reply 280 | December 29, 2021 10:23 PM |
R227 nailed it. Music Man not returning until Jan 6
Were they waiting to see how bad the cancellations would be?
by Anonymous | reply 281 | December 29, 2021 10:27 PM |
Is this what’s been going on all along under Bobby Conte’s shirt?
by Anonymous | reply 282 | December 29, 2021 10:57 PM |
There really should be some kind of conflict of interest rule preventing artistic directors from staging stuff they've written themselves.
by Anonymous | reply 284 | December 29, 2021 11:28 PM |
That's a terrible song, that one from "Hex." Is that supposed to sell the show? Or are we just supposed to be beguiled by all the colorful costumes and wigs?
by Anonymous | reply 285 | December 30, 2021 12:34 AM |
I’m a fan of the National Theatre (usually), but going by that promo “Hex” looks awful (or perhaps just not for me). “I’m gonna make my life go wow”? Do better.
by Anonymous | reply 287 | December 30, 2021 1:49 AM |
Or Pat Collins and her broadway videos on Channel 9!
by Anonymous | reply 288 | December 30, 2021 2:35 AM |
Harry Potter fans beware! A friend went to see the show tonight and found a slow-moving line around the block due to Covid card inspections. So slow that he and many others found the show had already started before they reached the lobby and they were told to remain there and watch it on the TV screen. They were eventually admitted in without an usher's escort and had to grope their way to their seats in the dark.
by Anonymous | reply 289 | December 30, 2021 2:44 AM |
Well they just don't come any better than Bette Rogge...
by Anonymous | reply 290 | December 30, 2021 2:53 AM |
[quote]Harry Potter fans beware! A friend went to see the show tonight and found a slow-moving line around the block due to Covid card inspections. So slow that he and many others found the show had already started before they reached the lobby and they were told to remain there and watch it on the TV screen. They were eventually admitted in without an usher's escort and had to grope their way to their seats in the dark.
Incredible that they would star the show before everyone was admitted, and I think all the audience members who were not seated when the show started should have demanded their money back.
by Anonymous | reply 292 | December 30, 2021 4:19 AM |
R292 They would seem deluded to even go to see that 'play'.
by Anonymous | reply 294 | December 30, 2021 4:24 AM |
R290 - gosh, George was attractive!
by Anonymous | reply 295 | December 30, 2021 4:27 AM |
Karen Morrow is at the top of the list of performers who deserved much better careers than they got.
by Anonymous | reply 296 | December 30, 2021 5:12 AM |
If Bette Legge wasn't an influence/inspiration for Sue Ann Nivens, I'll be mightily surprised.
by Anonymous | reply 298 | December 30, 2021 11:34 AM |
Yes, Maharis was divine. And seems smart! My late friend John had a longish relationship with him, but I never got to ask him the details.
by Anonymous | reply 299 | December 30, 2021 11:37 AM |
George looks like he had a nice cut one. Nice bod, too. Fit but not overdone. And he's classically handsome. Whoever's had him was very lucky indeed!
by Anonymous | reply 301 | December 30, 2021 12:16 PM |
If I'm doing my math right, he's 45 in those photos. Considering that it wasn't in the gym-culture times of today, that's very impressive
by Anonymous | reply 302 | December 30, 2021 12:53 PM |
What the hell does the phrase "On a clear day, you can see forever" [italic]mean[/italic]?
by Anonymous | reply 303 | December 30, 2021 1:02 PM |
R292-That's been the Lyric's policy as far back as Ragtime. The first time I saw that show, A group of us were held in the lobby and forced to watch the big opening number on that tv screen. That's when it was the Ford's Center For The Performing Arts. So, it's an owner decision.
by Anonymous | reply 304 | December 30, 2021 2:14 PM |
Actors ought to be entitled to walk downstage and stop the show if people have taken their masks down, and refuse to start it again until they fix them. They've done it for pesky mobile phones, and this is way worse than that.
If it got round that that was happening people would soon start complying. Nobody wants to get yelled at from the stage and have everyone surrounding them openly dissing them for spoiling the play.
by Anonymous | reply 305 | December 30, 2021 2:15 PM |
#whereisjamessnyder
He’s still listed on the understudy board as “usually played by”
by Anonymous | reply 306 | December 30, 2021 2:17 PM |
I've been to several NY shows over the past 3 months (3 bway), and it seems like NY audiences have been quite compliant with masks.
by Anonymous | reply 307 | December 30, 2021 2:22 PM |
R292, the play is long so I am guessing that cannot hold the curtain without risking going into overtime.
I do not like it, but that is the logic. Plays that run longer that two hours and forty minutes are a lot stricter on curtain times.
by Anonymous | reply 309 | December 30, 2021 2:32 PM |
R304, your comment is misinformed. First of all, the ownership of that theater has changed at least two or three times since it opened with RAGTIME, so I very much doubt it's a theater "policy" to have people wait to be seated if the show has already started. But more importantly, there's a HUGE difference between (1) making actual latecomers to the theater wait to be seated and making them watch the show on a lobby screen in the meantime, and (2) punishing people who got to the theater in plenty of time but were unable to get to their seats by curtain time because the theater staff can't properly manage the COVID protocols.
by Anonymous | reply 310 | December 30, 2021 2:33 PM |
R310-Thanks for the lesson.
by Anonymous | reply 311 | December 30, 2021 2:42 PM |
r308, is the beaming boy over Paul's shoulder, his bf?
by Anonymous | reply 312 | December 30, 2021 3:37 PM |
I did a play at The Peoducers Club in NYC recently and we always had maskless audience members. The actors were about 3 feet away from the first row. The guy who runs the theatre and a few employees were usually roaming around without masks and the air quality in that shithole is pretty bad to begin with. It was a joke.
by Anonymous | reply 313 | December 30, 2021 3:41 PM |
Possibly for a minute or two r312.
by Anonymous | reply 314 | December 30, 2021 3:59 PM |
Paul Lynde is rather cute there
by Anonymous | reply 315 | December 30, 2021 4:01 PM |
R313, that sounds awful. Did you or any of the other actors complain to the management? Or did you just decide to ride it out and hope for the best?
by Anonymous | reply 316 | December 30, 2021 4:05 PM |
[quote] Did you or any of the other actors complain to the management?
Management couldn't care less. They are likely just as bad with the rules.
by Anonymous | reply 317 | December 30, 2021 4:39 PM |
Actors ought to be entitled to walk downstage and shoot people who have taken their masks down. After all masks are proving so effective at stopping the spread of Omicron.
by Anonymous | reply 318 | December 30, 2021 5:13 PM |
You think masked people are getting Omicron from other masked people, r318?
by Anonymous | reply 319 | December 30, 2021 5:20 PM |
Is actors spot unmasked people in the house they should be able to track down R318 and tase him repeatedly for being a dumbfuck idiot.
by Anonymous | reply 320 | December 30, 2021 5:37 PM |
Incidentally, how are things on the West End?
by Anonymous | reply 321 | December 30, 2021 6:41 PM |
David Benedict, a Brit theater writer who is supposedly Sondheim's "official biographer," was said to be publishing said biography in 2017. Anyone know what's going on with that?
by Anonymous | reply 322 | December 30, 2021 6:54 PM |
I hear it now has a sad ending, r322.
by Anonymous | reply 323 | December 30, 2021 7:05 PM |
'Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.'
by Anonymous | reply 324 | December 30, 2021 7:07 PM |
R322 Last summer Benedict said he's still working on the Sondheim bio (7 years and counting). No date of publication has been announced...
by Anonymous | reply 325 | December 30, 2021 8:36 PM |
The CDC just announced "stay off of cruise ships." Are theaters next?
by Anonymous | reply 326 | December 30, 2021 8:48 PM |
You should train for the Olympics with leaps like that
by Anonymous | reply 327 | December 30, 2021 8:50 PM |
Just got an email for the Taylor Mac show at Prototype Festival in January - they'll require proof of vaccination *and* a negative PCR or rapid test before entering the theatre.
Trying to figure out how the logistics of showing an honest negative test go. Do I have to find a testing site hours before the curtain and tramp through scores of potentially infected people to see a show now?? Oy.
by Anonymous | reply 329 | December 30, 2021 9:18 PM |
Thanks, r325. Maybe if he didn't spend his days on Twitter....
by Anonymous | reply 330 | December 30, 2021 9:19 PM |
[quote] Just got an email for the Taylor Mac show at Prototype Festival in January - they'll require proof of vaccination *and* a negative PCR or rapid test before entering the theatre.
Did they indicate a time-frame for the test result?
by Anonymous | reply 331 | December 30, 2021 9:21 PM |
Does having sat through Taylor Mac's "Gary" count for anything?
by Anonymous | reply 332 | December 30, 2021 9:47 PM |
[quote]Did they indicate a time-frame for the test result?
Nope. More than a bit confusing. Bring results of a negative PCR or rapid test, no time frame indicated.
Which seems like an open door for fake test results, frankly.
by Anonymous | reply 333 | December 30, 2021 10:42 PM |
Here’s a little Civil War ditty I used to sing at talent shows when I thought I could be the next Donny Osmond.
by Anonymous | reply 334 | December 30, 2021 11:06 PM |
MJ is back!!
MJ is canceled!!
It’s COVID!!
No it’s not !!
by Anonymous | reply 336 | December 31, 2021 12:44 AM |
Wait is MJ closing? Won't someone think of the children?
by Anonymous | reply 337 | December 31, 2021 12:52 AM |
Not closing. But another perf canceled. I think it was supposed to be their first night back.
by Anonymous | reply 338 | December 31, 2021 12:55 AM |
with experts predicting the Omicron surge to be short-lived, would Broadway possibly announce a very specific closure of 3 weeks or so during January when business is usually bad anyway? Maybe akin to what Ham is doing in LA (unless what r188 etc is dangling has credence).
by Anonymous | reply 340 | December 31, 2021 12:36 PM |
A temporary closing of a few weeks or even a couple of months would seem to make sense, r340, but I think there's great fear in the business that it could turn into something much longer (as it did the first time, but this time it would be without any government $$$$$$ help) and tourists and even local fans will simply break the habit and never return.
by Anonymous | reply 341 | December 31, 2021 12:48 PM |
Interesting dilemma. It feels like disorganized random last-minute cancellations would take longer to recover from than a unified, "We're back February 15."
by Anonymous | reply 342 | December 31, 2021 1:01 PM |
Except, what if, "We're NOT back February 15" ??
That's entirely possible, ya know?
by Anonymous | reply 343 | December 31, 2021 1:07 PM |
Yes, but if things are that bad, no one would be going to the shows anyway
by Anonymous | reply 344 | December 31, 2021 1:12 PM |
Let’s think this through. Will the actors and crew be paid? Will the theaters forego rent? What will the rehearsal period look like to set up again? And, who is going to pay for all of this? Budget several million per show.
by Anonymous | reply 345 | December 31, 2021 1:17 PM |
[Quote] The CDC just announced "stay off of cruise ships."
That’s up there with CDC’s recommendation to “not eat crayons.”
by Anonymous | reply 346 | December 31, 2021 1:21 PM |
I’ve discover with this pandemic that, no, all theatre is not essential
by Anonymous | reply 347 | December 31, 2021 1:21 PM |
R347 how do you mean?
by Anonymous | reply 348 | December 31, 2021 1:31 PM |
R347 Are you lost?
by Anonymous | reply 349 | December 31, 2021 3:22 PM |
A performance of Moulin Rouge in Australia was cancelled halfway through act two due to a positive covid test. 30 minutes left of the show.
by Anonymous | reply 350 | December 31, 2021 4:35 PM |
Jesus, a half hour to go? At that point, just finish the damn thing. Unless there's a new scene where the characters walk into the audience and cough on them, whoever is infected has already passed it on.
by Anonymous | reply 353 | December 31, 2021 5:14 PM |
The League has met with the unions and they have said they are not interested in discussing any shut down accommodations. This should get interesting...
by Anonymous | reply 354 | December 31, 2021 5:18 PM |
I think the only thing that would bring about a shut down is if and when audiences no longer buy tickets. That simple.
by Anonymous | reply 355 | December 31, 2021 5:42 PM |
Public Theater Cancels Entire Under The Radar Festival:
by Anonymous | reply 356 | December 31, 2021 5:44 PM |
No one is buying tickets for January.
by Anonymous | reply 357 | December 31, 2021 6:34 PM |
Well "Under the Radar" has lived up to its name, I suppose.
by Anonymous | reply 358 | December 31, 2021 6:40 PM |
RE: HEX the Musical at the National Theatre
No one does bad musicals like the Brits! Back in the 90s and 2000s. I loved getting half-price tickets to bad musicals. The seats were always center stalls and the theatre would be dressed like Covid distancing. In most cases the actors would give it there all, in spite of knowing they were in a clunker. And sometimes, I actually liked the show.
The worst musical I ever saw was called BEHIND THE IRON MASK, based on the Dumas story The Man In The Iron Mask. The actor in the mask was not miked properly, and you couldn't understand a word he said or sang. The entire show was really bad.
The best of the bad musicals was MARTIN GUERRE by the Les Miz team. Went back twice to see it after changes were made. Unfortunately, it got worse, not better, but there were some great songs and great moments. The actor who played the real Martin Guerre (during the first half of Act One) also appeared in Les Miserable as Marius... at the same time! The double casting was a Cameron Macintosh stunt, probably to save money.
James Corden was in the ensemble of MARTIN GUERRE.
by Anonymous | reply 359 | December 31, 2021 8:48 PM |
[quote]Went back twice to see it after changes were made. Unfortunately, it got worse, not better
Like Dr. Jazz in previews. Still love Lola Falana.
by Anonymous | reply 360 | December 31, 2021 8:53 PM |
I saw an entirely different musical version of Martin Guerre at Hartford Stage in the early 90s that starred Patrick Cassidy and Malcolm Gets as the 2 Martins with Judy Kuhn as the wife, also with Beth Fowler, Cris Groenwald (sp?) and Walter Charles. Great cast and I remember loving it but it went nowhere. I think there was even a 3rd version of Martin Guerre at the Goodman in Chicago not long after that. All with different composers and writers. Crazy!
by Anonymous | reply 363 | December 31, 2021 10:15 PM |
The latest bad new British musical is & JULIET which imagines (unimaginatively) what would have happened if Juliet had lived and Romeo didn't (or is he in it, too? I can't remember.....I've erased most of it from my memory). I saw it just a few months pre-Covid, don't know how it's doing now that they've reopened, but hope it doesn't sully these shores.
by Anonymous | reply 364 | December 31, 2021 10:19 PM |
WEHT Lola Falana? She had a lot of press and tv appearances back in the day. I recall she actually was quite good, too.
by Anonymous | reply 365 | December 31, 2021 10:21 PM |
The West End version of Martin Guerre was a dinosaur, and an awful one at that. But compared to the so-called "good" British musicals of today - Six, &Juliet, etc - it’s freaking My Fair Lady.
by Anonymous | reply 366 | December 31, 2021 10:21 PM |
& Juliet is coming to the Broadway soon
by Anonymous | reply 367 | December 31, 2021 10:23 PM |
In 1987, Falana was struck with multiple sclerosis. The disease paralyzed the left side of her body, partially blinded her and temporarily impaired her voice and her hearing. She was forced to cancel all Las Vegas concerts and began her recovery for the next year and a half
by Anonymous | reply 368 | December 31, 2021 10:27 PM |
Cameron Mackintosh please/I am down on my knees/Not another reprise
Speaking of FB, someone in the last thread said they were disappointed upon meeting Gerard Alessandrini to find he was a putz - any more details?
by Anonymous | reply 370 | December 31, 2021 10:40 PM |
Eldergay here remembering what a big deal it was to see a broadway show on New Years Eve. Most if not all shows raised their top ticket price to as much as $100 for the special event and would hand out complimentary party hats and horns on the way out. And that was just the start of the evening. Those were the days. Thanks for reading this. Happy New Year.
by Anonymous | reply 371 | January 1, 2022 12:53 AM |
[quote] Eldergay here remembering what a big deal it was to see a broadway show on New Years Eve.
Yes, it was. In more recent years, Broadway shows quit doing NYE shows.
by Anonymous | reply 372 | January 1, 2022 12:57 AM |
[quote] Eldergay here remembering what a big deal it was to see a broadway show on New Years Eve. Most if not all shows raised their top ticket price to as much as $100 for the special event and would hand out complimentary party hats and horns on the way out. And that was just the start of the evening. Those were the days. Thanks for reading this. Happy New Year.
When was that?
by Anonymous | reply 373 | January 1, 2022 1:11 AM |
I saw The Tap Dance Kid on New Year's Eve.
by Anonymous | reply 374 | January 1, 2022 2:21 AM |
The NYE performance of “Floradora” was really divine!
by Anonymous | reply 375 | January 1, 2022 3:25 AM |
With all of the understudy love out there has Nathan Lane commented on how much he adores working with understudies?
by Anonymous | reply 377 | January 1, 2022 3:38 AM |
R370, thanks for the Forbidden Broadway version of Martin Guerre. I had never heard it before, but the tale they tell is true, true, true.
Here's Broadway favorite Hugh Panaro sweating and hamming his way through big Martin Guerre solo.
by Anonymous | reply 378 | January 1, 2022 4:22 AM |
Damn, R378! Watching and listening to just a minute or so of that clip gives you a good idea that the music in the show is crap.
by Anonymous | reply 379 | January 1, 2022 5:02 AM |
Sorry to get all soft on y'all, but as we round the corner to 2022, I wanted to thank the regulars (and... irregulars) of the theatre threads for being one of the bright spots of the past couple of years. Whether sharing legit backstage gossip, offering insights that put professional dramaturgs to shame or talking about God Damn Follies again, we've kept each other engaged, connected and entertained throughout multiple waves of this pandemic.
by Anonymous | reply 380 | January 1, 2022 5:11 AM |
R380 Indeed. Much love to all.
by Anonymous | reply 382 | January 1, 2022 6:35 AM |
Did Patti’s toilet make it to 2022? Or have they taken to pissing and shitting in the ALW memorial pool?
by Anonymous | reply 383 | January 1, 2022 6:53 AM |
Poor Malcolm.
by Anonymous | reply 385 | January 1, 2022 11:29 AM |
[quote]Whether sharing legit backstage gossip, offering insights that put professional dramaturgs to shame or talking about God Damn Follies again, we've kept each other engaged, connected and entertained throughout multiple waves of this pandemic.
I think "God Damn FOLLIES" should definitely be the title of the next thread :-)
by Anonymous | reply 386 | January 1, 2022 2:29 PM |
God Damn Follies, The Fucking Visit…
It’s like Patti Lupone's bucket list.
by Anonymous | reply 387 | January 1, 2022 2:49 PM |
a lot of shows play tonight don't they? Which will cancel first? Isn't this fun?
by Anonymous | reply 388 | January 1, 2022 3:48 PM |
I celebrated Nee Years Day by cancelling a trip to see Caroline and Flying Over Sunday, both which I bought tickets for two years ago and will not see. Amtrak remains the worst, charging 25% of the value of the ticket.
by Anonymous | reply 389 | January 1, 2022 3:57 PM |
Allan Larson Dies: Father Of Playwright Jonathan Larson And Caretaker Of Legacy:
by Anonymous | reply 390 | January 1, 2022 4:46 PM |
Tick, tick…buh-bye
by Anonymous | reply 391 | January 1, 2022 5:01 PM |
Why was this man's death announced by Miranda? Why does he center every possible event on himself
by Anonymous | reply 392 | January 1, 2022 5:17 PM |
Because we are all Lin's children.
by Anonymous | reply 393 | January 1, 2022 5:24 PM |
Because we are all living in the Mirandaverse.
by Anonymous | reply 394 | January 1, 2022 5:35 PM |
[quote]Why was this man's death announced by Miranda? Why does he center every possible event on himself
Because he knew how much it would piss you off.
by Anonymous | reply 395 | January 1, 2022 6:05 PM |
[quote]Your irrational hatred of LMM is amusing
Amusing from one perspective, pathetic from another.
by Anonymous | reply 396 | January 1, 2022 6:29 PM |
Never mind the tragedy of someone’s death and the pain his family and friends are feeling right now LETS CRUCIFY LIN FOR HAVING THE AUDACITY TO ANNOUNCE IT. HOW DARE HE!
by Anonymous | reply 397 | January 1, 2022 7:10 PM |
I don’t get why Lin Manuel Miranda’s success pisses someone off.
by Anonymous | reply 398 | January 1, 2022 7:43 PM |
[quote]I don’t get why Lin Manuel Miranda’s success pisses someone off.
Mostly due to jealousy and that person's own insecurities, I think.
by Anonymous | reply 399 | January 1, 2022 8:31 PM |
No...I get the Lin-Man Hate. To a degree.
I don't personally hate him but he is unctiously annoying...even swarmy in how he presents himself.
Unlike the real haters, I think he is a talented theater creator though I think he's better at writing shows than acting in them.
But, he's a smug little dick.
by Anonymous | reply 400 | January 1, 2022 8:44 PM |
Cameron Mackintosh has done himself a hagiography in the form of a documentary. He even narrates it himself. It's where You'reGonnaLoveTomorrow got those segments about Side by Side, the West End Follies and Putting It Together. The interviews with Sondheim were done ten days before his death.
The one amusing moment - aside from him declaring Alfie Boe as an "unknown" until he cast him in the Les Misérables O2 production - is saying Hal Prince sent Elaine Stritch to see a preview of Cats and report back; Cameron says he overheard her on the phone in the lobby yelling "Hal, I'm here, it's a cat-astrophe".
Also quite interesting that it had a section about Charlie Stemp - the only actor to have a segment about him alone.
by Anonymous | reply 401 | January 1, 2022 10:11 PM |
It is not his success , but rather his endless self-promotion that pisses people off. And it has pissed people off even before the first off-Broadway In the Heights.
by Anonymous | reply 402 | January 1, 2022 10:21 PM |
There's a moment during the 2009 Tony Awards - I think it's after the Next to Normal performance - where the camera cuts to someone linked to the production for a reaction shot, and LMM is sat behind them. As soon as he realises he can be seen, he starts making gestures to the camera. That pretty much sums him up, and also explains people's distaste for him.
by Anonymous | reply 403 | January 1, 2022 10:25 PM |
Isn’t all of Broadway self promotion, the Tony’s being the apex?
by Anonymous | reply 404 | January 1, 2022 11:28 PM |
R404, so you know how over-the-top Miranada is if he stands out.
by Anonymous | reply 405 | January 1, 2022 11:36 PM |
R401 is this Cameron M doc available for viewing anywhere on line?
by Anonymous | reply 406 | January 2, 2022 12:43 AM |
[quote]That pretty much sums him up, and also explains people's distaste for him.
Please. That does not begin to explain or justify the psychotic hatred that one poster in particular has for him.
by Anonymous | reply 409 | January 2, 2022 1:34 AM |
R408 No, that was an earlier one done by Alan Yentob at the BBC, more worth a watch than Cameron's self-produced thing.
R409 I wasn't trying to explain that one poster, but why the feeling exists in general.
by Anonymous | reply 410 | January 2, 2022 1:49 AM |
r400: "annoying . . .even swarmy."
Oh, dear!!
by Anonymous | reply 411 | January 2, 2022 2:34 AM |
THanks for that link, r407. It was great. Though it might be interesting to see a contrary version that was more critical.
by Anonymous | reply 412 | January 2, 2022 3:11 AM |
Ah, just read r410's post. I'll have to have a look at the doc now.
by Anonymous | reply 413 | January 2, 2022 3:13 AM |
[quote]It is not his success , but rather his endless self-promotion that pisses people off. And it has pissed people off even before the first off-Broadway In the Heights.
I think very little of it is "self-promotion." He doesn't really need to do much of that, certainly not anymore, as so many others are understandably willing to promote him as an exceptionally talented musical theater writer who happens to not be a white Jewish and/or gay male.
Also -- we're talking show business, so it amuses me that self-promotion strikes you as such a horribly annoying thing. You are really quite funny.
by Anonymous | reply 414 | January 2, 2022 3:55 AM |
Lin Manuel is the quintessence of smarminess.
by Anonymous | reply 415 | January 2, 2022 4:05 AM |
You mean swarminess, r415!
by Anonymous | reply 416 | January 2, 2022 4:23 AM |
R414, Miranda's self-promotion does not annoy me at all. The question was if people were bother by his success. I was just pointing out that the same people have been annoyed with him even before he was a name. The people in NY theater who dislike him generally do because he is so aggressive in self-promotion. And yes, while he does have publicists and producers backing him, he still does a lot to put himself center stage and he takes a strong hand in crafting the narrative of how he is marketed.
I am no longer in that world and do not have a dog in that hunt. Personally I always liked him. However, I do think the self promotion has not always been great for his work. While starring in shows he wrote is great for media attention, his performance was weaker than any of the other Broadway Hamiltons because he does not have the voice of acting chops they do. But they said the same thing about Coward playing leads in his shows, so this is an age old problem.
by Anonymous | reply 417 | January 2, 2022 4:23 AM |
Patti was out of Company tonight. Hope she's okay and neither her toilet nor COVID are involved.
by Anonymous | reply 418 | January 2, 2022 5:18 AM |
Ethel wouldn't have missed. Nor Mary.
by Anonymous | reply 419 | January 2, 2022 5:20 AM |
[quote]Ethel wouldn't have missed. Nor Mary.
Ethel Barrymore and Mary Astor?
by Anonymous | reply 420 | January 2, 2022 5:34 AM |
Mary Schwartz and Ethel Hotchkiss.
by Anonymous | reply 421 | January 2, 2022 5:37 AM |
R403 that reminds me of Roberto Benigni at the 1999 Oscars. He acted the clown whenever the cameras were on him, especially when he won Best Actor. The camera caught him being normal a few times, but as soon as he noticed it, he clowned it up.
by Anonymous | reply 422 | January 2, 2022 6:18 AM |
Still hoping Klein's makes a comback!
by Anonymous | reply 423 | January 2, 2022 6:30 AM |
R419, Nor Betty Bacall, who reportedly never missed a Cactus Flower, Applause or Woman of the Year performance, all long runs.
by Anonymous | reply 424 | January 2, 2022 8:24 AM |
I didn't know Leonard Bernstein had a buttcrack.
by Anonymous | reply 426 | January 2, 2022 9:45 AM |
Most bottoms do r426.
by Anonymous | reply 427 | January 2, 2022 10:07 AM |
r426 - he had a spleen, too, Rose
by Anonymous | reply 428 | January 2, 2022 10:45 AM |
R425, 39-year-old Lenny was quite fuckable.
by Anonymous | reply 429 | January 2, 2022 11:00 AM |
why, because he was alive?
by Anonymous | reply 430 | January 2, 2022 11:35 AM |
That's a very odd photo, considering the times. Lenny had to know Arthur had a camera. It's the kind of photo a lover would take, but never heard they were ever fucking.
by Anonymous | reply 431 | January 2, 2022 1:09 PM |
R412/R413 I wouldn't say the BBC one is more critical, but it's at least not made by Cameron. The hints during the doc at his tyrannical attitude does make it sound like a critical doc would be a good watch.
It was interesting to note that in the latter doc, Cameron seems to have dropped a few of the 'origin myths' that he'd stuck to for so long. Like missing Side by Side due to driving down the wrong motorway - now we're told he was going to New York so asked Christopher Biggins to see it for him. Likewise, the idea Les Mis was a huge ticket seller at the Barbican is replaced with an admission that when it moved to the Palace it didn't have any advance, etc.
I do like his spin on him doing the West End Hamilton as Seller just asking him if he fancied doing it.
by Anonymous | reply 432 | January 2, 2022 1:13 PM |
Did any of the WSS creators ever fuck? It’s hard to conceive of any of them being a match rather than competitors, but 1957 was a different time for the gays.
by Anonymous | reply 433 | January 2, 2022 1:15 PM |
That is not Bernstein in the photo.
by Anonymous | reply 434 | January 2, 2022 1:20 PM |
R434, Photoshopped?
by Anonymous | reply 435 | January 2, 2022 2:04 PM |
R434 so he didn't really have a buttcrack?
by Anonymous | reply 436 | January 2, 2022 2:15 PM |
If that was Bernstein, there would have been a 16 year old boy underneath him.
by Anonymous | reply 437 | January 2, 2022 2:43 PM |
Director Sam Gold on how he's going to fuck up Macbeth:
[quote] Gold, who suffers from insomnia, thinks "the torture of not sleeping" offers important insight into Macbeth's behavior. "More than anything, I'm looking for clues to contextualize the experience so I can best help Daniel tackle one of the hardest roles in dramatic literature- and to me 'NO SLEEP' is the key."
by Anonymous | reply 438 | January 2, 2022 3:42 PM |
It looks like a former Elphaba standby who hasn’t played the role since 2015 when she left the cast went on last night. WTF is going on? Actors are dropping like flies.
by Anonymous | reply 440 | January 2, 2022 4:30 PM |
That's why it's called a pandemic.
by Anonymous | reply 441 | January 2, 2022 4:32 PM |
Singing spreads aerosols more effectively than almost any other activity. So no wonder appearing in a musical is a high risk endeavor.
by Anonymous | reply 442 | January 2, 2022 4:37 PM |
R440 They flew four former cast members to fill in for the tour with three hours of rehearsals
by Anonymous | reply 443 | January 2, 2022 4:45 PM |
Based on Gold's King Lear, this Macbeth is guaranteed to put you to sleep, so there's always that.
by Anonymous | reply 444 | January 2, 2022 4:47 PM |
R443, that's astounding to me. How can cast members from years ago step into a role with only three hours of rehearsal? How in the world do they recall the words to all of the songs in that short a period of time? I imagine there are some passages or verses one never forgets but the entire score? People who can do that in my opinion are nothing short of amazing.
by Anonymous | reply 445 | January 2, 2022 4:52 PM |
You clearly don't know any actors, r445.
by Anonymous | reply 446 | January 2, 2022 4:55 PM |
I don't, R446, which is why I think that kind of talent is amazing and to be admired.
by Anonymous | reply 447 | January 2, 2022 5:01 PM |
I imagine some of the long running shows had, at a minimum, already put out feelers to former Broadway and national tour cast members in recent weeks for this very possibility. Not that it's any less impressive.
by Anonymous | reply 448 | January 2, 2022 5:06 PM |
If you do a long running show for, say, a year or more--for many actors--it becomes something where you can just flip a switch and do it, for quite a long time after that. The little bit of rehearsal is usually as much for the meshing of the actor with the support personnel, the conductor, and other artists as anything else, not for memorization/recall purposes.
by Anonymous | reply 449 | January 2, 2022 5:16 PM |
[quote]Nor Betty Bacall, who reportedly never missed a Cactus Flower, Applause or Woman of the Year performance, all long runs.
And yet she still had time to enjoy a cup of High Point on the way to the theater. She loved that deep-brewed flava!
by Anonymous | reply 450 | January 2, 2022 5:52 PM |
NY theatre has always had a small company of actors who specialize in filling in roles at the absolute last minute. They are a wonder to behold.
I watched one placed in a regional show I was working on when they fired the lead 3 days before tech. He was off book and performing in a day.
by Anonymous | reply 451 | January 2, 2022 5:57 PM |
The really big musicals like Wicked and Jersey Boys that have had multiple companies and toured for ages have extra swings who have a suitcase filled with costumes and are ready to be summoned wherever needed.
by Anonymous | reply 452 | January 2, 2022 6:38 PM |
I love you guys and these theatre threads - happy new year!
Thanks a million for that link to Anything Goes. Really wanted to see it. It seems the UK company, like Sutton's remade costumes, are merely a pale imitation. And why didn't they pad her bra again? I miss the juggs....and the taught butts of the swarthy Broadway chorus MEN. These sailor boys looked flat, with saggy pants and no testosterone. Sad. Sutton had to carry all the vocals and the sex appeal too. Bless her for pulling it off a decade later though.
LMM is effusive all the damn time. He speaks like the ugly kid who learned at a young age no one would look at him unless he stated things dramatically, as if they have great importance.
He's got talent, sure, but he's only being propped as our answer to the greats because he's Latin at a time when visibility is being pushed. Frankly, I'd love to see someone else - Black, Chinese, Indian, whatever - come on in with better tunes and a stronger voice and take his spot and hobnob with Patti and the A List.
Him leading the Sunday memorial singalong to SS was annoying as fuck. Bernadette should have been the one. He's been given all the keys to the kingdom almost by default it seems.
I'm really stunned they pushed ahead with previews for MM. All the shows should wait a month or two. The government should step in. Why should Patti and Sutton have to get sick?
Was Lillias' departure from Chicago due to covid, or the fear of getting it? Or was her contract just up?
Did anyone see her in it this time around?
by Anonymous | reply 453 | January 2, 2022 6:57 PM |
My god, LMM is so easy to avoid. Some of you don't really want to.
by Anonymous | reply 454 | January 2, 2022 7:03 PM |
[quote]He's got talent, sure, but he's only being propped as our answer to the greats because he's Latin at a time when visibility is being pushed.
So I guess his relentless "self-promotion" isn't the real reason so many people dislike him.
by Anonymous | reply 455 | January 2, 2022 7:04 PM |
R455, I guess not. All these people are so obviously envious, they should form a society of little green haters
by Anonymous | reply 456 | January 2, 2022 7:23 PM |
Lillas’s contract was up. I think she has a new show coming up.
by Anonymous | reply 457 | January 2, 2022 7:24 PM |
R455
I'm not racist. Don't act like he isn't getting a ton of support for being Latin and bringing that perspective to theatre. He is. There also aren't any other showmakers getting his level of exposure. He's practically getting deified and put next to Sondheim and Rodgers and Hammerstein....because there's a dirth of other creators getting this kind of recognition.
I have no issue with anyone bringing more diversity to the theatre. I just want them to be more talented and attractive and subtle in positioning themselves as a pillar of the community. Let that be decided in time...not in a decade.
Sutton, by contrast, is beloved for her work but she's rarely doing interviews or making sure she's standing next to the right people. She isn't waltzing around like the New Queen or something....but she IS arguably the biggest Broadway star of the last 20 years. Yet folks here downplay her star status. She's not everywhere you look. She's not trying to be. She just works and keeps it lowkey.
R454, I don't seek out LMM but he really is everywhere pertaining to Broadway these days. I didn't want to see him front and centre at the memorial...or involved in every big screen musical that hits theatres, Disney or otherwise. And yet.....
And why the fuck was he Bert in Mary Poppins 2...?!?
by Anonymous | reply 458 | January 2, 2022 7:46 PM |
It was Erich Bergen who organized that Sondheim tribute in Times Square, but who was front and center doing a "reading" from Finishing the Hat--just as though he was the driving force behind this tribute?
Guess.
by Anonymous | reply 459 | January 2, 2022 8:02 PM |
Patti wants to perform not to stay in her basement.
by Anonymous | reply 460 | January 2, 2022 8:03 PM |
R431, I questioned if the Hamilton Hotel even existed in 1957, turns out it opened in 1922.
by Anonymous | reply 461 | January 2, 2022 8:09 PM |
R450 It's not like Betty Bacall had to worry about her voice not sounding good for a performance. It never really did sound more than passable. But it was Callas compared to Katharine Hepburn's, another one who rarely if ever canceled. Real singers do tend care how they are going to sound and do fret over allergies, colds, etc.
by Anonymous | reply 462 | January 2, 2022 8:18 PM |
MIranda keeps accepting invites (or perhaps invites himself) to be part of some of these things, but WTF is he being interviewed for say "Fiddler on the Roof" making documentary on PBS, when he wasn't even born. So he used some of the songs for his weddings -- so have bar mitzvahs and weddings since the show was first a hit. It's overkill and overexposure and over-praise for someone who is talented, but has come to believe his own press, and that, usually doesn't end that well, especially if he has a flop down the road.
by Anonymous | reply 463 | January 2, 2022 8:23 PM |
The Lopezes are also Latin and David Yazbek is of Lebanese descent, and I think they write better scores, but they haven't been shoved down our throats by the press and pr people. I'm not saying they should, but I'd rather see them sometimes rather than Miranda, who is swarmy and overbearing in how he comes across. Yes, it does seem rather insincere now because he accepts all these honors, plus he accepts acting and singing roles. No one apparently has told he that he's lacking in those. They're all looking to be in or produce his next show I guess.
by Anonymous | reply 464 | January 2, 2022 8:27 PM |
Yes, exactly. Despite the poster's claim upthread that one can always just ignore LMM, he pops up in fairly unexpected places. You don't have to follow him to get ambushed by his presence.
PS r464, PLEASE stop with the "swarmy."
by Anonymous | reply 465 | January 2, 2022 8:28 PM |
Exactly. He's become the Hot Ticket and it's frustrating because there are probably others who deserve more praise and/or opportunities. And everyone will continue to push him down our throats because, hey guess what, the optics of supporting him work really well. I wonder how much he's leaning into that. (Again, I get that he does have talent, but....this is a bit much.)
Lillias White gave an interview recently where she said she has always been brought in to deliver the rousing crowd-pleasing showstopping number...but she and her fellow women of color who have been doing that for years don't get the same status as Bernadette, Patti, etc. She's probably right and it sucks. She's amazing and has earned her icon status...you couldn't show me too much of Lillias these days. But does she get above title credit? Did she get invited to play Dolly? Is she always presenting at the Tony's?
So no, don't even start with saying I'm racist. The fact is that LMM is getting propped in ways other more deserving POC aren't. Show biz ain't fair.
by Anonymous | reply 466 | January 2, 2022 8:38 PM |
[quote] the taught butts
oh, dear.
by Anonymous | reply 467 | January 2, 2022 8:43 PM |
[quote] MIranda keeps accepting invites (or perhaps invites himself) to be part of some of these things, but WTF is he being interviewed for say "Fiddler on the Roof" making documentary on PBS, when he wasn't even born.
His presence gets viewers and clicks. You're blaming him, when everyone is [italic]scrambling[/italic] over themselves hoping he'll participate.
by Anonymous | reply 468 | January 2, 2022 8:46 PM |
[quote]The really big musicals like Wicked and Jersey Boys that have had multiple companies and toured for ages have extra swings who have a suitcase filled with costumes and are ready to be summoned wherever needed.
That doesn't sound even remotely believable. So who pays for the storage of all these costumes? Because a set of Wicked costumes would fill half the average NY apartment. How about maintaining them? How about alterations as bodies change? How about the cost of transporting them?
by Anonymous | reply 469 | January 2, 2022 8:49 PM |
I don't think it's necessarily true, r468, that Miranda is accepting invitations. I think in at least some situations he is elbowing his way in. He completely eclipsed Erich Bergen (who's entitled to accolades for arranging that Sondheim tribute). And I can't imagine that the Fiddler documentarians sought him out.
Ever heard him speak about how he "wrote" "Maria" after the hurricane?
He is very talented. I don't think anyone would deny that. But he has an ego the size of Argentina, and some people find that obnoxious.
by Anonymous | reply 470 | January 2, 2022 9:12 PM |
His Mary Poppins 2 was bad.
by Anonymous | reply 471 | January 2, 2022 9:16 PM |
No one dares tell him that he hasn't gotten much better as an actor and singer since those high school or college musical productions which ended up on the internet. Yikes!
by Anonymous | reply 472 | January 2, 2022 10:03 PM |
[quote] He completely eclipsed Erich Bergen (who's entitled to accolades for arranging that Sondheim tribute).
...and how much publicity would the event have gotten with Erich Bergen as the headliner?
by Anonymous | reply 473 | January 2, 2022 10:04 PM |
What might be scarier is that he probably thinks he was wonderful in those, too, like that of him in "Jesus Christ Superstar".
by Anonymous | reply 474 | January 2, 2022 10:04 PM |
R473 Sondheim was the headliner.
by Anonymous | reply 475 | January 2, 2022 10:05 PM |
OK, smarmy then!
by Anonymous | reply 476 | January 2, 2022 10:06 PM |
Would be a shame if we lost the Theatre 80. But something sounds "off" here: "he had taken out a $6.1 million mortgage against the properties to settle an inheritance dispute, pay legal fees and finance needed renovations."
by Anonymous | reply 477 | January 2, 2022 10:14 PM |
Mrs. Doubtfire “pausing” production for nine weeks
by Anonymous | reply 478 | January 2, 2022 10:43 PM |
Nine weeks seems like a long time...I wonder if it'll be back and if other shows will follow?
by Anonymous | reply 479 | January 2, 2022 10:52 PM |
If Sutton Foster is the biggest Broadway star of the last 20 years, we're in big trouble.
Oh, yeah. Broadway IS in big trouble.
by Anonymous | reply 480 | January 2, 2022 11:07 PM |
[quote]the taught butts
You’ve got to be carefully taught how to have a taut butt
by Anonymous | reply 481 | January 2, 2022 11:24 PM |
Doubtfire thinking they can make it 9 weeks from now is insane. It's a flop.
by Anonymous | reply 482 | January 2, 2022 11:36 PM |
Why are they closing?
by Anonymous | reply 483 | January 2, 2022 11:42 PM |
and even more laughable- they have tickets on sale through Nov 20, 2022
by Anonymous | reply 484 | January 2, 2022 11:43 PM |
Doubtfire would be closing in January without the pandemic. Don't blame Covid.
by Anonymous | reply 485 | January 2, 2022 11:50 PM |
Doubtfire shutting down until March 15. Guessing more will follow.
by Anonymous | reply 486 | January 3, 2022 12:03 AM |
Oops. Sport. Thread didn’t reload properly and I thought I was delivering breaking news :)
by Anonymous | reply 487 | January 3, 2022 12:05 AM |
[quote]I'm not racist. Don't act like he isn't getting a ton of support for being Latin and bringing that perspective to theatre.
I stopped reading after "I'm not racist."
by Anonymous | reply 488 | January 3, 2022 1:00 AM |
"dirth"?? r458? Oh, dear!
by Anonymous | reply 489 | January 3, 2022 1:31 AM |
That's a fine way to looose a man!
by Anonymous | reply 490 | January 3, 2022 1:36 AM |
I don't give a god damn about Tony Yazbeck's ethnicity as long as he will sit on my face. There. I said it. And I am not ashamed.
by Anonymous | reply 492 | January 3, 2022 2:36 AM |
From The Times:
In a startling illustration of the financial damage a resurgent pandemic is causing on Broadway, the producer of a new musical adaptation of “Mrs. Doubtfire” has decided to close down his show for nine weeks, saying he sees no other way to save the production.
Kevin McCollum, a veteran Broadway producer whose previous credits include “Rent” and “Avenue Q,” said he would close the musical comedy beginning Jan. 10, with a plan to reopen on March 14. The move will cost 115 people their jobs for that period; McCollum said he is committed to rehiring those who want to return.
by Anonymous | reply 493 | January 3, 2022 2:43 AM |
[quote] The Lopezes are also Latin
Robert Lopez is Filipino.
[quote] Lillas’s contract was up. I think she has a new show coming up.
She's in the new Off-Broadway musical Black No More.
[quote] Sutton, by contrast, is beloved for her work but she's rarely doing interviews or making sure she's standing next to the right people. She isn't waltzing around like the New Queen or something....but she IS arguably the biggest Broadway star of the last 20 years.
Kristin Chenoweth?
by Anonymous | reply 494 | January 3, 2022 3:19 AM |
It's unbelievable the number of Marys on All That Chat and BroadwayWorld who are incensed that the producers of DOUBTFIRE aren't going to be paying the company/crew something during this time. WTF are they thinking? Are people really that thick now that they can't understand basic economics? Dollars in to dollars out? If there was money to spare, the show wouldn't forced into this 'hiatus' (a very carefully chosen term). But you'd think McCollum was the devil here, instead of being seen as WISE: making a preemptive, proactive move that might actually keep people more gainfully employed for many months, rather than calling it quits altogether next week. Which would you prefer, a 2 month hiatus followed by 4-6 months on a production contract, or 2 more piss poor weeks and back to unemployment?
The theatre boards are being overrun with woke, socialist simpletons who expect handouts and charity. This is a BUSINESS. And a rough old one at that even without COVID. I have no horse in this race, but I commend McCollum for making the tough decision in the hopes of the show (and cast) bouncing back when this surge has passed.
by Anonymous | reply 495 | January 3, 2022 3:55 AM |
Which broadway musicals Sallyann how’s was in? She was grate in the movies I seen her in. Sad she died
by Anonymous | reply 496 | January 3, 2022 7:31 AM |
[quote] I'm not racist.
Says racist r453, too blind to even recognize it in himself.
And there is no “Bert” in Mary Poppins Returns. LMM played a different character.
And we see that you are either a Brit or a Canadian, R453.
by Anonymous | reply 497 | January 3, 2022 7:34 AM |
[quote]Which broadway musicals Sallyann how’s was in? She was grate in the movies I seen her in. Sad she died.
Also sad: Your English skills.
by Anonymous | reply 498 | January 3, 2022 7:36 AM |
[quote] Which broadway musicals Sallyann how’s was in? She was grate in the movies I seen her in. Sad she died
mlop?
by Anonymous | reply 499 | January 3, 2022 7:36 AM |
R488
Oh Whatever. You're a moron.
You accuse someone of being a racist in order to prompt them ro reply with "Im not a racist" just so you can point your finger and say I'm being defensive. What are you, 5 years old?
Did YOU see Lillias White in Chicago, Mr Non Racist?
Anyway, if the shows were smart they'd all close until March. We're in for at least 8 weeks of people being scared and isolating.
by Anonymous | reply 500 | January 3, 2022 8:49 AM |
This just in: Singapore/Fling is STILL a moron.
That is all. Carry on, bitches.
by Anonymous | reply 501 | January 3, 2022 10:16 AM |
r499, if that had been mlop, she would have regaled us with the many times she had met Sally Ann, the annual Christmas cards she received from her, and how Sally Ann loved the story about Chita lifting her leg.
by Anonymous | reply 502 | January 3, 2022 11:06 AM |
[quote] The theatre boards are being overrun with woke, socialist simpletons who expect handouts and charity. This is a BUSINESS. And a rough old one at that even without COVID.
Aren't the chat board filled with children, fanboys, and theatre fanatics who make DL-ers look like rational adults by comparison?
by Anonymous | reply 503 | January 3, 2022 12:24 PM |
If they close "Doubtfire" for three months, I wonder what rules Equity has in place for the contracts. Are they null and void, and does the producer get to "renegotiate" contract terms for everyone that weren't getting the minimum?
by Anonymous | reply 504 | January 3, 2022 12:39 PM |
[quote]Aren't the chat board filled with children, fanboys, and theatre fanatics who make DL-ers look like rational adults by comparison?
As if that were even fucking possible.
by Anonymous | reply 505 | January 3, 2022 12:48 PM |
Muriel, is that you? Can you fix the damn saving and loading of sites and settings? Thanks.
by Anonymous | reply 506 | January 3, 2022 12:50 PM |
Sorry r506 - mani-pedi today.
Check back next year.
by Anonymous | reply 507 | January 3, 2022 1:10 PM |
that's what you said [italic]last[/italic] year, and those talons still look like shit.
by Anonymous | reply 508 | January 3, 2022 1:12 PM |
R495 And yet I bet Roundabout continues to get paid over the next 9 weeks.
by Anonymous | reply 509 | January 3, 2022 1:40 PM |
(In a roundabout way.)
by Anonymous | reply 510 | January 3, 2022 1:43 PM |
I can barely tolerate L. White rifting and overacting just one number in a show, I couldn't imagine sitting through a musical where she's the star and has multiple numbers - ugh. Yes, I'm way over LMM tireless self promotion. However, even worse than him is "Mr. Broadway" himself the "AMAZIN" SR. This egomaniac needs to be checked into a rehab facility ASAP. His constant need for attention and praise along with self promoting everything he does is exhausting!!!
by Anonymous | reply 511 | January 3, 2022 1:55 PM |
Please, r511, what is "rifting."
And who is The AMAZIN SR?
by Anonymous | reply 512 | January 3, 2022 2:02 PM |
Seth Rudetsky - who is A LOT to take. I also have trouble with grown men who speak in the sing-song cadence of a 12 year old girl.
by Anonymous | reply 513 | January 3, 2022 2:05 PM |
I thought Lin was charming in Poppins. His accent wasn’t great but neither was Dick Van Dyke’s.
by Anonymous | reply 514 | January 3, 2022 2:07 PM |
Lord, yes. The AMAAAAAAAAAAAAzing SR.
by Anonymous | reply 515 | January 3, 2022 2:08 PM |
[quote]I also have trouble with grown men who speak in the sing-song cadence of a 12 year old girl.
R513 how come?
by Anonymous | reply 516 | January 3, 2022 2:30 PM |
Do you think Bernadette will ever do another Broadway show? I love her, but I don't think she has the vocal stamina for a lead role anymore, but I can't think of many marquee supporting roles in the musical theatre for such an idiosyncratic performer, either.
by Anonymous | reply 517 | January 3, 2022 2:47 PM |
HELLO, DOLLY! was perfect for Bernadette because there's actually not that much singing involved for that role, and what's there isn't difficult at all, so her voice wasn't taxed. I thought she sounded great the night I attended.
by Anonymous | reply 518 | January 3, 2022 2:50 PM |
R518 - that's a good point. There are, I suppose, some lead roles that aren't vocally taxing. She already did one of them -- Desiree in Night Music -- prior to Dolly.
by Anonymous | reply 519 | January 3, 2022 2:52 PM |
The Gin Game...the Musical
by Anonymous | reply 520 | January 3, 2022 3:00 PM |
BP could easily do Madame Armfeldt, but doubt she would play anyone over 35.
by Anonymous | reply 521 | January 3, 2022 3:04 PM |
We saw A STRANGE LOOP at Playwrights Horizons and disliked it. But the new artwork for it a WOOLLY MAMMOTH sums it up quite nicely - intense navel-gazing. Good luck on Broadway, fellas!
by Anonymous | reply 522 | January 3, 2022 3:08 PM |
Strange Loop's Broadway run will make "Dana H's" look like PHANTOM. Who wants to pay $150 bucks to hear a writer bitch about his life?
by Anonymous | reply 523 | January 3, 2022 4:44 PM |
Maybe Bernadette will do a play. Her appearances don't always just have to be in musicals.
by Anonymous | reply 524 | January 3, 2022 5:11 PM |
THIS DAY IN BROADWAY HISTORY: In 1952, a revival of "Pal Joey" opened at the Broadhurst Theatre.
by Anonymous | reply 525 | January 3, 2022 5:12 PM |
I agree that Bernie would make a great Mdme Armfeldt. Perfect role for her. And, at her age, does she really want to carry a show?
by Anonymous | reply 526 | January 3, 2022 5:19 PM |
Hell she could do it via zoom. Just prop an iPad in the wheelchair
by Anonymous | reply 527 | January 3, 2022 5:20 PM |
Oh Elaine, will you for chrissake go to New Haven and sing the fucking song!
by Anonymous | reply 528 | January 3, 2022 5:23 PM |
R509 -- I don't understand why people are taking issue with the notion of McCollum paying the Roundabout rent. If they hope to reopen in 2 months, they NEED to pay the theatre owner rent to allow the physical production to stay put in the interim. There isn't any scandal here.
by Anonymous | reply 530 | January 3, 2022 6:38 PM |
The problem is your definition of the word "people." These "people" are whiny high school kids and unemployed actors in their basements with nothing to do, who post constantly and know nothing about how this business -- or any business -- really works.
But you post like their comments matter. That's the problem with the age we live in. The LOUDEST gets the attention -- no matter what is being said.
Hello President Trump.
by Anonymous | reply 531 | January 3, 2022 6:48 PM |
For once ryhog is the voice of sanity. And I just love how he always puts that pompous twat NewtonUK in his place.
by Anonymous | reply 532 | January 3, 2022 7:18 PM |
R530 So it's okay to expect actors and crew to make sacrifices for the greater good, but theatre owners are off the table, got it.
by Anonymous | reply 533 | January 3, 2022 7:22 PM |
r533, producers and actors (and stagehands, etc.) are NOT created equal.
by Anonymous | reply 534 | January 3, 2022 7:29 PM |
Bernie should consider Tennessee Williams' "Night Of The Iguana". A perfect Maxene.
by Anonymous | reply 535 | January 3, 2022 9:57 PM |
The other issue about casting Bernadette is that she looks and moves far from the traditional grandma roles women her age usually get.
by Anonymous | reply 536 | January 3, 2022 10:14 PM |
She's Italian, born Bernadette Lazzara -- she could play one of the woman in "Nine", maybe Guido's mother if she can still get into head voice or one of the other roles. Or the French producers, since Bernie played a French lady (san accent) in "Sunday in the Park with George. "Dear World" might be too much trouble in carrying a show at this point. She could do Princess Puffer in "Drood" also. She could drop down to supporting doing "Broadway Baby" in another "Follies"or Carlotta's "I'm Still Here". Some really nice supporting roles if Bernadette wants to do them.
by Anonymous | reply 538 | January 3, 2022 10:32 PM |
She was part of the reading in October of the Sondheim-Ives Bunuel musical, and presumably would have had a major role had it been produced (along with Nathan Lane and, I've heard, Mia)
by Anonymous | reply 539 | January 3, 2022 10:38 PM |
Under the Radar and Prototype festivals cancelled; Exponential festival going online! Happy 2022!
by Anonymous | reply 540 | January 3, 2022 10:53 PM |
That would make them Apres-garde (sorry no accent on keyboard)
by Anonymous | reply 541 | January 3, 2022 10:57 PM |
R539-Which Mia? Farrow?
I never miss a Mia Farrow musical.
But has anyone ever heard Ronan warble? (with a full mouth?) Of course, he swallows...his notes.
by Anonymous | reply 542 | January 3, 2022 10:59 PM |
Maybe the mean one of the Mamma Mias?
by Anonymous | reply 543 | January 3, 2022 11:00 PM |
they, that is
by Anonymous | reply 544 | January 3, 2022 11:01 PM |
Maxene in IGUANA?? Bette Davis, Ava Gardner . . . Bernadette Peters? What's wrong with this picture?
by Anonymous | reply 545 | January 3, 2022 11:34 PM |
How about the father in Fences, you trans-hating racists!
by Anonymous | reply 546 | January 3, 2022 11:42 PM |
Yeah...Bette Davis. Who was 53. Bernadette is an actress who can look 53. There is no age designated to the character of Maxine. Sylvia Miles looked like she was 75 when she played the role in '76/'77. She was 52 and stunk up the joint. She was reported by her cast-mates to the Dramatists Guild for attempting to make Tennessee"s dialogue dirtier. Cherry Jones was only 40 when she played it in '96. Nobody said she was too young. Ms. Peters is an actress. I'd pay to see Bernie.
by Anonymous | reply 547 | January 4, 2022 12:53 AM |
[quote]Cherry Jones was only 40 when she played it in '96
In no way is/was Bernadette a Maxene, r547...and neither was Cherry Jones, ya putz.
by Anonymous | reply 548 | January 4, 2022 1:07 AM |
R462, Bacall blew out a knee during the gay disco number early on in the run of Applause and wore a bandage for a month and still never missed a performance.
by Anonymous | reply 549 | January 4, 2022 1:13 AM |
What else did she blow?
by Anonymous | reply 550 | January 4, 2022 1:16 AM |
Tell us, Len!
by Anonymous | reply 551 | January 4, 2022 1:25 AM |
When I saw Eleanor, r549, she was sporting an ankle bandage.
by Anonymous | reply 552 | January 4, 2022 1:34 AM |
R549. GRETCHEN WYLER ISN’T GOING TO SING MY SONGS
by Anonymous | reply 553 | January 4, 2022 1:35 AM |
R548-I take it you'll never be a casting director.
by Anonymous | reply 555 | January 4, 2022 1:41 AM |
How so, r555?
by Anonymous | reply 556 | January 4, 2022 2:13 AM |
I think what will finally kill NY theater in the coming months are people who don't live in Manhattan, us Bridge and Tunnelers, who will be unwilling to buy tickets in advance with NO guarantee of the performance actually happening. I had a ticket for Assassins a couple of weeks ago, got an email from CSC that morning about their Covid protocols and then another email 2 hours before curtain that the performance was canceled. And the news that they couldn't exchange the tickets because the rest of the run was sold out (they did grant an immediate online reimbursement).
Living an hour and a half from NYC, I won't want to take the chance (and expense) of coming into the city until things are back to normal, especially in these nasty winter months, no matter how long that takes. And I think that will be a common feeling among most non-Manhattanites. Sad times....
by Anonymous | reply 557 | January 4, 2022 2:28 AM |
R533 -- Is that really what you're taking away from this? SMH. It's real simple: Actors and crew can be sent home and costs saved. Sets, lighting and costumes cannot.
As a result, the theatre MUST be paid for. These landlords have bills to pay and unless McCollum is gonna haul out the physical production, there's no other option.
This isn't about some tyrannical hierarchy. It's legitimately the only thing they can't remove from the theatre in a cost-saving measure. I mean, they theoretically COULD but that would be the end of that production. It's cost-prohibitive to unload now and load-in 2 months from now. So he's paying to keep HIS physical production on THEIR property in the hopes his cast and crew can return and get a 4-6 month (or more) run out of it.
The outrage over this move is beyond mind boggling. They're trying to paint him as some oppressor when he's actually attempting to be the savior of this dreck of a show!
by Anonymous | reply 558 | January 4, 2022 2:51 AM |
Singapore/Fuckin'Fling and the others don't realize that for example, to make the math real simple: in a 1000 seat house charging $5 a seat equals $5000 total per performance x 8/ perfs. a week - $40,000. But if no one is buying, your take is $0 and there's no money for actors and tech crew. The theatre wants money for rental and as Judge Judy says, if your stuff (the sets, costumes backstage, etc.) is there, you're there and you owe rent. There may, may be a couple of weeks salaries that the unions have made it mandatory to set aside for the actors --- which started from when non union actors before the union existed, used to be stranded in places and didn't have money to get back home. (Watch nearly any Ann Sothern "Maisie" movie and that's usually where she starts out). But the unions can't force producers to pay money that isn't coming in from the production to the actors if they cancel the shows. If the shows were being kept open and performers were performing, then they would be forced or sued into paying. But here, the producers are in a tough spot with the pandemic and performers out and audiences afraid to come, and they are saying, we'll suspend production, you have a job if you want when we start up again. But we can't pay you until you perform when we get the show up and running again. Also, we have expenses now like rent and we're taking a loss, because we hope to run the show again when hopefully things are looking better in a few months. Jerks like Singapore/FuckingFling can't accept this or see past his binary/non-binary/who the fuck knows at this point, POC's penis in their bum.
by Anonymous | reply 559 | January 4, 2022 3:04 AM |
I'm not defending S/F but what he/she seems to find objectionable is making McCollum out to be a hero or noble in his actions. But IMHO McCollum is doing the right thing. He could so easily close the show forever and be done with it.
by Anonymous | reply 560 | January 4, 2022 3:10 AM |
I'm surprises S/F isn't objecting to the pronouns on top of whether it should be hero/heroine/hero-x. He usually puts all that in every thread. But then again, life is nicer by mostly skipping over his/her/its posts since it's the same bs agenda.
by Anonymous | reply 561 | January 4, 2022 3:12 AM |
R552 - How was Eleanor Parker's singing voice?
by Anonymous | reply 562 | January 4, 2022 8:39 AM |
Eliner parkers dint sing half as glorowsly as sallyann how’s. nobody said her productions of broadway yet like I ask
by Anonymous | reply 563 | January 4, 2022 8:58 AM |
[quote]that reminds me of Roberto Benigni at the 1999 Oscars. He acted the clown whenever the cameras were on him, especially when he won Best Actor. The camera caught him being normal a few times, but as soon as he noticed it, he clowned it up.
Leading to perhaps my favourite Oscars speech. Tom Stoppard, immaculate in his British tuxedo, accepted his Best Screenplay Oscar for Shakespeare in Love shortly after Benigni won Best Foreign Film and infamously ran towards the stage across the backs of the seats.
Stoppard reached the stage in a stately manner and announced drily: "I am behaving like Roberto Benigni -- inside."
by Anonymous | reply 564 | January 4, 2022 9:21 AM |
Who can actually read R559’s post without paragraphs, especially on a phone?
by Anonymous | reply 565 | January 4, 2022 11:06 AM |
Who knew Singapore/Fling could hijack a thread?
by Anonymous | reply 566 | January 4, 2022 11:42 AM |
R547, no one said it because Cherry jones was playing a different character.
by Anonymous | reply 567 | January 4, 2022 12:18 PM |
Oh SNAP
by Anonymous | reply 568 | January 4, 2022 1:09 PM |
RIP Joan Copeland at 99
by Anonymous | reply 569 | January 4, 2022 2:13 PM |
THIS DAY IN BROADWAY HISTORY: In 1977, "The Trip Back Down" opened at the Longacre Theatre.
by Anonymous | reply 570 | January 4, 2022 2:32 PM |
Patti LuPone shows off the Company bar, La Culotte Rouge, at the Jacobs Theatre and tells audiences it is safe to return to Broadway:
by Anonymous | reply 571 | January 4, 2022 2:33 PM |
[quote]These landlords have bills to pay
Silly me, I forgot that actors and crew don't have any bills to pay for the next 8 weeks.
[quote]It's cost-prohibitive to unload now and load-in 2 months from now.
You do realise how stupid you sound when you say stuff like this, right? But anything for a desperate argument to defend those at the top from having to sacrifice too.
by Anonymous | reply 572 | January 4, 2022 2:37 PM |
Joan Copeland is one of those nyc mainstays who was chockfull of stories she was happy to share but never obnoxious about it. Sorry to see her go, may she RIP.
by Anonymous | reply 573 | January 4, 2022 3:02 PM |
Yes, sad about dear Joan Copeland. I worked with her a couple of times many years ago and though she could be very grand, she was quite lovely and gracious with the most amazing blue eyes and great stories about her former sister-in-law Marilyn Monroe.
by Anonymous | reply 574 | January 4, 2022 3:12 PM |
R574, Aunt by marriage to Daniel Day-Lewis.
by Anonymous | reply 575 | January 4, 2022 3:23 PM |
[quote] You do realise how stupid you sound
Do you realise how you lose all credibility when you resort to insults? Trashy. Rubbish.
by Anonymous | reply 576 | January 4, 2022 3:32 PM |
And co-star, by sad coincidence, to Danny Kaye.
by Anonymous | reply 577 | January 4, 2022 3:32 PM |
I recall my first night in London at the National Theatre prior to a performance, watching Joan C. go into a hissy fit because the concession guy wouldn't take American money and Joan bellowing "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"
by Anonymous | reply 578 | January 4, 2022 3:34 PM |
Welcome, Walter W. to Datalounge. I do not know a day I did not love you!
by Anonymous | reply 579 | January 4, 2022 3:35 PM |
There are 5 shows sitting in theatres right now ready to be loaded out, but they're still sitting there: West Side Story, Jagged, Colored Man, Waitress, FreeStyle, and Doubtfire/not Doubtfire.
by Anonymous | reply 580 | January 4, 2022 3:40 PM |
R580, so does that mean you think it's a lite that they're going to try to reopen DOUBTFIRE in the spring?
by Anonymous | reply 581 | January 4, 2022 3:45 PM |
Of course it's a lie. They were barely hanging on in the first place.
by Anonymous | reply 582 | January 4, 2022 3:51 PM |
It's Singapore/FuckingFling now, like Lens Dunham
by Anonymous | reply 583 | January 4, 2022 3:56 PM |
Joan Copeland and Marilyn Monroe were both born on June 1st albeit four years apart. Joan was older.
by Anonymous | reply 585 | January 4, 2022 4:22 PM |
So do we use the other #448 or start a #449?
by Anonymous | reply 586 | January 4, 2022 4:49 PM |
Start a 449
by Anonymous | reply 587 | January 4, 2022 4:58 PM |
R580 Rather undermining the claim theatres HAVE to be paid to stay available. McCollum could call Roundabout's bluff. And Roundabout could use some of the $23 million it has in cash/equivalents on hand to cover 9 weeks of bills. Wonder if McCollum himself is even sacrificing his producer's fee during this period.
by Anonymous | reply 588 | January 4, 2022 4:58 PM |
Actually, r588, do you actually know what actual deal McCollum actually has with Roundabout?
by Anonymous | reply 589 | January 4, 2022 5:00 PM |
R589 No, and neither do the people upthread defending the idea of theatre owners being paid while actors and crew get told to sacrifice. Funny how you weren't asking if they knew the details of the deal, isn't it? Only when their arguments are shown up for their ridiculousness are you now saying we can't comment because we don't know the terms of the deal. How transparent.
by Anonymous | reply 590 | January 4, 2022 5:07 PM |
New thread before we say bonjour to Bajour. Be kind. (Bwah-hahahahahahaha.)
by Anonymous | reply 591 | January 4, 2022 5:09 PM |
Funny how angry you are r590. I wonder if anyone knows of what they speak.
by Anonymous | reply 592 | January 4, 2022 5:11 PM |
I'll lick Covid.
by Anonymous | reply 593 | January 4, 2022 5:11 PM |
MARY!
by Anonymous | reply 594 | January 4, 2022 5:12 PM |
Jesus, I don't usually complain about thread titles, but....really?
by Anonymous | reply 595 | January 4, 2022 5:19 PM |
On one of those old Working in the Theatre seminars Joan told the story of the first time she went on for Eleanor Parker in PAL JOEY with script in hand wearing jeans because she didn’t have costumes. Parker locked herself in her dressing room and wouldn’t come out.
by Anonymous | reply 596 | January 4, 2022 5:25 PM |
Bajour!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 597 | January 4, 2022 5:26 PM |
You're very early r597
by Anonymous | reply 598 | January 4, 2022 5:27 PM |
oh shit I have diarrhea again....................
by Anonymous | reply 599 | January 4, 2022 5:28 PM |
BAJOUR!
by Anonymous | reply 600 | January 4, 2022 5:28 PM |