Profile for Owen22

GottaGetAGimmick420 said: "Broadway Flash said: "How nice of them. I’d like them to beat the Florence Welsh Gatsby to London as well. Nederlander is one of the producers on it, so I’m sure they can get a theatre easily."

I don’t even know where to begin on the factual errors of this post."

What are you talking about?  There is only one fact stated in this post and it is entirely correct. The Nederlanders are part o

EDSOSLO858 said: "NY Post had the winning description of Michaelson’s score in my mind: “A scented candle fusion of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and Pachelbel’s Canon.” The first song I heard from the show was “Forever” some time before the Chicago tryout, and I thought it was lovely but nothing special. The rest of the score followed suit"

It's not even "nothing special". It's very much a bad score. Not her fau

I was at the final performance yesterday and I loved it. Acknowledging some of the critiques on here, I still loved it. Steven Pasquale was fulfilling his Destiny by playing this role and he did it gorgeously! He not only is incredibly handsome and charismatic but he's also such a great singer and comic actor! And Carolee Carmelo! What can I say? I loved Elizabeth Stanley as well and the rest of the cast I enjoyed to varying degrees. I found the constant movement and dancing beautifu

VernonGersch said: "David Mamet is one of the most horrible people both from a political stand point and creative perspective. The fact that Richards and Gold - not to mention Marber - are keen to dive into this play is a disgrace. I understand the economics of Broadway but surely there was another revival (god forbid taking a chance on a NEW play with that level of talent - minus Barr).

Mamet was always overrated in my opinion. From Speed The Plow to this to Oleanna. Hey,

I love Fitzgetald's The Great Gatsby.  And I could care less that the Broadway musical did not adhere to the themes the novel indulges. Themes that are still very relevant today.  But to put the show on stage as a popular musical, I completely think turning it into a musical comedy that turns tragic was a good idea, especially when the results turned out to be so good.  Mainly because the show was written by musical theatre writers who know how to write musical theatre song

Alessio2 said: "Can anyone comment on how rush has been? How early have people been getting there and how long have the lines been? also, does anyone know if they are setting aside seats for rush or is it just whatever might be randomly available that hasn't sold for that performance? TIA!!"

On Tik Tok subscribe to "Brian the Business Analyst".  Numerous times a week he heads to the theatre district in the a.m. to reports on how many people are in

binau said: "Also, he gets trashed but Jamie Lloyd seems like the hottest director in both London and New York right now.Tom Hiddleston in much ado about nothing, Sigourney Weaver in The Tempest, Tom Holland in Romeo & Juliet, Nicole S in Sunset, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in this show, Jessica Chastain in a Doll's House.

This is a crazy, crazy resume. And he has Sondheim roots (he did Passion at the Donmar and directed Aaron Tveit in Assassins).

He pr

joevitus said: "Now Bette is about as wrong for this material as it is possible to be, but she's a star, it's a star vehicle, and the revival would likely do great business."

I honestly can't disagree with you.  Mame is a patrician WASP as written. And is a dance role (I have always advocated for Jane Krakowski's Mame being a perfect marriage between actress and role).

But she made Dolly something special (and Dolly is also probably a Cath

What a wonderfully ridiculous play!  It reminded me of my twenties, rushing downtown to see Charles Bush in Vampire Lesbians of Sodom as well his many subsequent others.  Odd there really hasn't been many "serious" man-in-drag plays since. But unlike Charles (don't get me wrong I LOVE Charles Bush) Cole plays everything in absolute truth, no matter how silly. There are other actors on that stage who winkingly know they are performing farce. But Mary's real inne

I'm sure I've written this somewhere on these boards before, but Mame needs a special type of actress.  The character is both terribly pretentious and incredibly warm at the same time.  And of course needs a set of pipes and a wicked sense for comedy. Sounds like Bette Midler to me!  (Mame ages close to Bette's actual age in the show, and then begins approximately fifteen years before.  She looks ten years younger than her age, so let's say 65 at the end.&n