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Yes, good point about "Defying Gravity." Opera also takes into account the weight of the singer's voice and works with it, so high notes that need to be sung as light and floaty can be sung that way, as opposed to musical theatre where mics allow audiences to hear high notes that aren't sung the way high notes are *supposed* to be sung in terms of vocal health and technique.

Like, "Glitter and be Gay" is brutal, but at least those high not

Listener said: "Having only seen the show once, I probably missed the obvious - so be patient with me here - but who were the antisemitic characters and how didantisemitism factor into what unfolded with Leo?

I do know he was called a "Jew!" at one point during the trial, and made to seem pervy (is that an accusation regularly hurled at Jewish men?) but mostly I was struck by the fact that the prosecutor wanted to pin the murder on someone and there were only 2 m

Yeah, I recently rewatched some eps from season 1 and I wish there had been more continuity between the two seasons. Like, what happened to Schmigadoon? Are they still the same people or do they just happen to look the same? I find the loss of those characters, to whom I had grown rather attached, rather sad. Season 2 paid some lip service to that but never really showed it any consequence.

Also Schmicago just doesn't feel like a town that would really exist outside of Melissa and

Yeah, it's about 90 min I would say.

I don't think there are gunshots, just a very loud "whipping" sound. I'm very squeamish and never had issues with JCS, including this production. They throw glitter when he's whipped, which sounds silly but is pretty cool when you're watching it. It's all very stylized and you can tell it's staged, not real. It's not like Passion of the Christ or anything.

g.d.e.l.g.i. said: "Which is

It's also important to include "Rumblin' and a Rollin" imo because the Leo Frank trial had pretty big implications for race relations in that area. It was the first time a white man was convicted on the testimony of a black man. In fact, the people were convinced that Conley couldn't be lying because they thought a black man wasn't smart enough to consistently provide false testimony. But the fact that this white man was Jewish, of course, adds a far bigger layer of

Anti-Semites and Neo-Nazis are convinced that Leo Frank did all of the horrible things the prosecution said he did during the trial, including making sexual advances towards his younger employees. So that's why they're saying this musical glorifies a "pedophile," they consider Frank to have been one. They're probably protesting this shows and not others because it's about Frank, and they are VERY hung up on him specifically.

It's actually really distur

As a mental health professional, I don't think that Next to Normal handles its subject matter well at all. But I guess you could still argue it fits because it is about a serious social issue, even if it mishandles it, and it's entertaining.

Does Dogfight count, even though it's off Broadway? IMO it does a better job with portraying a mental health diagnosis than Dear Evan Hansen and N2N.

But, of course, my votes would always go to Cabaret and Ragtime. I migh