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The Carousel recording looks intriguing, but I can't wait for the My Fair Lady one! Thanks for the tip on that!

Not a review, but I thought this was the best place for it: 

"How dueling ‘Great Gatsby’ musicals got the green light" 
By Andrew Zucker in The Washington Post

https://wapo.st/4esuHZc
(Link gifted)

Excerpt:
Could dueling “Gatsby” musicals running concurrently on Broadway somehow boost both productions’ prospects, creating buzz and making Midtown Manhattan the place to be for “Gatsby” fans from across the world? It’s more likely that they could confuse audiences, according to Andrew Lippa, a Broadway composer-lyricist. In 2000, Lippa’s off-Broadway musical “The Wild Party” ran at the same time as the Broadway musical “The Wild Party,” both based on Joseph Moncure March’s 1928 epic poem.

“From a marketing perspective, it's a problem,” he explained. “A friend says, ‘You should see “The Wild Party,”’ and somebody says ‘I'll go buy tickets,’ and then you go look for tickets and you’re like, ‘Wait a minute. There are two?’”

“We never had to deal with that issue because our show did not transfer to Broadway,” he added.

The dancing in the Chita Rivera tribute was great, but I wish they hadn't had dancers dancing and Chita on the screen and people talking all at the same time. It was difficult to focus on any one thing. 

Dan6 said: "Trying to put myself in the position of someone who hasn’t seen any of these shows, W4E was the first performance that made me think I wanted to see it."

I'm someone who hasn't seen any of these shows, and that's exactly how I feel.

"Blow, Gabriel, Blow" from Anything Goes

"Bring Him Home" from Les Mis

"Chain of Love" from The Grass Harp

That's too bad -- I was hoping this would work out for her. 

It is a pretty terrible title. Almost sounds like a documentary or something like that. 

Bettyboy72 said: "I just saw this. I wanna go! It’s referenced as “lavish” in the announcement. I’d love a lavish production.


Way to steal Nicole’s opening night thunder ALW. Faye said he was “capricious.”"

There is that. But then this announcement comes on the anniversary of Phantom's world premiere, so in that way you could say it's appropriate. Anyway, good for Sarah. I wish her success with this.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: ""what if the phantom was hot and the mask was to hide his hotness""

That was the movie version.

I certainly hope that producer never tries to watch a Mel Brooks movie. He might faint dead away.

Glad to hear it! Take good care of yourself.

You're in my prayers.

I've just realized that when I saw Crazy for You on Broadway, Charlie Stemp wasn't even born yet. 

And now I feel very, very old. 

That was one awkward Camelot medley. But Soo and Donica sounded glorious -- and oh, those costumes!

The Distinctive Baritone said: "I also wonder how much of an audience still exists for this play, as great as it is."

Why wouldn't there be an audience for it? 

 

Somewhat off-topic (and spoilerish for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" ): Interesting use of Richard Burton's "How to Handle a Woman" in the new episode. I'm not quite sure how it was supposed to apply to the situation -- it didn't fit either Gordon/Hedy or Gordon/Midge -- but I liked hearing it, anyhow!

Jesse Green's gone all Gollum over Oliver! His review reads like one long argument with himself: "It's good. But it shouldn't be good. But it is good. But it shouldn't be good. But it is good. But ..."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/theater/oliver-review-encores-city-center.html

I grew up with the '82 version, so it has my heart. Plus I love Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Ann Reinking, et al., in those roles. Carol's "Little Girls" is perfection.

Her voice is just heavenly. And those costumes are gorgeous.