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berniesb!tch said: "Mother Play. Such a misfire for me on almost all levels. I couldn’t believe the actors read the script and said yes."

Oh, lort, I'd already blocked this from my mind.  SO disappointing.  Like a 90s Hallmark TV Movie, with added bits from the 1996 dancing-cockroach movie Joe's Apartment for some reason. 

Matlby and Shire's "Big" was... depressing.  My friend left at intermission, while I unwisely stayed only to be confronted with not one, but TWO dream ballets (one on skateboards).  I'd been obsessed with their music for ages, but this score was terrible. 

I left humming the sets. 

In Jagged Little Pill, two people interrupt the singer of "Ironic"...

"Hold up... Wait a second! That's actually not ironic!"

"Right? If we're using irony as defined in Greek tragedy, I don't see how, like, a fly in your beverage applies."

"That's not irony... that's just like... shi**y." 

My brain read this as "Naked Boys Singing has clothed." 

There is currently a non-equity tour out now, and the base pay for the ensemble is what I used to get for doing non-equity tours... THIRTY YEARS AGO.  It used to be that those tours were the only place that young performers could be paid well and gain valuable experience, but it seems things have changed and producers are taking advantage of them.  

Is it possible to block someone here so you don't have to see their posts?

Just curious. 

"Oh, Elton John... must we continue this charade?"

-Man in Chair (and I concur)

ACL2006 said: "American Idiot, Bandstand, the 2006 Company revival."

American Idiot was critically acclaimed and ran over a year.  Hardly a flop. 

I saw it this week and it's still haunting me.  I don't understand the negative reactions here... I wasn't familiar with the play, so perhaps that made a difference.  Now that I've researched the history of other productions, I'm even more impressed.  First-time director Jeff Ward has a big future and I look forward to his directing career. 

VERY big spoiler:

Where will they insert the tap challenge?  Will it be in "A Little Priest" or "By The Sea"? 

Matt Koplik's podcast, Broadway Breakdown, is delightful.  He and his guests are like those people at a party that you wish you'd started a conversation with. 

CDs?????? Who the heck uses that outdated format?

I'll stick with my vinyl, thank you. 

If you set the show in 2023, would it be for a reunion of The Will Rogers Follies company?  Instead of "Who's That Woman" they put their wheelchairs in a line and do "Favorite Son"? 

Yes, by union rules they only need to give one week's notice.  I once worked a flop that was given notice on a Tuesday evening that the show would close at the end of that week on Sunday, which is allowable.  And we all fully expected it. 

When a show is struggling (and everyone involved knew this one wasn't hitting), you dread the expected "Full company meeting on stage" announcement.  It's never cake. 

Went to pick up my ticket and they had someone outside announcing that the matinee was cancelled due to Covid.  I have no information about this evening. 

Shen Yun is the money-making arm of the Falun Gong, a Chinese Armageddon cult.  They gave millions to the former President, as they believe that he will bring about the End Times (which they may not be wrong about).  The show is anti-evolution propaganda.  Don't give them a penny. 

Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk absolutely should have won instead of Rent.