Profile for bwayobsessed

binau said: "I’m not sure why but almost the entire score has clicked for me and I genuinely believe it’s one of the strongest new scores we’ve heard in years. I will paint her is so passionate, melodic and captures perfectly that mood of excitement and infatuation. The running through the notes during the word ‘paint’ is not something I remember hearing before. It’s amazing!"


I agree! I really like the score throughout. I th

TBFL said: "They recorded many differnt takes for the end of DG.

I imagine they'll use one that hasn't been heard in the trailers, so people will still be surprised by the ending."

Full credit for this thought goes to the Sentimental Men podcast (highly recommend) but they suggest that the finale of DG is expanded so there is a version of the war cry when she rises (after “It’s me”) in addition to the true end of the song. I could

Theatrefanboy1 said: "Mrs Lovett would definitely add another layer to her character. Imagine her almost a groomer for Mr Todd. It throws in a bit of 50 shades reversal. Which is still within the wheelhouse of Sweeney Todd.


Anything to have her as Mrs Lovett. (Wished they had extended the latest revival once one with her even through the summer).


I’m so very excited to see her in Old Friends"

The recent revival had no directori

TheatreFan4 said: "I say this as someone who very much likes this production, but people who are coming away from it with "I get it now!" Kind of annoy me. It's patronizing. Like they didn't change really anything about the story, just the context. It's okay to just say you didn't like the original concept.

I think it works cuz they were just like we are mostly ignoring the show and doing it the way we think is cool.

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ChairinMain said: "jacobsnchz14 said: "Actually surprised ALW’s adaptation of The Wizard of Oz never actually made it to Broadway."

Having seen it...I am not surprised."

I did not see the RSC production, the Wizard of Oz is perhaps my favorite movie. That said the way the movie is written works better on film then onstage, especially for a modern audience. The songs are all great but aside from Over the Rainbow could sorta be estab

Streganona said: "Interesting discussion of the rumble scene in the Forbes article. Can someone who has seen both The Outsiders and Ivo Van Hove's revival of West Side Story compare these two rumbles in the rain? I wonder if The Outsiders team, including Danya Taymor, was inspired in part by WSS.

I would say Ivo’s Rumble was more like you were watching a real fight  (to my memory I only saw it once). Danya’s is very stylized and dancelik

chrishuyen said: "Guess I'll be a bit of a dissenter here. I thought the group numbers came off FAR better than the power ballads, which just contain a myriad of lyrics that range from cringe to not making much sense for the character at all. The ensemble numbers at least are fun and I'm not paying all that much attention to what the lyrics are doing, so it hides any deficiencies they might have. Maybe I'd like the power ballads more if they had better lyrics, but they ju

hearthemsing22 said: "There are still people whining about the closing of this show, saying things like "we need to rethink the system". Oh shut up. This show did not have an audience. And if it did, it was a very small one, and that is not enough to keep the show open. All those people who were always going- did they tell their friends to go? Did those friends pay full price? Did they keep spreading the word? I'm thinking-- no. So- stop whining I beg of you"<