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It wasn't on Broadway, but I thought that Let the Right One In at St. Ann's about 12 years ago was very successful. 

JSquared2 said: "Call_me_jorge said: "Shields is already receiving some flack from the stage management community after she described Actors Equity as an “acting community”"


Then maybe some of them should have voted?"

For what it's worth, a friend of mine who's a member of Equity tried to get a ballot multiple times (both by emailing and calling) and never received one. I wouldn't be surprised if this happened to others as well. 

I honestly could not have dreamed up a better Encores season. Seeing the original production of Urinetown (with most of the original company) as a kid is one of my most treasured theatregoing memories, so I'm very excited to revisit it as an adult as I haven't seen it since then. Bonnie Milligan as Pennywise would be inspired, and the announced casting for Ragtime is absolutely perfect. 

I'm genuinely thrilled that Daniel Radcliffe finally picked up a nomination after turning in really stellar theatre work for a decade and a half. He's wonderful in Merrily, and I'm happy he was finally recognized. All of the nominations for Stereophonic have also made me even more excited to see it in a week! 

HeyMrMusic said: "I hope this is a slam dunk forJaja's African Hair Braidingin the Wig and Hair category. Wish they could share in a costume nomination at the Tonys since the hair was integral to the storytelling and also quite magical to have pulled off in full view of the audience."

I totally agree, the first thing I looked for in my Playbill after the show was who did the wig and hair design. Nikiya Mathis did incredible work.

Marty uses they/them pronouns out of drag. 

My seat for Hadestown last night was in orchestra row N in the center, and it seemed like the people around me had also purchased through TDF. 

Did you see Suffs at the Public? I didn't care for the show as a whole, but Phillipa Soo was far and away one of the standouts in the cast (along with Grace McLean and Nikki M. James). I agree that it would be a loss for the production if she doesn't move forward with it. 

Sutton Ross said: "Intotheblue said: "Timing is everything. Unfortunately, waiting 10 years to bring it in AND opening in the summer were it’s biggest downfall."

Correct. And once again the Broadway will most likely sit empty for a long time. Has there ever been a hit there in the past decade? F*ck."

I believe the last time something ran in there for more than a year was Cinderella, which was indeed a decade ago. 

What did Taran Killam ever do to y'all? He's not like, John Mulaney level famous as a comedian but he obviously enjoys doing theatre since he continues coming back to it. Personally I think it's very fun casting, and I'm looking forward to seeing him. 

It depends on the day, but the lottery loser seats seem to be on the sides of the orchestra and occasionally up in the dress circle (I'm an usher there so I can see where folks bought their tickets from). They're not selling top tier seats or anything, but most of the time they're a pretty good deal for the price. 

Wicked also has a famously steep rake that has caused many injuries over the years. Seems like it might be time for AEA to reexamine the standards they have for it; people shouldn't be working on a rake so steep it causes chronic pain that affects their ability to do their jobs. 

The SF production wasn't profitable, so I don't see why they'd open another sit-down production and alter another theatre in a city that's closer to New York if no one wanted to see it at a theatre fully across the country. 

Yes, the set is huge and complex and there are a lot of special effects that require a specific set-up (flying, Polyjuice transformations, etc.). Any version of it that would tour would have to be altered significantly. 

spicemonkey, yes, ATG sells popcorn in their theatres which truly boggles the mind. 

American Psycho *didn't* skirt the issue, they received permission from the union to hire fewer musicians than the house minimum for the Schoenfeld. They're far from the only production to have done this, and I believe they had 4 musicians on the show (3 players and the conductor). The concept for that show was EDM/house music and they still managed to figure out a way to do that with live musicians.