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I want a tony/broadway season where EVERY SINGLE best musical nominees is NOT from hit movies from the last 10 -20 years!!! I know the Band's visit was not a hit here, but still a movie. DON'T get me wrong many are enjoyable, but it seems a little lazy too, especially if the movie already has music and you are just redoing it verbatim on a stage (frozen, beauty & beast, Aladdin) Lion King worked because it was one of the first and scale and puppetry was amazing.  I also know for me personally I hate going to a theatre with children the are WAY to young to sit still and be quiet. (Seen parents pay all that money for a 2 year old.....too young)

Mel Brooks did great taking a 33 year old movie, retooling and rewriting  to make it new, Spamalot combined feomseveral of their sources and they are FREAKING MONTY PYTHON, John Waters took his dark subversive satire and retooled it into a light bright fun show. None of these just  kept it all the same and threw generic music in there and it worked.

I know for as long as there have been musicals there have been more adapted from novels and plays than original musical creations,  I guess I just want something new. 

IT'S great to see an original production, something new or when it comes from a book I am excited to see it come to life and see if it matches my imagination.  I have not seen all the musicals but most just sound like direct copies from the movie with song/dance stuck it. I could just watch the movie again in the privacy of my own home for a lot less

I am just looking for more Book of Mormon, Fun Home, Hamilton and Dear Evan Hanson and 

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Bring it on, Ghost, Catch me if you can, School of Rock, Groundhog Day, rocky, Sister Act, Christmas story, Heathers, Cry Baby, Young Frankenstein and of course no one needs Spiderman!

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Seen parents pay all that money for a 2 year old.....too young

I don't care how much the damned parents paid for their kid, I care about how much I paid.  Have I mentioned the Mirvish production of Mamma Mia to which the couple across the aisle from me brought 2 toddlers, one still in diapers???? Yeah, that was fun for everyone in the theater - talking, crying, shrieking throughout Act 1. 

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Fun Home was based on a graphic novel and you can argue that Hamilton was based on the Ron Chernow biography.

I acknowledge your point but musical derivatives are part of the history from Edna Ferber’s Show Boat to Lynn Riggs’ Green Grow the Lilacs to Ingmar Bergman’s Smiles of a Summer Night.

I think the issue is ultimately with quality not origin, and that is a point I agree with heartily.

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1 minute ago, bosawks said:

Every time I see something from the revival of My Fair Lady it makes me wish I didn’t hate the ending so damn much.

You ruining your life Eliza!

I stage managed a community theatre production of the show once upon a time, and I thought this during every performance.

That said, I think that Amy Schumer gave the most accurate description of the show ever.

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Every time I see something from the revival of My Fair Lady it makes me wish I didn’t hate the ending so damn much.

You ruining your life Eliza!

Saw it last week.  The ending is different.

Unpopular opinion: I am tired of movie stars/tv stars winning Tonys.  I don't think it's fair, somehow.  (Don't ask me to explain why, I don't exactly know).

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 I’m guessing after the shows on Saturday, they have to load up and take sets and costumes to Radio City 

Nope, they had matinees today.

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Geez, Billy Joel looks like a squatter, dumper Ho Chi Minh, when did that happen?

When Billy Joel straps on his harmonica holder in concert, he looks just like Darth Vader when Luke removes his mask in Return of the Jedi.   Now that you have that image in your head, you'll never look at him the same way.

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While I love Nathan Lane, I was rooting for David Morse. HE is such a strong dependable supporting performer in everything he does it would be nice if he got some recognition. I've been watching him for over 40 years from St. Elsewhere, to John Adams, the Green Mile and now with Denzel. ..looking at his IMDB awards section, the man is long overdue.

 

WhAT?

While I was writing this they side costumes went to My Fair Lady...Sponge Bob seems more original and inventive

And I was disappointed for Tina Fey. Has a woman ever won best book?

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My idea of heaven is watching Jessie Mueller adorably reacting to Sara Bareilles' vocals.

Also, Carousel has Jessie Mueller, Lindsay Mendez, and Renee Fleming on their show and yet they don't have them performing tonight? I get that it was an ode to ballet but to not include the women? What is this nonsense?

Sara and Josh continue to be perfect as hosts. I hope they are back next year.

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