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  On 6/10/2019 at 1:40 AM, bosawks said:

I read an article about The Boys in the Band original cast member Cliff Gorman and his wife taking care of Robert La Tourneaux, another original cast member, as he was dying from AIDS.

It broke my heart, there’s probably a whole other play in there about that.  I wish I remembered were I read it, it was years ago.

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Love Cliff Gorman!  Saw him in Chapter Two on New Year's Eve...whatever year that was.  He was quite delightful at the stage door after the show.  (Don't tell anyone I actually went to the stage door after some shows when I was young...)

It was my one NYE in Times Square experience.  One and done... 

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  On 6/10/2019 at 2:00 AM, aradia22 said:

I don't know if Hadestown sold any tickets. It was very atmospheric but they didn't highlight any of the best songs from the show. It came across as more inaccessible than it is.

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Well, they sold one ticket here (well, at least, if I can get/afford one). And I've seen a number of other performances from the show on various shows and nothing had enticed me before. (though I really liked Anais Mitchell's performance of The Wall at BroadwayCon)

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  On 6/10/2019 at 2:10 AM, aradia22 said:

That was a really stupid bit carried by how charming those actors are. Also, Laura Linney/Audra McDonald committed to that bit. Audra taking off her hoops! XD

Billy Porter's outfit looks even more incredible on stage.

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Audra - fabulous!  And, as John Oliver called her - Laura Fucking Linney!!  She was great in the Wax Presidents film.

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  On 6/10/2019 at 2:18 AM, bosawks said:

Speaking of Kiss Me Kate, are they going to show Marin’s special Tony?

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That would be nice, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Personally, I'd also like to see Peter Entin get his lifetime Tony if only because I worked for the Shuberts for a hundred years and he was always around to give us a hard time.  In the best possible way. 

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  On 6/10/2019 at 2:18 AM, bosawks said:

Speaking of Kiss Me Kate, are they going to show Marin’s special Tony?

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Probably not, or in a very brief montage. There was a ceremony earlier this week. Jason Danieley accepted it.

http://www.playbill.com/article/watch-jason-danieley-accepts-the-late-marin-mazzies-special-tony-award?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PlaybillPost

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  On 6/10/2019 at 1:09 AM, Growsonwalls said:

Beetlejuice looks weirdly appealing. This is making me want to see it more so than the Tootsie and Ain't Too Proud segments.

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I am now regretting not seeing Beetlejuice when I was there in April. My friend saw Tootsie and enjoyed it.  But the only word I can use to describe Ain’t Too Proud’s performance was MANIC, which is not a word to use on the Temptations. 

Sutton just reminded me that I will sell some organs to see Music Man. Because WOLVERINE!!

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In that Oklahoma number, the whole cast came across as angry, as if they were shouting the song at the world, the audience, or...  whatever else. Is that this production's take on this old musical?

I gave it a pass and went to see Hadestown instead; I am a sucker for a new twist on the Orfeo legend.

  On 6/10/2019 at 12:45 AM, aradia22 said:

I took a wild guess on Elaine May getting the "older person who probably won't get another nomination" vote.

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She is excellent in that role. As she said, she had a sort of inside track with her character dying in the play, which runs out of narrative steam towards the end.

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  On 6/10/2019 at 2:22 AM, SilverShadow said:

Hmm of the performances the only shows I might try and see are Beetlejuice and Hadestown, and I was already semi-interested in both. Santino was charming AF but Tootsie doesn't interest me at all.

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I am a huge sucker for shows about making shows so the idea of Tootsie as a backstage musical is compelling to me. (As was the movie backstage at a soap.) And I thought Unstoppable was performed better in this broadcast than it was on GMA. 

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  On 6/10/2019 at 2:27 AM, Florinaldo said:

In that Oklahoma number, the whole cast came across as angry, as if they were shouting the song at the world, the audience, or...  whatever else. Is that this production's take on this old musical?

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Well that is how that number goes across, but like I said above, you need to have seen the whole production to see how they got there.

The conception of the production is how one might stage this show if you had never seen it before or knew anything about it. Just looking at the text, with a 2019 eye, what is this story about, really.

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That Cher Show performance was a letdown. The costumes are gorge but it felt odd. I definitely don't think it was filmed properly. It came across like a park and park with some striding around. I know Cher has never been the biggest dancer but the way it was filmed, it didn't come across as dynamic. The Donna Summer musical looked more exciting. 

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  On 6/10/2019 at 2:27 AM, Florinaldo said:

In that Oklahoma number, the whole cast came across as angry, as if they were shouting the song at the world, the audience, or...  whatever else. Is that this production's take on this old musical?

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Yep.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/22/daniel-fishs-dark-take-on-oklahoma

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