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I saw this last night, and there are some great things about it. It's very faithful to the book. (Didn't see the movie.) The score is stronger in the first act...but pretty deadly for a chunk of the second act. None of the ballads are very good. Jakob (Grant Gustin - TV's The Flash) has a song about stars that comes near the end of Act 1, that is too long and his singing is fine for the bigger numbers, but I don't think he was able to pull off the ballad, or the love duet in the second act. (However, he is pretty spectacular to look at.) Marlena (Isabelle MacCalla) has a ballad in the second act, which felt endless. The score is by "Pigpen Theatre Co." which according to the program consists of 7 fellows who have written and performed some off-Broadway and regional works. This collective didn't to my mind provide enough of a connective spirit for the score, but some of the bigger numbers were very strong, and there's some stunning choral arrangements for the cast. The ensemble is strong. Paul Alexander Nolan is truly a menacing villain, August. He is dangerous and mercurial, and not entirely two-dimensional, (...which he is in the book.) The show is pretty impressive viewing...there are some good circus acts, one in particular: a wounded horse imagining his younger days. The second act is muddled, and could be trimmed quite a lot...my companion didn't follow what happened in the big climax. (And there must have been some incident at the end of Act 1, because the intermission was longer than 25 minutes with a lot of folks running up and down the side aisle to the stage access door.) Part Lion King, part recent circus-themed revival of Pippin, part The Notebook (the reminiscent framing device seems to be very popular now), it's an engaging, if predictable story. It was worth the terrific discounted $100 seats we had, but I am glad we didn't pay more.

This Encores production of the homage to the music of Jelly Roll Morton is pretty spectacular. The cast is superb, and I could write a sonnet to each. LOL. Nicholas Christopher is terrific as Jelly...so hard to tread that line of the anti-hero...mistreating everyone around him, and still make him likable. (Especially after Gregory Hines' Tony winning original which is still pretty iconic in my head.) Billy Porter is the best I've seen him lately as the Chimney Man. Leslie Uggams at age 80 is in great voice and looks like a million bucks. Joaquina Kalukangu sings the hell out of Anita. Like in Paradise Square two years ago, she holds her long notes that folks just don't wait for her to stop to start applauding. (which I hate, by the way.) And the highlight for me was the three original Hunnies: Allison Williams, Mamie Duncan Gibbs, and Stephanie Pope. And the dancing is the best on Broadway this season...(and it's not on Broadway.) The tapping is spectacular. I don't know how they managed to put this together in their short rehearsal time, but I recommend it highly.

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Annie was also my first show...came to NY to visit older sister and somehow our dad finagled amazing tickets. Dorothy Louden had just won the Tony...and I was the same age as Andrea, but what I remember most clearly about that night is the scenery...the way things flew and two treadmills...and Laurie Beechman standing center stage singing NYC (while the treadmills moved frozen cast members in New York poses behind her.) That voice, and that anthem to the city. I fell in love with both. Was fortunate to see her in Joseph and Cats before her too-early passing. Saw several musicals after that, but my first Play was Amadeus, after my first year of college, again while visiting sis. And it was amazing to me see Frank-N-Furter on stage. LOL.

I've heard buzz that Hell's Kitchen is being slated to go into the Shubert Theater, where Some Like It Hot is closing on 12/30. Didn't move fast enough to get a ticket at the Public, where the Newman, at about 300 seats would be the place to see it. Hamilton there was pretty extraordinary...everyone knew it was something special. (And yes, I'm going to closing performance of SLIH. LOL)

Curious if your "yawns" are for this set of revivals, or revivals in general. This year's options are classic and contemporary, and the casts - and known material - are drawing audiences...which is good for NY. Are there any revivals you'd particularly like to see? I've been chomping at the bit for City of Angels to come back...with modern technology, the Color vs. B/W could be pretty impressive.

Yes, he told me he'd probably be back in NY this November, but didn't know if he'd be escorting. Last time I saw him, I asked him if there was a video he could share to tide me over, and he laughed and said he used to have an Only Fans page... sorry to have missed that.

I will look for his Honcho spread...I also have a lousy VCR tape of him on the Robin Byrd show somewhere. He told me he was the guy who showed the other guys about tying up their dicks so they'd stay hard on camera. It's astonishing to realize how long ago this was....LOL

We clearly have the same type. Other then "Dan" I had a great time with these guys too. Jason lived down the street from me for awhile. That was fun!

Oh, the days of hiring from the back of Next Magazine, or in LA, Frontiers. I met up a couple times with a beautiful blonde surfer boy name Tod Canon in LA. So sweet and sexy. He was a couple years older than I, and not my usual type, smooth and blonde. But he had a gorgeous thick piece that he really knew how to use. And his bedroom talk was incredible. I wanted to date him so badly. I think in a scrapbook somewhere I have the Frontiers ad.

I remember Joey well...he danced at Splash fairly often. On several occasions he had a little too much to drink and didn't want to drive home, so he came to my place. Crashed on my couch, and once in my bed. Sadly nothing ever happened...he was very straight, and "didn't want to fuck up our friendship".

Love this...who was Seymour opposite Ellen? I saw Hunter and Jake, and Jeremy when he did it a year ago...also Groff, Conrad Ricamora, and Skylar Astin...and yes, I probably go see Corbin Bleu. It's a great production of a terrific show.

Jason Markus was a regular for years...third Thursday of the month. LOL Sadly, I have no pics to share. Lately, I did have great time with Cutlerx...need to practice more.

I mostly concur. I thought that there were moments that were really funny, but for the most part, it was just schtick. There was a scene with the narrator (I saw Neil Patrick Harris) interacting with a kid in the audience during one of the "This is not funny" moments. And it wasn't...although the audience was beside themselves. When the one performer stepped onto the table, and was knocked out and hung there upside-down until the end of the act, I really laughed, because I didn't see it coming, but too much of it was too obvious. I did LOVE the fact that they brought the stage crew out for the curtain call, because those folks were REALLY busting their asses. I have a true fondness for Peter Pan, it was my third broadway show with Sandy Duncan, so I am glad to have seen it, but it should have been in one act. The Cottage, playing now at the Hayes with Eric McCormick is a decent farce, but again...could have been shortened to one act.

Bumping this as I’m wondering same thing. 6year old pics seem like a red flag.