Starrs (and everyone else, for that matter), put Nice Work If You Can Get It at the top of your list. It is a sheer delight! We loved it. Great, great fun!

Really enjoyed Nice Work plus Best Man.
But not Streetcar or Don't Dress for Dinner.

Maybe this is obvious to everyone, but I'm curious if people coming to NYC for theatre are aware of the benefits of belonging to TDF.


I just looked at the current offerings and among the shows listed are:

ANYTHING GOES
THE LYONS
GHOST
STREETCAR
VENUS IN FUR
LEAP OF FAITH

http://www.tdf.org/TDF_ServicePage.aspx?id=59

Thanks HowardR! I read the review and I'd love to see Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara (again) on stage. Nice Work has moved to the top of my list now. Right now my top 4 are Nice Work, War Horse, Anything Goes and Best Man (if it's still playing). I'll have fun making up my mind about the others. Thanks all :-)

Good thinking, Starrs. We actually enjoyed Nice Work more than Anything Goes. It was really great, great fun.
And, if The Best Man isn't still playing, consider Other Desert Cities. It's outstanding drama. Hell, consider it even if The Best Man is still playing.

I want to see Evita very badly! I saw it on Broadway with the original cast (Patti LuPone and Mandy PatinKun) and have been listening to it on Pandora, over and over again.

seetheworld, so far I haven't talked with anyone who has seen the current production and ALSO saw the original who thought the new one holds up or inspires in the way the original one did. I did see essentially this same production a couple years ago in London, when Elena Rogers was being touted for being the first "true Argentinian Evita", but the whole production threw me. I thought the main thing about Eva Peron is that she is "one of the common people" and they could identify with her. But while Elena was doing Evita with a thick and real Argentinian accent, no one else in the production had an accent. So the end result was that she seemed like a total foreigner to them -- and that 'destroyed' the production for me. And while she has a sweet and pretty voice, she is no powerhouse Patti Lupone. I was surprised that several of the reviews also pointed out her difficulty with the higher range of the score.

And now, after Elena Rogers NOT getting a Tony nomination (as well as Ricky Martin NOT getting one), it seems a real slam at the production. Evita is the type of role that normally should almost guarantee a Tony nomination!

I'm disappointed that Matthew Broderick didn't get a nod for his role in Nice Work If You Can Get It. It seems an odd omission since the other three leading players--Kelli O'Hara, Judy Kaye and Michael McGrath--all got nominated.....all the more strange, since we thought that Broderick was the real star of the show, though not meaning to take anything away from the other three, who all deserved their nominations.

Well, Howard, several reviews gave Mr. Broderick less enthusiasm that you do, even calling him something like the 'weak link' in the show. And we all know that the GOD of Broadway critics is Ben Brantley who said among other things, "He sings and dances pleasantly and competently, but rather vaguely, too, as if his thoughts were elsewhere. And when he proclaims that he’s possessed by “fascinating rhythm” — in a first-act curtain number that places him in the center of a bevy of lascivious flappers — you’re inclined to doubt it."

Nevertheless, it sounds like a wonderful show -- Mr. Brantley's lukewarm to negative review actually makes me WANT to see it, as some of the things he points out as being 'blah' are exactly the things I'd probably like about the show. I have tickets for next month.

Patrick, I think you'll love the show. As you know, I'm usually a fan of Brantley, but I think he was way, way off base with this review. We thought that Broderick was delightful, playing the part perfectly. As I wrote on another post: Hey, this ain't Shakespeare!

This is sort totally last minute, but a great deal for anyone with young kids who might want to see Godspell. Or anyone, really!


Tomorrow night is Pay Your Age night at Circle in the Square~


http://www.godspell.com/news/2012/05...t-at-godspell/

Just saw Porgy and Bess and while the changes are a little jarring it is an amazing ensemble production which hopefully will go on the road.More people should see this American classic live! Don't bring your well behaved 5 yr old. I'd say 15 and over.

Saw Nice Work If You Can Get It Yesterday. It is indeed delightful. While Matthew Broderick is so limited in character range -- and he will always still be some variation of Ferris Bueller -- his stock character that he does so well is perfect for the role in this. Some have indicated he doesn't seem like a romantic playboy -- of course -- that is exactly the point of the role!!! And it works so well. But I will admit that while he's an OK dancer as is Kelli O'Hara, I did miss a true Fred and Ginger over the top type dance on that one number. They both are just a little too stiff and studied to make that work quite the way it should in my book.

We saw Nice Work on Saturday. We all thoroughly enjoyed it (oh, that music!), but found Matthew Broderick a little too wooden, but then again, that is always how he seems to me. Because of the lack of 'over the top' dancing, as mentioned above, Anything Goes would rate higher, IMO, than Nice Work. I wish there were more shows on B'way like these two. Just love leaving the theater singing!

One strong point of Nice Work that has not been given sufficient mention here is the performances of the supporting players, especially Michael McGrath and Judy Kaye, both of whom received deserved Tony nominations.

I read that Glengarry Glen Ross is coming to Broadway, with Al Pacino. I've never seen it on stage, but loved the movie so I'm really looking forward to seeing it. One thing I find interesting is that Al Pacino is playing Shelly Levene, who is sort of the opposite of Roma, the character Pacino played in the movie.