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Talk about a cast. Philip Seymour Hoffman is possibly the greatest living American actor. Andrew Garfield, one of the hottest. |
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This is a trimmed down version for Broadway. The original opera is 4 hours. They use most of the songs, but turn the recitatives into connecting dialogue. It's worth it just to see Audra. |
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And on the same street, this new production is opening. It's apparently a new musical using lots of Gershwin music. |
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| She works a lot. |
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Ricky Martin is the reason this is happening. Ricky Martin as Che Guevara? Gotta love Broadway. |
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A musical version of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is here at the Palace. Coming soon: Ghost, the musical. Back to the left, Phantom is still running, but the new color is blue. Godspell just reopened with a Glee-like production. |
The thing I notice the most, walking around, is that most everyone you run into is a tourist. The atmosphere is like a carnival. The created a big plaza in Times Square, and now everyone goes there. All the Broadway theaters are within walking distance of Times Square.
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| I believe they had a big successful run in London. |
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| This is new. |
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| Oh my lord. Look at THAT cast! |
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| Another new musical adaptation of a movie. |
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Meanwhile, after Daniel Radcliffe's long, successful run, they put hot boy Darren Criss from GLEE into this. The girls were stacked up for blocks. Now, Nick Joans has settled in for a long run. |
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| This is where you get the discounted Broadway tickets. |