Helpful. I have been thinking about Hadestown, will look more closely now. Thanks.
Sent from Gmail Mobile On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 at 4:22 PM Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote: > Now you've got me. Looks like the things I would recommend will be closed > by August. "Water for Elephants" and "Illinoise" got very good reviews, but > neither was to my taste. The latest entry in the "Forbidden Broadway" > series opens in August, but probably depends on an awareness of what's > playing. > > "Hadestown" was very good, but depends on one's taste for sort-of bluesy > rock. My wife enjoyed "Six," which is light and frothy. "Stereophonic" is > great, but 3 hours and 20 minutes (though it doesn't seem that long). It's > a play, but there's a lot of music in it. (It's set in the 70s and is about > a Fleetwood Mac-like band trying to record their new album.) I have no > interest in "Once Upon a Mattress," but it got good enough reviews to > transfer from Encores to the Hudson, and when cast like this, Sutton Foster > is entertaining. > > Doubtless, something else will come along by then. > > --Dave Sikula > > > On Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 12:29:17 PM PDT, PGage <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I like okays. It my wife prefers Musicals. So, probably musicals… > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 at 11:36 AM Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote: > > Plays or musicals or does it matter? > > —Dave Sikula > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 12, 2024, at 6:40 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > We are going to NYC in August to see our daughters and want to take them > to a show. What are a couple at top of your list? > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 at 2:58 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Unfortunately, they'll also have writers, when the most entertaining part > of the strike-bound shows were introductions and speeches without the > strained banter. > > I've made my distaste for competitive arts award shows known here, but I > must say that the Tonys gets it right more often than not, and this has > been a particularly good year on Broadway, "Hell's Kitchen" notwithstanding. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 1:47:37 PM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote: > > After the strikes pushed them way uptown to that > artistically-heavy-but-virtually-parking-free joint uptown, they're back to > a place more familiar to the Broadway industry, the Koch Theater at Lincoln > Center, which sadly does not have a wall that comes down between production > numbers and awards, making any transitions transparent to the audience... > THR talks with producers Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss about it... > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/tonys-producers-show-stereophonic-1235919959/ > (link) > B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e2d142dc-2c01-49fa-93aa-bf054ab585b2n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e2d142dc-2c01-49fa-93aa-bf054ab585b2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tvornottv/Dh2Ljmr0p7s/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKjaFO4qCXRVzQERTA516VTpBvHg0gqm2iWkV-y6Bkr_Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKjaFO4qCXRVzQERTA516VTpBvHg0gqm2iWkV-y6Bkr_Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/970DEC0C-B9F2-48C6-8240-2B0C742D807B%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/970DEC0C-B9F2-48C6-8240-2B0C742D807B%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tvornottv/Dh2Ljmr0p7s/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJPQjbCDJhWrvOFJ_07H%3DnR5S0qw0KRYKr-D2RM5EDRXA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJPQjbCDJhWrvOFJ_07H%3DnR5S0qw0KRYKr-D2RM5EDRXA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/2097280114.4450398.1718234530061%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/2097280114.4450398.1718234530061%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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