Theatre for Those Who Can't Cope

I have a lot of feelings about musical theatre being adapted into other forms of art... I have a few suggestions for studio execs, a few suggestions for the future of musical movies, and a few suggestions for YOU! To help break down this art form, I have made a few categories (classic I know) Here are my categories for musical movies and TV shows: Original musical movies Stage to screen musical movies Filmed stage musicals Musical TV shows

5 Shows That I’ve Still Never Seen And May Not Ever Because They Only Live In My Mind And That Is Special, No? Aida In the Heights Next to Normal Bridges of Madison County Amelie     

UPCOMING SHOWS LISTED IN ORDER THE SHARK IS BROKEN EL MAGO POP PURLIE VICTORIOUS JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING MELISSA ETHERIDGE: MY WINDOW GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG I NEED THAT HARMONY SPAMALOT HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO APPROPRIATE PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC THE NOTEBOOK

Send this to your friend/uncle/cousin/babysitter/nemesis who is visiting New York and doesn't know what to see!!! Fall 2023 Season Shows mentioned: & Juliet Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission Opened November 17, 2022 A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical Running time: 2 hours and 15 minutes, including intermission Opened December 4, 2022  MJ Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission Opened February 1, 2022  Moulin Rouge! Running time: 2 hours and 45 minutes, including intermission Opened July 25, 2019 Once Upon a One More Time Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission Opened June 22, 2023 Aladdin Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission Opened March 20, 2014 The Lion King Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission Opened November 13, 1997 Back to the Future Running time: 2 hours and 40 minutes, including intermission Opening August 3, 2023 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Running time: 3 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission Opened December 7, 2021 Some Like It Hot Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission Opened December 11, 2022 Chicago Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes minutes, including intermission Opened November 14, 1996  Wicked Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission Opened October 30, 2003 Hadestown Running time: 2 hours and 25 minutes, including intermission Opened April 17, 2019 Kimberly Akimbo Running time: 2 hours and 20 minutes, including intermission Opened November 10, 2022 Sweeney Todd Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission Opened March 26, 2023 Here Lies Love Running time: 1 hour and 30 minutes, no intermission Opened July 20, 2023 Six Running time: 1 hour and 20 minutes minutes, no intermission Opened October 3, 2021 Hamilton Running time: 2 hours and 55 minutes, including intermission Opened August 6, 2015 Shucked Running time: 2 hours and 15 minutes, including intermission Opened April 4, 2023 The Book of Mormon Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission Opened March 24, 2011

I attended opening night of the 2nd revival of INTO THE WOODS (thanks to my sis Dr. Leah, Stephen Sondheim z"l, and James Lapine) But also I talk about HADESTOWN??? And also "Baby It's Cold Outside"??? Lots of stuff to cry about :)

2022 Tony Awards June 12, 2022 Breaking down the BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL CATEGORY with me, Shira :) Who is not qualified, but loves theatre nonetheless. WINNER: A STRANGE LOOP MR. SATURDAY NIGHT MJ THE MUSICAL SIX: THE MUSICAL PARADISE SQUARE GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY

2022 Tony Awards June 12, 2022 Breaking down the BEST PLAY CATEGORY with me, Shira :) Who is not qualified, but loves theatre nonetheless.  WINNER: The Lehman Trilogy By Stefano Massini, this production translated by Ben Powers On a cold September morning in 1844, a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers, and an American epic begins. 163 years later, the firm they establish – Lehman Brothers – spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, triggering the largest financial crisis in history. The Minutes By Tracy Letts THIS RECORD-BREAKING HIT from the award-winning Steppenwolf Theatre follows the inner-workings of a city council meeting in the small town of Big Cherry—and the hypocrisy, greed, ambition and devious doings that ensue. This electrically charged and sharply funny play proves that everything you know can change—it’s just a matter of minutes. Hangmen By Martin McDonough What’s Britain’s second-most famous executioner to do now that hanging has been abolished? Drink, of course. But when a cub reporter and a mysterious stranger turn up at his pub, everything hangs in the balance. Skeleton Crew By Dominique Morriseau In 2008 Detroit, a small automotive factory is on the brink of foreclosure, and a tight knit family of workers hangs in the balance. With uncertainty everywhere, the line between blue collar and white collar becomes blurred, and this working family must reckon with their personal loyalties, their instincts for survival and their ultimate hopes for humanity. Clyde’s By Lynn Nottage In this stirring new play, a truck stop sandwich shop offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at reclaiming their lives. Even as the shop’s callous owner tries to keep them under her thumb, the staff members are given purpose and permission to dream by the enigmatic, zen-like chef and his belief in the possibility of the perfect sandwich.