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Lets review this timeline.

Injured at end of Saturday matinee... thats probably 3:30ish?
No show 8 pm same day.

And people are questioning "show-must-go-on" and "trouper".
 
What needed to occur in the four hours between matinee finale and decision-time regarding evening performance?

"Uh oh, call the lawyers."
An ER visit? Xrays?
Time for possible swelling, evaluation?
Treatment/taping/boot-fitting?
Discussion with actor, cast, crew... "can you stand? Walk?" "How can we adjust staging?" Assessment of understudy readiness?
Consideration of ticket-holders.... an awareness that the sooner is better than later when cancellation is possible?

@foxy, I totally agree about the “physical stuff” in this play. Not only did Nathan Lane’s character perform a strenuous work-out, esp during his painful fit in the hospital bed, but so did Andrew Garfield & his 2 wet-dreams involving the angel. That struggle with the angel & her wing puppeteers was exhausting just to watched.
 
You couldn’t help but notice that during the 3 curtain calls that Garfield was exhausted. And, then, he had to deliver the Broadway Cares Appeal for AIDS.
 
A truly amazing production. Seems gay theamed revivals are making a come-back on Broadway. I already purchased my tickets to see Boys in the Band which opens in previews 4/30.

Interesting article:
 
Wasted in Margaritaville: Who Didn't Get Nominated for a 2018 Tony Award?
Jimmy Buffett and Donna Summer are among the big losers of this morning's Tony nominations.
 
May 01, 2018

Jimmy Buffett (center) leads the Broadway cast of Escape to Margaritaville in a carefree sing-a-long.
(© David Gordon)
Hamilton, one of the most acclaimed musicals of the decade, has two far-less-celebrated neighbors: Across the street from the Richard Rodgers Theatre is Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, which only walked away with two Tony nominations this morning (Best Leading Actress for LaChanze, and Best Featured Actress for Ariana DeBose). Next door to the Rodgers is Escape to Margaritaville, an apt description of what the producers might want to do this month since there will be no reason to stick around New York: The Jimmy Buffett jukebox musical received no Tony nominations. Better find that shaker of salt, because the drinking starts now.
 
Margaritaville is the only currently running new Broadway production to be completely shut out of the running. The other totally snubbed titles are long shuttered. That includes the Beau Willimon political thriller (read: snooze fest) The Parisian Woman, which marked Uma Thurman's Broadway debut (but clearly not her Tony debut). It's not a lost cause for all Broadway debutantes, though: Amy Schumer picked up a nomination for her performance in Steve Martin's Meteor Shower (yes, that Steve Martin, and no, he was not nominated for his mildly funny script).
 

Uma Thurman will not pick up a Tony nomination for her Broadway debut, but Amy Schumer got one for hers.
(© David Gordon/Matthew Murphy)
The nominators turned their noses up at two of this season's three solo performances: Neither John Lithgow: Stories by Heart nor Michael Moore's monologue The Terms of My Surrender will appear on the Tony ballot. John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons will be considered in the Best Play category (the show's only nod). It seems unlikely to win, but Leguizamo will still walk away with a Special Award this year for his three-decade body of work.
 
This year saw a crop of excellent play revivals, so it's no surprise that some notable names were left off the list: Julie Taymor's revival of David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly walked away with nothing; same goes for the Roundabout Theatre Company revivals of Time and the Conways(starring Elizabeth McGovern) and Marvin's Room (starring Lili Taylor). The current revival of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan was rightly passed over in the Best Revival category, although leading lady Condola Rashad received her fourth Tony nomination for her performance as the Maid of Orleans (the only nod for the production). Similarly, the revival of Children of a Lesser God received a single nomination, for Lauren Ridloff in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category.
 

The Tony nominators didn't think that Michael Moore's The Terms of My Surrender was all that and a bag of chips.
(© Joan Marcus)
The last completely snubbed production of the season was the Harold Prince revue Prince of Broadway, which opened to chilly reviews in August before closing in October. The show featured a talented cast and some truly standout performances, but they were not enough to earn the love of nominators in April. As for Prince, he will be fine: The winner of 21 previous Tonys, he is the most decorated individual in the history of the Awards.
 
The exclusion of Frozen stars Caissie Levy and Putti Murin is sure to raise eyebrows. Male lead Jelani Alladin was also left off the list, although he is up for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. Frozendid receive three nominations: Best Book, Best Score, and the all-important Best Musical. Shockingly, none of the design elements were nominated, a huge snub for a producer like Disney with a reputation for spectacle. Overall, it's a disappointing showing for a major new musical (by comparison, Mean Girls and SpongeBob received 12 nominations each).
 

Caissie Levy and Patti Murin of Frozen will have to "Let It Go''. Neither was nominated for a 2018 Tony Award.
(© Deen var Meer)
After a season in which it looked like 1984 would be shut out of consideration because of a conflict between producers and the nominating committee, the producers of the George Orwell stage adaptation must be glad the nominators came around: The show received one nomination, for Tom Gibbons's aggressive sound design, which was apparently so effective it had some patrons puking in the aisles. That's an honor all on its own.
 
As usual, it pays to have a show that is open for voters to see: 90 percent of today's nominations are for shows currently running on Broadway (Farinelli and the King is this season's most-nominated closed production, with five nods). Recognizing that, the producers of SpongeBob SquarePants(12 noms) and Once on This Island(eight noms) deserve a lot of credit for shepherding their shows through the dismal winter months. Should they pick up any awards, it could be a boon for the box office.
 
The Awards won't be announced until June 10, which means a whole month of campaigning that starts right now. A lot can happen between now and then. Stay tuned.

A suggestion for those planning on seeing this play. If possible, try to purchase orchestra seats close to (but not the front rows) to the stage. It's an intimate show that you'll want to be closely connected to. Also, it's a better location for viewing the cast as Andrew Rannells looks very hot in his tight white slacks. Also gives a nice manspread.
 
There's a 2nd floor to Michael's apartment & some undressing scenes take place there. Also, there's a brief shower scene.
 
Enjoy the show!

Among Many Others: Ethel Merman, Lauren Bacall, Sandy Duncan, Richard Kiley, Alfred Drake, Robert Preston, Mary Martin, Pearl Bailey, Carol Channing

Thanks @foxy for that great review. I share your views.
 
I also saw "The Boys In The Band". It's playing at the Booth Theatre and is in it's 1st week of previews. It has a limited run of 15 weeks and, actually, is the 1st time the play has been on Broadway. Some 50 years ago it was an Off Broadway production. The play is 100 minutes with no intermission.
 
I liked that it was an all gay cast. A "band" of 9 very talented and handsome actors. Some names you'll recognize while others are new to Broadway.
 
The play takes place in Michael's (Jim Parsons) NYC apartment (very red). He's hosting a 30th birthday party for his friend Harold (Zachary Quinto) and has invited several of his gay friends. While preparing for the party Michael receives a call from his straight and married college roommate, Alan (Brian Hutchison), who needs to speak with him. He is invited over. After a few too many drinks, the band of boys turns into the mean girls. Nothing is held back.
 
As @foxy mentioned, this play takes place in the late 1960's. At the time it was a revolutionary show that opened gay life to the public. Yes, it's dated but it does show how far we've come in 50 years.
 
One of the disturbing lines was, "Show me a happy homosexual and I'll show you a gay corpse". After a night of heavy drinking and beating up on their friends, they all look forward to seeing each other again.
 
For comic relief there's a prostitute cowboy played by the very handsome actor Charlie Carver. He's hired for $20 to be Harold's birthday gift. He's portrayed as a dumb blonde who says all the wrong thing.
 
It's great seeing Broadway currently hosting 2 excellent gay themed plays: Angels in America and The Boys In The Band.

I saw the play today. I saw the original production 50 years ago. It was a ground breaking play. It opened a window to gay life in a way that had never been done before. It showed how many gay men felt about themselves at the time. I think it was true at the time. I sincerely hope it’s no longer true. I don’t like this play. Not because it’s a bad play but it’s a period of gay life that I hope is over. I would recommend this play especially to young gay men with the understanding that they should understand what gay life was like for many at that time. I would fervently hope that time is past. Having said that, I thought it was a good production with talented gay actors. But I never want to revisit this period ever again.

The full pairings are below:
 

Adam Rippon with Jenna Johnson
Arike Ogunbowale with Gleb Savchenko
Chris Mazdzer with Witney Carson
Jamie Anderson with Artem Chigvintsev
Jennie Finch Daigle with Keo Motsepe
Johnny Damon with Emma Slater
Josh Norman with Sharna Burgess
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Lindsay Arnold
Mirai Nagasu with Alan Bersten
Tonya Harding with Sasha Farber

Saw this one man show yesterday starring the very attractive and immensely talented Billy Crudup. He plays 19 different characters and switches accents in the blink of an eye. It's very funny. In limited run at the Minetta Lane Theater. Definitely recommended.
 
Here he is talking with Kelly and her hot husband.
 

This week on DOOL concludes with 3 in the hospital, 3 locked in some secret room, 2 possibly to be charged by the Salem PD, 1 getting kidnapped at gun point, 2 relationships on the rocks, some silly story about the face of Bella Magazine (yawn), Lukas is clueless but not drinking, Eve is mad @ Brady, & Jennifer/Eric just had sex (again). Did I leave anything out? Oh, yes, this is sweeps week.

Lol, it is my M4M birthday today!
 
Thanks guys, appreciate the thoughts!

A very happy m4m birthday to our esteem forum member @Tarte Gogo. A great mentor and contributor to this site.

Bought my ticket for “The Band’s Visit” showing at the Barrymore Theater. Very excited! Love the Original Broadway Cast Recording, have been listening to it for a week now.
 
Will be seeing the show May 30th along with “Hello, Dolly!” on my first ever trip to Broadway.

I thought this was a very well written and thoughtful review. And I actually agree with it and I’m trying to ponder why this production left me cold. I’m certainly not saying there’s anything bad about this show. It just didn’t click with me for some reason. I hope everyone who goes loves the show (despite the $$$).

Yesterday I saw parts 1 & 2 of Harry Potter at the cavernous and opulent Lyric Theater. My impression is that it will settle in for a long run. There’s no shortage of Potter swag that can be yours if you want to do some shopping.
The theater was filled with an enthusiastic crowd of fans who were determined to love every minute of this production.
There’s a lot going on with the large cast rushing about in swirling black cloaks and a great deal of stage magic leaving you wondering how they did that. There are some spectacular moments.
I’ve read all the books and have seen all the movies. I was expecting to have a great time. But for some reason I didn’t.
I expect I will be in the minority. I found myself a little bored with the story at times and was sort of exhausted when the 5 hours ended.
I’m sure it will do extremely well at the box office. It’s already setting records.

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Another sweet episode today of Paul and Will in bed together. They were talking but then took a break for sex!

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CAST
for The Boys in the Band
 
Donald
Matt Bomer
 
Harold
Zachary Quinto
 
Michael
Jim Parsons
 
Larry
Andrew Rannells
 
Emory
Robin De Jesus
 
Alan
Brian Hutchison
 
Cowboy
Charlie Carver
 
Bernard
Michael Benjamin Washington
 
Hank
Tuc Watkins

CREATIVE
for The Boys in the Band
 
Written by
Mart Crowley
 
Director
Joe Mantello
 

Whenever I'm about to spend too much money on something, I think of something more expensive and the first option doesn't seem so bad.
Yesterday I priced tickets for Harry Potter and choked a little when the ticket agent started rattling off prices. I told myself it was cheaper than a plane ticket to London and handed over my credit card.
Next week will be my 5 hours in the theater so if I divide 5 into the price of the ticket(s) ......
Hope to post a good review.
 
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