There's No Business Like Show Business- Broadway, West End, and Other Theater

[Theatregirl1122]

Figured we needed a new theater thread after 7 years! I also wanted to make it inclusive of Broadway, Off Broadway, Off-Off Broadway, West End, Off-West End, other professional theater as well as plays, musicals, etc. There's so much to talk about. Why limit it!

I figured we could start off with the full list of Tony Nominees for 2024:

The 2024 Tony Award Nominations

Hell’s Kitchen and Stereophonic lead with 13 nods apiece.

www.vulture.com

Personally, I'm surprised about how well Hell's Kitchen has been received by Tony voters and reviewers combined to people I know who have seen the show. For musicals, it looks like Hell's Kitchen and Outsiders are out front based on number of nominations.

The biggest winner in the nominations appears to be Stereophonic!

And it looks like Lempicka was hoping for a best musical nomination to increase sales. They didn't get one, and they have announced closing on May 19th.

Broadway’s ‘Lempicka’ To Close After Best Musical Tony Shut Out

Lempicka, the much-anticipated but cooly received musical directed by Hadestown's Rachel Chavkin, will play its final performance on Sunday, May 19.

deadline.com

 

[manhn]

Go Suffs and Stereophonic!

Is Hell’s Kitchen really that good? Did not expect that, assumed it was another jukebox musical.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I haven't seen Hell's Kitchen, but everything I've heard is that it's great orchestrations with an unremarkable book?

We are going to New York on June 1st to see Suffs. I think our second show will be Stereophonic, although I'm also considering Outsiders.