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The Lady of the Manor 🐸

@scpnyc.bsky.social

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New Yorker. Dumb blonde. Old lady. Theater. Sondheim. Dogs. Other stuff. Always grouchy.

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The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 9m

I was purchasing week by week due to a pending strike, which was just averted.

The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 11m

Surprise!

The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 13m

Surprise

The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 14m

They rarely do.

The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 2h

We all have our weaknesses. I went back to Chess last night. The two male leads are absolutely stunning.

The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 3h

Stereophonic

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The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 3h

Exactly

The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 10h

Would be nice to fall asleep.

The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 13h

A bottle of Glenfiddich is sometimes my friend.

The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 16h

Trying it again.

The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 23h

She does this beautifully but the song is shoehorned in.

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The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 23h

An audience deserves your entire machine to work. We shouldn't have to guess if you are acting.

The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 23h

Thanks for this. I use botox for migraines. My forehead hasn't moved in a decade and I have a less debilitating life. I actually don't like the feeling of it. If I were still on stage, I would stop it. I don't think an actor should put vanity over craft. 1/2

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The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 23h

It's a dreadful choice but the audience seemed to eat it up. I guess I'm too old for young audiences. I'll just tune it out and wait for the songs.
Svetlana's song is good but it just seems stuck in.

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The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 1d

Getting blasted for a comment. I don't care if, as a stage actor, you get filler to smooth out your facial lines. But once you use botox, you've lost your ability to project your character out to the audience. What works well in tv and film doesn't work for the stage. It is almost painful to watch.

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The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 1d

Nicholas Christopher sings the hell out of his part tho I'm unconvinced by his character choice. Maybe he's still developing. Going back tonight to sit front center to see what I missed. Going back mostly for songs. Oh Lea Michelle sings well. Too bad about the botox. I like actors whose face moves.

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The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 1d

Ridiculously spastic choreography by a too-large ensemble. Jfc just sing. No costumes or set. Hmm maybe they wouldn't need a narrator if they had these elements. Aaron Tveit turned out to be an almost slimy Freddie, which works because he's impossibly handsome. Bangkok hits hard and fast. 2/3

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The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 1d

Sung very, very well. Huzzah! Astonishingly, the book was rewritten for laughs, which mostly come from the unnecessary narrator. I'm still smh over how anyone thinks this is a "fix". They wrote Svetlana a new song which, I suppose, is meant to open up her character, but it doesn't. 1/3

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The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 1d

This should be illegal.

The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 1d

It isn't just casting. In New York, a play written by and starring Tom Hanks is in production. There are so many struggling theatre writers whose work may never be seen, yet here's Hanks. Does he have to star in it too? I'm not anti-Hanks. I just want theatre folks to get their turn.

The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 1d

Ooo we have several diseases to choose from now!

The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 1d

Brekkie

The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 1d

Same

The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 1d

They lost trust in him is what got me.

The Lady of the Manor 🐸 @scpnyc.bsky.social · 1d

Isn't it?