Burnside Gooch
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I hate that it’s always “Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate” but simply “Merry Christmas.”
December 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I hate that it’s always “Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate” but simply “Merry Christmas.”
“Twelve days to Christmas,
Twelve days to Christmas,
Plenty of time to do your Christmas shopping…”
Twelve days to Christmas,
Plenty of time to do your Christmas shopping…”
December 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“Twelve days to Christmas,
Twelve days to Christmas,
Plenty of time to do your Christmas shopping…”
Twelve days to Christmas,
Plenty of time to do your Christmas shopping…”
The problem with Jennifer Holliday in Dreamgirls is that once you’ve been fucked like that artistically no one else can satisfy.
December 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The problem with Jennifer Holliday in Dreamgirls is that once you’ve been fucked like that artistically no one else can satisfy.
I’m so glad he made it. I was terrified we’d have another Betty White situation.
Sending love and best wishes to Dick Van Dyke because tomorrow he’ll be 100 years old! 🥳
December 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I’m so glad he made it. I was terrified we’d have another Betty White situation.
Sending love and best wishes to Dick Van Dyke because tomorrow he’ll be 100 years old! 🥳
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sending love and best wishes to Dick Van Dyke because tomorrow he’ll be 100 years old! 🥳
I feel like I’m going to be the first disappointing casting for Oh, Mary!
December 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I feel like I’m going to be the first disappointing casting for Oh, Mary!
“It’s over now, the music of the night.”
December 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“It’s over now, the music of the night.”
Imagine young Ann Miller as A Star To Be, ripping off her skirt and belting NYC.
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Imagine young Ann Miller as A Star To Be, ripping off her skirt and belting NYC.
With David Corenswet as Billy Bigelow, imagine Jonathan Bailey as Jule Jordan.
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
With David Corenswet as Billy Bigelow, imagine Jonathan Bailey as Jule Jordan.
If the RSC needs to close the gap "between the costs of running the organisation and its current ability to generate revenue,” shouldn’t they start with having only one artistic director?
December 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If the RSC needs to close the gap "between the costs of running the organisation and its current ability to generate revenue,” shouldn’t they start with having only one artistic director?
What if Nunsense were Nunnsense? An order of nuns putting on a Trevor Nunn revue to raise money.
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
What if Nunsense were Nunnsense? An order of nuns putting on a Trevor Nunn revue to raise money.
I’m glad the Arthur Miller estate is allowing the upcoming production of Death of a Salesmen to explore earlier drafts of the text because Arthur Miller only lived 56 years after the opening of the original production so didn’t get an opportunity to explore all his options.
December 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I’m glad the Arthur Miller estate is allowing the upcoming production of Death of a Salesmen to explore earlier drafts of the text because Arthur Miller only lived 56 years after the opening of the original production so didn’t get an opportunity to explore all his options.
The Winter Garden is large, but commercial questions aside, Joe Mantello is the best play director working today so wait and see.
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The Winter Garden is large, but commercial questions aside, Joe Mantello is the best play director working today so wait and see.
On World AIDS Day, if Michael Bennett had lived to complete his work on Chess, we wouldn’t have to “fix” the book with an RFK Jr. joke.
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
On World AIDS Day, if Michael Bennett had lived to complete his work on Chess, we wouldn’t have to “fix” the book with an RFK Jr. joke.
I was probably the only kid on my college campus who had Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing in his Walkman.
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I was probably the only kid on my college campus who had Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing in his Walkman.
People are combining the public domain Peter Pan and the public domain Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, but when will the public domain Show Boat pick them up?
November 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
People are combining the public domain Peter Pan and the public domain Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, but when will the public domain Show Boat pick them up?
What did you get on Record Store Day? I got Goddard Lieberson’s two-record set of Follies.
Also, the three record set of the Original Broadway Cast of Dreamgirls recorded live and complete.
Also, the three record set of the Original Broadway Cast of Dreamgirls recorded live and complete.
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
What did you get on Record Store Day? I got Goddard Lieberson’s two-record set of Follies.
Also, the three record set of the Original Broadway Cast of Dreamgirls recorded live and complete.
Also, the three record set of the Original Broadway Cast of Dreamgirls recorded live and complete.
The front row is a great place to sit if you want to see all of Patti LuPone in Working.
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The front row is a great place to sit if you want to see all of Patti LuPone in Working.
It’s a Christmas song.
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
It’s a Christmas song.
I wish Florence Henderson were still around to do a Wicked/Wesson tie-in because everyone deserves the chance to fry.
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I wish Florence Henderson were still around to do a Wicked/Wesson tie-in because everyone deserves the chance to fry.
I spend a lot of time thinking about 98-year-old Bernadette Peters playing Marie in a 2046 revival of Sunday in the Park with George.
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I spend a lot of time thinking about 98-year-old Bernadette Peters playing Marie in a 2046 revival of Sunday in the Park with George.
Boston has the best Mayor.
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Boston has the best Mayor.
Side Show would work if you cast the Jonas Brothers as conjoined triplets Daisy, Violet, and Nick.
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Side Show would work if you cast the Jonas Brothers as conjoined triplets Daisy, Violet, and Nick.
Who could ever have imagined that a replacement Electra from 1960 would be headlining on Broadway in 2025? Welcome home, June Squibb!
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Who could ever have imagined that a replacement Electra from 1960 would be headlining on Broadway in 2025? Welcome home, June Squibb!
Maybe the way to fix Chess is to have Elaine Paige direct it with Jonathan Groff as Florenz.
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Maybe the way to fix Chess is to have Elaine Paige direct it with Jonathan Groff as Florenz.