Chris Leavy

Another trip to NYC, another game of "I wonder if I'll run into @bwayghostlight.bsky.social while I'm in town seeing shows?" :D

@bwayghostlight.bsky.social Did you change nights? Home for our Thursday ritual and ... no show again this week. Will it arrive tomorrow?

I love Broadway Musicals.

I love playing Connections.

Do you love Broadway Musicals and playing Connections? Today is your lucky day! Give this a try. If I get enough positive feedback, I'll try to make it a weekly thing. 😃

connectionsplus.io/game/ygOT5u

Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97

The unkindest cut of all this week.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

Probably too late now but it does appear to be missing a snap on attachment with the actual prongs.

I am 131 days away from a 3K day streak on DuoLingo. I've been doing this for over ten years. Lately, they've gone downhill. I'm told this is because they've shifted from live programmers to AI.

So .. what is the better app for language learning?

@bwayghostlight.bsky.social Really? No love for Tony Winner Maryann Plunkett (also nominated last year for The Notebook)?

:D <3

Um....

What is the pit minimum in the Winter Garden theatre? You DON'T KNOW THE PIT MINIMUM IN THE WINTER GARDEN THEATRE? WHERE YOU WISH TO MOUNT A REVIVAL OF MAME??

Everyone says cilantro tastes like soap. To me, it tastes like aluminium.

"Why do you collect CDs? It's so wasteful. Everything is online these days."

Yes, except it's not. Tonight I discovered the Original Broadway Cast recording of Chess is not streaming. Nor, when I checked, was The Wiz OBC. Too much is missing. I'll keep my CDs.

Absolutely a period piece.

I want one thing from this fall’s revival of Chess and one thing only: reinstate that glorious key change in “Someone Else’s Story”.

Raul Esparza is running for Mayor?

The merch attendant and I agree whole heartedly :D

Happy first anniversary - coincidentally, also the first anniversary of The Broadway Fan Club (who are not, unfortunately, on BlueSky. Yet.)

The merch table calls that t-shirt "the Tour Shirt". I wish it were a mock up of a Gil Brently tour tee from 1948 with the Amsterdam date.

Hear me out:

Charles: Brooks Ashmanskas
Ruth: Lea Salonga
Elvira: Sam Pauly
Madame Arcati: Maryann Plunkett

I thought she was gonna ask for some tea and sing "All I Want For Christmas is You".

So, NOT a stage version of the Pixar film, or a revival of the Hepburn vehicle?

In our house, do not talk during the BROADCAST.

(ESPECIALLY the necrology)

I'll agree about Lea's Lovett. That woman can play seemingly *anyone*.

And maybe she should go into Gypsy when Audra leaves... with Arielle Jacobs, Jasmine Forsberg and Conrad Ricamora.

Hmm... we still don't have Best Ensemble or Best Music Supervision/Direction, but maybe it's also time to look at "Best Comedy" AND "Best Drama".

I know. I KNOW! But how the heck do you compare "Oh, Mary!" with ANYTHING else? Last time I can remember anything this riotous was Noises Off.

Things I Want To See Tonight:

Cole Escola performs a madcap medley as their acceptance speech.

Jennifer Simard & Megan Hilty perform "Mutual Admiration Society"

HwaBoon, Audrey II and Stella perform "Plant a Radish"

A five-way tie in "Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical"

Hard to believe it's been a year already. Broadway Jeopardy quickly became an institution in our house - our Thursday "must see" TV. Congratulations on the series, but more, thank you for creating one of our favourite things (along with the ... well, you know. They're wrapped up in strings.)

There *were* some missed opportunities, but it was fun keeping count. :)

If they don't throw this number into the show to introduce the nominees, they have missed a great opportunity.

Will Ferrell’s ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’ is in development for Broadway Eurovision is aiming for Broadway.

Well, excited AND scared...

www.broadwaynews.com/will-ferrell...

It also occurs to me that four of those five performances opened last fall... and that of those four, the 'buzz' I hear is that two from the same show will cancel each other out, and two from competing revivals will cancel each other out, leaving a path for the luminous Ms. Rogers to win on Sunday.