Ratatousical news: "Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical," adapted from the film and featuring songs and creative ideas developed on TikTok, was viewed by more than 350,000 people and raised $2 million for
@TheActorsFund
.
#ratatouillethemusical
#RatatouilleMusical
I just wanna say. We are living in an era where producers are leaning IN. Chicago is sending a marching band around Times Square. Andrew Lloyd Webber is DJing a block party. Enormous posters of Patti LuPone hang from theaters welcoming her home.
This is a unique approach
@nytimestheater
took to honoring one of the hardest years in the American theater. Letting Jesse take more below the belt stab at shows he didn’t like??
Broadway never met a conceptual problem it couldn’t attack with confetti cannons, our critic writes. But too many recent shows suffer from a bad case of hyperdesign.
More on Riedel bc 🤷🏼♂️ : what possess a man to spend his entire career taunting and criticizing a business that he purports to revere?
Broadway is rebuilding from a historic shutdown and racial reckoning. We are dependent on so much to return. Kindness is at the top of the list
Everyone is fighting for their life on Broadway this unprecedented season and making the biggest splash possible for their show. And I have to say: the energy, creativity and determination is palpable and it’s so fucking exciting.
His articles have never hurt the play. So it’s not about that. I guess I just wish a person with a genuinely impressive knowledge of the business and our history would use what’s left of his platform to raise up the industry. Not attempt to tear it down.
The pages of The New York Post is where Michael Riedel’s incessant puff pieces on Rudin belong. Not Vanity Fair. This is a cringey, shameful feature in every way.
Since work began on Broadway's splashy revival of 'The Music Man,' the show has faced extended shutdowns, charges of obsolescence, and the downfall of the man at its helm.
Still, it has survived.
Another generation gave this man oxygen by reading his regular gossip column. Today, while the rest of the community is in the arena actually doing the work to stand Broadway back up, this man sits behind his computer screen spewing hate.
This is so next level Broadway Briefing is one of our industries most widely read newsletter (
@broadwaydotnews
)!
& REAL TALK I’ve wondered how many ppl in the community actually care about the project my producers and I endeavored with
@SlavePlayBway
vis a vis inclusion
THREAD
I only like doing Broadway if I’m gonna be making Broadway history and the chance to team up w/
@gregnobile
/
@ThisIsSeaview
again in order to bring the first ever revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s underproduced classic, “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” is one I couldn’t miss.
Also let’s shout out a white male producer in his 20s who decided to listen and collaborate with the black queer writer of his lead producer venture instead of talking down to or ignoring them and producing THE MOST TONY NOMINATED PLAY IN HISTORY!
Congrats
@gregnobile
. I ❤️ u!
Thank God Adam is here to tell us what art is “not-great” so we can make room for things he personally deems more artful! Like adaptions and stars in plays!
Counterpoint: Time, money and Broadway theaters are not in unlimited supply. It is not the responsibility of audiences—including critics—to like and support everything artists create. Every not-great work of art is taking space and resources from other, potentially better ones.
EXCLUSIVE: HBO Films has closed a deal for U.S. rights to the European Film Market buzz title ‘Reality.’ Directed by Tina Satter, the docudrama is a breakout turn for Sydney Sweeney as convicted classified document leaker Reality Winner
Riedel once again coming the of the darkness to spew his racist, vitriol against a play that did nothing to him. Or no one asked him about. Time for him to shut his mouth and head back to his conservative talk radio day job.
i hope that people at
@BroadwayLeague
know that many of the writers and artists being hyper critical of their leadership right now are doing it bc they WANT to not bc they NEED to.
Most of us can make a livelihood in film/tv with fewer headaches, fewer bills, and a lot more $$.
Selina Fillinger on “consciously failing the Bechdel test” in her new Broadway play, “POTUS”: “If you take the man out of the room, patriarchy still exists and we still play by its rules.”
#ratatouillethemusical
fans...I’m going live on tiktok tonight at 10:30 PM EST with
@gregnobile
the lead producer to chat about what’s tea...and all your questions will be answered! RT & spread the word.
Is that…?
Could it be the…?
Oh my, yes! Yes it is!
@Rosie
’s favorite is back on the menu!
The Cajun Chicken Sandwich is back, a little bit spicier than ever before (according to our stellar staff!)
🐓🥪👍
For generations, Indian Neck has been a popular hotspot for summertime fun. As of last night, the Neck got friki. The crew at the Owenego extends a warm welcome to our newest neighbor, The Friki Tiki!!! Come explore the Neck from Head to "O" this summer and have some friki fun!!!
@T_W_65
@annie_irene13
@jeremyoharris
@TheActorsFund
.. we asked members of the Bway community to join us in raising up the work of these original creators to raise the most money possible to support the arts community. Those original creators have been onboard with us from the start.
A producer accusing a critic of championing only celebrity-driven shows, when that same producer's resume is almost entirely celebrity-driven shows, is so silly.
Several people I spoke to for this Scott Rudin piece told me they spoke to the NY Times last year for a similar exposé. Obviously, it never ran. I'm not sure why. via
@thr
@MrDavidGordon
@hustonca
Sorry, what’s the work? Reporting on leaked grosses of shows that were fighting to stay alive and preserve jobs during a historically disastrous period of the American theater?
What's better than watching Sweeney Todd on VHS shot from the back of the room for Lincoln Center Archives for most of your life? Seeing it LIVE at
@BarrowStTheatre
. This is an excellent, touching, wildly fucked up production with the most talented and funny cast. Go now!
Happy
#AnnieLive
day to all who celebrate. Never forget the time my elementary school music teacher told me that I had to stop singing "Little Girls" for class because I was going to give myself nodes.
I had the pleasure of seeing
@Delta
Courtney in action recently at LAX and it was a highlight of 2021. Hand delivering genuine joy to uneasy travels during Omicron. Not all heroes..
@T_W_65
@annie_irene13
@jeremyoharris
Great question! We actually collaborated deeply with all of the original creators in this process. They have also all been credited and compensated for their contributions. Being that this is a fundraiser for
@TheActorsFund
..
My first Broadway show was Phantom of the Opera - my parents brought us to see it for the holidays when I was about 13. 14 million people see Broadway shows each year - and over 87,000 jobs are supported from ushers to actors. Reopening Broadway safely is a big priority.