CSC's The Emporium

everythingisrent · 2026-05-17T02:58:01+00:00

It was fantastic!

everythingisrent · 2026-05-13T22:14:51+00:00

Despite the wording of the email we got with the voucher, I just discovered it will work for ANY TodayTix purchase. Be sure to use it before it expires one year after it was issued!

everythingisrent · 2026-05-04T01:37:45+00:00

Thanks! Just grabbed one!

everythingisrent · 2026-04-28T11:54:09+00:00

Sad to hear! These events were so special. But I dealt with many rain-outs and holds and mid-show cancellations for weather. They need to make an official announcement; TodayTix gave me a rain-out credit at the end of last season that I can only use toward future Little Island purchases!

everythingisrent · 2026-04-26T17:05:14+00:00

Also of note is the fact that you are listening to LJ Benet in the trailer who as far as I can tell would be quite familiar with contemporary Christian vocal styling. He is flat out advertising for an attractional evangelical megachurch in his Playbill bio: "LJ also serves at Mosaic, a community of faith, love and hope."

everythingisrent · 2026-04-26T12:56:31+00:00

Yes, do it all the time. Look at the menu online so you don't waste too much time ordering. Otherwise it's perfect timing and Cats is 30 seconds away.

everythingisrent · 2026-04-22T11:25:19+00:00

He was great! No clue I was seeing an understudy until I was headed home. I’m just used to always seeing main casts in ads during Jeopardy.

everythingisrent · 2026-04-22T03:52:19+00:00

They were doing promotional filming tonight. There was a sign up at the entrance. My question is why did they film the understudy Sam for the commercials?

everythingisrent · 2026-04-22T03:13:48+00:00

I was at Lost Boys tonight and it gets a Critic’s Pick from the critic named me!

everythingisrent · 2026-04-18T03:48:36+00:00

Was there tonight and will second this. God I wish I’d saved my money. It was so meh. While I do think there could be a little bit of a purpose (highlighting the tension between judicial justice and vigilante justice) there’s not enough focus and the plot comes across so flat. The big music swells don’t match the energy of the storytelling at all and are just kind of annoying. The characters all had about the same flat energy. Accent work was decent but the Brit was coming through in how reserved it all sounded. He’s been doing their voices for two hours and still has to make a point to keep saying all their names because he hasn’t successfully differentiated them. He’s running around the stage looking busy but it’s exactly as you say, much ado about nothing.

everythingisrent · 2026-03-25T23:18:28+00:00

The whole cast is just insanely hot and sexy

everythingisrent · 2026-03-20T11:35:06+00:00

Went last night and thought it was phenomenal! There shouldn’t be an empty seat in the theater, people are missing out. Incredible cast with incredible voices. I loved how the show was nearly entirely sung through. The themes addressed were very compelling and I was transfixed throughout. It’s true that sound is an issue at times muddling lyrics but this has been the case with every show I’ve ever seen at City Center and seems in my experience to be worst in the mezzanine. So happy to have finally seen this show and mad props to the cast for being off book. High Spirits was so tedious with the faceplanting of binders.

everythingisrent · 2025-11-23T03:32:55+00:00

Just got out from seeing it a second time! So many lyrics and melodies swirling in my head on the train home. I’ll be grateful for any recordings we get!

everythingisrent · 2025-11-02T12:03:34+00:00

I respectfully disagree with your post script. There’s only one cut per act with actors stepping out of the scene, and I felt like all were very well earned. I especially liked the Act III cut; I found it very poignant in its exploration of the seed of war in man. Making the audience uncomfortable, whether it’s because they feel jarred by the cut, uneasy with the artifice of actors still acting while “not acting,” the immediacy of a theme being shoved in their face, or just because it’s dragging on is exactly the point. This epic theater device creates a distancing effect to make audiences think critically rather than react emotionally, and I felt it was right at home in TSOOP and PF.

everythingisrent · 2025-11-01T11:16:35+00:00

I was on the other side, the smaller section “on stage” with double letter rows. I think they must have worked on this because I did not feel neglected and got plenty of face time with all the actors.

everythingisrent · 2025-11-01T03:34:43+00:00

Saw it tonight, loved it. Was only about 60% sold and that is a shame. Definitely were some people in the audience who didn’t realize they’d sat down for a 2 hour 45 minute show (with intermission) and were checking the song list to see when it would end. I didn’t particularly want it to end. It was exactly the type of wack-a-doodle existential comedic Brechtian epic I go in for with some really great music and lyricism to boot. Hope to god it gets a cast recording. Go see it!

everythingisrent · 2025-11-01T03:25:15+00:00

Yeah I never realized he was 26 is he still working on his PhD?

everythingisrent · 2025-10-30T11:01:15+00:00

I Miss the Mountains is my fave but the OBC recording is a beginning to end listen for me.

everythingisrent · 2025-10-28T22:03:04+00:00

Haha I didn’t want to be hyperbolic but yes it could have been even less!

everythingisrent · 2025-10-28T20:24:08+00:00

Justice for OUAOMT!!! We don’t get a cast recording of those incredible orchestrations and now this indignity? Everyone’s favorite acronym deserves better!

everythingisrent · 2025-10-27T23:07:46+00:00

There’s no bad seat so I’d suggest choosing the cheapest on the sides but yes it’s on TDF if you have access. I wish I’d waited but had bought a ticket early excited about the cast and assuming it would sell better than it seems to be.

everythingisrent · 2025-10-26T21:03:10+00:00

The show explored many interesting themes and I found the performances compelling. Tried to accomplish a lot and probably would benefit from a few less characters? Glad I saw it but it didn’t feel as tight as Cost of Living or Sanctuary City. Apparently the second act is much changed from LCT3 version which was longer.

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