The Damrosch Park Corps de Azaleas looks superb following its spring season at Lincoln Center. The plants seem well-rested, hydrated, and well-fed – but not too well-fed – as they enjoy their staycation and store up energy for next spring. Boy oh boy, are these kids going to kick up the dirt come April. Looking forward to that. Some of the renegades are talking about popping out in January or February -- but that's just their usual bloomhead braggadocio and flexing of leaf pecs. One never knows how they might react when they start hearing music seeping from the adjacent theaters in less than six months time. They may go bonkers and pop right through the snow.
Five or six months is not a long time. In fewer than four months, we'll be talking about repertory, and the dancers will be in preparation. Right now, however, it is terribly sad to see these skeletal billboards for the first time:
These, too, shall pass. It's only been six months since the beginning of intermission; it just seems like a lifetime. And because we don't know precisely when it will be over, we feel like it could go on forever. It won't. Stay strong. Wear a mask.
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Not a fan of this man's behavior and can take or leave much of his music:
But this man ↓↓↓↓ is going to knock it out of the park with his new Broadway production that opens in previews on March 8th -- a week shy of the five six-year anniversary of the opening preview of his blockbuster success An American in Paris. Haglund was there then, and he'll be there again. Tickets are on sale now. Buy or be sorry. This one is going to make a heap of cash.