News regarding Escape to Margaritaville; Sweat; Hamilton in London’s quest to stop scalpers/touts; the Stuttering Association for the Young (and Bruce Springsteen, kinda); the Ambassador Theatre Group/Colonial Theatre; and the Nassau Coliseum:

Yet another musical following IN TRANSIT’s model of having a series of pre-Broadway tryouts before coming to NYC: https://t.co/r5Q6RdRyMm

— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 9, 2017

…but since MARGARITAVILLE can’t have the same concern because Jimmy Buffet’s name will sell tix, why are they going with this approach?

— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 9, 2017

Problem with this theory: producers never care about the intelligentsia because they mostly make their money off others.

— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 9, 2017

For instance: theatres may need to start opening 60 mins early (instead of 30) if they hope to get all the kvetching patrons inside in time

— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 9, 2017

P.S. I wrote about the seeds of this idea below. NYC will most probably follow suit. All hail (Cameron) Mackintosh! https://t.co/ZPG0JFpKRi

— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 9, 2017

Besides just the stuttering, I had to post about this because of the Bruce connection as well (Everett Bradley!!!) https://t.co/R1zUgHCtV9

— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 9, 2017

Though hopefully their award will be $$$$$$$$$. In any case, I feel my already excessive anglophilia continuing to rise…

— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 9, 2017

Wait…the Nassau Coliseum is open again?! SOMEONE GET BRUCE ON THE PHONE!!!! https://t.co/i9nEKZThMa

— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 9, 2017