Regional Theatres are doing wonderful things, no question about it--the same talents that you see on Broadway, more and more, are working in Regional productions--and everyone behind the curtain, from the directors and choreographers up to the playwrights, lyricists and composers, and producers are involved, as well.

Still, setting Disney and Sir Andrew aside, there have and continue to be great things on Broadway--"Wicked" is one of the all time phenomena of the musical theatre--"Urinetown" was a brilliant and bleak social satire with songs you could hum and a message that would keep you up at night, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" was one of the funniest shows ever(closed on Broadway, but now touring)--"The Drowsy Chaperone" is a poigant character study that masquerades as a send up of old style musical comedies, and, if you want to explore virgin theatrical territory, "Souvenir" was a rather disturbing examination of the career of Florence Foster Jenkins, who was perhaps, the worst successful classical singer in American History--and there is "Grey Gardens" which is a musical based on the documentary about Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis' extremely unusual aunt and cousin--


I have found that it is extremely easy not to go to the Disney shows--as to ticket prices, you can by half price tickets on line now, and, an hour before show time, most shows have lotteries for $20 seats.