Idina Menzel in 'If/Then,' plus more women ascending on Broadway
The headline in Variety (can you resist an old-time Variety headline?) reads "Broadway Preps for a Diva Smackdown." And I wince a little at the idea of glorious musical artists as egomaniacal divas. And I flinch a bit at the cliche fantasy of a competitive hair-pulling spectacle at Tony time in June.