Neil Patrick Harris, Everyone.
So, the Tony’s were on last night. The Biggest Night of the Great White Way. And it was a moderate disaster. There were highlights, there were debacles, and there were some HOT MESSES. To recap, I’ve decided to give out my own awards for the evening…. (more…)
It’s the most wonderful (re: political) award season of the year! The 2009 Tony Nominations were announced yesterday, and you know what that means- I have opinions about it! Let’s talk about them.
The NYTimes reveals today that Green Day’s album “American Idiot” is going to premiere as a musical in Berkeley, CA this September. (more…)
Charles Isherwood, the NYtimes secondmost theater critic has a cameo on Gossip Girl coming up. He wrote about it today. Talk about a collision of high and low culture.
Does this mean the girls at Constance are going to be performing/writing/directing some sort of theatrical masterpiece? We can only hope..
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Tracy and I were lucky enough to see The Public’s production of HAIR at Shakespeare in the Park this past summer. HAIR is one of those unique pieces that reminds you that theater isn’t a spectator sport, and the audience is just as important to the success of the show as the actors. Seeing it outside in Central Park, where most of the show actually takes place, when you can look at the moon when the characters cry “Look at the moon! Look at the moon!”, well, it just doesn’t get much better than that.
But that didn’t stop them from trying. (more…)
When I was 15 I had a huge crush on Adam Pascal. This was during my Renthead phase, when I saw the show 3 times and listened to the soundtrack on repeat. Can you blame me? He is super, super dreamy. My crush lasted through his time in Aida, his performance in School of Rock.
And then he started performing in Rent, again. Then he did the Rent movie. Then he went back to Broadway’s Rent. Then did a Rent benefit concert. Then did Rent at NJPAC in Newark. And now, this . (more…)
Apparently, somewhere out there, a large number of people regard Jane Fonda as a great dramatic talent. I was completely unaware of this. (more…)
Dedicating so much time to the arts scene in NYC does have a pretty significant downside. A lot of it is terrible. Like, really, really bad. The ugly side of such a vibrant performance city can rear its head through a bad play, an overly political indie movie, a wannabe hipster band. And recently, I’ve had to endure the most depressing of all. The Scene Night. (more…)
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