Profile for Balthazar Chasen

MJ has a good chance.  Funny thing: I was at the dentist today and the new hygienist mentioned Into the Woods.  And my town-ish city is waaaay off the radar. 

Missing nominations are Flying Over Sunset, Mrs. Doubtfire, and The Music Man.

I recently saw explicit shower photos from the 2002 version of Take Me Out.  I didn't even know about the current staging.  I can't help but wonder how the 2002 photos were procured. 

As I was walking down the beach with Jason Workman and another friend in 1984, girls were shouting to him, "You are gorgeous! You are gorgeous!!"  No surprise he winds up on Broadway in this production a few years later.  And Donna Kane has a marvelous set of pipes -- love her!

It was a treat to see "The Trolley Song" on YouTube just a year or so ago. 

(My own tenuous connection to this show I thought I'd share.)

Well, then, Kane channeled Garland's Esther Smith most convincingly. 

Claybourne Elder impresses.  I've been following him on IG for months.

The Roundabout Theater Company did a limited tour of COMPANY in 1999. It was the first tour to use revisions from Company's mid-90s revival. Peter Reardon was in it. Does anyone know anything about this small tour?

 

Not to namedrop, yet I've a friend who won one of these around 30 years ago.  The last I heard, a mutual acquaintance said his career hasn't gone as he had hoped.

 

 

Her CD "Just In Time" is a must-have.

RIP.

He was hilarious on Newhart as Michael Harris.  As well as during his Bosom Buddies early days. 

"Who Could Be Blue?" cut from Follies.

Here's a direct quotation regarding "Louis Says" & why it was cut:  "First reason was that by cutting it, Julie's vocal demands were diminished significantly. Second reason was that the cleaning/maintenance cost for that numbers costumes and wigs was insane, so they also saved a lot of money on weekly production costs." ""

I'm glad to hear favorable comments about Louis Says.  I've heard from a reputable source that the song was cut, in part, because of the high cost of maintaining & cleaning all the wigs that were used in the number.  It seems the production costs skyrocketed because of this song.  Just FYI. 

Thanks for these responses!

I especially find illuminating Ulla's line from The Producers. 

Also, the interpretation that the winner was referring to the many audience members in Radio City Music Hall seems plausible. 

Still I think Light saw Huffman's 2001 acceptance speech & deliberately planned beforehand to begin her 2013 speech the exact same way...a conscious imitation of Huffman. 

It's so random it's scary, yet it's a bit of a peeve.  When Cady Huffman won her Tony for The Producers, she began her acceptance speech by adlibbing, "There are so many of you...."  (Presumably, to thank for getting her to this point in her career.) 

Night & Day (although I don't know if it qualifies as "lesser known)