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Agreed, DRS - I'm not sure if I'd be willing to move to ConnectU. But it sounds like a flimsy lawsuit.

And how depressed are we that Rube is gone?

What do you do? For money, I'm a freelance editor and office drone. In my spare time, I sew, I write, I sing, and I direct (both stage and audio theatre). What is it you love about Broadway? I love the energy and the instant gratification. With my other creative projects (painting, writing) I wonder if/when they'll be appreciated, but the rush of in-the-moment laughter, sighs, and applause from the audience is incredibly thrilling. What was the first Broadway show you ever saw? *cringe* Annie...

SM2, my mind also jumped to the Brittany Murphy film. YIKES - that was quite possibly the worst movie I've ever seen.

Isaac, did you ask... and then answer yourself?

"Uta Hagen, Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, Bobby Lewis, Sanford Meisner, and Harold Clurman all in the same acting group? Sitting at the same dinner table discussing theatre? The drama that unfolded as each would take their own beliefs about the theatre and develop their own techniques and methods?" I don't like the concept as a movie, but would LOVE it as a play. It would have a decent regional run in some up-and-coming theatre town, and then go on to be a college theatre classic.

I agree with lildogs - it's not like they're using a reality show to cast an opera at the Met! It's GREASE, folks!

It makes me smile. I miss W&G!

A THREAT about you, turtle? Isn't that a bit masochistic?

Holly, if you go to the link to purchase them, you can click for a larger photo.

Robbins, you make a good point. However, the mission of the Tonys is to reward excellence in theatre. (Whether they actually DO reward excellence in theatre can be debated to the death elsewhere.) While I don't think that copying a past performance's direction and staging constitutes "excellence," I think the actors should still certainly be eligible, as they still are working hard, singing and dancing and dazzling an audience.

I'm going to have to agree with EugLoven on that one.

So, yeah - I went back to the doctor, and they took a blood test to determine that I have mono. FANTASTIC - I get to tell my boss tomorrow that I have a disease most commonly associated with promiscuous 16-year-olds.

I can't lie, I cried during Miss Saigon.

I second Pimpernal... an amazing show. As a sidenote, the original book by Baroness Orczy makes a great summer read.

Awwwww - thanks, cturtle. It's good to be back...

I was quite convinced, upon hearing about this show, that I would hate it. However, the performance at the Tonys won me over, and I've been listening to the music ever since. It's catchy, bubbly and fun; and yet it's more than just fluff, it has real heart. I am now very convinced of its fabulousness.

"Lily's Eyes" from Secret Garden.

We love new people. Please, though, read the FAQ. It will make all of us, and you, happier on the boards.