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(Shameless self-promotion ahead) If you don't have much going on tonight and are in Manhattan stop by the Midtown Theatre at 11:00p.m. for a night of music and frivolity. Victoria Matlock (Wicked nat'l tour and currently of Million Dollar Quartet) and Emma Hunton (Spring Awakening) are the Broadway guests and I'm featured as the Rising Star. Should be a ton of fun! Cheers, Christopher

The production of Hair at Arizona Theatre Company in January of 2009 was outstanding! The cast starred Kyle Harris (Tony in the current WSS tour) as Claude, Rashidra Scott (Sister Act, Hair revival, and Finian's Rainbow) as Dionne, Michael Buchanan (The Addams Family And Cry Baby) as Woof, and Morgan James (Wonderland and The Addams Family) as Sheila. An outstanding, touching production I'll remember for a very long time. There are videos of it on that site if anyone cares to check it out. Ch...

I just love the thought of Terry Lavelle officiating the service, I'm sure there will be some funny moments.

My mind has been spinning reading everyone's responses and remembering just how great some of those performances were, but I'm gonna go with the first two that I thought of. Male: Raul Esparza, Company Female: LaChanze, The Color Purple

garyl, that is the production that I'm in! Hope you enjoy it! Cheers, C.

I'm in production of a musical that does not get produced very often, Mack & Mabel. There's obviously the horrendous book that makes this piece of theatre very hard to enjoy and really holds it back from being great but do you think it will ever get a revival with what I believe to be a truly beautiful Herman score? Maybe a revision of the book could help it? What would you like to see be done with it, if you'd even want to see it again, and who do you think might be fantastic in the lead rol...

It's funny because I had only really listened to "How Could I Ever Know," "Hold On" and "Lily's Eyes" before starting rehearsals, I hadn't listened to "Wick" even once before singing it with the two girls who will be playing Mary. Who would you like to see play some of the roles if there were a revival? I know she may be a little old for the role now, but I think Kelli O'Hara would be a lovely Lily; she'd sing it beautifully, no doubt about it. And I love the idea of Bart Sher doing it for Li...

So I'm currently in rehearsals for a production of The Secret Garden, and am curious what others thoughts on this show are, if you think it is time to see it revived, if it needs to be revised before being brought back, whatever. I find the score to be absolutely beautiful and am surprised that I rarely read about it being done regionally etc. Is it because you have to rely on children actors so heavily, or perhaps that it is simply a large show to produce and that is a challenge for companie...

Should be interesting to see what the reaction to their production of "Hair" this summer will be like. :-P Cheers, Christopher

So a quick question. I don't know the show at all, but am a big fan of Murphy, Foster, and Esparza. My Mom is coming to NYC for her first time and since we can get great priced seats I was just curious what the story line of the show is. Any info would be appreciated. Hope everyone is having a great St. Patty's Day! Cheers, Christopher

Jenny played Natalie in the national tour of All Shook Up and was involved in Princesses a few years back, the David Zippel (sp?) show. I thought she was wonderful in ASU. Cheers, Christopher

I think I'm using Chris Macke this up-coming season but a couple of my good friends used Justin Clynes recently and really enjoyed his work. He's extremely reasonable price wise as well. www.jclynesphotography.com Cheers, Christopher

I believe on Broadway Disney Theatrical's height requirement for Gaston was 6'2". I am not positive on that statement, I just remember hearing something along those lines back when it was still running. Now for the non-eq tour that is going out in about a month, the casting call said the minimum height for Gaston was 6'0". Cheers, Christopher

Great article! Thanks for sharing. I can't wait to be back in the States to see this production. Cheers, Christopher

When I get back to the States you can bet that this is the first production for me to get a ticket to. I'll go into a couple hundred dollars of debt to see Lansbury and Zeta-Jones live. Hope it's well received and running in March when I'm back. Cheers, Christopher

Nine: The many interesting lives of Garfield

I got to work with him a couple years ago on The Pajama Game. He's a very talented performer and an extremely nice person, too. Thanks for the interview! Cheers, Christopher

My roommate is interning with the agency that Leigh Ann Larkin is with and when we were talking about "Ragtime" I was explaining that I was excited to see her as Evelyn Nesbit, but she told me that she's going with Night Music instead. I know I haven't heard it directly from the horse's mouth but I feel like it's got some merit to it. If it is true, her "The Miller's Son" is gonna be amazing. Cheers, Christopher

I'll be there! Sooooo excited! Cheers, Christopher

I just switched shifts at work so I can be there! Can't wait! Cheers, Christopher