Profile for Bryan With A Why

"Oh my God," the American musical theatre canon was overheard saying, "they found me. I don't know how, but they found me."

And we thought Patti was the one with the drunken photoshopping complex...

Can we not think of any other mitigating factors in Patti's decision? Nothing about the film being a post-"Sunset Blvd." Lloyd Webber project? Nor of the considerable attachment Patti must have felt to the material and the role, and the potential discomfort inherent in being involved outside of said role? Neither still of her international, nearly-iconic association with said role, which was publicly underminded with each re-boot of the film project (this following the tumultuous-at-best publ...

I want to say I read a feature story on the special sound tech specific to this scene from the tour's facebook page. I tried to locate it, but couldn't find it. Anyone else remember this?

Coincidence/Karmic energy/Fate: Yesterday was the day I cast a production of "Gypsy" I'm directing this summer. Dainty June ended up being the most problematic role to cast, with drop-outs/availability issues coming into play. I actually heard this news from the actress who called to accept the role...She was doing a little research beforehand, and decided to take it "in memoriam" (said jokingly, of course). This is the first large-scale production I'm helming...something tells me we'll have ...

Definitely not as excited about the forthcoming season. 2 boring shows, 2 mediocre shows, 1 meh revival, and I may be mistaken, but didn't we JUST get "The Color Purple?" I am, however, glad to hear that the "Avenue Q" tour is in good shape, and thrilled to hear that there's good rumblings for the Saenger's reopening season. It just doesn't feel right seeing tours anywhere else...

Ella Fitzgerald's "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered." Truth be told, her rendition of "Mack the Knife" from her Berlin concert (in which she botches the lyrics and turns the number into a brilliant scat display) may be my favorite recorded piece of anything ever.

I certainly have to second Carl Anderson. I will always remember seeing his Judas, a role he spent a lifetime defining, in New Orleans' Saenger Theatre (which, while we're talking about losses to the theatrical community, is a true post-Katrina tragedy). Every second spent onstage (even when interacting with Sebastian Bach's Jesus) was sheer perfection, and I remember thinking how remarkable it was for a performer of his age to have such a youthful onstage exuberance. We lost him less than a ...

If you have to ask, it's probably receding.

Damn, Spork beat me to "Much More!" Also have to 2nd (or 89th, I lost count) "Somewhere That's Green" and "Out There" as some of the best. And yes, Spork, "The Movie in My Mind" definitely counts. I'll add: "Is Anybody There" from 1776. (I know "Piddle, Twiddle..." is technically the "I Want" number in terms of placement, but this is basically the same idea with much more power!) "Can't Be Bothered Now" and "Someone to Watch Over Me" from Crazy for You

"Ragtime," Ragtime "Prologue," Little Shop of Horrors "God I Hope I Get It," A Chorus Line "Try To Remember," The Fantasticks And, though technically comprised of several individual numbers, the first 15 minutes of "On the Twentieth Century."

"Chicago," with a sublime, new-hipped Bebe as Roxie.

I also wonder how Carl Anderson was recently diagnosed with leukemia. Either the doctors or the reporter are off by a few years...

Evita On the Twentieth Century Fifty Million Frenchmen My Fair Lady Chess (edit: sub Fifty Million Frenchmen with Side Show)

"A Q Argentina, the chains of the puppets..." ...sorry.

Will this show also involve a man who looks like Catherine O'Hara?

Definitely second the Cole Porter suggestion. Although "The Tale of the Oyster" was originally written for a woman, I've seen it in various male compilation books and have used it to great effect!