Profile for Caravaggio

I read all seven pages of this thread, and I understand your feelings, starlinght, but I respectfully disagree. I feel very strongly that once the curtain goes down, the actor isn't obliged to do anything else. His job is done.

Actually, Audryna, The idea that some fans petulantly DEMAND that an actor sign autographs or "give a kind word of gesture" after the curtain comes down TOTALLY eludes me. You chide the actor that is rude or doesn't want to engage with the fans afterwards, but once the curtain comes down, their work for the day is finished. If they have done their job well, they hear the applause and cheers from the audience and for a lot of actors that's where they get their job satisfaction - NOT from signi...

I also don't think SPAMALOT is going to get the Best Musical Tony, either. Yes, it's wildly popular, but I do think that a lot of people think it's too gimmicky. And none of the principals have made a breakaway performance the way Butz has in DRS.

I agree. She is making very astute choices in his film & TV work by doing showy bit roles in high-profile productions. More people will see her in the first weekend of BEWITCHED than her entire run of WICKED. She'll come back to Broadway. That said, I would not be surprised if her "Alice in Wonderland" opera gets shelved (eeeew, bad idea) and if she cancels on THE APPLE TREE for Encores! in May.

I agree with Mr. Tuttle - "Grease Reject". If they had some imagination, they might have gone with a twisting Elvis pelvis...but then that might have seen like a TAKE ME OUT ripoff.

Although I am dreading the coming onslaight of Broadway shows with cut-and-paste scores built on previously recorded pop & rock hits, I was curious as how long this trend has been going on. Before MAMMA MIA! and MOVIN' OUT, there was SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE...and the dreaded BEATLEMANIA... What else from seasons past? Cut-And-Pastes from other genres included BUBBLING BROWN SUGAR, EUBIE!, AINT MISBEHAVIN', KAT AND THE KINGS...what others?

I had enough "time with him" at his 1992 show (which I understand this show is essentially a re-tread of). I kept thinking, "So when does this stop being obnoxious and start getting funny?" Cantone was always one of those comics (like Margaret Cho) that the gay press promoted as someone that any gay person would instantly find hysterical, presumably because they feel that we would collapse in stupefied glee every time one of them screamed or mugged. Or repated the SAME punch line with sledgeh...

Just go to Show World. You'll see the same thing.

"I don't think that Mel Brooks would do anything stupid. He's a smart man." You must have forgotten WHEN THINGS WERE ROTTEN.

Well, THIS queer goombah thinks that Cantone's about as funny as a root canal. I don't admire him at all.

It never hurts to be the cute boyfriend of a hot Broadway songwriter. Just ask Gene Kelly.

Gee.....I guess he DOESN'T sign, then.

Sorry to hear that Nathan was decaptitated. Bummer! Will he still be able to sign my Playbill?

Just called to check...there is NO RAIN DATE for the Broadway Flea Market. So, if we get residue from Ivan...bring your umbrellas. As of now it doesn't look BAD...but it doesn't look GREAT, either.....

"Kristin, I don't know HOW many times I have have to tell you this but I AM NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING JESUS AS MY PERSONAL SAVIOUR, Okay?!?!"

Gee. What a coincidence. It closes right before the GOP convention comes here... I dunno why, but I think they should take this show to London. I think it would be VERY strongly recieved there.

Sounds like an absolutely perfect role for Matthew.

Jessica, I don't think we have to worry about THE PRODUCERS leaving anytime soon! :) What's nice to hear is that people who have never seen Nathan & Matthew in the show are seeing it fresh and loving it just as much as we old-timers, with special raves for Brad, Hunter and John Tracey Egan (who was on as Roger DeBris when I last saw the show and who was pretty damn flawless).

Gee, I guess you must have skipped his chapter in BBSG entitled THE FAGS, where it is quite evident that he is exceedingly uncomfortable that Broadway is a haven for gay men and lesbians. I found myself astonished that such loathesome hatred could appear in a work obstensibly on the Broadway musical. Hardly a shining example of the "taste" and "discernment" you find in him.

What is your take on his homophobia?