Julia, both the O-K-L-A and the J-13 reference were added to the show when Pryce came in.
Really glad you liked the tour. Laura is awesome of course, and I kind of liked the idea of Tom Hewitt as Lawrence. And of course yay or loving Timothy. I agree he looks like a Freddy...a bit like Jason, no? And you shouldn't feel upset at liking a new Andre! I'm glad you think he's good in the role.
Let's see...wow, this is the most active the thread has been in a while! Gotta leave for class in like 15 minutes, I'll cover what i can...
Kerrie, of course I know your love for Ewan. That's the main reason I briefly posted it here (how could I forget our arguments about the hottest Scottish man? Still Gerry :-P )
*He* (bad assumption Dre :-P) is a student at The New School for Drama. He was with friends seeing Voyage of the Carcass (supposedly Dan is in the movie too?) and Ewan sat next to them. He bummed a cigarette, and they started talking, explained they were students at The New School for Drama, talked some acting...he said he was really cool, down-to-earth, and then invited them to the cast party or something? so that's when they more chilled.
Like I said, a tad jealous.
Chinatown, eh? And Hugh Jackman? Are you at least mentally stalking Kerrie? I'm not far from Chinatown...maybe I'll check it out one day...that's where I saw Rent shoot...do you know or know where I can find specific info about where they're shooting?
Aww thanks Annie. You're so awesome. It certainly motivates me to want to write more reviews and long posts in my lessened online time when I know they're missed. But it was nice to post the MP one--kind of a special aspect of seeing shows in previews, there's not soo many reviews yet so people are more interested in your particular opinion.
I'm not going to Martin short. Ah well.
Did I ever mention...I'm pretty sure I didn't...you know how we know Dennis Stowe is in the Wedding Singer? He's playing the guy who plays Mr. T at the end! Ahhh! I have to see this soon. My friend really wants to see it so I'm waiting to work it out with her.
And Michael Cerveris is coming into my Sondheim class on Monday. Really exciting. Great timing, while we're still doing Sweeney. It's so awesome doing that in class. I just sit there bouncing, mouthing and acting out the songs with my friends...and just ramble, and people are interested in my rambling. The paper I wrote for it, which I hafta fix up, was supposed to be 4-6 pages...mine is 9, which is shorter than I expected. Yay. Anyway, I wrote about Epiphany and Johanna (act 2) and we ended class with Epiphany yesterday and my teacher was like Amanda's been waiting for this for weeks and I was like wow, I didn't think I was being that obvious...so then I got to ramble about the brilliance of the song for 5 minutes. Hehe.
We're all excited to start with A Little Priest Wednesday. And yeah Michael coming in will be awesome. Maybe I can finally ask him my question about if he wonders where people's hands have been when they rub his head...or what it's like to have a head like a ping pong ball,...hmmm...
Finally, there was a musical reading at the York Theater last night (free--always good). I went w/ a friend at the last minute...Rachel De Benedet was in it, and Fred Lassen was musical director and played piano. Hehe.
I really liked it. There were 2 plays--one was about a magician and his former lover (Rachel) and he kept trying to like...do magic tricks on her(she was his assistant) and there was this whole thing where he made her float and she kept trying to tell him she was independent and making herself float, but he couldn't accept that. It was a powerful piece. Rachel had one song that she belted the hell out of. Great reception from the audience (including these adorable old men next to me who kept saying "brava")
The other reading was a 2-act musical called The Last Smoker in America. Smoking had been abolished in America and anyone caught doing it was put in jail--there were police who hunted them down and such. Rachel was a stressed-out Mom who snuck one every so often. She was having problems with her husband, and their son was a white kid who kept trying to tell them he was black (he was hysterical!), told his dad that his dad was his nigga, etc. Then you know, Rachel catches her husband with the neighbor, goes on the run, comes back 2 years later, and I can't explain it but it was sooo funny. There's the son, and they wave flags while signing the song "the Last smoker in America" and such. Soo glad I went at the last minute. Gotta love these free arts events around the city. And Rachel was really funny and did a very good acting job (particularly for a reading). She was cheered enthusiastically by the audience, and it was great to see her again (sans bad Muriel wig. Heh).
Alrighty time for class. boo. Mondays, Weds, and Fris are the best--sondheim MW and Lang at the public theater Friday. Tuesday/Thursday are 3 classes--dream interpretation (fun), psychoanalysis and society (ok) and stats (bores me to death).
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli
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