"My Lucky Star " by Joe Keenan
"My Lucky Star " by Joe Keenan
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#0"My Lucky Star " by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/14/06 at 3:43am
A very funny farcical novel in the Armistead Maupin vein about a closeted action film star.
Has anyone read this or Keenan's previous books?
He won an Emmy for writing "Frasier".
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#1re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/14/06 at 11:02amdid he also write MY BLUE HEAVEN? has there been more since? I gave both those novels to a composer friend as ideas for a new musical...but he is notoriously slow in writing.
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#2re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/14/06 at 11:04am
His books are laugh-out-loud funny.
He has SUCH a way with words!
I was given 'My Lucky Star' for my birthday because the friend who gave it to me said the characters of Gilbert and Claire reminded him of us. I'm still trying to figure that out... 
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#3re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/14/06 at 11:05amCan I please finish one book before you start giving me others that I need to buy and read now Wildy.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#4re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/14/06 at 11:06amHis first two books are hysterical. I have Lucky Star sitting on my nightstand, but haven't read it yet.
PEACE.
#5re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/14/06 at 11:15amI bought it as soon as it came out! It indeed was, as the previous two, laugh-out-loud funny. I had to read passages aloud in the car one day!
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
Holly Near
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#6re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/14/06 at 11:15am
Great! I'll chase up the first two books now.
Today!
This instant!!
#7re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/14/06 at 11:21amPutting on the Ritz was the follow-up to My Blue Heaven.
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
Holly Near
#8re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/14/06 at 11:24am
Putting on the Ritz and Blue Heaven are two of my favorite comic novels ever. I'm looking forward to reading this one!
And Addy...you could definitely play Claire in the movie--or movie musical!
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#9re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/14/06 at 11:33amso I know of those two (STAR and HEAVEN), but has there been a third?!?!?
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
#10re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/14/06 at 1:28pm
Wow - you really DID love this one.
I'll be checking it out then.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#11re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/14/06 at 1:34pmAlthough each one is funny on its own, I recommend reading them in order (Heaven, Ritz, Star). They do build upon each other to some degree.
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
Holly Near
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#12re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/14/06 at 2:02pmhey RATH long time no type. Are you the Lesbyterian I once proposed child-rearing together with from this board?!?!?! Seems like I've only read two Keenans, and since I passed them on, not sure if they were HEAVEN and STAR or HEAVEN and RITZ. Somebody PM me the plots (so there are no spoilers on here) and then i can get the one left in question and speedread it just to be sure. They are that funny, in a "Thin Man" kind of way.
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
#13re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/14/06 at 2:38pmTx, Star was only released a couple of months ago.
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
Holly Near
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#14re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/14/06 at 2:42pmah, then I must have read HEAVEN and RITZ. Are the characters continuing? I hope so....
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
#15re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/14/06 at 6:12pm
Oh yes, they are all back. This time they move to California to become screenwriters. Hilarity ensues.
As I recall, I read the first two before Will & Grace became a hit. While reading Star I couldn't help but picture Jack as Gilbert.
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
Holly Near
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#16re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/27/06 at 8:15am
I'm never going to be able to look at the 'Oscars' the same way again... 
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#17re: 'My Lucky Star ' by Joe Keenan
Posted: 7/27/06 at 10:16amHee hee ...
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
Holly Near
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