Perez Hilton at Perez Hilton!

So I went to the midnight show of Perez Hilton Saves the Universe last night (which didn't start until 12:45... wah wah.) Well, none other than Perez Hilton showed up and sat right in the center. He was laughing really loud and loving it. There were a lot of things that would have gotten bigger laughs if he weren't actually there, but it really made for a hilarious atmosphere to watch a show in!!!

I loved this show and I really hope it gets transferred... it would be good as a late night kind of thing and could really be the next Rocky Horror. People were so participatory, I thought they'd start yelling out the lines. (Like 5 people around me all said "it's Britney, bitch" with the actress... it was hilarious.)

Perez is apparently seeing a lot of shows this week while he's in New York. Glad he got to see this!

This is a show looking for a concept, IMHO.
What it has going for it is Randy Blair who was born to play Perez.
I saw Blair in ADD1NG MACH1NE and he was brilliant.
If the writers give a visionary or new director a chance to exploit the show it could be a small cult show.
Not that Conner Gallagher (directer/choreographer) doesn't do a good job, but he needs a bigger budget and a free er hand to shape the material.
The costumes should be funny and broader and they were just messy and there was no set except for Matt Steinbrenner's comical projections.
I thought the real Perez would love it cause it actually makes him kinda human.

Updated On: 9/15/08 at 12:20 AM

I assumed Perez was there at the closing show because my facebook newsfeed alerted me this morning of Andrew Keenan-Bolger's new profile pic which was definitely a shot of the actual Perez feeling up Andrew's shockingly ripped torso. Not that I just randomly add Broadway people on facebook or anything...ummmm.

As for the show, I'm glad it's getting all the buzz it deserves. I agree with BobRandonGuyMan that it would work in the cult vein of The Rocky Horror Show. I didn't get a chance to see it when it transfered theaters, but I saw one of the early performances at the Bleecker St. I posted my review in the Fringe Festival Buzz thread. I enjoyed it immensely, especially the performances by Randy Blair & Laura Jordan. I would guess that Perez would have enjoyed it. It certainly pokes fun at him but I thought it really made an interesting point about the cyclical, vicious nature of celebrity. They need him to keep them in the news just as much as he needs them to be hot messes.

My friend took me to this last night and we couldn't believe Perez was actually there! It was so exciting! We also couldn't believe we were watching a musical at 1 in the morning, but it still was so funny, we were dying of laughter. This show is so original and crazy, it makes most of the other musicals I've seen this year look pretty lame.

Je veux,

So what if he's not a "real" Broadway fan? He's giving a lot of shows a lot of press by talking them up on his blog and um, Broadway gets little to no respect in popular culture, so the fact that someone as popular and relevant as Perez is talking about theatre is a good thing for the industry. Crucify him for not being a "true" theatre fan all you want, but the elitist attitude is so laughable coming from people in a business that so desperately need good P.R., especially from the likes of Perez Hilton.

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