The Offical Passing Strange Love Thread (Scaryotypes Unite)- Page 47

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 6/23/08 at 2:46pm

Yes, Benky...see you there Thursday! (Orch - aisle 4 ). As Jade re-iterated, the show keeps getting "betta, and betta, and betta, and betta.
...la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la..it's culture !"

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 6/23/08 at 7:38pm

Im going the night of July 23rd for my first time...I am not really sure to expect.

[aliciag]

Posted: 6/23/08 at 8:05pm

I would just say go in with an open mind. Be ready to just have a good time and "feel the real!"

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 12:00am

That's good advice, aliciag. That's how we should all see shows.. with an open mind.

[Heybeenfood]

Posted: 6/26/08 at 2:05am

Show rocked tonight.

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 6/26/08 at 2:12am

I was just about to bump this thread because it's been quiet for a while. 2 whole days is a while.

Heybeenfood, I saw your Little Edie Broadway Bear avatar, and it made me realize that when they come out with the next set of bears, one of them should be Stew.

Posted: 6/26/08 at 10:14am

A Stew-Bear would be great....but maybe Heidi and Mr Venus as well.

For everyone, in case you aren't aware. Stew has written music for a play called Future Me.. it is playing towards the end of July at the Public Theater as part of the Summer play festival. Tickets are only $10 I think......The play comes from London...but I don't really know anything else.

[scaryclowns223]

Posted: 6/26/08 at 10:38am

I can just imagine the bear in his suit with sneakers and round spectacles. It would be the greatest Broadway Bear EVER!

I would buy it.

[WaltSummersPI]

Posted: 6/26/08 at 5:12pm

Colman bump:

Passing Strange's Colman Domingo will host the Visual AIDS benefit, The Heat Is On!, June 30 at LaMaMa.

The monthly variety show boasts a line-up of downtown artists performing sketch comedy, music, monologues, stand-up, drag and dance. Among the artists expected for the 8 PM performance are La John Joseph, the Chase Brock Experience, Joseph Keckler, Ryan Green, Novice Theory and Laryssa Husiak.

Normally a fundraiser for LaMaMa's Annex heating campaign, the June 30 installment of The Heat Is On! will benefit Visual AIDS, which continues its efforts to raise AIDS awareness through visual art. Responsible for creating the red ribbons that symbolize the fight against the disease, Visual AIDS also raises funds for artists living with HIV/AIDS.

Colman Domingo, who portrays a host of characters in Passing Strange from the closeted church choir director to an aggressive Berlin performance artist, also appeared in the Broadway company of Lisa Kron's Well. Domingo can be seen on LOGO's "Big Gay Sketch Show," spoofing personalities from Maya Angelou to Oprah Winfrey. Domingo also directed the Off-Broadway engagement of Single Black Female.

Tickets for The Heat Is On!, priced $20, are available by phoning [phone] or by visiting www.lamama.org.

LaMaMa e.t.c. is located at 74A East 4th Street in Manhattan.

For further information about Visual AIDS, visit www.thebody.com/visualaids.

[The Bearded Lady]

Posted: 6/26/08 at 6:12pm

Hopefully I can make it to New York this summer and see it!
Updated On: 6/26/08 at 06:12 PM

[BenKaye]

Posted: 6/26/08 at 11:57pm

I went to tonights show, and it was AMAZING. Keys was just phenomenal, and the whole cast was at the top of their game. It's a perfect opportunity to see the show now.

I met the cast at the stage door after the show, and Stew said that a Passing Strange film is a "might." We'll see how things turn out....

[Ole Chum]

Posted: 6/27/08 at 12:32am

i was at the show tonight too.

it was my first time seeing the show so i cant tell if the cast was "on" or not- i felt like stew was bored with the audience, which was pretty full (first 2/3 of orchestra, most of mezz, couldnt see balcony).

but i had a GREAT time- i thought the first 20 mins of Act 2 were a mess, but other than that... i was just loving every min of it.

everyone was wonderful but stews voice was a standout, and i loved Daniel Breaker- what an actor! Esia Davis also rocked my world. I actually really dug Rebecca Jones but its clear her voice is suffering... she sounds like she needs a break.

but still- what a fantastic time! hope this show stays open a lil longer.

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 6/27/08 at 4:48am

OleChum
Glad you liked most of the show...Was Scene 1, Act 2 a bit jarring at first? If so, please feel free to read our star writer of this thread *Jaystarr*'s excellent 10/10 reviews, where he deconstructs the poetry and explains in details, anything you may have not understood.
An download the iTunes - the lyrics/poetry are crystal clear. Welcome to the Love Thread.`

[scaryclowns223]

Posted: 6/27/08 at 8:03am

You know, its strange, but somehow I see Passing Strange making a GREAT movie. I mean, I am not at all an advocate of movie musicals, because they generally don't work at all. That being said, Passing Strange has a certain theatricality that I think would lend itself to a great Indie movie.

Stew makes independent films, right? I could totally see this as an art flick, and I think it would work more than Hairspray or Rent or even Chicago ever did.

[gregj63]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 12:14am

Made my 10th visit to the show tonight, still noticing new things. Interesting that the sound is so different depending where you are in the theater. In the middle mezzanine the instruments dominate, making the music rock but the words of the songs hard to hear at times, but tonight sitting at the far side of the orchestra, the words were loud and clear.

I love how Stew keeps changing Keys, even from the last time I saw it a couple of weeks ago. Tonight after a few choruses he cut the guitars leaving only a drum beat and the cast singing "It's alright", and made jokes in between choruses. Got the audience into it, and could have gone on even longer as far as I was concerned. It's a shame we don't have recordings of it every night, it's always fun to see what they do with it. Rest of the show was solid, as always, and an almost immediate standing ovation from the audience at the end.

I know all things must end eventually, but I hope this show keeps playing for a long time; I'd like to keep going back every few weeks when I need another fix of the Real.

[Ryan4]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 12:26am

I was there last night and saw Marian Seldes - yeah, she was rockin' out.

This is such a wonderful show. So alive. So true. Of course the Tonys are ridiculous, but how it lost Best Score to In the Heights, and didn't even get a Directing nod, is sort of embarrassing.

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 1:09am

Wow she must be one of us. She's definitely seen the show more than once.

I've made my peace about the whole Tony awards thing. I think the show is brilliant, but it's not for everyone, including the Tony voters, which I think represents most of the audience.

Anyone going to the CD release party at Joe's Pub next month?

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 1:26am

CD release party? Info, por favor?

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 1:27am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=29357

https://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,4049

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 1:36am

Gracias! I'm so there.

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 2:32am

I could swear they are now selling the CD at the theater this week!

Anyway, accidentally met Gregj and his most adorable and spunky daughters at the show tonight. They were REALLY groovin'!
Hope you don't mind me saying, GregJ, but those kids are fabulous, and are such *discriminating* theatregoers at their young age. Bravo!
L.'s rendition of Mr. Venus was too hilarious for words! She's going to be a "diva" one day, perhaps?

As for the Keys/Amsterdam rendition, THAT version started sometime last week, and has been smokin' along...Stew just starts improv-ing some nights, and voila! a new "version".

Enjoy, everyone.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 11:13am

11:30PM on a Sunday.... man that's late!

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 1:03pm

Yes, the CDis available at the show (Belasco) NOW! 25.00 buckeroos, I think.

[BenKaye]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 6:28pm

Hey there, fellow Scaryotypes. I need some help.

I'm looking for a really good line from Passing Strange, that could be used as a quote for a high school yearbook. Any input is much appreciated.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/29/08 at 6:37pm

"The real is a construct"

(PS: Marian Seldes has seen the show, easily, 10-15 times by now.)