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Posted: 4/25/10 at 10:27pm
Just before Albin's big number at the end of the first act, while George is speaking to him through the dressing room door, the soundboard died, or so we learned when a young woman came out on stage and told everyone.
The audience was having a blast, was perfectly happy to wait, and Kelsey Grammer kept the mood light. Everyone went off stage for a few minutes, then Grammer came back and sat on the stage and started chatting, then told a joke, which went something like this:
And Italian and a Greek are debating their cultures. The Greek says, "We invented democracy." The Italian says, "We built magnificent cities." The Greek says, "What about our cuisine, our feta cheese and our phyllo dough ...." And the Italian says, "Don't even talk to me about cuisine. We Italians OWN cuisine." So the Greek says, "We invented sex." "Yes," the Italian says, "But we introduced it to women."
Hey, blame Grammer, not me.
Then at the end, after he's tamed the standing ovartion and done his Broadway Cares pitch, he says, "What happened here tonight will probably never happen again. We share it. We will be connected by it for the rest of our lives. How f-ing amazing is that?!" The abbreviation is mine; he used all the letters.
The audience was having a blast, was perfectly happy to wait, and Kelsey Grammer kept the mood light. Everyone went off stage for a few minutes, then Grammer came back and sat on the stage and started chatting, then told a joke, which went something like this:
And Italian and a Greek are debating their cultures. The Greek says, "We invented democracy." The Italian says, "We built magnificent cities." The Greek says, "What about our cuisine, our feta cheese and our phyllo dough ...." And the Italian says, "Don't even talk to me about cuisine. We Italians OWN cuisine." So the Greek says, "We invented sex." "Yes," the Italian says, "But we introduced it to women."
Hey, blame Grammer, not me.
Then at the end, after he's tamed the standing ovartion and done his Broadway Cares pitch, he says, "What happened here tonight will probably never happen again. We share it. We will be connected by it for the rest of our lives. How f-ing amazing is that?!" The abbreviation is mine; he used all the letters.
