A couple of offline friends and I were thinking, what the world needs is...yet another remake of Lion in Winter.

Henry - Alan Rickman
Eleanor - Emma Thompson
Richard - Clive Owen
Geoffrey - Tom Hiddleston
John - Jack Black
Alais - Amanda Seyfried
Phillip - Ben Whishaw

Opinions?

Vanessa Redgrave & James Earl Jones were both phenomenal of course. The sets were very minimal-table, chairs, and seats & a steering wheel to mimic the car. There was a projection onto the blank back wall to show each new location. They left the script exactly as it was, so the show is very similar to the movie. Although there were a lot of ( Read more... )

I'm over a month behind on theater reviews.  The next few posts will be things I've seen recently ( Read more... )

I hadn’t been to see Phantom on Broadway in about 10 years, if you can imagine. Now that there’s a new cast, I thought it was high time to see my all-time favorite musical again ( Read more... )

This show has a lot going for it, some brilliant cast members, some powerful songs, but also some scenes that just do not work. It’s still in previews, so hopefully it will get refined further. Aaron Tveit is a rockstar! He is perfect for Frank Abagnale Jr. with his big personality and huge, old school Broadway tenor voice. It’s worth seeing ( Read more... )

Priscilla: Queen of the DesertThe story is basically identical to the story in the film of the same name: two drag queens and a MtF transwoman are taking a bus trip across Australia to get to where they will be performing next. Tick, AKA Mitzi, is played beautifully by Will Swenson. I’m bummed that I missed Hair when it was on Broadway, not least ( Read more... )

ALL products below either brand new or only tried once, and kept in a clean, dry place since then ( Read more... )

I finally got off my butt and to the theater. I've missed it. Badly.

Billy ElliotA very fun show. I was pleasantly surprised that it was almost sold out. There are several different kids who alternate playing Billy. I saw Jacob Clemente, who was amazing. They try to make the story (a young boy from a mining family in Northern England who ( Read more... )

How to Train Your Dragon was the funniest animated movie I've seen in a while. The whole cast was good; even Gerard Butler didn't suck. Craig Ferguson was hilarious as the blacksmith who mentors the main character (a nerdy, gawky boy in a society of big, burly Viking men). Of course I loved America Ferrera in her small role as the girl, Astrid ( Read more... )

Seems like the interview went well... we'll see.

I went to see Date Night with Steve Carell & Tina Fey. HILARIOUS! Steve Carell is a tax guy from Jersey...as soon as you hear that, you know it's going to be funny. I mean...a tax guy having an adventure involving drugs, organized crime, NYC politics, strippers, car chases, etc? Fabulous. ( Read more... )