I try to link to a somewhat relevant page when I mention an actor or otherwise noted person in here (cf. Betty Fucking Comden) because I am not under the delusion that just because I know Who He Is, so should everyone else. People in my biz have no excuse not to know, say, about Little Women coming in this winter, but I understand that this is not ( Read more... )

Mother Times interviewed Joey McIntyre (New Kids on the Block) and Joey Fatone (N*SYNC) at Joe Allen's recently. The Joeys are of interest because they are both slowly building second careers as legitimate musical theatre actors--Mr. Fatone in RENT and now Little Shop of Horrors, taking over for the lovely Hunter Foster; and Mr. McIntyre in Tick, ( Read more... )

This post is not really belated, but things come in threes, or should ( Read more... )

So Betty Fucking Comden was Monday night. Tuesday afternoon, after getting a big fat raise from my day job, I left the office at 1pm and went to the pre-Broadway reading of Little Women, which stars Sutton Foster as Jo. It's going to be quite good. It's very Secret Gardeny, which is apropos, as Susan Schulman is directing it. I was there because my ( Read more... )

So Monday nights, I can almost always be found at a little shindig at the Birdland on W 44th St, hosted by my friend Jim Caruso called Cast Party. It's not a cast party for a particular show; it's just called "Cast Party." I can best describe it as 'open mic night for the musical theatre community in New York.' It's a surprisingly fun time, always ( Read more... )

Lo. I have returned ( Read more... )

I have been absent. Well, not absent, but lurking. I go through these benders where I cannot summon the wherewithall to post anything for a while. In my defense, it has been a time of great upheaval. To wit ( Read more... )

I scored
55¼%
on the classic 400 Point Purity Test!Take the test here!*hmph ( Read more... )

Hmph.

Called design company I am supposed to start working for as of next week to see which shifts they want me on. Was told they would call me when they had it worked out.

Do not like the sound of that at all. When somebody in my line of work says something like that, they usually mean they are backpedaling on the whole idea of having you ( Read more... )

I am wearing pinstriped pants today.

*twirls*