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Well, have to say it was pretty awkward to be sitting by him (he was 15 at the time) during the puppet sex scene:eek: But, we still laugh about that awkwardness! AND, it was a terrific show! I didn't know muppets could be that entertaining!!;) |
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Husband and I are going to AveQ Sunday night. Can't wait!
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Then, he really surprised me. We went out to dinner with some of his friends in the city, and one had just been cast as understudy for all of the women in the show. She took him backstage and he got to meet the whole cast. Poor baby. While we were eating, her purse was stolen. Gotta love New York. Which, of course, I do. |
Sort of on the Broadway topic... I saw Idina Menzel in concert last night and she was AMAZING!!!
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Saw her in NY in both RENT and Wicked. Very talented woman. |
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That's great. We're seeing her in a wonderful space built not long ago for the excellent Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver.
It's not real big and is great for shows like her. Mrs. DA is really excited because she has never seen her in person. |
Bummer.
New York casting agency called the kid today to ask him to audition for an "immediate" roll in Grease in NY. Unfortunately, he has two weeks left in his present contract, and has performances seven days a week. This is the same agency that cast him for his last NY show and were considering him for the next opening in A Chorus Line -- which, of course, is closing. That business is worse than TV. |
This was so freaking awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq4ioNqwpFc My secret dream is to be in Hair as Berger or JCS as Judas. *sigh* |
senusret-you may just get your wish. i think i heard or read somewhere that hair was opening up this month in new york.
now if only godspell would make a return. added edit: found some information for you http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=569414 so perhaps it may return to broadway. keep on wishing and dreaming. Quote:
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Go for it! I thought it interesting that the first few YouTube comments didn't seem to realize that this show was on Broadway those many years ago... I didn't go too far back in the comments, though. Tinia... Our son-in-law directed Godspell at a local theatre company a couple of years ago, and I thought you might be interested in some small parts of the review from the Denver Post threatre critic... "Many a day-by- day ago, when I was a teen on the precipice of adulthood, I saw a joyous little musical that rocked me to my young, cynical core. Nothing in a theater - or in a church - has ever moved me in the same way as my first production of "Godspell... ...Surely someone, I thought, will understand that "Godspell" does not merely follow the gospel of St. Matthew... ...Someone will have a clue how to establish a satisfying initial context; how to find the right balance of reverence and playfulness, of joy and sobriety, of theology and secularism. And someone will know how to execute a finale that will leave its audience in search of a hammer with which to go out and build a beautiful city... But then again, maybe "Godspell" is a real-life Brigadoon. Maybe it's only intended to reveal its true power every 100 years... ...It is clear from the top that (the director) has assembled a loving and lovable cast of talented youngsters to do his good works, ranging from the refreshingly forceful (actor) as the master, to the comic relief of (actor). The kind of chemistry they exude is only reached through outrageous luck or a brilliantly effective rehearsal process... ...Though the first act has its share of missed moments, the final 45 minutes are close to perfect. (our daughter's) "Turn Back O Man" perfectly marks the change in tone to older, more serious and more sexual. (Actor) understands that "By My Side" is a confusing amalgam of budding passion mixed with real fear. (Actor) and (actor) start the tears flowing early with "On the Willows" before two unexpected jolts: (Actor's) visceral crucifixion is the most bloody and effective I've ever seen, and (the directors) choice to follow the death scene with Stephen Schwartz's "Beautiful City" is, for lack of a more adequate word, beautiful... When it was over, I was in shock that my search for the next great "Godspell" was over, but I mulled why I wasn't reaching for the hammer with which to build that beautiful city. Maybe that first "Godspell" was a miracle to me only because it found me at the right time, right place and most important, right age. Maybe I'm too old to feel quite that way again, but perhaps every production of "Godspell," great or flawed, is a small miracle for someone..." Perhaps the reviewer is right. Maybe Godspell was in the right place at the right time for a very special generation. Or maybe it takes a special director and cast. I don't know. |
wow. thanks for making and taking the time to share.
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^^^^DA, Believe it or Not, September 2008: http://godspellonbroadway.com/
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