April 2012 Archives

Leap of Faith: Abridged

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And lo, Ráúl Éspárzá saw this mockup, and said, "Yea, this shall be the vehicle for my return to musicals."  
And the people of Broadway said, "But Ráúl, it is no Company."  And Ráúl was angsty.

Nice Work If You Can Get It: Abridged

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"No Kelli, carry the show, not *me*!"

I must see this

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SMASH Abridged: Episode 12

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Smash considers a new logo and overall show direction.
Peter and the Starcatcher recently opened to mostly favorable reviews, but if you haven't gotten tickets yet, you've got a chance to see it free for any performance before June 1st.  

You can enter twice:

  • Your second entry into the contest: Post a comment to this post with an answer to this question:
Just as Peter and the Starcatcher is a prequel to Peter Pan, what else do you think would make worthy prequel as a Broadway show?

Contest ends at 6pm on May 1st.  Good luck!

SMASH Abridged: Episode 11

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Smash's Closed Captioning leaves much to be desired.
(Thanks to Jay Alan Zimmerman for this)

REVIEW: Peter and the Starcatcher

When I last saw "Peter and the Starcatcher" at NYTW, it had two things going for it: 
  1. The handmade-style theatricalism (someone's fist represents a doorknob, a flying cat is obviously on a fishing pole) that felt sweetly at home in its off-Broadway setting
  2. Christian Borle as the pirate "Black Stache".
The second of these two was actually out filming the pilot for Smash when I saw it off-Broadway.  Regardless, I had loved this Off-Broadway prequel to Peter Pan and although I still recommend after the uptown move (particularly with Borle back), the Brooks Atkinson Theatre unfortunately doesn't have the intimacy that this play deserves.

Tranny Smash?

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This is a Tranny Marilyn impersonator surrounded by multiuple PhantomOfTheOperas courtesy of  http://thewongcouple.com/blog/travel/thailand-land-sensory-extremes-part-2

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We're, like, days away from a Tranny SMASH stageshow, aren't we.

(Thanks to Steven Wong for this)

SMASH Abridged: Episode 10

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"I just realized what I look like when they put this wig on me."

SMASH Abridged: Episode 9

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"IF DAD LEAVES, WHO'S GOING TO TEACH ME HOW TO ACT?!?!?  YOU?!?!?!?"

RECENT BLOG ENTRIES

Leap of Faith: Abridged
And lo, Ráúl Éspárzá saw this mockup, and said, "Yea, this shall be the vehicle for my return to musicals."…
Nice Work If You Can Get It: Abridged
"No Kelli, carry the show, not *me*!"…
I must see this
SMASH Abridged: Episode 12
Smash considers a new logo and overall show direction.…

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