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Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:23:08 +0000

[...] is the slow time on Broadway as theatre pros recover from their Tony Award hang-overs and try to rush out to the Island for a few days of R & R before the new season begins. This [...]

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Tony Award Aftermath — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:46:43 +0000

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Tony Award Aftermath — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:46:43 +0000

By: PerfectTommy

PerfectTommy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:27:45 +0000

Will Ferrell is following Eddie Murphy's carreer model to a T.

By: maatkare

maatkare — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:24:07 +0000

So Farrell pulled an Eddie Murphy, huh? Well, he did refer to his massive 40-performance career. Enjoyed the awards, saw "Hair" last month and loved it; hurrah for the hippies! I thought the show was well done, and in spite of what some were snarkily predicting, no-one thanked Obama in their speeches (he was mentioned, since he'd attended a show so recently by NPH and the winner in the play he saw, "Joe Turner's Come and Gone." (And I believe, Stage Right, you were predicting a tsumani of pro-gay marriage lectures and there was just one mention–by the winning producer of "Hair.") Alice Ripley's speech was completely cracked out, but given the nature of her show, probably not likely to change anyone's mind who already felt like dropping $100 to see a musical about a bi-polar woman. Brett Michaels getting smacked in the mouth by scenery was awesome; check that flat for herpes, STAT! I wish they'd have dropped the numbers by the touring companies; I appreciate their importance as for many people this is the only way they get to see a show, but there were too many, and sadly, they weren't very good. Early highlight: the incomparable Angele Lansbury's genuinely joyous win. _That's_ a class act, Will & Alice!

By: Spiro

Spiro — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:05:27 +0000

BTW, it used to be the case that good Broadway shows became movies….now the opposite is happening (and not necessarily always with good movies). Is Broadway out of ideas?

By: Spiro

Spiro — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:36:21 +0000

Obama Christ! That acceptance speech was PAINFUL!

Is this overblown sense of self-importance very prevalent in the performing arts? It's funny how historically, the most popular and time-tested stories earn the audience's empathy by casting a humble protagonist as the unlikely hero….yet the people on the stage (or set) who portray these characters are SO arrogant, attention starved and self-aggrandizing.

Hey trolls, THIS is why we conservatives love the military and are disgusted by Hollywood. It's the internal make-up of the protagonists in their respective theater of action.

By: StageRight

StageRight — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:25:39 +0000

Isn't the Brett Michaels clip the best!? I also love that it gets followed up by "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered".

By: StageRight

StageRight — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:24:07 +0000

Ask Scott Eckern: http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sright/2009/01/...

By: StageRight

StageRight — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:22:48 +0000

Actually, I WAS just speculating and being snarky. When my friend told me the next day I coiuldn't believe it! I didn't think he would ACTUALLY do that. I've heard from many that this is kind of standard fare at the Emmys and Oscars, but in New York everyone usually stays to the end whether they win or not. Probably because they don't have to worry about freeway traffic.