Dana, you missed Chorus Line and Curtains.
Okay, that's not too bad. And the performances will pop up on YouTube. I just really want to see Company.
This isn't a come-on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.
Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Jun 10, 2007 3:49:14 pm PDT #2293 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Kathy A - Jun 10, 2007 3:54:53 pm PDT #2294 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I only watched the opening, and was able to see the guy I went to high school with announce all the presenters!
(Michael Berresse plays Zach in A Chorus Line, and he did the entire opening narration in character.)
quester - Jun 10, 2007 3:57:37 pm PDT #2295 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
That was a cool opening, Kathy!
My first summer of summer theatre we only had 5 tapes in the scene shop, and we played them over and over! One was the cast album from A Chorus Line! To this day I think I could sing it all by heart - if I could sing, that is.
and it IS the kid from Ungly Betty!
sj - Jun 10, 2007 4:07:36 pm PDT #2296 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Viva Laughlin looks like it could be an interesting series. These are the first commercials I have seen for it. It has Hugh Jackman and Principal McHottie.
Jessica - Jun 10, 2007 4:11:04 pm PDT #2297 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
We're Tivoing the Tonys for tomorrow.
In the meantime, I saw a fantastic pilot tonight for a new AMC show called Mad Men. It's about ad executives in New York in the 1950's, and the cast is full of people who will make you go "Oh, it's that guy/girl!" even if you can't remember their name or where you've seen them before. Vincent Kartheiser is in it, deliciously playing a smarmy little shit who thinks he's a rising star. Kristen Schaal plays one of the switchroom girls -- no clue how big her role will be, but it's awesome to see her getting such high-profile projects.
It's a gorgeously shot show, very striking and cinematic, and the writing is just stellar. They do a really good job of addressing 1950's gender and racial politics while not explicitly being a show about either. Things just are how they are, and people react to them. It premieres sometime in July - I'm really looking forward to it.
sj - Jun 10, 2007 4:12:39 pm PDT #2298 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Jessica, I read something about that show in TV Guide, and I thought it looked interesting. I may even forgive AMC for cancelling Remember Wenn all those years ago and watch it.
Amy - Jun 10, 2007 4:25:57 pm PDT #2299 of 10001
Because books.
In the meantime, I saw a fantastic pilot tonight for a new AMC show called Mad Men.
I'm watching Young Frankenstein and saw a really long commercial for Mad Men -- it looks good!
msbelle - Jun 10, 2007 4:26:11 pm PDT #2300 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I totally forgot about the TONY's and my brother is there. I have no memory anymore.
Zenkitty - Jun 10, 2007 4:35:54 pm PDT #2301 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I switched over to the Tonys and someone is singing with passion and pathos. This guy's voice is excellent, and yet, annoying me.
Dana - Jun 10, 2007 4:41:56 pm PDT #2302 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That's Raul Esparza. I saw him in Sunday in the Park with George and Merrily We Roll Along several years ago at the Kennedy Center.
And okay, if the entire schtick of the show is that the actors play their own instruments (as it is with Doyle's revivial of Company), why the hell did they just have him on stage, singing "Being Alive"? It's not even staged that way in the show.