Fame or Famine

This post is just for my friend Karl: After a triumphant Broadway run, Jennifer Garner is currently working with Kevin Kline on a TV version of their 10-week smash hit Cyrano de Bergerac.
While sceptics may roll their eyes at the idea of Edmund Rostand’s classic story of swashbuckling hearts being put on the boob tube, there is some hope: the play adaptation was penned by Anthony Burgess, who among other things penned a little thing called A Clockwork Orange.
No word on when it’ll be done, but just the chance to see these people in such classic roles is going to …read more

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It’s the end of an era: RENT is scheduled to end its Broadway run on June 1 of this year (though at least one extension of the run is almost inevitable.
However, happily, you can get just a taste of what my kids call the “OBC” – Original Broadway Cast – because Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, who played Mark and Roger in both the play and the movie, are back on board for the 2009 tour.
Says producer Jeffrey Sellers: “Adam and Anthony are to Rent what Joel Grey was to Cabaret and Zero Mostel was to Fiddler on the Roof. …read more

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In looking over my various Google Alerts, I was pleased to see yet another celebrity apparently heading to Broadway: Sarah Jessica Parker, of Sex & the City fame, was slated to appear in the U.S. version of Boeing Boeing, a comedy about three airline attendants who get engaged to the same man.
Currently playing in London, it’s supposed to open in the Longacre Theatre in NYC. Parker has been quoted as saying, “…this will be a fantastic new challenge.” But it may be more of a challenge than she thinks: according to ContactMusic, representatives from the show have vehemently denied her …read more

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Eonline has announced the newest batch of celebrities to be competing on “Dancing with the Stars”, and by Baryshnikov, I’m excited.
The Lineup:

Actress & Famous Ex Priscilla Presley
Former Man Show host Adam Carolla
CSI: Miami actor Cristián de la Fuente;
  Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie)

Actor Steve Guttenberg (Three Men & a Baby)
R&B singer Mario
Oscar winner Marlee Matlin
Vegas and Showtime performer Penn Jillette
tennis player Monica Seles;
  Jason Taylor of the Miami Dolphins
Tony winner Marissa Jaret Winokur
Olympic figure-skater Kristi Yamaguchi.

The Buzz
Why am I looking forward to it so much? Well, of course there’s the simple pleasure of watching people not just move, but also grow …read more

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Tags: apollinaire scherr, dance, monique coleman, dancing with the starsAdmittedly, I could be talking about Tucker Carlson’s performance in the last "Dancing with the Stars", but no, actually I’m talking about a great article from the nascent blog of Apollinaire Scherr.
Her article is mainly about people like me, who try to find a coherent language and framework to cover and critique a genre as ludicrously huge as "Performing Arts". It can range from the aforementioned right-wing but left-footed pundit through the Butoh Rockettes and on into using cars as musical instruments.

Critics don’t have to agree that every goal is fine–that’s …read more

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Does anyone else think that the tent in my cool logo looks like… well… something? Or things, as the case may be?
Now that I’ve seen it I can’t unsee it.

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