SUMMER CAMP!
The Chelsea Classics series at the Chelsea Clearview (23rd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues0 kicks off the summer season with presidential candidate Hedda Lettuce hosting Mahogany (Wednesday, June 25th at 9:00 pm), Cry-Baby (Thursday, June 26th at 7:00 pm and 9:30 pm), and Mommie Dearest (Saturday, June 28th at 10:00 pm). (A problem with Thursday night's screening of Cry-Baby is that it's up against MOMA's 8:30 pm screening of Jacques Demy's amazing French musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, but if you don't mind missing Guy Maddin's introduction, you might be able to catch the second showing of Umbrellas on Sunday, June 29th at 5:00 pm.)
Then Hedda heads off and homemaking queen Brini Maxwell steps in for a set of Thursday screenings starting with the gloriously cheesy Busby Berkeley extravaganza The Gang's All Here (July 3rd at 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm). The other July screenings are Thoroughly Modern Millie (July 10th at 7:00pm and 9:30pm), the superb and subtle Preston Sturges comedy The Palm Beach Story (July 17th at 7:00pm and 9:30pm), Alfred Hitchock's Rear Window (Thursday, July 24th at 7:00pm and 9:30pm), and The Ritz (July 31st at 7:00pm and 9:30pm).
Realizing that managing all these movies and dates might be overwhelming, I offer three suggested must-sees—Mommie Dearest, Umbrellas (at MOMA), Gang's All Here—plus these clever tips on how to get organized. Note that Brini's colors are not unlike Demy's!
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Sunday, June 22, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
TONY NOMINEES 2008
From what I could tell from NY1, it seems that the Tony nominees were posted online before they were announced live, in a very subdued, almost grim, fashion, by David Hyde Pierce and Sara Ramirez. (They were at the Lincoln Center Library for Performing Arts, so maybe scads of scary librarians were shooshing them the whole time.)
Perhaps because I've yet to see a bunch of productions (and I missed the opportunity to see a bunch of others), I'm most excited that Stephen Sondheim will be the recipient of the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. He's had at least a hand in creating such shows as Gypsy, Follies, Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum—and revivals of his work remain Broadway staples to this day, with Gypsy and Sunday in the Park with George running and West Side Story on the way.
Sunday... is one of the big nominees of this season; garnering even more nominations than Sunday (9) are In the Heights (the leader at 13) and South Pacific (11)...oops, I mean Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific. I believe that August: Osage County is the top-nominated play, with strong showings from Macbeth (by William Shakespeare, another staple of Broadway programming), Boeing, Boeing, and The 39 Steps.
As you might imagine based on my recent coverage, I'm sorry that Alli Mauzey of Cry-Baby didn't score a nomination. Also among the missing: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Not nominated for Best Musical: Young Frankenstein. Oops, I mean The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein. Grease managed to score one nomination, for Best Musical Revival.
Here's a newly posted video of yet another side of Mauzey: in character as Galinda/Glinda in Wicked.
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From what I could tell from NY1, it seems that the Tony nominees were posted online before they were announced live, in a very subdued, almost grim, fashion, by David Hyde Pierce and Sara Ramirez. (They were at the Lincoln Center Library for Performing Arts, so maybe scads of scary librarians were shooshing them the whole time.)
Perhaps because I've yet to see a bunch of productions (and I missed the opportunity to see a bunch of others), I'm most excited that Stephen Sondheim will be the recipient of the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. He's had at least a hand in creating such shows as Gypsy, Follies, Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum—and revivals of his work remain Broadway staples to this day, with Gypsy and Sunday in the Park with George running and West Side Story on the way.
Sunday... is one of the big nominees of this season; garnering even more nominations than Sunday (9) are In the Heights (the leader at 13) and South Pacific (11)...oops, I mean Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific. I believe that August: Osage County is the top-nominated play, with strong showings from Macbeth (by William Shakespeare, another staple of Broadway programming), Boeing, Boeing, and The 39 Steps.
As you might imagine based on my recent coverage, I'm sorry that Alli Mauzey of Cry-Baby didn't score a nomination. Also among the missing: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Not nominated for Best Musical: Young Frankenstein. Oops, I mean The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein. Grease managed to score one nomination, for Best Musical Revival.
Here's a newly posted video of yet another side of Mauzey: in character as Galinda/Glinda in Wicked.
Source (3:28)
Saturday, May 10, 2008
ALLI MAUZEY AND AM SQUARED
After enjoying Alli Mauzey's performance in Cry-Baby (I wonder if she'll be nominated for a Tony...), I was pleased to find this video of her performing with Andrew Mauzey in the duo AM Squared.
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After enjoying Alli Mauzey's performance in Cry-Baby (I wonder if she'll be nominated for a Tony...), I was pleased to find this video of her performing with Andrew Mauzey in the duo AM Squared.
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