the last two months {in photos}

opening night of Sister Act on Broadway. 

Quite different from the London production, but still a great show.

Sister Act Opening Night Party with KLR

 

KLR

Opening night party with one Luke Lords.

Fancy schmancy Gotham Hall where the Sister Act Opening Night party was held.

Luke waited in line for 6 hours for standing room tickets for the Book  of Mormon musical. What a trooper.

Here he is on stage after the show... We got to go backstage to visit cast members & my pals Rorykins O'Malley (who received a TONY nomination for his role as Elder McKinley) and Tommar.

Luke and I with Ror.

Tommar, Luke and Ror

One random day, Luke and I headed out to Brooklyn (with passports on hand, of course) to go to Grimaldi's and then walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. It's always nice to go OUT of the city to really appreciate where I live. 

Luke and I with my writers Sam and Derek. They write some FABULOUS new musical theater pieces. I'm producing one of their shows this summer, so those of you who are around should come!

Self-explanatory

Bella Bear

Art piece #1. Pencil and charcoal. I need to get back into it. I can see I'm still having the same issue I had back when I was taking art classes... My dark values are never dark enough.

Art piece #2: Physique 57 inspired? acrylic on canvas... yet to be finished, but this is a start. 

One random Saturday, Luke and I visited Serendipity 3. Frozen Hot Chocolate. YUM.

Jeni Lynn Rudd came into town. 

Naturally, the first thing we did was go to Max Brenner and order a 

ridiculous amount of chocolatey dessert.

So proud of my little Radcliffe! He worked so hard and it shows! He was fantastic! 

Definitely worth checking out. 

St. George Temple on a gorgeous May morning. Nessa got married and I headed out to Utah for the occasion by way of Phoenix. I flew into Phoenix and then drove up with Jeni the day before the wedding. It was so great to spend so much time wit Jeni. She's a great friend and I have missed her a lot since she moved back to Arizona. We went to lunch at Cafe Rio and then headed up to Utah where we stayed in a fabulous hotel for the night thanks to Nessa's family.

The newlyweds! How classy does the look? The wedding was lovely and low-key.... Much like Vanessa. It was great to see her so happy and also to see Kylie Kay Falke. I have no other pictures, but I think Ky got a few, which I'll post later.

Heading off to take pictures

enjoying their day

The Monday after the wedding, we headed out to Las Vegas early to spend the day there.

Testing my luck at the nickel slots. Don't worry, I only lost $2.

Bellagio water show with Jeni. We had lunch at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville which was surprisingly delicious, followed by dessert at Serendipity 3. 

On the way to catch a matinee showing of Bridesmaids. Judge me all you want. 

On the way back to Arizona. A beautiful sunset.

only a true broadway nerd would appreciate this*

*christine baranski is GENIUS. click for a larger version.

my heart is full of peace signs

last night was the last night of the original broadway cast of HAIR. never have i been in a show that was more beautiful and moving... the crowd roared with applause forever. standing ovations after every song. cast members fighting back tears every minute of the show. beauty and love all around you. what a special day.

kacie sheik as jeanie

jim rado (in red). one of the original creators of HAIR

beautiful gav smiles and sasha allen

darius makes me love this picture. kacie. sasha. gav.

my boyfriend steel burkhardt

lane. me. kayla. corey

love. love. LOVE this. will and gav.

kayla. me.


curtain call

gav soaking in the love during the dance party.

here's the story...of a lovely lady...

just finished writing my interview questions for florence henderson. yes, you read me correctly. THE florence henderson. carol brady. aaaah.

i'll link the interview once its posted~

oh, look, hubert... it's a whole haggle of hippi

guys. i need to learn how to sing well like now. i would so love to go to this: HAIR open casting call. if you can sing and love peace and love and equality, i suggest you go. in the mean time, i will sit here and continue wishing that i knew how to sing and thinking that my marketing and advertising background prob isn't so relevant. don't worry, i will not actually attend the casting call... i'll just wish that i could.

do it! GO. I'm looking at you, antonio jimenez (actor, singer, dancer).

you know you've made it on broadway when...

you get your very own caricature at sardi's! congratulations to the boys of HAIR

particularly this boy:

so well deserved for both.

*photos by broadwayworld.com

gray skies are gonna clear up, put on a happy face...

Tasha and I got to go see Bye Bye Birdie tonight FOR FREE. We saw the very lovely Natalie Hill. Allie Trimm did an excellent job as Kim McAfee. Bill Irwin and Jane Houdyshell were fantastic. John Stamos was perfect in the role of Albert Peterson.

I absolutely LOVED it. I loved the show itself, the set design, the costumes, the choreography... I CAN'T wait to see it again:)

By the way, look who I met :)

Q&As

Check out my TheatreStory interviews with some very lovely people:

Jersey Girl Heather Ferguson of Jersey Boys

Gavin Creel, currently starring in the TONY-winning revival of HAIR as Claude

Erin Wilson, currently traveling with a little show called Wicked

I wanna ROCK!

Remember the time I helped break the Guiness World record for largest air guitar ensemble? Yep. I was there. And I got a guitar pick to prove it. It says I broke the world record. The dude in the red pants is the current Air Guitar World Champion. It was a lot more fun than it looks. I promise.

Hollywood on Broadway? {edited}

I think this season looks promising for Broadway, does it not? I expect attendance rates and ticket demands to sky rocket. Three {now six} of Hollywood's best on The Great White Way?

Also, added to the line up: Julia Stiles and Bill Pullman in Oleanna, and Laura Linney in Time Stands Still. (PS. Hugh and Daniel are in A Steady Rain {sounds quite realistic actually} and Jude is in Hamlet)

Is he going to sing like in The Boy from Oz? I sure hope so.

na na na na na, na na na, heeeey Jude...

Karene will be happy.

Beads. Flowers. Freedom. Happiness.

I haven't had a strong desire to blog lately mostly because the things I have on my mind are things people don't want to hear about... Well, after a long and ugly week (yes, ugly), I got to attend the HAIR performance they did for Good Morning America in Central Park. I am really glad I went... That show lifts my spirits like nothing else can.

This much I tell you for free: Getting up at 4AM was so hard but totally worth it. I crossed the park in my hippie gear and poster and definitely got some strange looks from early morning runners. I met up with Ash, Corey, Kayla, Lane, Marti and Jenny and we waited to be ushered into Rumsey Field. As VIPs, we all had the advantage of getting there later, but still being the ones who got to stand in the front. We had a great time. It was so cool to see Diane Paulus (the director of HAIR) doing her job. I want her job. Sound checks were awesome because the entire audience started singing along to Aquarius and were strangely in tune... 

The performance was amazing, of course. SO much energy. They performed a medley of HAIR and The Flesh Failures (AKA Let the Sun Shine In), Aquarius and they did a tribute to Michael Jackson. They sang "I'll be There" and it was quite a beautiful sight.  The rain held off until the last song when Gav sang "I Got Life." Sometimes I forget what an amazing singer he is. 

Michael Jackson Tribute. Sasha Allen leads the tribe. Beautiful. I want that blue shirt that kid is wearing.

HAIR and Let the Sun Shine In

I Got Life. Not Televised. He's a rockstar. 

Aquarius (I can't find a good version on YouTube so follow the link)

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7937343