Well, the title speaks for itself but learn more about it here. But check him out singing Defying Gravity in the clip above.
Addendum: photos of the event can be found here.
April 30, 2008
April 29, 2008
Friends, Romans and Countrymen....
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Every summer the Public Theatre produces Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theatre. This year's productions are Hamlet (May 27 - June 29) and Hair: The American Tribal Rock Musical (July 22 - August 17).
Tickets for these performances are usually free. The catch is you have to queue up at the Delacorte or the Public Theatre downtown the day of the show to get tickets. The box office starts handing out tickets at 1 pm but people start lining up as early as midnight for shows that have impressive casts.....one such show was Mother Courage with Meryl Streep and Kevin Klein in 2006. I was lucky enough to see this production even though the play stopped several times during the performance due to freezing rain. I also got to see Jennifer Ehle and Liev Shreiber in Macbeth that same summer (we did have better weather conditions that time).
The Public Theatre has just announced that they are no longer distributing tickets at their downtown location but is introducing a "Virtual Line" online.
From Playbill.com:
With the new virtual line, the Public allows individuals who are registered at the Public Theater website to log on and submit a day-of request for tickets beginning at 12 AM ET. Each individual entry is able to request up to two tickets for that day's performance. At 1 PM registered users can log on to the Public website to see if their names have been randomly selected. The day-of tickets will be held at the Delacorte box office.
Majority of tickets will still be available for those who queue up in person at the Delacorte. So if you are in the city around those dates join the queue and make new friends! It's one of the quintessential NY theatre experience if you're a theatre geek.
(photo fr PublicTheatre.org)
Every summer the Public Theatre produces Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theatre. This year's productions are Hamlet (May 27 - June 29) and Hair: The American Tribal Rock Musical (July 22 - August 17).
Tickets for these performances are usually free. The catch is you have to queue up at the Delacorte or the Public Theatre downtown the day of the show to get tickets. The box office starts handing out tickets at 1 pm but people start lining up as early as midnight for shows that have impressive casts.....one such show was Mother Courage with Meryl Streep and Kevin Klein in 2006. I was lucky enough to see this production even though the play stopped several times during the performance due to freezing rain. I also got to see Jennifer Ehle and Liev Shreiber in Macbeth that same summer (we did have better weather conditions that time).
The Public Theatre has just announced that they are no longer distributing tickets at their downtown location but is introducing a "Virtual Line" online.
From Playbill.com:
With the new virtual line, the Public allows individuals who are registered at the Public Theater website to log on and submit a day-of request for tickets beginning at 12 AM ET. Each individual entry is able to request up to two tickets for that day's performance. At 1 PM registered users can log on to the Public website to see if their names have been randomly selected. The day-of tickets will be held at the Delacorte box office.
Majority of tickets will still be available for those who queue up in person at the Delacorte. So if you are in the city around those dates join the queue and make new friends! It's one of the quintessential NY theatre experience if you're a theatre geek.
(photo fr PublicTheatre.org)
April 28, 2008
Headed THATAWAY.....again!
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Amazing Karen Ziemba as Georgia Hendricks
So after the back to back Sondheim last Saturday (4/19), I headed back on Sunday (4/20) to see one of my favorite shows last season, Curtains! They had announced that they are closing this June and I wanted to see it one more time before it's run ended. It was this show that made me want to take up dance classes again (and by that I mean Hawaiian when I was 6....LOL!). This time I was with Dawn, Mike and Tom who were seeing it for the first time. I'm happy to say that the show is still as fresh, energetic and enjoyable as I had seen it last year (see previous post here). The whole company still seemed to be enjoying performing on stage together. Bravo to the whole cast!
I did however have a major "slip of doom" moment. As I opened my playbill, the white slip read "role of Bobby Pepper will be played by David Eggers". This role is usually played by Noah Racey. I was looking forward to seeing him dance again and also sign my Never Gonna Dance Playbill that I had with me. But alas he wasn't on that day. Devastated :(
Don't get me wrong though, David Eggers was good and I still did enjoyed the show.
Some stagedoor pics:
David Hyde Pierce as Lt. Frank Cioffi
Erin Davie (formerly of Grey Gardens) played Niki
Amazing Karen Ziemba as Georgia Hendricks
Very funny Debra Monk as Carmen Bernstein
Megan Sikora as Bambi Bernet.....I don't know how she can do all those backbends 8 times a week!
David Eggers as Bobby Pepper that day
and just because he's an amazing dancer, a pic of Noah Racey (Bobby Pepper) taken last June 2007 :)
Addendum (5/7/08): Maybe this is the reason why I didn't get to see him: Broadway Tap Dancers Come to Jordan
April 26, 2008
Burn This
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Our house in the Philippines unfortunately got damaged from a fire that started next door. During the clean-up, I was so happy to find these Playbills. What a sight for sore eyes! Intact Playbills and souvenir programs truly made my day.
Our house in the Philippines unfortunately got damaged from a fire that started next door. During the clean-up, I was so happy to find these Playbills. What a sight for sore eyes! Intact Playbills and souvenir programs truly made my day.
April 25, 2008
Putting It Together
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Last Saturday I had a back to back Sondheim viewing.......a double header of Sunday in the Park with George and Gypsy.
Sunday in the Park with George is a cleverly written fictional story of the painter George Seurat. Act 1 centers on creating his painting A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (pictured below and which incidentally is in the Art Institute of Chicago) and his relationship with his muse and lover, Dot. But aside from that, it also gives snapshots of the life of the people that make up the painting, the boatman, the little girl and her mother just name a few.
Act 2 is set in the 1980's where we now see Seurat's grandson George, who is also an artist and his daughter Marie, George's grandmother. The musical centers on the need for connection.......to one's work.....to one's audience and most specially one's loved ones. It emphasizes what an artist gives up for their art and thus the words in the song "Art Isn't Easy". It's Sondheim's homage to art and creativity.
For me, the show has good music which echoes the pointillism aspect of Seurat's painting but it's also a difficult show to see as you really have to listen to the lyrics to fully grasp it. Mr. Sondheim really makes his audience work in his shows.
Daniel Evans plays George in both acts while Jenna Russell plays Dot/Marie. They are Brits imported from the London production of the same show. Mr. Evans played the role really well because I found myself really frustrated with his George in Act 1 with regards to how he treats Dot but at the same time understand his obsession with getting his painting just right. Ms. Russel is incredibly moving as Dot specially in the last scenes at the end of Act 1. I must say though that there were some times I couldn't hear her over the orchestra which was located on the box, stageleft at the level of the mezzanine which was where I was seated. So I don't know if it was only because of my seat location. I was surprised too that the show has bits of humor most of which came from Ms. Russell. The other cast members such as Jessica Molasky, Mary Beth Peil were great but Alexander Gemignani's voice just stood out for me clear as crystal.
Another star in this production is the projections. Literally before your eyes, as George would draw on his sketch pad, you'd see it coming into life in the scenery behind. You hear an audible gasp from the audience when you see the painting come to life onstage. It's very thrilling so see. But a very memorable moment for me is at the end where you see young George looking at the scenery of the Island of La Grande Jatte and then it disintegrates into just white walls and you hear the words uttered "like a blank canvas.......so many possibilities" as you hear George gasp in excitement. It's a powerful image to see.
It was BC/EFA collection time for Easter Bonnet so Jenna Russell was by the exit doors at the end of the show collecting donations. I got to chat with her a bit and complemented her on her performance. She said she's really excited to be on Broadway and then said thank you and shook my hand as I left.
Gypsy is a musical about Mama Rose and her 2 children June and Louise. It's based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee. It tells of a mother's obsession to get her child, well first it was June and then she moved onto Louise, to be a star on stage.
The show is very accessible and has really good familiar music and according to a lot of people, has the best overture of a musical. I must commend the director's decision to have the orchestra on stage. It's very fascinating to get to see a full orchestra play that overture!
Mama Rose is played by the iconic Patti Lupone who is incredible in this role. Although this show is a revival and several great women have played this character, this role seemed to be tailored for Ms. Lupone. She was aggressive, sly, calculating, loving and also heartbreaking as Mama Rose. Laura Benanti played Louise. I was really impressed with how she played the role because there was a fully developed arch to her character. You see her Louise develop from a shy, talentless second fiddle to a very sexy, commanding and seductive Gypsy Rose Lee once she found her calling. Boyd Gaines played Herb, was understated but effective as the faithful agent who is also in love with Mama Rose. All three gelled really well onstage. To borrow the words of Charles Isherwood, NY Times theatre critic, well, this is actually from a review of another play but I thought it sums up a perfect evening at the theatre:
When the actors onstage all inhabit the same dramatic plane, creating a seamless world, a play can become something more than a performance. Your sense of time drops away, you cease to see actors and see only people, you enter a fully imagined realm in which every detail of emotion, action and language is perfectly aligned. A playwright’s words become entrancing music that can linger in your head for days — be it exalting, despairing or merely diverting.
That's how I felt seeing the show..........transported!
Well, it was crazy at the stagedoor. Good thing Mike and Tom stayed with me to get playbills autographed because they don't normally like to do that. Mike even commented that he feels like a paparazzi. LOL! We didn't have to wait long though and most of the actors came out. I was actually intimidated by Patti Lupone because she's just so iconic for me but she was really nice. Security had announced that she won't be posing for pictures before she came out. She did however, try to sign everyone's playbill and was chatty that night. Laura Benanti didn't come out of the stagedoor. Prior to this show I had actually heard that she had walking pneumonia during the week and didn't do shows until Friday night. I was glad she was there that night.
Oh before I forget, during the start of Act 2 someone from the audience yelled I Love You Patti......that was really amusing!
So here are some Stagedoor pictures at Gypsy:
Tony Yazbeck who played Tulsa. He's an amazing dancer and was also formerly in the revival of A Chorus Line
Boyd Gaines who played Herb
And Mama Rose herself........La Lupone (sorry for the blurriness I took it from my camera phone as my digital camera decided to tune out at this point)
Last Saturday I had a back to back Sondheim viewing.......a double header of Sunday in the Park with George and Gypsy.
Sunday in the Park with George is a cleverly written fictional story of the painter George Seurat. Act 1 centers on creating his painting A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (pictured below and which incidentally is in the Art Institute of Chicago) and his relationship with his muse and lover, Dot. But aside from that, it also gives snapshots of the life of the people that make up the painting, the boatman, the little girl and her mother just name a few.
Act 2 is set in the 1980's where we now see Seurat's grandson George, who is also an artist and his daughter Marie, George's grandmother. The musical centers on the need for connection.......to one's work.....to one's audience and most specially one's loved ones. It emphasizes what an artist gives up for their art and thus the words in the song "Art Isn't Easy". It's Sondheim's homage to art and creativity.
For me, the show has good music which echoes the pointillism aspect of Seurat's painting but it's also a difficult show to see as you really have to listen to the lyrics to fully grasp it. Mr. Sondheim really makes his audience work in his shows.
Daniel Evans plays George in both acts while Jenna Russell plays Dot/Marie. They are Brits imported from the London production of the same show. Mr. Evans played the role really well because I found myself really frustrated with his George in Act 1 with regards to how he treats Dot but at the same time understand his obsession with getting his painting just right. Ms. Russel is incredibly moving as Dot specially in the last scenes at the end of Act 1. I must say though that there were some times I couldn't hear her over the orchestra which was located on the box, stageleft at the level of the mezzanine which was where I was seated. So I don't know if it was only because of my seat location. I was surprised too that the show has bits of humor most of which came from Ms. Russell. The other cast members such as Jessica Molasky, Mary Beth Peil were great but Alexander Gemignani's voice just stood out for me clear as crystal.
Another star in this production is the projections. Literally before your eyes, as George would draw on his sketch pad, you'd see it coming into life in the scenery behind. You hear an audible gasp from the audience when you see the painting come to life onstage. It's very thrilling so see. But a very memorable moment for me is at the end where you see young George looking at the scenery of the Island of La Grande Jatte and then it disintegrates into just white walls and you hear the words uttered "like a blank canvas.......so many possibilities" as you hear George gasp in excitement. It's a powerful image to see.
It was BC/EFA collection time for Easter Bonnet so Jenna Russell was by the exit doors at the end of the show collecting donations. I got to chat with her a bit and complemented her on her performance. She said she's really excited to be on Broadway and then said thank you and shook my hand as I left.
Gypsy is a musical about Mama Rose and her 2 children June and Louise. It's based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee. It tells of a mother's obsession to get her child, well first it was June and then she moved onto Louise, to be a star on stage.
The show is very accessible and has really good familiar music and according to a lot of people, has the best overture of a musical. I must commend the director's decision to have the orchestra on stage. It's very fascinating to get to see a full orchestra play that overture!
Mama Rose is played by the iconic Patti Lupone who is incredible in this role. Although this show is a revival and several great women have played this character, this role seemed to be tailored for Ms. Lupone. She was aggressive, sly, calculating, loving and also heartbreaking as Mama Rose. Laura Benanti played Louise. I was really impressed with how she played the role because there was a fully developed arch to her character. You see her Louise develop from a shy, talentless second fiddle to a very sexy, commanding and seductive Gypsy Rose Lee once she found her calling. Boyd Gaines played Herb, was understated but effective as the faithful agent who is also in love with Mama Rose. All three gelled really well onstage. To borrow the words of Charles Isherwood, NY Times theatre critic, well, this is actually from a review of another play but I thought it sums up a perfect evening at the theatre:
When the actors onstage all inhabit the same dramatic plane, creating a seamless world, a play can become something more than a performance. Your sense of time drops away, you cease to see actors and see only people, you enter a fully imagined realm in which every detail of emotion, action and language is perfectly aligned. A playwright’s words become entrancing music that can linger in your head for days — be it exalting, despairing or merely diverting.
That's how I felt seeing the show..........transported!
Well, it was crazy at the stagedoor. Good thing Mike and Tom stayed with me to get playbills autographed because they don't normally like to do that. Mike even commented that he feels like a paparazzi. LOL! We didn't have to wait long though and most of the actors came out. I was actually intimidated by Patti Lupone because she's just so iconic for me but she was really nice. Security had announced that she won't be posing for pictures before she came out. She did however, try to sign everyone's playbill and was chatty that night. Laura Benanti didn't come out of the stagedoor. Prior to this show I had actually heard that she had walking pneumonia during the week and didn't do shows until Friday night. I was glad she was there that night.
Oh before I forget, during the start of Act 2 someone from the audience yelled I Love You Patti......that was really amusing!
So here are some Stagedoor pictures at Gypsy:
Tony Yazbeck who played Tulsa. He's an amazing dancer and was also formerly in the revival of A Chorus Line
Boyd Gaines who played Herb
And Mama Rose herself........La Lupone (sorry for the blurriness I took it from my camera phone as my digital camera decided to tune out at this point)
April 23, 2008
The Billies Have Been Found!
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The Billies for the upcoming Billy Elliot The Musical have been announced! They are from left to right: Kiril Kulish, David Alvarez and Trent Kowalik. Of the three, only Mr. Kowalik has performed the role before in the London production. However, all three have impressive dance training. Read all about them here. Photos of a special preview performance for the media can be found here.
Welcome to Broadway boys!
(photo fr Broadway.com)
The Billies for the upcoming Billy Elliot The Musical have been announced! They are from left to right: Kiril Kulish, David Alvarez and Trent Kowalik. Of the three, only Mr. Kowalik has performed the role before in the London production. However, all three have impressive dance training. Read all about them here. Photos of a special preview performance for the media can be found here.
Welcome to Broadway boys!
(photo fr Broadway.com)
April 22, 2008
Hate Crime
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Any form of hate crime whether based on race, religion or sexual orientation is dispecable. I saw a movie on DVD called "Hate Crime" last night. The story is about this gay couple Robbie (Seth Peterson from Buffy) and Trey (Brian Smith) and their homophobic neighbor Chris (Chad Donella) who is the son of a homophobic Pastor Boyd (Bruce Davison). Trey was beaten to death one night while walking their dog in the park. Chris and Robbie were both suspected of doing it. Robbie and his family/friends all suspected Chris because he is very homophobic and has a history of hate crime. Just when you thought you got everything figured out, the story took a turn and revealed who killed Trey. One thing I really liked about this story is how revenge and justice was exacted. The acting and production quality were not bad at all considering that this was not a big hollywood production. I also like the main theme of intolerance and hypocrisy that we see in our society. It reminds us of the reality of hate based on sexual orientation, religion or race in some part of the world.
(pic from amazon.com)
Any form of hate crime whether based on race, religion or sexual orientation is dispecable. I saw a movie on DVD called "Hate Crime" last night. The story is about this gay couple Robbie (Seth Peterson from Buffy) and Trey (Brian Smith) and their homophobic neighbor Chris (Chad Donella) who is the son of a homophobic Pastor Boyd (Bruce Davison). Trey was beaten to death one night while walking their dog in the park. Chris and Robbie were both suspected of doing it. Robbie and his family/friends all suspected Chris because he is very homophobic and has a history of hate crime. Just when you thought you got everything figured out, the story took a turn and revealed who killed Trey. One thing I really liked about this story is how revenge and justice was exacted. The acting and production quality were not bad at all considering that this was not a big hollywood production. I also like the main theme of intolerance and hypocrisy that we see in our society. It reminds us of the reality of hate based on sexual orientation, religion or race in some part of the world.(pic from amazon.com)
April 21, 2008
April 17, 2008
[TOS] is On!
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[TOS] = Title of Show--you know the really awesome show by "2 nobodies in NY"--is moving to Broadway in July! I know this was last week's news but I only got to post this today but it still makes me excited! I didn't get a chance to see it off-Broadway but I have the CD and I really love it. It's very unique......about 2 people writing a musical about bringing a musical to Broadway. Does that description give you a headache or what?! I tell you though, I've loved the video blogs they have been posting on youtube about getting [TOS] to Broadway. I previously posted one of their best episodes here. It will be playing at the Lyceum Theatre and tickets will be available on April 21, 2008.
Read about it's Broadway transfer here from one of the show's creators Hunter Bell.
(photo....is the cover of my CD)
April 16, 2008
My Boy Jack
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Daniel Radcliffe has definitely done a variety of roles even though he is most known for Harry Potter. This fall he is making his Broadway debut as Alan Strang in Equus. However, this Sunday, April 20, he will play the son of the writer Rudyard Kipling in Masterpiece Theatre's My Boy Jack. It's a tale about father-son relationship. Coincidentally, this movie also stars Kim Cattral.........wait Samantha of Sex and the City in a period film?!!? I highly enjoyed the recent broadcast of The Complete Jane Austen series as well as E.M. Forster's A Room with a View and so this Sunday will again be a treat for me! For more show information please check your local PBS listings.
(photo fr EW)
April 15, 2008
Welcome to the USA Santo Papa!
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Pope Benedict XVI is coming to America for the first time. We at Stagenotes would like to give the Holy Father our welcome! He arrives to the USA today and will stay till the 21st. He will be in the east coast the entire time he is here. For a listings of his itinerary and appearances, click HERE.
Pope Benedict XVI is coming to America for the first time. We at Stagenotes would like to give the Holy Father our welcome! He arrives to the USA today and will stay till the 21st. He will be in the east coast the entire time he is here. For a listings of his itinerary and appearances, click HERE.(pic from allposters.com)
April 14, 2008
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April 7, 2008
August: Wins Pulitzer!
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The original play, August:Osage County, by Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member Tracy Letts just won the Pulitzer Prize! The play is a family tragicomedy set in motion when the patriarch goes missing. It's such an intense but very enjoyable play. Make sure you catch it before it's run is over.....next up....Best Play at the Tonys!
Congratulations to Mr. Letts and the Steppenwolf Company!
For the full article of the news click here.
(photo fr. Steppenwolf.org)
The original play, August:Osage County, by Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member Tracy Letts just won the Pulitzer Prize! The play is a family tragicomedy set in motion when the patriarch goes missing. It's such an intense but very enjoyable play. Make sure you catch it before it's run is over.....next up....Best Play at the Tonys!
Congratulations to Mr. Letts and the Steppenwolf Company!
For the full article of the news click here.
(photo fr. Steppenwolf.org)
April 5, 2008
Sutton's WISH
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This may be a few days late but Sutton Foster is heading to the recording studio for her first CD which will be produced by Ghostlight Records. Ghostlight is the sister company of Sh-K-Boom Records, the label which produced the cast albums of Title of Show, The Drowsy Chaperone and soon to come, In The Heights. The CD, entitled WISH, will be released in 2009. Check out the full article here. As a teaser, she'll be performing some songs from her cd at Joe's Pub on April 28, 2008. For information about that concert click here.
(photo fr. Broadway.com)
April 4, 2008
The runaway groom
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I love love love the always likable Simon Pegg. He makes me laugh and yet his dramatic turns can leave me teary-eyed. I will pretty much watch anything he's in. So of course I saw David Schwimmer's Run Fat Boy Run. Mr. Schwimmer's directorial debut is not as witty, cooky and laugh out loud funny as Mr. Pegg's Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz. The plot is formulaic, some jokes are corny and crude. The ending is predictable. But I still enjoyed the movie, rooting for our slacker hero, thanks to Simon's Everyman charm.
Simon plays Dennis Doyle, our ne'er-do-well, not really fat but mostly unfit protagonist who left his pregnant fiancee (the beautiful Thandie Newton) five years earlier. She becomes involved with Mr. Perfect guy Whit (Hank Azaria, the stereotypical villain in a love triangle). Whit is a marathoner and Dennis tries to prove that he's changed by joining the fictitious Nike River Run in London. Dennis ends up running for the love of his ex-fiancee and child, as well as his self-respect. There are some cute tender moments with his Lord of the Rings-loving son.
(photo from Getty Images)
I love love love the always likable Simon Pegg. He makes me laugh and yet his dramatic turns can leave me teary-eyed. I will pretty much watch anything he's in. So of course I saw David Schwimmer's Run Fat Boy Run. Mr. Schwimmer's directorial debut is not as witty, cooky and laugh out loud funny as Mr. Pegg's Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz. The plot is formulaic, some jokes are corny and crude. The ending is predictable. But I still enjoyed the movie, rooting for our slacker hero, thanks to Simon's Everyman charm.
Simon plays Dennis Doyle, our ne'er-do-well, not really fat but mostly unfit protagonist who left his pregnant fiancee (the beautiful Thandie Newton) five years earlier. She becomes involved with Mr. Perfect guy Whit (Hank Azaria, the stereotypical villain in a love triangle). Whit is a marathoner and Dennis tries to prove that he's changed by joining the fictitious Nike River Run in London. Dennis ends up running for the love of his ex-fiancee and child, as well as his self-respect. There are some cute tender moments with his Lord of the Rings-loving son.
(photo from Getty Images)
April 3, 2008
Earth Hour
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By now, I hope everyone has heard about this. And as Lani posted on her "Unplug" post, Chicago is the US flagship city. Kudos to Mayor Daley! So I bring you some pics from Earth Hour, March 29, 2008 8PM
Chicago skyline - a minute before (Sears Tower on the left with the 2 spires, AON Center is the tall one with a white band in the middle, Hancock Building on the right with a white band):
8:01 pm The Sears Tower leads the way:
Followed by the Hancock Center (right of pic):
Next is the AON Building (middle of pic):
Earth Hour in full bloom at 8:15 pm:
The Hancock Building 1 minute before Earth Hour ends:
The Hancock Building at 9:01 pm with the lights on top back on and the reflection on Lake Michigan:
My friends and I participated too in our own way unplugging everything at home. I took pics but they turned out to be crappy LOL! The marquees of the theatres that are part of Broadway in Chicago such as Cadillac Palace (The Drowsy Chaperone, well, not until 4/1), Ford Oriental Theatre (WICKED) and La Salle Bank Theatre aka The Shubert (Jersey Boys) were all darkened too! Brava!
Check out this video of the lights turning off in Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Sydney and even Manila!
On a WGN news overheard from the radio the next day, ComEd reports that there was a 5% reduction of energy at the 8 PM hour that Saturday compared to the same time a week before. Imagine what that could do if every city participated? Or if we did that once a week?
(pics from EarthHour.org)
Chicago skyline - a minute before (Sears Tower on the left with the 2 spires, AON Center is the tall one with a white band in the middle, Hancock Building on the right with a white band):
8:01 pm The Sears Tower leads the way:
Followed by the Hancock Center (right of pic):
Next is the AON Building (middle of pic):
Earth Hour in full bloom at 8:15 pm:
The Hancock Building 1 minute before Earth Hour ends:
The Hancock Building at 9:01 pm with the lights on top back on and the reflection on Lake Michigan:
My friends and I participated too in our own way unplugging everything at home. I took pics but they turned out to be crappy LOL! The marquees of the theatres that are part of Broadway in Chicago such as Cadillac Palace (The Drowsy Chaperone, well, not until 4/1), Ford Oriental Theatre (WICKED) and La Salle Bank Theatre aka The Shubert (Jersey Boys) were all darkened too! Brava!
Check out this video of the lights turning off in Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Sydney and even Manila!
On a WGN news overheard from the radio the next day, ComEd reports that there was a 5% reduction of energy at the 8 PM hour that Saturday compared to the same time a week before. Imagine what that could do if every city participated? Or if we did that once a week?
(pics from EarthHour.org)
April 2, 2008
April 1, 2008
Persepolis the Musical
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(photo from Moviefone.com, and just in case you didn't click the "here" button.......you really should click it)
It has been reported by the folks at BWW that Stephen Sondheim has announced plans to adapt the Academy Award nominated film into a musical. In a recent interview, the Mr. Sondheim stated that he had just seen the film and loved the universal themes of family, country and finding one's identity that he thought of writing the lyrics and score. It is unknown at this time who will be the bookwriter for this project. You can read the whole interview here.
(photo from Moviefone.com, and just in case you didn't click the "here" button.......you really should click it)
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