So they have been showing the movie Flashdance once or twice over the past month on cable (I love the serendipity of cable) and I've had a chance to rewatch it. Full disclosure: I loved the shit out of that movie when it came out. I saw it many times in the theater, bought the soundtrack, was obsessed with it. I used to put the record on in Mom's ( Read more... )

YAISSSSSSSS SUNNY BEAUTIFUL WEATHER THIS WEEK SO HAPPPPPYYYYYYYY ( Read more... )

Katie Stodd and the Mickster have been helping me lay down vocal tracks for my website and I was thinking about taping "I Still Believe" (Ellen's verse) from Miss Saigon. I ended up vetoing that, because although I *can* belt, I'm definitely a soprano-who-can-belt, not a belter, and that song just doesn't really showcase my voice. But I was ( Read more... )

I scored a ticket to Hansel and Gretel at the Met last night at the last minute, courtesy of Elizabeth. I was exhausted yesterday and actually in a rotten mood, and had been planning just to go home and veg, but then she called me up. I didn't *really* want to go because I was so tired but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to see one of my ( Read more... )

I went to see a small local production of the opera Hansel and Gretel last Friday. It was put on by a group called the Liederkranz, on the Upper East Side--the tickets were affordable ($20) so my expectations were different from those of the Met's BohemeFirst off, the singers were all kick-ass. No fault with their technique whatsoever--I will say ( Read more... )

So Bart and I saw La Boheme at the Met Friday night. It was such a great experience. We had amazing seats--get ready for this, we had BOX SEATS in the very center. The box seats are called the "Parterre" section--they're quite roomy and you can move around the seats.
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I'm going to the Met tonight--Bart called me with an extra ticket to La Boheme. I've never seen an actual Met opera, although I've seen ballet at that space (and of course I've seen lots of stuff at City Opera). I kind of wish it were something besides Boheme which I've seen many times, but I certainly can't turn down a free ticket! [shallow, ( Read more... )

Maurice, Mike, Heidi, Seth and Rachel came to the show on Friday. It got a good response. We all--that is, a bunch of people associated with the Festival, plus assorted audience members including the above--went out to Bull Moose Saloon, commandeered a big table upstairs, and ordered food and drink. It was all very end-of-the-first-act of Rent ( Read more... )