"OHMYGOD YOU GUYS!"
My roommate is watching something called Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for the Next Elle Woods. I am listening to Follies with my headphones and I can still hear those pink-clad harpies auditioning. Ohmygod you guys, WHY?! Sure, people have been saying theatre is dead for centuries, but adding reality tv to the mix is a newfangled torture device. On the other hand, maybe this monstrosity will make the damn show close. I can dream, can't I?
Is this how SRS BSNS Real Models feel about ANTM? That there's probably some talent in the participants but that the process is an abomination?
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In other theatre news, the Tony Awards are next Sunday. Sondheim's getting his well-deserved lifetime achievement award. Full list of nominations.
I'm kinda glad I went last year instead of this year. 2008 has proved pretty underwhelming. I mean, this is another good year for revivals, but there seem to be more yet musicals continuing the Campy-Movie-to-Musical trend (Xanadu, Young Frankenstein, Cry Baby). :(
Predictions
Best Play: August: Osage County by Tracy Letts (even though I'm rooting for Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll)
Best Musical: In the Heights
Best Revival of a Play: Macbeth, yo!
Best Revival of a Musical: Gypsy
Is this how SRS BSNS Real Models feel about ANTM? That there's probably some talent in the participants but that the process is an abomination?
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In other theatre news, the Tony Awards are next Sunday. Sondheim's getting his well-deserved lifetime achievement award. Full list of nominations.
I'm kinda glad I went last year instead of this year. 2008 has proved pretty underwhelming. I mean, this is another good year for revivals, but there seem to be more yet musicals continuing the Campy-Movie-to-Musical trend (Xanadu, Young Frankenstein, Cry Baby). :(
Predictions
Best Play: August: Osage County by Tracy Letts (even though I'm rooting for Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll)
Best Musical: In the Heights
Best Revival of a Play: Macbeth, yo!
Best Revival of a Musical: Gypsy