Dressing the Dead

For Arsenic, that is. On Monday I got to make a dummy, who plays two distinct dead bodies. The official stage manager and I have to switch his costume in about half a page of dialogue, actually. It's strange that the only quick-change in our show belongs to a corpse.

He was made by putting a fat suit and blankets into a pair of coveralls, then pinning a wig-head to the top. Surprisingly simple, honestly. I'm enjoying the job very much. We open in a little more than a week (next thursday), and as we approach that deadline, the pace increases, which suits me fine.

R.I.P. Eartha Kitt

This takes on a certain poignancy, since I just posted her singing Santa Baby two days ago, and now find out that yesterday she passed away. Older, wiser heads than I have spoken about her life & times (much of which I did not know), so I'll just leave you with a clip of her singing one of my favourite of her songs, "I Want To Be Evil"

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

My favourite Christmas song. Really a classic of the genre, I feel. Happy holidays, y'all!

And a bonus, my other favourite Christmas song, Eartha Kitt singing "Santa Baby"

Barbara Cook=Magic

Well, the title about sums it up. I finally managed to get my hot little hands on Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder today, and it pretty much blew my mind. I expect I'll be more coherent on the subject after I've relistened to it a few times (and will, ideally, post again with favourite tracks and such), but in the meantime I'm just totally bedazzled. She has such a warm, expressive, beautiful voice, and is still incredibly sound technically, neither of which is a mean feat at her age. And, of course, she's a genius with song selection.

She truly is a living legend. She should get a theatre named after her when she dies. Or even before.

Opportunity knocks!

So, it's looking like I'm going to get to be an assistant stage manager on a January production of [i]Arsenic and Old Lace[/i] at the CentreStage theatre company in Kentville, quite close to where I live. Needless to say, I'm too excited for words. I'll be sure to keep y'all updated, and yes, I actually mean it.

In other, unrelated news, three items:

I sang "Send In The Clowns" for a recital for the students of my vocal teacher, and was profusely complimented.

I performed a monologue for my drama class, and, sadly, floundered.

Today's my birthday! I have obtained no fewer than11 plays! [i]To wit:[/i] Shaw's [i]Plays Pleasant[/i], [i]Plays Unpleasant[/i] (four and three plays respectively) and [i]Major Barbara[/i], Ibsen's [i]Hedda Gabler[/i], [i]She Stoops To Conquer[/i] (the author has slipped my mind at the moment), and [i]The Importance of Being Earnest[/i]. I'll have opinions once I've, y'know, read them.

EDIT: The coding on this is not what I'm used to, and due to my staggering sloth, I'm not about to go back and tweak each of those tags individually. You'll have to imagine that anything in [i][/i] is in italics, yes?

Start Spreadin' The News...

Well, I think I'll talk about my choir trip, which my dad says he will do his best to ensure I partake in. It's this March, and it's to two places: Boston and New York.

Boston only for one night or so. We get to see a rehearsal (with talk from the conductor!) of the Boston Pops, and take a tour of Berklee School of Music.

In NYC there will be, of course, a show (I'm attempting to push the committee into deciding in favour of Gypsy or WSS. We'll see how that fares). There will also be a tour of Juillard, a master class for singing actors (also, potentially, at Juillard), and the chance to sing at Carnegie hall.

Oh, and, like, four hours in the Met, which is also pretty nifty. I haven't been there for years upon years.

Needless to say, I'm terribly, abominably excited. Now I just need my passport...

Perpetual Anticipation...

Baltimore.
Boston Concert.
And an announced New York reading.

WHERE IS THE BROADWAY REVIVAL OF A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC?
It's been more than 35 years since this show premiered. It is not my favourite Sondheim (Hi Follies), but it's a fantastic one, and his biggest commercial success by far. Don't get me wrong, I like Merrily We Roll Along a lot, but why is it getting first crack at a revival?

Anyway, my dream cast for ALNM:
Desiree: Christine Ebersole (ref: Boston)
Fredrik: Victor Garber (ref: upcoming reading. And I can see him in the part)
Anne: Laura Benanti (ref: reading. And I love her)
Charlotte: Barbara Walsh (ref: Joanne in Company has a similar dry wit)
Madame Armfeldt: Angela Lansbury! (ref: she's amazing. End of story.)
Petra: Lauren Kennedy (not a major role, I know. But this woman should be better known.)
Fredrika: Kelsey Fowler from Grey Gardens, mostly because she's like the only actress of the right age I know. Though there's also the 13 kids, I guess.
Henrik, Count Malcolm, etc.: I don't know! Any ideas from y'all folk out there?

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I've been TAGGED. Woe is me.

1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog. The delightful TAFL was my tagger.

2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog - some random, some weird.

3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blog.

4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

5. If you don't have 7 blog friends, or if someone else already took dibs, then tag some unsuspecting strangers.


Onto the facts!

1. My introduction to theatre was a fuzzy VHS recording of the PBS Into the Woods broadcast, when I was five. Ten years later, I came back to it, and grew obsessed.

2. I play the celtic harp. Rather well, if I say so myself.

3. I have three sisters, ages 23, 16, and 6 months.

4. I, to quote Christine Ebersole, "have been known to break into showtunes without provocation"

5. I've lived in somewhere over 15 houses, spread out over four Canadian provinces. I'm not quite sure how many.

6. My first stage role was as a Snake, in some thing my church did when I was small. I don't remember what. I got facepainted, though.

7. There are only six interesting things about me.

Tagging time!

The divine Ms. Nancy*, at LiveJournal.

Katie at Theatreisms, my fellow high school drama geek in the blogosphere.

Esther of Gratuitous Violins, one of the few theatre blogs I read that hasn't done this yet.

The [tos] crew, because they're amazing, and I'm running out of people I actually know.

You. You reading this. Whoever you are, I don't know

Stage Management...

Well, I'm too lazy to write that post on politics. So that's not happening. But instead, I'm talking about a couple of books I've read lately on stage management (hence, you see, the title of this post). One is Stage Managing & Theatre Etiquette, and the other is The Stage Manager's Handbook. Unfortunately, I don't have either with me, so I can't recall the authors. At any rate, I found them both very interesting, and I'm quite seriously considering stage management as a potential future career now. I'm going to phone my aunt Tracy* about it at some point, because she worked as a SM for many years.

If any of you lovely folk reading this have any advice/resources/whatever you'd like to share, please let me know via comment, and you will win my eternal gratitude, which is redeemable for a cash value of 1/80th of a cent.

It's the Little Things...

Not much of note to report, but some tidbits.

-Started vocal lessons! My teacher is fabulous. Her name is Susan Dworkin [any relation to Andrea? I do not yet know)

-Saw two things in my school's performance centre this week. One was an environmentalist piece of theatre, sort of an audience-interaction thing, by a group named Otesha. It was a train wreck, but they had a good message, and obviously for the most part weren't theatre people, so I forgive them.

-The other was a presentation by our local electoral candidates for Canada's four parties (Conservative, Liberal, New Democratic Party, and Green). It was very interesting. I'll write more on that soon, but right now I haven't the time. Suffice to say, if I could vote, it would be for Carol Harris, the NDP candidate.

-My drama class has broken into small groups to create "mini-musicals". Again, think train wrecks, but this one should be fabulously entertaining. I've convinced my group to give my character "Gimme Love" from Kiss of the Spider Woman to sing. I'm going to rock it. I've also sort of ended up our de facto director/stage manager, which is interesting and kind of fun.

I'm Back! My God!

And I'm in Nova Scotia! And I've started school!

And, more excitingly, I've been inquiring at various nearby theatres about volunteer opportunities and so forth. I'll let y'all know about that sort of thing. I still won't be posting often for a bit, due to lacking any kind of regular internet access at the moment...

Also on my list is updating my blogroll. People to add!

Sorry I've Been Gone~

Well, there's not been much to write about. Also, yesterday morning my appendix was removed. So I am recuperating, and thus not really pursuing theatrical pursuits. Hopefully this will change soon.

In other news, I will most likely be moving to Nova Scotia, not Montreal. So disregard the earlier post about the Centaur Theatre.

REVIEW: Avenue Q

Elgin Theatre, Toronto, ON. Aug. 13/08
**.5 of ****

The thing I like about small theatres (ie, nearly every theatre I’ve been in thus far) is that there are no really bad seats. Despite being at the very back of the mezzanine, the action onstage felt immediate, and I felt connected to it. The Elgin, also, is a very beautiful theatre, the bottom half of the last remaining double-decker theatre in the world (the Winter Garden is above it).
Alright, expositional moment over. Onto the review! For those of you who don’t know, Avenue Q is, in its essence, a satirical (and very adult) take on Sesame Street, and the majority of the characters are puppets. It deals primarily with the story of Princeton, a fresh-faced college graduate attempting to find his purpose and make his way in the world.
Now, prior to this, I had neither seen the musical nor read the libretto. My only exposure to the musical itself was the original cast album, which I enjoyed, with a couple of exceptions I will get to in a moment. So I was expecting very little, except that the show be funny, which it lived up to admirably. The book is witty, and most of the songs serve their situations well (though some seem a little out of place, the poster child for this being the rather unfortunate “I’m Not Wearing Underwear Today”). Some of the songs, taken out of context, are unspectacular (I’m not a big fan of “Purpose” or “You Can Be As Loud As The Hell You Want”), but many are excellent, running the gamut from the amusing and insightful “Everyone’s A Little Bit Racist” to the touching “There’s A Fine, Fine Line”. So, the musical itself is, I think, quite enjoyable.

But what of the performances? I thought they were, by and large, quite good. Brian’s understudy, Cullen R. Titmas, was on at the performance I saw, and was perhaps a little awkward, but still completely adequate in the role. Robert McClure was also good as Princeton and Rod, but seemed to have trouble distinguishing between the voices and mannerisms of the two characters, which would have been nice to see. Most of the others were perfectly enjoyable (one exception. I tell you in a moment, ja?), but two performers stood out above the rest. Anika Larsen was excellent as both Kate & Lucy, differentiating between the two characters in every way, while still making them both appropriately human and believable, and forging a path different from that of Stephanie D’Abruzzo from the OBC. And Angela Ai was knock-out hilarious as Christmas Eve, again differentiating herself from the original Broadway’s Ann Harada. Her “The More You Ruv Someone” was excellent, as she sang the first verse very small and then abruptly switched into full soul-ballad style. David Benoit, as Nicky, Trekkie Monster, and a Bad Idea Bear, was a bit of a disappointment. He was good as Trekkie and the Bear, but his Nicky fell a little flat for me. It seemed like he was trying too hard, and the vocal mannerisms didn’t seem natural. A final shout-out for acting to Maggie Lakis, who played Mrs. Thistletwat and a Bad Idea Bear. She doubled as the puppeteer for Kate, Lucy, and Princeton, and did a fine job.
As far as production, most of the show was completely adequate, with solid sets, lighting, and costumes. The wedding sequence near the end of Act I was hilarious, unexpected, and well-done. The one major letdown in terms of production values was the sound. On several occasions during the course of the show, the orchestra completely drowned out the singers, and, had I not been familiar with the cast album, I doubt I could have discerned the lyrics. Fortunately, these moments rarely lasted more than a second or two, and otherwise the sound design was fine.
Final thoughts: I enjoyed myself, and would certainly go see the show again, due to the strength of the book & score. The tour had a few kinks, and a few players didn’t seem too comfortable with some of the characters they were playing, but overall a more than adequate show. **.5 of ****

There you go! My first review. Good? Adequate? A blinding assault on human decency and the art of criticism? Guidance and comments very much appreciated.

A note before we begin...

I'll be posting my review of Avenue Q once I have cobbled my notes together into something meaningful, but first I'm going to lay out the rating system I'll be using. It's as much for my benefit as yours, because otherwise I'll be frighteningly inconsistent.

0 - nothing redeemable about the show whatsoever. Abysmal.
* - Lousy show, but a few moments that are enjoyable, or maybe just one really gorgeous one.
** - Good show. Nothing particularly memorable, but nothing bad either. Just a decent time.
*** - Excellent show. Very good overall, with only a couple of problems to detract.
**** - Superlative show. Perfect in every way.

And, of course, the half star ratings (*.5, **.5, and so on), for those shows in between.

See you later!

Some reading...

So, yesterday I bought the script to August: Osage County. It was, in a word, terrific. In both senses. I don't trust my feeble ability to string a sentence together with expressing how this play made me feel, so I'll just say that I'm looking forward tremendously to seeing it (hopefully, this fall).

Today I will be going to Avenue Q. Cabaret, unfortunately, did not work out. Someday, when I can drive, I will be able to get to these things, but for now I have to rely on public transportation, which is, in a word, unreliable. Following the show, I will attempt to write a review (my first. So be kind, when I post it), then curl up in bed with one of my other two new books, either the libretto for Grey Gardens (a show I WISH I could still see)or From Assassins to West Side Story: The Director's Guide to Musical Theatre, by Scott Miller, which I flipped through in the store and seems very interesting. Fun times!

Another Suitcase, Another Hall

Here I am in Toronto for two weeks! I'm going to be working at the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) next week, monday through friday. But this week I'm just relaxing, and I have two theatre-related goals which I think I can achieve.

1) See Cabaret at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Need to: Buy tickets, work out transportation and a place to stay and such (it's a two-hour drive, and we don't have a car)

2) See the national tour of Avenue Q right here in the city, at the Elgin Theatre
Need to: Walk down and buy tickets! It's like a 15 minute stroll.

So, hopefully I shall accomplish both of these. I am definitely going to do at least one. Look for review(s) later this week or early next!

Welcome To The Theatre

The Centaur Theatre, that is. Montreal's primary theatre company. My aunt Tracy* used to work there, and still knows many of the people who do. She expects she will be able to get me a job as an usher, meaning free shows for me. Which is terribly exciting. So, let's look at what the season has in store, shall we?

Scorched: "Described by Wajdi Mouawad as an exploration of “the questions of origins”, Scorched centers on Jeanne and her twin brother Simon, who are summoned to the office of a notary to hear the last will and testament of their mother, Nawal. They are each handed a letter written by their mother; one is to be delivered to their brother and one to their father. The mystery begins, sending them on a journey into their mother’s past, to a Middle Eastern country engulfed in a civil war where she was a political activist and later became a prisoner. Through poetic language and evocative imagery, the play connects the origins of these three members of a family in startling and unforgettable ways."

Thoughts: Could be interesting. I find political material has to be handled well for me to enjoy it, though.

Skydive: "Skydive is a unique theatrical presentation that is staged with the two performers soaring above the stage floor for the entire length of the play. The story unfolds in the 30 seconds of a skydiving free-fall gone horribly wrong. In the stretched out perception of time in a crisis, the story travels back in time to the events that led up to the disastrous jump when Morgan, a frontman for an ‘80’s cover band, decides to help his reclusive agoraphobic brother, Daniel, escape his spiraling descent into fear-bound paralysis by a therapy technique that involves jumping from an airplane in order to face one’s fears.

With breathtaking aerial choreography, cinematic action sequences, and a cheeky soundtrack of 80’s pop, Skydive is a celebration of the power of imagination in the pursuit of the universal dream to fly."

Thoughts: I don't know. For whatever reason, it doesn't interest me. I think it's the '80s thing. I look forward to seeing how it's executed, though.

Shirley Valentine: "Alone in her bland kitchen, consumed by boredom and the dull ache of routine, Shirley Valentine is talking to the walls until she commits the ultimate housewife faux-pas: serving her husband the wrong dinner. With resolve and determination, she leaves behind an uncommunicative spouse, a drop-in daughter and a drop-out son to board a flight to beautiful, sunny Greece and find the love, joy, wonder and passion she thinks she left behind with her youth"

Thoughts: This one sounds like a pretty interesting feminist-ish piece. I'm looking forward to it.

Doubt: "Set in 1964 in a Bronx Catholic school, Doubt centres around an older nun, Sister Aloysius, who does not approve of teachers offering friendship and compassion over the discipline she feels students need in order to face the harsh world. When she suspects a new priest of sexually abusing a student, she is faced with the prospect of charging him with unproven allegations and possibly destroying his career as well as her own. To help build her case, she asks for help from an idealistic young nun, who finds her faith in compassion challenged, and the protective mother of the accused boy, the first black student ever admitted to St. Nicholas."

Thoughts: Doubt is a play I've been curious about for some time, so I'm looking forward to the opportunity of seeing it.

Age of Arousal: "Enter the boldly uncensored world of loosened corsets as five Victorian women pursue a new age where erotic and economic freedom reign supreme. It’s 1885, and the typewriter is invented, a population imbalance leaves London flooded with half a million more women than men and an escalating suffrage movement has ushered in a rip-roaring New Age. Mary Barfoot, an ex-militant suffragette, runs a school for secretaries with her beloved Rhoda. The school’s invasion by three spinster sisters and a charismatic cad named Everard, creates a catalyst for political, sexual and emotional explosion. Ideas and libidos clash for dominance, as each character confronts the meaning of revolutionary courage. Sexy, fresh, and vibrantly funny, Age of Arousal is a modern look at forbidden Victorian desires on the brink of explosion."

Thoughts: I think this sounds both hilarious and like there's some thought behind it. Another I'm looking forward to.

With Bated Breath: "From the author of Divinity Bash / Nine Lives, The Weekend Healer and Whale Riding Weather, With Bated Breath is the provocative tale of Willy, a troubled but charismatic gay kid who flees Cape Breton Island for Montreal with hopes of forgetting a newly broken heart.
He finds momentary comfort with the denizens of the city’s red light district, but soon goes missing without a trace. Willy, in one way or another, has had a profound effect on the lives of the other characters. His presence lingers. As rumors fly, secrets explode, and reality blurs with fantasy, Willy is both remembered and reinvented. Imbued with equal measures of wit and warmth, MacDonald proves to be a master at merging the pedestrian with the highly theatrical."

Thoughts: Could be good, could be bad. I really don't know whether or not I want to see this.

So, there you have it. Anyone seen any of these shows? Able to tell me what to expect?

An Original Musical

But a tragically unoriginal [title] for a post about it, I'm afraid.

Yes, I'm talking about [title of show], which, pending my friend Nancy*'s input on what area of the theatre she wants to sit in, will be my FIRST BROADWAY TICKET PURCHASE. Terrifically exciting.

That's right, on September 6th, I will officially be a Broadway Theatregoer. I'm looking forward to it immensely.

I've liked [title of show] since February, and, fittingly, Nancy* was the first to introduce me to it. I went to her house (in Minneapolis), and we went to see the Sweeney Todd tour (which I am sure to blog about at a later date, because it was amazing. So keep an eye out for that, ja?). Post-Todd, the day after, in fact, we engaged in an epic Musical Theatre Cast Recording Exchange, in which we both benefited greatly. One of the shows I claimed was [tos], which I have since loved for its irreverence, humour, stars, tuneful score, The [title of show] show, and pretty much everything else about this plucky little musical.

Look for a review, once I've, uh, seen it.

*not her real name. This is a practice I intend to stick to.

Life is a Cabaret, Old Chum!

So, yesterday I bought Cabaret: The Illustrated Book and Lyrics. It's fascinating. Not because of the libretto (which is wonderful), or the pictures (which are numerous and in great quality), but because of the glimpses into the making of the show. It's got review clippings, quotes from Sam Mendes on his concept, and, perhaps most fascinatingly, excerpts from Alan Cumming's pre-show diary. The man's got a great sense of humour. Some of his anecdotes are incredibly amusing. "However, the fact that the choreography of my role consists of lots of touching the genitals of my fellow cast members (and a few twirls) I am getting to know people very quickly."

What I Like

I figured that, since I'm just starting out and odds are y'all who're reading aren't terribly familiar with my theatre taste, I should give a brief (hah. No. It's huge and intimidating) rundown of some of the theatre albums on my iTunes that I listen to the most. Away we go!

Barbara Cook: She gets one entry, because I have quite a bit by her. All I Ask Of You, The Broadway Years, Sings Mostly Sondheim, No One Is Alone, The Disney Album and Live at the Met. I'm sure you're aware that she's a legend, and her voice never fails to give me a thrill.

Assassins: I find myself listening to the '04 album more than the original cast. I like NPH a lot, and Kendra Kassebaum's tiny part (she's chiefly heard in Somethign Just Broke) is nifty.

Avenue Q: Well, why not? It's fun. There's some genuinely beautiful songs too. Lots of talent for young composers.

Bat Boy: Primarily I listen to the original off-Broadway album. I have a huge Talent Crush on Kerry Butler, you see.

Bernadette Peters: I have Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim Etc. (And Etc., Etc.), and I'll Be Your Baby Tonight. Another theatre legend, and one of the first actresses I fell in love with.

Cabaret: The 1998 cast. This has been eating up a ton of my music listening lately. I'm in rapture over Natasha Richardson's Sally. She makes the character so human.

Cleo Sings Sondheim: A little obscure, perhaps. But Dame Cleo Laine is fabulous, and her interpretations of these songs are some of the best I've heard.

Company: OBC and revival. Elaine Stritch will never be defeated as the quintessential Joanne, but the revival has a fine cast. Angel Desai is a marvellous Marta, for just one example. And of course there's Raul Esparza.

Elaine Stritch At Liberty: Speaking of Stritchie, her autobiographical show is marvellous, alternately hilarious and touching.

Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust: We've mentioned the Butler-crush. This is her take on Disney songs. Mostly wonderful, but a couple tracks miss for me (her 'Colours of the Wind' is kind of whiny). Still love her.

Fifteen Seconds of Grace: Victoria Clark is another one of my Talent Crushes. Follies, The Light in the Piazza, now Juno. The woman is a wonder and an incredible actress. And that voice! This is a beatiful album.

Follies: I have quite a few versions of this. I really thoroughly enjoy them all, but I think first place goes to the Papermill production's album, largely because of "Ah, But Underneath" and the marvellous Dee Hoty in general.

Grey Gardens: Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson are wonderful. The music is wonderful. The source material is wonderful.

Gypsy: Peters and Lansbury casts. I'm on the lookout for OBC, Daly, and Midler. ANd of course I'll be buying the LuPone the MOMENT it comes out.

In His Eyes: Ellen Greene's album. I used to hate her voice, but this album's been growing on me.

In Your Dreams: One of Christine Ebersole's CDs with Billy Stritch. I also have the other, Sunday In New York. Both are wonderful.

Into the Woods: My grandmother's VHS of the PBS broadcast got me into musical theatre in the first place, so this definitely earns a place on my all-time favourites. The revival also isn't bad, but with the exception of Laura Benanti (say it with me: Talent Crush!), I largely prefer the OBC.

The Lady With The Torch: One of two LuPone albums I have. The other is Patti LuPone Live. I love her.

The Last Five Years: I haven't been familiar with Jason Robert Brown for long, but I really like his stuff.

The Light in the Piazza: Beautiful. Rapturous. Vicki Clark and Kelli O'Hara.

A Little Night Music: Four different recordings. I enjoy them all, but bonus points to the original for Len Cariou (Winnipeg actor! I've seen him live!) and Glynis Johns

Little Shop of Horrors: 2003 revival. It's Butler-tastic. I'm still looking for the original cast album.

Nine: Another one I have like five recordings of. My favourite is, I think, the revival. Chita Rivera! Jane Krakowski! Laura Benanti! All marvellous. I'm so mad I missed this show here in Winnipeg last year.

The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart: Now this is just marvellous. Truly. You should try and find it.

Songs of Jason Robert Brown: By Lauren Kennedy. Great voice, great music, great album.

South Pacific: The revival. Old but good.

Sunday In The Park With George: Both OBC and Revival cast albums. Surely one of the best musicals Sondheim's written. I don't care what you say, the second act is fantastic too.

Susan Egan Live: This is just fun.

Sweeney Todd: 2005 revival. I'm on the hunt for more, but this one is wonderful. I have the two available DVDs also (oops. Two of the three. I don't have the movie.)

[title of show]: So. Much. Fun. I'm going to see this this summer on Broadway. Tres exciting. Again, like with Avenue Q, extremely talented batch of young people (remember that comment? Way up near the top?)

The Wedding Singer: Mindless fun. But reasonably adeptly composed mindless fun that also served as my introduction to Laura Benanti!

Wicked Stuttgart Cast: Oh, I have the original too, of course. But I think I like this one better.

Wonder In The World: Kelli O'Hara's solo. Lovely light jazz/easy-listening.

Xanadu: Absurdly campy fun. And Butler-tastic, yet again!

You Can Call Me Miss Kitty: 48 songs by the...interesting miss Eartha Kitt. No, I love her, she's just odd.


That's not all I have, but those are the favourites. If I were to list everything, it would take like a year.

Here He Is, World!

First Post!

OK, that was immature. But, honestly, it's exciting. Welcome to my (unspeakably wonderful) brand-new blog! The idea of making a theatre blog has been bouncing around my head for months, honestly, but I wanted to wait until when I actually had something to say. The original plan was to hold off until I first saw a show in New York, but that won't be for a solid month or more, and I thought "Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today?", so here I am.

A little bit of background. Up until recently, I have lived in Winnipeg, MB, Canada, which is somewhat limiting when it comes to theatrical pursuits (though, don't get me wrong, there's some quality stuff coming out of there). However, I will shortly be moving down south and out east, to Massachusetts, approximately two and a half hours away from New York City! Just yesterday I began looking for tickets to shows I want to see, which means that around a month from now, you can expect to see reviews and such showing up. In the meantime, I'll leave you with a clip of Christine Pedi being fabulous.