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BROADWAY DIVAS SUPERLATIVES: Sing, Sing, Sing

Video Clips Beneath the Cut: More Polls

[blackramhall]

The Stunt Man Only Murders in the Building | S04E04 created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman

Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes. WS, Ha Avatar pic by Mitchell Turek

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Happy 27th Anniversary of the Release of Whitney Houstons Production of Rodgers and Hammerstein Cinderella. With its Notable cast and entrancing music.

This is my first ever creating a series of pieces dedicated to a project. And constantly listening to the cast has been a treat while drawing these

[colorfulzombieconnoisseur]

Funny movie, “Summoning Slyvia”.

Watched it a second time. Funnier the third watching.

[camyfilms]

ERIN BROCKOVICH 2000

Well, um, seeing as how I have no brains or legal expertise, and Ed here was losing all faith in the system, I just went out there and performed sexual favors. Six hundred and thirty-four blow jobs in five days... I'm really quite tired.

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Seen (again) in 2023:

Henry Fool (Hal Hartley), 1997

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Erin Brockovich (2000)

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Summoning Sylvia

As a horror film, Wesley Taylor and Alex Wyse’s SUMMONING SYLVIA (2023, Shudder) would probably be considered something of a cheat by genre purists. As queer film, though it breaks no new ground and doesn’t go particularly deep as an exploration of gay lives, it has a utopian sweetness you may find hard to resist. And as comedy, it’s slick, with some actors whose timing is prettynear impeccable. Larry (Travis Coles) has been kidnapped by his best friends (Frankie Grande, Troy Iwata and Noah J. Ricketts) for a bachelor weekend in a remote, haunted house. That upsets Coles’ plans to get to know fiancé Michael J. Urie’s straight brother (Nicholas Logan), so Coles impulsively invites him to join the group. Only a) Logan is an uncommunicative military man who doesn’t know everyone there will be gay, and b) just before he arrives the friends hold a séance to summon the spirit of Sylvia (Veanne Cox), who was lynched for killing her son. Since this is horror comedy, and a queer one at that, expectations will be subverted. What starts as THE BOYS IN THE BAND becomes HOLD THAT GHOST. The gay men get into a little too much screaming when things start going wrong, but at least most it is well performed, particularly by Grande and, in a virtual cameo, Urie. I only wish they could have gotten the rights to Judy Garland’s recording of “After You’ve Gone,” which figures prominently in the action. Broadway star Carolee Carmello recorded an imitation that’s pitched uncomfortably between accurate and camp. It just needed to go further in one direction or the other.

[onenakedfarmer]

Currently Watching [Hal Hartley Retrospective]

HENRY FOOL Hal Hartley USA, 1997

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summer stock posting....grabbing them like share all the pictures you have! an uncropped version of this one!

[broadwaydivastournament]

Broadway Divas Tournament: Round 1C Audios

It's what you've been waiting for. Once again, I have compiled a small collection of personally-recorded audio bootlegs pertaining to our next sixteen Divas. Unfortunately though my 55 GB folder of audios may be vast and varied, it is exhaustive, so apologies to those I have never seen (Tyne Daly, Dee Hoty, Anika Noni Rose, Linda Emond - they've all been away from New York for so long...)

See reblog for more.

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Corbin Bleu and Stephanie Styles will headline a private industry reading of the Broadway-bound musical comedy, Get Happy. The invitation-only reading will be held on January 17 in New York City. Get Happy, which premiered under the title Summer Stock in 2023 at Connecticut’s esteemed Goodspeed Musicals, features book and additional lyrics by four-time Emmy Award winner Cheri Steinkellner, musical supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by three-time Tony Award winner Doug Besterman, and will be directed and choreographed by Donna Feore, making her long-awaited New York City debut after years of acclaimed work at Canada’s Stratford Festival. Read the reviews for the Goodspeed production here. The producers are Steve Peters and Michael Londra of VenuWorks Theatricals, Greg & Marissa Frankenfield of Excelsior Entertainment, and executive producers Carolyn Rossi Copeland and Nancy Nagel Gibbs. Get Happy is produced by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures. Bleu and Styles, reuniting after starring opposite each other in the 2019 Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate, will play the roles of Joe Ross and Jane Falbury, originally played onscreen by Gene Kelly and Judy Garland. The reading will also feature Stephen Lee Anderson (Broadway: Bright Star, Fiddler on the Roof, Wicked) as Lt. Henry ‘Pop’ Falbury, Gilbert L. Bailey II (Broadway: The Book of Mormon, Beetlejuice) as Phil Filmore, Tony Award nominee Veanne Cox (Broadway: Company; Caroline, or Change; La Cage aux Folles) as Margaret Wingate, Zoe Jensen (Broadway: Six; The Heart of Rock and Roll) as Gloria Falbury, Will Roland (Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen; Be More Chill) as Orville Wingate, and Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills (Broadway: The Scarlet Pimpernel; Little Shop of Horrors; War Paint) as Montgomery Leach, with Nicholas Cunha, Francesca Mancuso, Corinne Munsch, Kaylee Olson, Aaron Patterson, Jack Sippel, and Cayel Tregeagle. When the company of a new Broadway show loses their rehearsal space, the gang hoofs it to a family farm in Connecticut where, in the best musical tradition, the show must go on. Along the way, there are unlikely romances, some of the greatest songs of the American songbook, show-stopping choreography, and a farm – and a musical – to save. 

[geekgalactic]

Why would a Prince want a girl like HER!!!

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Title: Cinderella

Rating: G

Director: Robert Iscove

Cast: Brandy Norwood, Whitney Houston, Paolo Montalbán, Victor Garber, Whoopi Goldberg, Bernadette Peters, Jason Alexander, Natalie Desselle-Reid, Veanne Cox, Matt Zarley, Annette Young

Release year: 1997

Genres: romance, fantasy

Blurb: Cinderella chafes under the cruelty of her wicked stepmother and her evil stepsisters until her fairy godmother steps in to change her life for one unforgettable night. At the ball, she falls for handsome Prince Christopher, whose parents, King Maximillian and Queen Constantina, are anxious for him to find a suitable paramour.

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The Gilded Age's Broadway Divas: Miss Armstrong (Debra Monk)

Sometimes, a work family is a German mother and her Irish daughter, an English father and his clockmaking son, and a mean old spinster aunt who's only invited to the family holiday parties because she'd bitch for weeks if she wasn't. Miss Armstrong is Agnes's nasty lady's maid who has said exactly one (1) nice thing all season. And I love her.

At seventy-four, Debra Monk is the oldest woman on The Gilded Age, and the only one with the appropriate hair color to show it. As cantankerous as her mistress with none of the charm, Armstrong is nothing like her fantastic actress. Debra Monk is one of theatre's comedy greats. Much like Katie Finneran, Debra is playing against type. Us theatre buffs know her from Pump Boys and Dinettes (co-author, director, and actress), Company (Joanne), and the ill-fated Nick & Nora alongside Christine Baranski.

An absolute delight of a human being, Deb Monk is a wise-cracking mile-a-minute, raunchy, jokester and deserves praise and recognition for her work.

#1: "Everybody's Girl," (Steel Pier) - My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies (1998)

Almost every stalwart theatre Diva has her signature song. "Everybody's Girl" is Debra Monk's pride and joy, and she sings it to this day. At her raunchiest yet, she serenades a gleeful audience with her sexual exploits whilst dressed in a black dress and corset that Armstrong would have a coronary over.

The clever lyrics are perfectly paired with her comedic chops. The whole performance is just a delight from start to finish. That exit has me screaming every time. Her performance in the stage show the song originated from netted her a third Tony nomination.

If we do not get a clip of Debra Monk in full Armstrong drag singing this song, what is the point anymore?

#2: "The Ladies Who Lunch," Company (1995)

Before there was Patti LuPone, but after the great Elaine Stritch, there was Debra Monk as Joanne in the 1995 first Broadway revival of Company. Yes, another Stephen Sondheim. Often forgotten in the Company conversation, this production had a tough act to follow. Nominated for just two Tonys (Best Revival and Best Featured Actress--Veanne Cox, hello, I love you), there's not much that can be said about the 1995 production. It lasted two months, and no one can point me in the direction of any footage with Debra, so here we are.

#3: Debra Monk's Birthday Bash: Totally Hot and a Little Dirty (2014)

For her 65th birthday, Debra performed in a raucous and raunchy concert to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. The concert raised an impressive $140,355 for the charity, and featured a eclectic mix of rock 'n' roll, church music, and debauchery. Well, what else would you expect from Debra Monk?

As comfortable flirting with younger men as she is grinding up against scantily clad fellow comedienne Andrea Martin and Company co-star Charlotte d'Amboise, Debra is a riot from start to finish.

The entire show is available on DVD from BC/EFA, and I need it.

#4: "Ohio Afternoon," Oil City Symphony (1987)

Performed as part of the "If It Only Runs a Minute" series that highlights really obscure shows that barely had a life, Debra reprised her drum-playing role in 2012. As if she didn't have enough talents. Only she could take drums and make it peak comedy.

#5: Game Night at Seth Rudetsky's Place

No explanation needed. Hello, Andrea Martin. Love you.

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[aliveandfullofjoy]

remembering the time i got irrationally angry at a podcast because the hosts couldn’t come up with veanne cox’s name