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Apple finally announced their cloud music service last week. Aptly named iCloud, the new service joins similar, yet different, offerings from both Amazon and Google. Amazon and Google stream music over the Internet and require you to upload your entire music library. Apple doesn’t do any of those things. We dissect the pros and cons of all three services and wonder why anyone really needs them in the first place.Apple finally announced their cloud music service last week. Aptly named iCloud, the... more
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In Neil Patrick Harris's fabulous opening sequence of last night’s Tony Awards called 'Theatre...it's not just for gays any more' the straight babe Brooke Shields had a significant part to play. But as suspected she totally FAILS to remember her lines.In Neil Patrick Harris's fabulous opening sequence of last night’s Tony... more
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Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart,” which originally was performed at New York City’s Public Theater in 1985, won the 2011 Tony Award for revival of a play. The play is considered to be a literary landmark, contending with the AIDS crisis when few would speak of the disease afflicting gay men, including gays themselves. It remains the longest-running play ever staged at the Public Theater.
In addition, Ellen Barkin and John Benjamin Hickey both won Tony Awards for their performances in “The Normal Heart.” Producer Daryl Roth accepted the award, but it was the playwright Larry Kramer, an outspoken gay activist for many years, who received the biggest welcome from the audience. The writer exhorted the gay community to “carry on the fight,” adding that “our day will come.”
The stunning, pulse-pounding ensemble drama tells the groundbreaking story of love, rage and pride as it follows a group of New Yorkers confronting the AIDS crisis in the early 1980s. The story of a city in denial, “The Normal Heart” unfolds like a real-life political thriller, as a tight-knit group of friends refuses to let doctors, politicians and the press bury the truth of an unspoken epidemic behind a wall of silence. A quarter-century after it was written, this unflinching, and totally unforgettable look at the sexual politics of New York City during the AIDS crisis remains one of the theater’s most powerful evenings ever.
This piece includes a number of color photographs, as well as three documentary short films.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/broadway-revival-of-larry-kramers-the-normal-heart-wins-three-2011-tony-awards/Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart,” which originally was performed at... more
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This year's Broadway season brought more critically acclaimed (and financially successful) productions than during any time in recent memory. Brian Scott Lipton, editor-in-chief of TheaterMania.com, tells us who he thinks will win the year’s top Tony Awards on Sunday evening.This year's Broadway season brought more critically acclaimed (and financially... more
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Love these women. I don't care if you think I am superficial. So are you.
And the gloves are off. Who will win the ratings battle between The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills versus The Real Housewives of New York City this season? Duh. Beverly Hills of course. I have never been a big fan or watcher of the New York housewives because–well–who cares about these run of the mill ladies who lunch? Or in the case of Bethenny Frankel, liquid lunch. The Beverly Hills broads live an aspirational, opulent lifestyle whereas the New York ladies are a bunch of yentas, living seemingly above their means or worse–Brooklyn. Needless to say the Beverly Hills broads are elegant, whereas Ramona Singer looks koo-koo for Cocoa-Puffs.
Andy Cohen and Bravo TV have a challenge on their hands, which is why they are delaying the start of the next season of The Real Housewives of New York City, as per Page Six. When you compare New York to Beverly Hills, you will come up short, because these New Yorkers are petty and not all that fabulous. Take Jill Zarin–please. Her apartment was drek-orated and borders on tacky while her day job is a schmatta peddler on the Lower East Side. What is this, Yentl Par Deux? The continuing saga of Yentl and Avigdor’s life in New York City after the pogroms in Russia, where they live happily ever after on the LES, open a fabric store (hence schmatta) and give birth to Bobby Zarin, who takes a wife from the Five Towns of Long Island? Oy. And what’s with Alex McCord and that tranny-ish husband Simon van Kempen? They go to the opening of an envelope whereas none of the Beverly Hills folks went anywhere they were not hosting. Except maybe the Tony Awards. Kelly Killoren Bensimon is a piece of work and an exhibitionist, causing her daughter to overeat—as does Jill’s kid. Did you see how stunning Kyle Richards‘ daughters are? Let’s not go there in terms of a beauty contests anyway, cause it will show you how superficial I really am. Every Housewife on Bravo does Juvederm and Botox, but the West Coast women have the best wardrobes and shoes for days. Please…take me to the Hills of Beverly–swimming pools, movie stars.
Read more: http://imeanwhat.com/lastfiveminutesoffame/the-new-york-vs-beverly-hills-real-housewives#ixzz1D0aYWN27Love these women. I don't care if you think I am superficial. So are you.
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Today, I would like to concentrate on A Little Night Music. Night Music was adapted to the stage by Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler (book) and was inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night (also the inspiration for the Woody Allen film A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy).Today, I would like to concentrate on A Little Night Music. Night Music was adapted... more
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Miranda's thrilling score is also quite the glorious musical melting pot. Where HAIR and Jesus Christ Superstar legitimized the sound of rock for musical theater, In The Heights celebrates not only Latin salsa and soul but also Hip Hop. Its infectious, rhythmic, mellifluous melodies will now make them a welcome and integral part of the sounds of Broadway.Miranda's thrilling score is also quite the glorious musical melting pot. Where... more
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Sean Hayes’s turn as host of the Tony Awards on Sunday has met with the widespread acclaim, including praise from last year’s host, Neil Patrick Harris. Harris tweeted "Bravo, Sean Hayes! You helmed the Tonys with charm, grace, and humor. Very well played, sir." Harris has become something of a fixture on awards shows recently. Besides his stint on the 2009 Tony Awards, Harris also hosted last year's Emmy Awards and appeared in the opening musical number of this year's Academy AwardsSean Hayes’s turn as host of the Tony Awards on Sunday has met with the... more
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In The Heights is the magical creation of Lin-Manuel Miranda (music and lyrics) and Quiara Alegría Hudes (book). The story is a loving exploration of the people who live in the New York City Dominican-American neighborhood of Washington Heights. Miranda's score features the delightful Caribbean sounds of salsa and méringue as well as a splash of hip-hop and soul music.In The Heights is the magical creation of Lin-Manuel Miranda (music and lyrics) and... more
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Sean Hayes held a news conference yesterday in which he discussed pretty much everything -- except the news.
Ostensibly, CBS arranged the telephonic press gathering to promote its broadcast of the Tony Awards. Hayes was also willing to talk about “Hot in Cleveland,” the new comedy series he is exec producing for TVLand. But that review, well not so much.
Hayes (Jack from “Will & Grace”) currently stars in the Broadway revival of “Promises, Promises.” A review posted on Newsweek.com contends that part of the problem with his portrayal is that he is gay. Critic Ramin Setoodeh wrote:
“But frankly, it’s weird seeing Hayes play straight. He comes off as wooden and insincere, as if he’s trying to hide something, which of course he is. Even the play’s most hilarious scene, when Chuck tries to pick up a drunk woman at a bar, devolves into unintentional camp. Is it funny because of all the ’60s-era one-liners, or because the woman is so drunk (and clueless) that she agrees to go home with a guy we all know is gay?”Sean Hayes held a news conference yesterday in which he discussed pretty much... more
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Nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play were Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, August Wilson's Fences, Shakespeare's Hamlet, Maurine Dallas Watkins' So Help Me God! and Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band.Nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play were Arthur... more
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This year's nominations for Outstanding Play are Alan Ayckbourn's My Wonderful Day, Annie Baker's Circle Mirror Transformation, Lucinda Coxon's Happy Now?, John Logan's Red, Geoffrey Nauffts' Next Fall and Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park.This year's nominations for Outstanding Play are Alan Ayckbourn's My... more
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There are five nominiees for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical: A Little Night Music, Finian's Rainbow, La Cage Aux Folles, Promises, Promises and Ragtime.There are five nominiees for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a... more
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