Updates From Broadway

It is said that the popular musical, White Christmas, which debuted at the Marriott Marquis Theatre in the winter of 2008, will most likely appear on Broadway again this Christmas. Now personally, I think this classic Irving Berlin piece is a very good musical and from what I've heard, the Broadway show has excellent choreography and some really great songs too. And supposedly, if White Christmas comes back, it will start its second consecutive season on Broadway on November 13. My opinion, however, is that White Christmas should have won at least one Tony this year because this amazing show really deserves it because it only comes around for the Christmas season alone, which isn't very long. And the performers who are in White Christmas probably have to rehearse even when it's not very white outside (so pretty much all year). Well, if it does come back, I sure hope grosses go up from last year.

Updates From Broadway

For the very first time, the musical, Bye Bye Birdie, is reviving on Broadway. The original production, which appeared on Broadway 48 years ago, was popular but didn't succeed (only lasting a little over a year) on Broadway. Now, I wonder if the revival will appear dated and very 60's (Having seen the original movie, I know how dated the musical is...at least in the movie). The cast will include John Stamos starring as Albert Peterson and Allie Trimm as Kim MacAfee and, although I've never heard of them, I really hope they can carry a great show and perform it well. Hopefully the rest of the cast, of which I've also never heard of any one of them, can give a stellar performance. But then again, I'm really not the one to ask about any Broadway actors from the history of it all. Well, you never know; maybe a year from now, we will have found out that Bye Bye Birdie won the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical.

Actress with ENERGY!

So as my job as an actress (not quite professional), I audition any chance I get. And, this may seem a little bit odd for readers who know me well, I auditioned for a dramatic play (not a comedy or even a musical. That's already a huge problem!) called "Our Town". Some of you may be familiar with this piece; which is about Emily who grows up with a guy named George and at the end, Emily dies; but when I auditioned for it, I knew almost nothing about the play at all. Well, I get into my audition at the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant and the director tells me to sit down for my audition piece. Now for this audition we did a cold reading and in this particular case, I was reading for Rebecca, George's little sister. So I sat down and did the reading with a lot of energy because I researched this character and it said she's very energetic so that's how I did it. When I got done, the director simply said, "Nice. Good energy." To tell you the truth, I wasn't full expecting that answer. I mean sure, I'm thankful for that compliment but that's it? That's all they could say? We'll just have to wait and see...