The Toxic Avenger Musical

Last Friday night Michael took me to see The Toxic Avenger Musical. I have to be honest, I've never seen the original cult movie, but I have seen scenes.

Momma loved it. First, the off-Broadway New World Stages serves cocktails (and they let you bring them into the theater). I like that. Second this rock musical was awesome! Is it going to change the world? No, but who doesn't like to see a superhero monster rip off the bad guys arm and beat him with the bloody end while singing? I know I do. This hysterical show runs in the new 90 minute-no intermission format that so many shows are being done in lately. The music is catchy, toe tapping fluff with lyrics that are sometimes obscenely funny. I really, really enjoyed this show.

The cast was 5 people, 2 leads, 1 character actress, and a chorus of 2 men who play multiple roles. So damn funny. Should you see this? Absolutely, if you've seen allot on Broadway, and you want something light and fun, but Xanadu is closed. This is a good choice.

GO SEE THIS SHOW, I kinda want to see it again...

World Without End

Hey my petite sex kittens! Momma finished another ginormous book. And boy this one was double, extra awesome! I adored reading this book. I adored reading the book previous to this one. They both were so damn good. Yes, I know that these books are both over 1,000 pages long. I realize that. But we're all adults now and we can handle it. Not everything needs to be the length of a good squat on the toilette. Classy, I know. Regardless, let me tell ya's all about Kingsbridge 300 years later. It's good. It's that good...

This book has, like many novels that span a lifetime, several main characters. I want to tell all of you so much about this book, but I would spoil the read. I'll tell you this much though. It exemplifies how religion and the government used each other to get more. More money, more land, more power. Greed was the issue then, much as it is now. Faith, is a beautiful thing, until it makes you look ignorant. An important factor in this book, especially in regards to how the plague was treated, and what they all believed. I can't stress how much I loved this book. If you're a reader, please read this book.

reasons to be pretty

Last night my friend Michael took me to see "reasons to be pretty" by Neil LaBute. I liked it allot. It was a comedy with several sets, all impressionistic, middle class, warehouse working men & women. There were dual themes in the play. The obvious was beauty and the effects it has on both women & men. Mostly from a negative perspective. The other theme is a man coming of age type of story.

The whole play begins with a women picking a fight with her boyfriend because she heard that he referred to her as "having an ugly face." And then off goes the play. This play was taken from Off-Broadway to it new Broadway home. It's a good show, and the main character's progression from drop out, warehouse worker/womanizer to good guy is at times pitiful. But the brilliantly witty script kept the heavy scenes light enough to keep the point, but not drive home how pathetic the characters & situations really are.

If I had to pick apart this show, I would say all the performances were great. The set was OK, not awesome. Mr. LaBute's script is very funny & poignant. I thought his men's dialogue was much better written than the women's. What he wrote for the men was nothing short of brilliant. I attribute that to my assumption that the playwright is straight. He just didn't capture the way women talk/fight. It sounded constructed and still on the page. Also, there was a fight scene that just didn't work. It's necessary for the show, but stage combat is so difficult to carry off. It was way to staged looking and unbelievably brutal for the amount of blood/injury that resulted.

Yes go see this. I'm dying to know what you think.

TWILIGHT a/k/a are you fucking soft?

I'll make this quick. Have you read any/all of the Twilight books? Hmmm? You may as well admit it now, as I'll call you out on it later. Have you seen the Twilight movie? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions I must ask you:

Are you 'soft as a sneaker' or do you really simply hate the gays?

That is the questions isn't it? After all, Stephanie Meyer is a Mormon. And she has donated 10% of her huge revenue to both the Mormon Church as well as to help Proposition H8 succeed. I cannot sit idly by and watch all you "so called" good people carry on about these books & this tween movie without calling you out on the carpet. Why do you think I don't deserve the same rights in marriage that you enjoy? Is this silly vampire(ishness) so fucking important that real life is too inconvenient for you to acknowledge the wrong that Ms. Meyer's has contributed to? Are you aware that your measly $15 book or $11 movie ticket goes to the Mormon Church? Do you walk around thinking my $11 won't make any difference?

NEWS(FUCKING)FLASH - it did! Now proposition H8 has passed in California.

So then next time you get all giddy and chat up Twilight, remember you're not only offending, but hurting me and my gay brothers & sisters.

Blithe Spirit

Last night I saw Broadway royalty. Yes, yes I did. My friend Michael took me to see Blithe Spirit starring Ms. Angela Lansbury. Now everyone and their brother has done a Noël Coward show at some point in their dramatical training. It was so nice to see a classic, not updated, not changed just as what it is. A period piece.

What did you think ryan charisma? First off, aside from the excitement of seeing such a star studded cast. I had to admit that I've never seen nor read this specific play. It's cute. I really enjoyed Rupert Everett, he was great. And honestly, I didn't have very high hopes for him. The supporting cast was equally as good. We saw a preview performance of the show and boy was it in preview shape. Lines were dropped and stumbled upon with regularity. I swear at one point Ms. Lansbury said "there's no moon out tonight and there's a moon, er... mist rising above the water." Uh oh! Also, there was a whole scene towards the end where I was slightly uncomfortable that the actresses didn't quite know where they were and they sort of muddled through the scene. Weird for professionals. I'm sure this line issue will be solved before the actual opening and it didn't detract from the show anyway.

On a side note, it was completely freezing the night we saw the show. Everyone should know that the Shubert Theater is absolutely freezing in the winter. I swear I could cut glass with my nipples as the north wind was blowing right on the audience.