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Started the day by being verbally assaulted by an old woman while walking Valentino. Hope the rest...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:41:09 -0800

Started the day by being verbally assaulted by an old woman while walking Valentino. Hope the rest of the day is better.

nevver: The Oscar

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:29:58 -0800

nevver:

The Oscar

Started cleaning my apartment this afternoon and just finished after 6 hours and rearranging all my...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:54:51 -0800

Started cleaning my apartment this afternoon and just finished after 6 hours and rearranging all my furniture.

RT @loveneverdies: And now some more production images for you in our gallery…...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:40:43 -0800

RT @loveneverdies: And now some more production images for you in our gallery… http://bit.ly/9qCYu1

Waking up early for work after staying late for work is not fun.

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:50:48 -0800

Waking up early for work after staying late for work is not fun.

architectureblog: (via maluna)

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:00:18 -0800

architectureblog:

(via maluna)

My new iMac is amazing!

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:02:14 -0800

My new iMac is amazing!

Finally purchasing my new iMac today. Very excited!

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:36:25 -0800

Finally purchasing my new iMac today. Very excited!

Woke up to this face. He really wanted to go for a walk. http://twitpic.com/15gu49

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:07:00 -0800

Woke up to this face. He really wanted to go for a walk. http://twitpic.com/15gu49

Off to the dog park with Valentino.

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:28:16 -0800

Off to the dog park with Valentino.

Slept amazingly.

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:34:49 -0800

Slept amazingly.

RT @Norm_Clarke: Sierra Boggess, ex-Phantom star in Vegas, falls ill; misses final dress rehearsal...

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:02:24 -0800

RT @Norm_Clarke: Sierra Boggess, ex-Phantom star in Vegas, falls ill; misses final dress rehearsal as leading lady of new Phantom http:/ …

Viva what?

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:42:06 -0800

Viva what?

Just left Lance Burton’s show, off to the Viva Elvis opening gala.

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:42:32 -0800

Just left Lance Burton’s show, off to the Viva Elvis opening gala.

Me 3, I’m doing my taxes tonight! RT @meagan_ann: @MzNicoleNunez me too. Piece of cake!

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:57:08 -0800

Me 3, I’m doing my taxes tonight! RT @meagan_ann: @MzNicoleNunez me too. Piece of cake!

Ready for breakfast.

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:37:34 -0800

Ready for breakfast.

thediamondmind: Hair-Portraits of the presidents. From left to...

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:51:52 -0800

thediamondmind:

Hair-Portraits of the presidents. From left to right: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama.

Is it wrong that I’m currently wearing the Andrew Jackson? My next look maybe the James Buchanon!

nevver: Is that all there is?

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:47:18 -0800

nevver:

Is that all there is?

nevver: In which The King wants to sell you a handgun

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:46:00 -0800

nevver:

In which The King wants to sell you a handgun

On New, Spare Broadway, Less Scenery to Chew - NYTimes.com

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:46:05 -0800

On New, Spare Broadway, Less Scenery to Chew - NYTimes.com:

kuwaitaminute:

Interesting article … but, as often with the theatre articles in the NY Times, Mr. Healy misses his point all together. Sometimes I think journalist forget the basic analytical writing taught in high school… anyway I digress…

Mr. Healy is suggesting that due to the economic realities of Broadway the big budget musicals are being produced with smaller sets. He points to big musicals such as “Shrek” and “Mermaid” as shows that closed early, possibly because they had huge sets. Um, does he read his own paper? These musicals closed because they sucked and their producers were hoping that the theatrics would hide this fact.

He also keeps pointing to “Billy Elliot” as a successful show with a minimal set. Again, I ask Mr. Healy if he’s even seen this show? While it doesn’t have a single “oh my” piece like the famous chandelier or helicoptor - it has a really expensive automated set. I mean a whole two story set spirals out of the center of the stage and then can collapse into various different configurations … not cheap.

To maybe help his point, though, the two best shows on Broadway right now (in my opinion) “In The Heights” and “Next to Normal” have minimal sets, at best. These shows are successful, though, because they have great stories and music — as the “Billy Elliot” producer points out in the article. The sets don’t make the show.

I hope the big budget musical continues. I think it’s still alive an healthy — I just think the current shows don’t require the massive Phantom style sets — but the very next show might (such as the Phantom sequel!)

I also really hate when people compare things like this. It’s apples and watermelons! Some shows have large expensive sets because they are told in that language. For example, Phantom is a a grand story that takes place in the Paris Opera House and involves a falling chandelier. The lavish set and bells and whistles are part of the plot. Whereas Next to Normal is about a contemporary family dealing with metal illness, hence the simple set and lack of complicated scenery. To compare different productions and their stagecraft or lack thereof and attribute that to it’s success is retarded.

I totally agree with you, Jackson. I feel like some of these theatre journalists should probably understand the industry before they spout these things out. And really in regards to any sort of trend - there are always people willing to dole out $10 million for something they believe in, whether it’s good or not, or big or small - part of the American theatre system, is that Broadway will find those hits and misses based on commercial merit - not whether the overhead is low or high. As far as big musicals, Adam’s Family and Spiderman are coming down the pike and there are a 1/2 dozen others registered in the Thearical Index for next season. Big hits and big flops endure whether the economy is good or bad, whether sets are big or small. To try and pinpoint what makes Broadway shows successful or not is an exercise in trying to define good taste - almost everyone can recognize it but, almost no one has it.