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The new issue arrived yesterday! I’m addicted to #TheHollywoodReporter (Taken with instagram)

The new issue arrived yesterday! I’m addicted to #TheHollywoodReporter (Taken with instagram)

11 hours ago ・ 1 notes
Chimpanzee Shows Just How Closely Related We Are To Chimps Disney Nature’s Chimpanzee is a heart-warming tale of two chimps: Oscar and Freddy and their struggle to survive in the jungles of Africa’s Ivory Coast. The story follows the life of little Oscar, a young chimp who is just starting to learn the basics of chimp society from his mother, Isha. Through the use of stunning cinematography and spectacular visuals, we follow Oscar on his journey from learning how to crack nuts open, to knowing which fruit is ripe for the picking. It becomes evident that chimp society relies heavily on mothers teaching their children the ways of their world. A mother and son bond is something that is valuable in their society—it can mean the difference between life and death, in some cases. Isha teaches Oscar how to make a bed in the trees and how to use twigs as tools to snack on ants living inside hollow branches. All this comes to an alarming end when a rival band of chimpanzees threatens invasion and the two are separated in the jungle. In a scene straight out of Bambi, Oscar is left all alone as his mother succumbs to the jungle’s harsh nature. What is to become of a young orphan chimp who still has lots to learn and whose life depends on being raised by an older and wiser adult? Enter Freddy. Freddy, the troupe’s leader, makes a bold (and rather unexpected) move by adopting poor Oscar and teaching him everything he still needs to know. Heart strings are tugged as he lets Oscar ride on his back and as he cleans Oscar, something a troupe leader would normally never do. Freddy seems to need Oscar as much as Oscar needs him. Sure, the story line is sappy, but this is Disney, after all. I read somewhere that this movie was intended to be a general look into the lives of chimps, but that while filming in the jungle, the producers were at a loss at how to present this material to a large population of people who are not normally documentary lovers. I also read that they were almost ready to cancel the project and then Freddy adopted Oscar and the producers knew there was a story there that would touch the hearts of young and old alike. They were right. What I find amazing about the film is how similar chimp society is to our own. There are political battles, impending wars, battles against hunger, parent-child relationships, using of tools, battles over territory, and the need for inclusion, education, and connection. Even the chimps’ ability to recognize the need to wash a certain kind of fruit before they eat it, is rather amazing. And, while the narration was somewhat dumbed down for children, the movie is a great tool in educating people everywhere about some of our closest animal relatives. We could all learn something from these chimpanzee stars. [NOTE: This perspective was originally written as an extra credit assignment for my  Biological Anthropology class.]

Chimpanzee Shows Just How Closely Related We Are To Chimps

Disney Nature’s Chimpanzee is a heart-warming tale of two chimps: Oscar and Freddy and their struggle to survive in the jungles of Africa’s Ivory Coast. The story follows the life of little Oscar, a young chimp who is just starting to learn the basics of chimp society from his mother, Isha. Through the use of stunning cinematography and spectacular visuals, we follow Oscar on his journey from learning how to crack nuts open, to knowing which fruit is ripe for the picking.

It becomes evident that chimp society relies heavily on mothers teaching their children the ways of their world. A mother and son bond is something that is valuable in their society—it can mean the difference between life and death, in some cases. Isha teaches Oscar how to make a bed in the trees and how to use twigs as tools to snack on ants living inside hollow branches. All this comes to an alarming end when a rival band of chimpanzees threatens invasion and the two are separated in the jungle. In a scene straight out of Bambi, Oscar is left all alone as his mother succumbs to the jungle’s harsh nature.

What is to become of a young orphan chimp who still has lots to learn and whose life depends on being raised by an older and wiser adult?

Enter Freddy.

Freddy, the troupe’s leader, makes a bold (and rather unexpected) move by adopting poor Oscar and teaching him everything he still needs to know. Heart strings are tugged as he lets Oscar ride on his back and as he cleans Oscar, something a troupe leader would normally never do. Freddy seems to need Oscar as much as Oscar needs him. Sure, the story line is sappy, but this is Disney, after all. I read somewhere that this movie was intended to be a general look into the lives of chimps, but that while filming in the jungle, the producers were at a loss at how to present this material to a large population of people who are not normally documentary lovers. I also read that they were almost ready to cancel the project and then Freddy adopted Oscar and the producers knew there was a story there that would touch the hearts of young and old alike.

They were right.

What I find amazing about the film is how similar chimp society is to our own. There are political battles, impending wars, battles against hunger, parent-child relationships, using of tools, battles over territory, and the need for inclusion, education, and connection. Even the chimps’ ability to recognize the need to wash a certain kind of fruit before they eat it, is rather amazing. And, while the narration was somewhat dumbed down for children, the movie is a great tool in educating people everywhere about some of our closest animal relatives. We could all learn something from these chimpanzee stars.

[NOTE: This perspective was originally written as an extra credit assignment for my  Biological Anthropology class.]

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Playing Catch Up

So, I’ve been M.I.A. for the last three weeks because I got very sick and ended up in the hospital and found out I have multiple hernias…yadda, yadda, yadda.

I’m a struggling student who does not have insurance, so that means I have to go to free clinics and get on waiting lists and all that fun stuff. Health care in this country sucks. If I were living in Canada or The United Kingdom, all of this would have been handled already. But, I digress…

I am back to school and rehearsals and life…I feel sore and achy and in lots of pain (sometimes). I have two choices, really: (1) Stay home in my PJs and deal with the pain like I have been doing or (2) Get on with life and bear it until I can get it taken are of. I can’t put my life on pause. I have worked so hard thus far in all of my schooling and extracurricular activities. I cannot just give everything up and stay home all helpless and doing nothing with life. So… I opted for choice #2, naturally. I’ll be taking it easy, but I will at least be continuing forward.

During the last three weeks, there has been plenty of stuff I have wanted to post about (Chimpanzee the movie, Follies, The Renaissance Pleasure Faire, some articles in the last three issues of The Hollywood Reporter, my involvement in children’s theater, songs I am performing for voice class, and rehearsals for When You Coming Back Red Ryder?) but have not had the chance because I have been dealing with my ailments. 

I am going to be playing catch-up the next few days. Some of the stories I will be posting are old news already, but I still want to share them with you. So look forward to posts on all that stuff and a few other golden nuggets. Until then… take careTumblr! I have missed thee well!

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“Follies” Tonight @ The Ahmanson!!!

I am so super excited to be seeing Follies tonight at the Ahmanson Theatre! I am taking my mama with me and we are going to have a blast! I am really hoping to get Elaine Paige’s autograph, take a picture with her, and buy a magnet for my collection. I am getting ready as we speak because we have to leave in half an hour! I am taking a small noted pad with me to write down my observations/notes because I have to write a paper on this for my voice class.

A night of honest to god Broadway show tune realness! Could you just die?

Thanks, again, to Performing Arts Live for the tickets I won through your email contest! Cheers!

2 weeks ago ・ 0 notes
What musical do you think will win a Tony award for best revival this year? Seems like the competition is tough in this category. Such good choices!

Anonymous

Two of my favorite musicals of all time are up against each other this year: Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar. While I am hoping Evita wins, I think Jesus Christ Superstar has a a better chance.

The list of nominees also included Follies (which I am seeing on Tuesday in LA at the Ahmanson—so more on that later) and Porgy and Bess. It’s really a great lineup. So, no matter which wins, we all win. I think Follies has the best chance, though. (Just a hunch.)

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Guess who won tickets to see Follies at the Ahmanson Theatre this Tuesday? Yours truly! I am so excited. I won the tickets from Performing Arts Live. This limited engagement show is direct from Broadway (it is not a tour show) and features Elaine Paige reprising her role as Carlotta Campion. It also features the same set, lighting, sound, and costume designs as on Broadway. This show just got nominated for eight Tony awards!  Here are some snippets from the Center Theatre Group website: “See it with a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ cast of Broadway stars,  an extraordinary 28-piece orchestra and one of the largest ensembles ever to appear on the Ahmanson stage.” “Follies stars five-time Tony Award® nominee Jan Maxwell as Phyllis Rogers Stone, Tony Award® winner Victoria Clark as Sally Durant Plummer, three-time Tony Award® nominee Danny Burstein as Buddy Plummer, three-time Emmy Award nominee and first time Tony Award® nominee Ron Raines as Benjamin Stone and Olivier Award winner Elaine Paige as Carlotta Campion. Maxwell, Burstein, Raines and Paige are all returning to the roles they originated on Broadway.” I am an avid subscriber and reader of Performing Arts Live (where you can find information about live music, theater, and dance events in Southern California). Each week, PAL has a contest, via email,  where they give away two tickets to a show. You have to be subscribed to their email newsletters in order to win. You win by replying to the contest email. I am usually at school ALL day so I always miss the contests or am too late. Last week I was at home sick and checking my email and I got the contest info for this and submitted right away. A few days later, I got an email confirming that I had won two tickets to see this amazing show. I want to thank Performing Arts Live for hosting these contests and for drawing my name! Your service is great! Even if you don’t win one of their contests, they offer special promotions all the time. So, everyone’s a winner really.  I am going to be able to write a really good paper on this for my voice class! 

Guess who won tickets to see Follies at the Ahmanson Theatre this Tuesday? Yours truly! I am so excited. I won the tickets from Performing Arts Live.

This limited engagement show is direct from Broadway (it is not a tour show) and features Elaine Paige reprising her role as Carlotta Campion. It also features the same set, lighting, sound, and costume designs as on Broadway. This show just got nominated for eight Tony awards! 

Here are some snippets from the Center Theatre Group website:

“See it with a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ cast of Broadway stars,  an extraordinary 28-piece orchestra and one of the largest ensembles ever to appear on the Ahmanson stage.”

“Follies stars five-time Tony Award® nominee Jan Maxwell as Phyllis Rogers Stone, Tony Award® winner Victoria Clark as Sally Durant Plummer, three-time Tony Award® nominee Danny Burstein as Buddy Plummer, three-time Emmy Award nominee and first time Tony Award® nominee Ron Raines as Benjamin Stone and Olivier Award winner Elaine Paige as Carlotta Campion. Maxwell, Burstein, Raines and Paige are all returning to the roles they originated on Broadway.”

I am an avid subscriber and reader of Performing Arts Live (where you can find information about live music, theater, and dance events in Southern California). Each week, PAL has a contest, via email,  where they give away two tickets to a show. You have to be subscribed to their email newsletters in order to win. You win by replying to the contest email.

I am usually at school ALL day so I always miss the contests or am too late. Last week I was at home sick and checking my email and I got the contest info for this and submitted right away. A few days later, I got an email confirming that I had won two tickets to see this amazing show.

I want to thank Performing Arts Live for hosting these contests and for drawing my name! Your service is great! Even if you don’t win one of their contests, they offer special promotions all the time. So, everyone’s a winner really. 

I am going to be able to write a really good paper on this for my voice class! 

2 weeks ago ・ 1 notes
This is also true of wit, patience, compassion, understanding, wisdom, and bitchery.

This is also true of wit, patience, compassion, understanding, wisdom, and bitchery.

(via gophrr)

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"All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages."

- William Shakespeare, As You Like It (via grecianurn)

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Big girls can pirouette too! I would definitely pay good money to see these bitches Pas de bourrée and Saut de chat! Werk! asherofwinterfell: Big Fat Deal: The Big Ballet is a troupe of dancers from Russia who weigh a minimum of 220 pounds each. Because the ballet tag features too many people of only one body type.  Let’s not pretend you need to be a certain weight to be able to perform fouetté en tournant.

Big girls can pirouette too! I would definitely pay good money to see these bitches Pas de bourrée and Saut de chat! Werk!

asherofwinterfell:

Big Fat Deal: The Big Ballet is a troupe of dancers from Russia who weigh a minimum of 220 pounds each.

Because the ballet tag features too many people of only one body type.  Let’s not pretend you need to be a certain weight to be able to perform fouetté en tournant.

(Source: catofwinterfell, via annieelainey)

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"For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."

-  F. Scott Fitzgerald (via theflowershop)

(Source: dixonlea, via freshlikecalifornia)

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thestagedoorcanteen: The 2012 Tony Awards Nominees Best Musical Leap of Faith Newsies Nice Work If You Can Get It Once Best Play Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice Venus in Fur by David Ives Best Revival of a Play Death of a Salesman Master Class The Best Man Wit Best Revival of a Musical Evita Follies Jesus Christ Superstar Porgy and Bess Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors Philip Seymour Hoffman, Death of a Salesman James Earl Jones, The Best Man Frank Langella, Man and Boy John Lithgow, The Columnist Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play 
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities Linda Lavin, The Lyons Cynthia Nixon, Wit Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
 Danny Burstein, Follies Jeremy Jordan, Newsies Steve Kazee, Once Norm Lewis, Porgy and Bess Ron Raines, Follies Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
 Jan Maxwell, Follies Audra McDonald, Porgy and Bess Cristin Milioti, Once Kelli O’Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It Laura Osnes, Bonnie & Clyde Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play 
Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher Michael Cumpsty, End of the Rainbow Tom Edden, One Man, Two Guvnors Andrew Garfield, Death of a Salesman Jeremy Shamos, Clybourne Park Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play 
Linda Emond, Death of a Salesman Spencer Kayden, Don’t Dress for Dinner Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher Judith Light, Other Desert Cities Condola Rashad, Stick Fly Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical 
Phillip Boykin, Porgy and Bess Michael Cerveris, Evita David Alan Grier, Porgy and Bess Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It Josh Young, Jesus Christ Superstar Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical 
Elizabeth A. Davis, Once Jayne Houdyshell, Follies Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It Jessie Mueller, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Ghost Best Director of a Play Nicholas Hytner, One Man, Two Guvnors Pam MacKinnon, Clybourne Park Mike Nichols, Death of a Salesman Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, Peter and the Starcatcher Best Director of a Musical Jeff Calhoun, Newsies Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It Diane Paulus, Porgy and Bess John Tiffany, Once Best Choreography Rob Ashford, Evita Christopher Gattelli, Newsies Steven Hoggett, Once Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It Best Score Wayne Barker and Rick Elice, Peter and the Starcatcher Alan Menken and Jack Feldman, Newsies Grant Olding, One Man, Two Guvnors Don Black and Frank Wildhorn, Bonnie & Clyde Best Book Douglas Carter Beane, Lysistrata Jones Joe DiPietro, Nice Work If You Can Get It Harvey Fierstein, Newsies Enda Walsh, Once Best Orchestrations William David Brohn, Porgy and Bess Bill Elliott, Nice Work If You Can Get It Martin Lowe, Once Danny Troob, Newsies Best Scenic Design of a Play John Lee Beatty, Other Desert Cities Daniel Ostling, Clybourne Park Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors Donyale Werle, Peter and the Starcatcher Best Scenic Design of a Musical Bob Crowley, Once Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll, Ghost Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel, Newsies George Tsypin, Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark Best Costume Design of a Play William Ivey Long, Don’t Dress for Dinner Paul Tazewell, A Streetcar Named Desire Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors Paloma Young, Peter and the Starcatcher Best Costume Design of a Musical Gregg Barnes, Follies ESosa, Porgy and Bess Eiko Ishioka, Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark Martin Pakledinaz, Nice Work If You Can Get It Best Lighting Design of a Play Jeff Croiter, Peter and the Starcatcher Peter Kaczorowski, The Road to Mecca Brian MacDevitt, Death of a Salesman Kenneth Posner, Other Desert Cities Best Lighting Design of a Musical Christopher Akerlind, Porgy and Bess Natasha Katz, Follies Natasha Katz, Once Hugh Vanstone, Ghost Best Sound Design of a Play Paul Arditti, One Man, Two Guvnors Scott Lehrer, Death of a Salesman Gareth Owen, End of the Rainbow Darron L. West, Peter and the Starcatcher Best Sound Design of a Musical Acme Sound Partners, Porgy and Bess Clive Goodwin, Once Kai Harada, Follies Brian Ronan, Nice Work If You Can Get It Regional Theater Award The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C. Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater Freddie Gershon Artie Siccardi TDF Open Doors Source: Broadway.com Watch out for The Stage Door Canteen’s The Tony Awards Challenge to be announced tomorrow! Newsies and Evita for the win!

thestagedoorcanteen:

The 2012 Tony Awards Nominees

Best Musical

  • Leap of Faith
  • Newsies
  • Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Once

Best Play

  • Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris
  • Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz
  • Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice
  • Venus in Fur by David Ives

Best Revival of a Play

  • Death of a Salesman
  • Master Class
  • The Best Man
  • Wit

Best Revival of a Musical

  • Evita
  • Follies
  • Jesus Christ Superstar
  • Porgy and Bess

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

  • James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman, Death of a Salesman
  • James Earl Jones, The Best Man
  • Frank Langella, Man and Boy
  • John Lithgow, The Columnist

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

  • 
Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur
  • Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow
  • Stockard Channing, Other Desert Cities
  • Linda Lavin, The Lyons
  • Cynthia Nixon, Wit

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical


  • Danny Burstein, Follies
  • Jeremy Jordan, Newsies
  • Steve Kazee, Once
  • Norm Lewis, Porgy and Bess
  • Ron Raines, Follies

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical


  • Jan Maxwell, Follies
  • Audra McDonald, Porgy and Bess
  • Cristin Milioti, Once
  • Kelli O’Hara, Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Laura Osnes, Bonnie & Clyde

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

  • 
Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher
  • Michael Cumpsty, End of the Rainbow
  • Tom Edden, One Man, Two Guvnors
  • Andrew Garfield, Death of a Salesman
  • Jeremy Shamos, Clybourne Park

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

  • 
Linda Emond, Death of a Salesman
  • Spencer Kayden, Don’t Dress for Dinner
  • Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher
  • Judith Light, Other Desert Cities
  • Condola Rashad, Stick Fly

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

  • 
Phillip Boykin, Porgy and Bess
  • Michael Cerveris, Evita
  • David Alan Grier, Porgy and Bess
  • Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Josh Young, Jesus Christ Superstar

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

  • 
Elizabeth A. Davis, Once
  • Jayne Houdyshell, Follies
  • Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Jessie Mueller, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
  • Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Ghost

Best Director of a Play

  • Nicholas Hytner, One Man, Two Guvnors
  • Pam MacKinnon, Clybourne Park
  • Mike Nichols, Death of a Salesman
  • Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Director of a Musical

  • Jeff Calhoun, Newsies
  • Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Diane Paulus, Porgy and Bess
  • John Tiffany, Once

Best Choreography

  • Rob Ashford, Evita
  • Christopher Gattelli, Newsies
  • Steven Hoggett, Once
  • Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Score

  • Wayne Barker and Rick Elice, Peter and the Starcatcher
  • Alan Menken and Jack Feldman, Newsies
  • Grant Olding, One Man, Two Guvnors
  • Don Black and Frank Wildhorn, Bonnie & Clyde

Best Book

  • Douglas Carter Beane, Lysistrata Jones
  • Joe DiPietro, Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Harvey Fierstein, Newsies
  • Enda Walsh, Once

Best Orchestrations

  • William David Brohn, Porgy and Bess
  • Bill Elliott, Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Martin Lowe, Once
  • Danny Troob, Newsies

Best Scenic Design of a Play

  • John Lee Beatty, Other Desert Cities
  • Daniel Ostling, Clybourne Park
  • Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors
  • Donyale Werle, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

  • Bob Crowley, Once
  • Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll, Ghost
  • Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel, Newsies
  • George Tsypin, Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark

Best Costume Design of a Play

  • William Ivey Long, Don’t Dress for Dinner
  • Paul Tazewell, A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors
  • Paloma Young, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Costume Design of a Musical

  • Gregg Barnes, Follies
  • ESosa, Porgy and Bess
  • Eiko Ishioka, Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark
  • Martin Pakledinaz, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Lighting Design of a Play

  • Jeff Croiter, Peter and the Starcatcher
  • Peter Kaczorowski, The Road to Mecca
  • Brian MacDevitt, Death of a Salesman
  • Kenneth Posner, Other Desert Cities

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

  • Christopher Akerlind, Porgy and Bess
  • Natasha Katz, Follies
  • Natasha Katz, Once
  • Hugh Vanstone, Ghost

Best Sound Design of a Play

  • Paul Arditti, One Man, Two Guvnors
  • Scott Lehrer, Death of a Salesman
  • Gareth Owen, End of the Rainbow
  • Darron L. West, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Sound Design of a Musical

  • Acme Sound Partners, Porgy and Bess
  • Clive Goodwin, Once
  • Kai Harada, Follies
  • Brian Ronan, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Regional Theater Award

  • The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater

  • Freddie Gershon
  • Artie Siccardi
  • TDF Open Doors

Source: Broadway.com

Watch out for The Stage Door Canteen’s The Tony Awards Challenge to be announced tomorrow!

Newsies and Evita for the win!

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Did Someone Order Me A Subscription To ‘The Hollywood Reporter’ For My Birthday?

…Either that or The Hollywood Reporter is randomly selecting people to give free subscriptions to, which I doubt. I’ve already received the first two issues for May.

So, if you are the glorious person who ordered me a subscription to this wondrous magazine as a belated birthday gift…

THANK YOU SO MUCH! YOU ROCK! I DON’T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT YOU ARE FABULOUS AND GET TONS OF BEAR HUGS AND SMOOCHIES!!!!!

Wait a minute. 

If someone did order me a subscription…

…I hope I DO know who you are! Otherwise, how would you know where I live?

Okay, this just got creepy.
I’ve had a stalker before. Not cute.
At least my stalkers have good taste.
Silver lining? 

No. You’re not a stalker. You’re someone I know. Yeah. What am I saying?

I mean, right?

2 weeks ago ・ 0 notes

Sick Sick Sick

For the last week (literally) I have been feeling very under the weather. I’ve had a weird intestinal virus. I recognize it because I have had it before. In the past, I ended up in the emergency room. However, when you don’t have insurance and are a starving student, you don’t have that luxury and you just have to wait it out, which is what I have been doing. 

I don’t wish this crampy, sick, disgusting feeling on anyone. It has made me miss an entire week of school. I am so far behind on everything. I feel like I have let scene partners down in acting class. I’ve missed one of my singing exams. I even have missed rehearsals for an entire week for the current show I am in. 

No bueno.

I am barely starting to feel better. Today, I am cleaning my room, doing laundry, and generally catching up. I will also be trying to memorize as much of my lines as I can. Tomorrow it is back to school. No matter how I feel and how often I need to excuse myself from class and high tail it to the bathroom, I cannot miss any more school. It is too much already. I have poured myself into my education for the last year and I cannot afford to let some stomach virus throw me off track any longer.

The show must go on. 

2 weeks ago ・ 0 notes

Happy Nat’l Star Wars Day!

gusband:

May the 4th be with you!

P.S. “Let the Wookiee win.”

3 weeks ago ・ 2 notes

This was really cool. I didn’t see that coming. Nice!

80plays:

An amazing phantom of the opera themed magic trick.

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