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Friday, June 7, 2019

I DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING THIS SEASON: Annoying Actor Friend’s 2019 Tony Awards Drinking Game by @actor_friend

In January, I tweeted about seeing Waitress for the second time in thirty days and someone responded: “Oh wow, people who live in New York can just casually go to a Broadway show whenever …

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 04:19AM
Saturday, June 9, 2018

THE WORST BROADWAY SEASON IN HISTORY: Annoying Actor Friend’s 2018 Tony Awards Drinking Game by @actor_friend

What a terrible Broadway season, right?! Honestly! In previous years, I was able to quickly come up with a cute alcohol infused title for these drinking games based off of one of the season&…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 07:09AM
Sunday, October 29, 2017

HOCUS POCUS 2 by @actor_friend

by Andrew Briedis In an effort to refrain from binging all of Stranger Things 2 in one weekend, I distracted myself by writing a short play (real short, I promise, it’s only 9 pages) …

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 11:15AM
Saturday, June 10, 2017

COME FROM AWAYSTED: Annoying Actor Friend’s 2017 Tony Awards Drinking Game by @actor_friend

What an incredible Broadway season, right?! We were gifted with so many new musicals that didn’t want to open in the same season as Hamilton crammed into every possible open theatre,…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 07:45AM
Monday, March 6, 2017

SOBLESSED at BroadwayCon 2017! by @actor_friend

LIVE! from BroadwayCon 2017, Andrew Briedis, writer and creator of Annoying Actor Friend, was joined by Broadway favorites Lesli Margherita, Eric Anderson, Keala Settle, Julia Murney, and An…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 03:26PM
Sunday, February 5, 2017

Donald Trump is the Laziest Parody Account on Twitter by @actor_friend

I’d like to think I know a thing or two about parody Twitter accounts. I have roughly four failed accounts and one that is successful, so I know what works and what doesn’t–…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 01:27PM
Monday, December 5, 2016

YOU CAN’T STOP THE TWEET: Annoying Actor Friend’s “Hairspray Live!” Drinking Game by @actor_friend

Here we are again! After a significant pissing contest between NBC and FOX, our beloved live musicals have now completely conformed to actually including a live audience. Gone are the days o…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 10:21PM
Friday, November 18, 2016

How to get Annoying Actor Friend’s Lights of Broadway Show Card by @actor_friend

Yo Lightcatchers! Annoying Actor Friend has been included in the super rare NOT IN PACKS Autumn 2016 edition of The Lights of Broadway Show Cards! The only way to gain access to one of these…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 05:39PM
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

9 Times I Shoehorned Jurassic Park References Into Annoying Actor Friend by @actor_friend

By ANDREW BRIEDIS Today, July 13th, 2016, marks the fourth anniversary of when I created Annoying Actor Friend. I was bored out of my mind and had nothing better to do on an extremely hot da…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 06:36PM
Friday, June 10, 2016

#SLAM4HAM: Annoying Actor Friend’s 2016 Tony Awards Drinking Game by @actor_friend

What an incredible Broadway season, right?! So many Hamilton! Hamilton think pieces! Hamilton jokes! Hamilton memes! Hamilton Hamilton! Since the moment Hamilton opened at the Public on Ja…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 06:33PM
Tuesday, June 7, 2016

2016 AWARESIE AWARDS: Winners! by @actor_friend

The AWARESIE AWARDS honor excellence on Broadway, Broadway Internet, and more specifically: Shit the Tonys Leave Out IT’S THE 2ND ANNUAL AWARESIE AWARDS! An ‘awaresie’ is an “intelli…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 09:00AM
Monday, May 9, 2016

Why the Tony Awards Need to #PutSimardOn by @actor_friend

By Andrew Briedis Yo, guys. I’m speaking out of character, as me, Andrew Briedis. I’ve only done this one other time. There will be no forced jokes or ironic hashtags in this pie…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 10:44PM
Monday, May 2, 2016

NOMINEES: 2016 AWARESIE Awards by @actor_friend

The AWARESIE AWARDS honor excellence on Broadway, Broadway Internet, and more specifically: Shit the Tonys Leave Out IT’S THE 2ND ANNUAL AWARESIE AWARDS! An ‘awaresie’ is a…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 08:30AM
Saturday, April 9, 2016

The Truth Behind the CATS Protest by @actor_friend

You may have seen this flyer circulating Broadway Internet over the past few days. It was found in Brooklyn and posted on Instagram by New Yorker, Jose Simbulan. Whether you are a fan of Cat…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 02:35PM
Saturday, January 30, 2016

I SWORE NBC ALREADY DID THIS: Annoying Actor Friend’s “Grease Live” Drinking Game by @actor_friend

I seriously forgot this shit was happening. Between NBC’s three live musical events and their 2007 smash hit, Grease: You’re the One That I Want!, I honestly thought it already h…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 05:19PM
Saturday, January 23, 2016

CLOSING TIME: The “Your Friend’s Show is Closing and You Can’t Deal with Them” Drinking Game by @actor_friend

Shows come and go. Some closing notices are tragic (an open ended run), some are expected (a limited engagement), and some really don’t mean shit (regional theatre). But to the people…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 11:03AM
Thursday, January 21, 2016

The Unofficial 2016 BroadwayCon Bar Crawl Route by @actor_friend

This weekend marks the first ever BroadwayCon! I am so happy someone finally created an event like SantaCon, but for us. You see, there’s always one Saturday every December when I fe…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 04:13PM
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

@AndrewBriedis by @actor_friend

by Andrew Briedis While I remember writing short plays as far back as childhood, it took some time for me to really find my way to becoming a writer. There weren’t any afterschool programs…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 12:01AM
Friday, December 4, 2015

RIP: Workshops. WTF is a Lab? by @actor_friend

In #GRATEFUL: Everything Happens for a Reason, the reader navigates show business from their perspective and their trajectory is decided upon at the start by which class they think they are…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 06:00AM
Wednesday, December 2, 2015

NO BAD BOOZE: Annoying Actor Friend’s “The Wiz Live” Drinking Game by @actor_friend

For the past three years, the first Thursday evening in December has been home to a holiday tradition as important as mistletoe, eggnog and bourbon, and watching Mariah Carey attempt whistle…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 08:55PM
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

I DON’T KNOW HAMILTON: 9 Things I Know About Hamilton Based Off of Twitter by @actor_friend

I have not seen Hamilton. I have not listened to Hamilton. I have not read one article, nor watched any interviews, press footage, or GIFs. Anything I know about the show, I’ve lear…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 06:52PM
Monday, August 31, 2015

Why #Dim4Kyle is Important by @actor_friend

The following text was written earlier today under the assumption The Broadway League would announce that they would dim the lights for Kyle Jean-Baptiste on Tuesday, September 1st. They in…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 04:20PM
Saturday, July 18, 2015

Introducing Chelsea Nachman as Laura Benanti at 54 Below by @actor_friend

Twitter sensation, Chelsea Nachman, has captured the hearts of anyone with a social media pulse, and we are ecstatic to announce that she will be making her New York stage debut as Laura Ben…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 10:01AM
Friday, June 5, 2015

SOMEDRINK ROTTEN: Annoying Actor Friend’s 2015 Tony Awards Drinking Game by @actor_friend

What an incredible Broadway season, right?! We had the return of Chita Rivera in a starring role, a PLAY at the Winter Garden, Kelli O’Hara surpassing Susan Lucci’s record for co…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 08:21PM
Monday, June 1, 2015

2015 AWARESIE AWARDS: Winners! by @actor_friend

The AWARESIE AWARDS honor excellence on Broadway, Broadway Internet, and more specifically: Shit the Tonys Leave Out The 1st AWARESIE AWARDS were held at an elaborate ceremony on YouTube and…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 07:30PM
Friday, May 22, 2015

6 Roles Audra Would Have Won a Tony Award for This Season by @actor_friend

It’s the middle of Tonys season, do you know where Audra McDonald is? Last year, Ms. McDonald made Tony history with her sixth win for Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill. Tha…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 04:37PM
Thursday, May 21, 2015

27 Facts You Didn’t Know About the 2015 TONY AWARDS by @actor_friend

1.) Kristin Chenowerth is hosting. 2.) Kristin Chenowerth was in Wicked 3.) I like Wicked. 4.) I also like the Tonys. 5.) Except when Wicked lost. 6.) To PUPPETS. 7.) Congratulations, H…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 03:56PM
Sunday, May 10, 2015

The 2015 Annoying Actor Friend Commencement Address by @actor_friend

I am tremendously #grateful to be here today addressing the graduating theatre class of 2015, who are only a heartbeat away from taking a job away from me. You will never be as young as you …

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 09:35AM
Monday, April 27, 2015

NOMINEES: The 2015 AWARESIE Awards by @actor_friend

The AWARESIE AWARDS honor excellence on Broadway, Broadway Internet, and more specifically: Shit the Tonys Leave Out IT’S THE 1ST ANNUAL AWARESIE AWARDS! An ‘Awaresie’ is a…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 05:06PM
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

We Can ALL Be The Champion by @actor_friend

This weekend, Hillary Clinton made an announcement that she would make an announcement about an announcement announcing her announcement to run for President of the United States. All announ…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 06:22PM
Sunday, March 15, 2015

27 Facts You Didn’t Know About the WICKED 1ST NATIONAL TOUR by @actor_friend

1. It was based on the Broadway musical Wicked. 2. It was the first national tour ever. 3. It went around to towns. 4. The tour made 9 billion dollars. 5. Stephen Schwartz made 10 billion d…

SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 04:59PM

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