54 stories 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. T…
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.) Congratulat…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
I have been known to take a dump on Actors’ Equity Association from time to time, but I am proud as fuck to be a member, whether I’ve paid my dues or not. I’ve stayed relat…
In honor of the new book I am working on, my intern wrote this wonderful piece that I swear I didn’t force her to write! Thanks, Blessedterns! ________________________…
Dream casting is a thing now. We all have to accept it. Whether it’s anything from the upcoming production of Frozen, to a reading of Mean Girls, or the hypothetical musical vers…
This isn’t Birdman‘s night. Or Boyhood‘s. Not Eddie’s, or Patricia’s, or even Anne Hathaway’s. The evening belongs to we, the people. This is social…
1.) His name is Aaron Tveit. 2.) The “V” is silent. 3.) He is on “Graceland.” 4.) I have never seen “Graceland.” 5.) But I have been to Graceland. …
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Due to scheduling, Jeremy Jordan is unable to appear in #SOBLESSED Live! at 54 Below on February 7th. We look forward to having him at a future engagement and are proud to announce tha…
A Broadway show has a lot of ladies. The leading ladies. The supporting ladies. The Ensemblist ladies. They are written into the script. They’re required to be there. But what about th…
I’m really excited to watch the Tina Fey and Amy Poehler show tonight. ONE PROBLEM. I haven’t paid my SAG dues and didn’t receive any screeners. So, I’m really worrie…
1.) It will be filmed. 2.) There will be a premiere and a party after. 3.) It will still be about witches. 4.) It will be based on the musical Wicked. 5.) The musical Wicked starred Idina…
Dear Broadway Investors, Theatre Owners, Producers, and Money People, Man, it is one cold ass January, ain’t it? Happy 2015. Hold on to your butts. Shows be disappearing faster than tw…
1.) It is about woods. 2.) People go into them. 3.) There is a witch in the woods. 4.) There are witches in Wicked. 5.) These are not the same witches. 6.) Bernadette Peters was one of th…
1.) It is about witches. 2.) The witches were also in The Wizard of Oz. 3.) Idina Menzel was one of the witches. 4.) Kristin Chenowerth was the other one of the witches. 5.) It is a prequ…
I love a good holiday tradition! Sleigh-rides, eggnog and bourbon, a confident Mariah Carey performing on the Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony. These are all things I look forwar…
Peter Pan: LIVE! is coming to NBC. I am so happy this shit is happening again. I love America. On December 4th, high atop a plywood pirate ship in Bethpage, Long Island, Peter Pan: LIV…
#SOBLESSED: the Audiobook was released on October 21st, and you can get it for FREE! HOW DO I GET THIS SHIT FOR FREE AND STILL HELP BC/EFA MAKE MONEY OFF OF IT? STEP 1: Go to AudibleTrial.co…
It began as a tweet. That tweet turned into a blog. The blog into a book. On September 20th, that book comes to the stage in an event I’ve often referred to as, That Time I Challeng…
I’ve only tried to get a hashtag trending once. That was #smashtag, for the season two premiere of SMASH. It came about as close to happening as, “fetch.” So when the Broad…
You’re going to laugh because I’m about to make an attempt at being serious for a moment. Look, it’s my second birthday and I’M SO OLD, so I get to do whatever I want…
