STUNT CASTING: YES OR NO? by Jaye Hunt

Perhaps the biggest news of this week was that Neil Patrick Harris is returning to Broadway in, of all things, Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The reaction was generally positive, but because I a…

SOURCE: Crazytown at 5:00am on June 21, 2013☆⚑

THE BEST (AND WORST) TONY PERFORMANCES by Jaye Hunt

In honor of this Sunday, Jaye sums up the best and worst of the real reason anyone watches the Tonys (no, not Neil Patrick Harris.) By Jaye Hunt THE BEST: GRAND HOTEL (1981) "Take a Glass To…

SOURCE: Crazytown at 5:00am on June 7, 2013☆⚑

THIS MONTH'S BEST THEATRE: MAY EDITION by Jaye Hunt

By Jaye Hunt (opinionated theatregoer) Last month I was all about plays, so this month is all about musicals. MY FAVORITE MUSICALS OF THE MONTH: Here Lies Love at the Public until July 28 Th…

SOURCE: Crazytown at 4:59am on May 31, 2013☆⚑

LET'S MAKE THESE MOVIES INTO MUSICALS! by Jaye Hunt

Coming soon to a theater near you (hopefully.) By Jaye Hunt (movie enthusiast) Recently, we've gotten news of Bullets Over Broadway, Rocky, and Little Miss Sunshine heading for New York this…

SOURCE: Crazytown at 4:59am on May 24, 2013☆⚑

THIS MONTH'S BEST THEATRE: APRIL EDITION by Jaye Hunt

By Jaye Hunt (opinionated theatregoer) I only saw two musicals this month. One was the greatest travesty of the American theatre through which I have ever sat, and the other was my second vi…

SOURCE: Crazytown at 5:00am on May 3, 2013☆⚑

BROADWAY PSYCHIC by Jaye Hunt

By Jaye Hunt (verified psychic) After calling Lindsay Mendez's turn as Elphaba nine months in advance (I did, ask anyone) and predicting before it even started previews that Hands on a Hardb…

SOURCE: Crazytown at 5:00am on April 26, 2013☆⚑

I LOVE SUZAN-LORI PARKS by Jaye Hunt

This week, I discovered Suzan-Lori Parks' "Tradition and the Individual Talent." Technically, it's about writing plays, but I think it can be applied to really any art form. Though I highly …

SOURCE: Crazytown at 5:00am on April 12, 2013☆⚑

AN OPEN LETTER TO ELAINE STRITCH by Jaye Hunt

What's better than Michigan? A new best friend! By Jaye Hunt (soon to be Jaye Stritch?) Dear Elaine Stritch, Tomorrow, you will perform your last show at the Café Carlyle before you leave N…

SOURCE: Crazytown at 5:01am on April 5, 2013☆⚑

THIS MONTH'S BEST THEATRE: MARCH EDITION by Jaye Hunt

By Jaye Hunt (opinionated theatregoer) This month you actually have time to see the shows I'm reccomending! (Well, one of them. We'll do better next month.) MY FAVORITE MUSICAL THIS MONTH: P…

SOURCE: Crazytown at 5:00am on March 29, 2013☆⚑

THIS MONTH'S BEST THEATRE: FEBRUARY EDITION by Jaye Hunt

By Jaye Hunt (opinionated theatregoer) Pretty much everything I saw this month closed right after I saw it (Coincidence? Conspiracy? You decide.) so I won't be insisting that people see thes…

SOURCE: Crazytown at 4:59am on March 1, 2013☆⚑

THIS MONTH'S BEST THEATRE by Jaye Hunt

By Jaye Hunt (opinionated theatregoer) At the end of every month, I like to take a look back at the theatre I saw and recommend a play and a musical that I loved so much that they're essenti…

SOURCE: Crazytown at 5:00am on February 1, 2013☆⚑

I WANT TO GIVE LES MIS OSCARS THAT DON'T EXIST by Jaye Hunt

Some members of the Les Mis cast and crew are going to go undeservedly unrecognized at the Oscars simply because their categories don't exist. By Jaye Hunt, hopefully the future president of…

SOURCE: Crazytown at 5:00am on January 11, 2013☆⚑