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Die Mommie Die!

We took in a show for the holiday weekend, venturing off-Broadway to see Die Mommie Die!. Charles Busch wrote and stars in this show that is billed as a “riotous comedy-thriller.” We saw the film version of this play back in 2003 and we loved it. The play...

Wintry Saturday

Brrrr… We’ve gone from near 70 on Thanksgiving day (which, of course, was great weather for the parade) to the current temperature of 26 with a wind chill of 19. I like the cold just fine, but I’m not a fan of the harsh wind chill. At least the sun...

Vampires Never Die

The musical Lestat played for two months in the spring of 2006 at the Palace theater on the corner of Broadway and 47th Street. The show, based on Anne Rices Vampire Chronicles with music by Elton John and lyrics by his longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin, was a huge...

A Strike Here, A Strike There

New York has got two strikes going right now. The Writers’ Guild continues on strike. On Saturday, Broadway stagehands walked out on their jobs leaving all but eight Broadway shows dark (on the left is the stagehands picketing How the Grinch Stole Christmas...

Friday Geek Out: The Wild Party

“Queenie was a blonde and her age stood still / And she danced twice a day in vaudeville.” Thus opened one of two version of The Wild Party that graced New York City stages in spring of 2000. Both versions were musicals and based on a poem by Joseph...