klingons

Recently saw 3 dazzling movies, THE DEPARTED, LITTLE CHILDREN and SHORTBUS. Also liked A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS.

At this point I would say LITTLE CHILDREN is my fave movie thus far in 06, followed shortly by SHORTBUS, UNITED 93 and THE DEPARTED. I could rattle on about why I loved each of these films, but I think that would be more fun AFTER you have seen them. SHORTBUS, in particular MUST be seen if you are New Yorker or a sexual compulsive or hate sex or love sex or can't achieve orgasm or intimacy or love, etc. Its breathtaking. If you don't cry at least once, you are an asshole.

D

streep

favorite streep performances

1 a cry in the dark (creme de la creme)
2 postcards from the edge (wonderful)
3 sophie's choice (undeniable)
4 adaptation (side spllitingly funny)
5 angels in america (as good as anything she has ever done)
6 the devil wears prada (fanfuckingtastic)
7 kramer vs kramer (amazing)
8 prime (wonderful)
9 silkwood (solid)
10 out of africa
11 the manchurian candidate (smart)
12 a prairie home companion (strong)
13 defending your life (redefines relaxed)
14 she-devil (oddly hysterical)
15 one true thing (intense)
16 death becomes her (funny)
17 manhattan (nice)
18 the french lieutenant's daughter (whatever)
19 marvin's room (its keaton's film)
20 music of the heart (forced)
21 heartburn (adequate)
22 the house of the spirits (slightly awkward)
23 dancing at lughnasa (boring)
24 a series of unfortunate events (seems an unfinished performance somehow)
25 before and after (just too lame a movie to matter)
26 the river wild (one of her few movies that would have worked better with lange or close)

haven't seen
the deer hunter
ironweed
still of the night
plenty
falling in love
the seduction of joe tynan

anyone have a copy of ironweed?

d

bet ya on land they understand

its thursday morning. i watched THE 400 BLOWS last night. for some reason, i imagined seeing this movie years ago, but after last night's viewing, i don't think that is the case.

its funny that i rented this film cause i thought it would be a bit of a relief from the intense sad nasty films i have been enduring lately. turns out, 400 blows is JUST as brutal as any number of movies about neglected children and distant parents. i have seen the famous final shot of this movie before in stills and whatnot, but its just so insanely brilliant within the context.

ANOTHER friggin awesome movie.

Today I get the pleasure of watching the final NY rehearsal of the national tour of SPELLING BEE. Exciting!

Seems its time to watch another film now. Bye.

its a city of strangers

Just finished the glorious new French Film - L'ENFANT. It comes out on video shortly (my video store gets stuff early; don't ask). Its a fantastic, ugly-beautiful emotionally draining movie, just like everything else I've seen lately.

Now its time to bike to work.

D.

u think u own whatever land u land on!

finished MASCULINE FEMININE - and so we can now add Jean-Luc Godard to my list of obsessions. I was recently exposed to WEEKEND and ALPHAVILLE by Godard and I am now completely under his spell.

AND watched Robert Bresson's PICKPOCKET. pretty strong stuff. why is it that french filmmakers made such amazing films in the late 50s and 60s?

the more of these "new wave" films i see, the less inspired so many american rip-offs seem. right?

does anyone read this other than patrick?

d.

look at this cup, isn't it neat?

saw another FANTASTIC film this weekend...Wong Kar Wai's HAPPY TOGETHER. Its about 2 GAY asian dudes who go to Argentina to try to work out their relationship problems. The cinematography is unparrelleled. The movie is heartbreaking and beautiful and functions as MUCH more than a gay breakup movie. Its also clearly a major influence on LOST IN TRANSLATION.

now i'm working on Godard's MASCULINE FEMININE. halfway through and its blowing me away.

d.

excrutiating

just finished michael haneke's first film ever - THE SEVENTH CONTINENT. I really dont want to discuss the content or actually advise people to see this movie. it is NOT for everyone. all i can say is i have never had a stronger response to a film ever in my life. i am working on a nice big glass of glenlivet right now to relax. i was THISCLOSE to vomiting by the last frame. i am not kidding. I am in love with Haneke very very much. Can someone please tell me if there are other films that penetrate the emotions in this extreme? Do I need to revist Bergman? Sorry if I sound pretentious. "It is what it is."

its scary to me that after watching THIS film, FUNNY GAMES seems kinda light. Michael Haneke is officially my favorite filmmaker ever.

time is racing towards us till the huns arrive

so, i'm seriously thinking Meryl Streep is gonna be up for Best Actress this year for PRADA. i know, people think of her as being supporting in the movie, but people from Frances McDormand and Anthony Hopkins have won leading Oscars for less screentime. At the end of the day, it IS the performance that drives the movie, gave it great buzz and has made it a very big hit. I also could see Streep winning her long overdue 3rd Oscar come March (or is it Feb this yr?).

Streep's predictable competition is ASHLEY JUDD, who is doing the "Charlize/Nicole/Halle" thing where a beautiful woman in her 30's gets all grungy and dark and impresses people with their RANGE. Judd is starring in the film adaptation of Tracy Lett's hit play BUG. Supposedly, it is a strong performance (Judd has given one or two in the past, so I imagine this is possible).

Annette Bening is gunning for nomination #4 with RUNNING WITH SCISSORS. Susan Sarandon in 1995 (Dead Man Walking) was the last time a woman over 40 won. I'd like to see this change. Bening was Oscar worthy in very competitive years for The Grifters, American Beauty and Being Julia. Hopefully her time will come.

There also appear to be major performances coming from Cate Blanchett (3 leading roles this year), Helen Mirren (THE QUEEN, opening the New York Film Festival), Renee Zellwger (Chris Noonan's MISS POTTER), Nicole Kidman (the Diane Arbus biopic FUR), Anna Paquin (Kenneth Lonnergan's MARGARET), Kate Winslet (Todd Field's LITTLE CHILDREN) AND Judi Dench (NOTES ON A SCANDAL). Beyond those obvious contenders, there is another whole pack of maybes from Beyonce in Dreamgirls to Julianne Moore in Children of Men. Its looking to be one of the most competitive Best Actress races in years.

As long as they are deserving, I'm kinda hopeful the winner will be Bening or Winslet. This will be Winslet's 5th nomination, which may be some kind of record for someone her age (31 in October!).

ALSO, did everyone see that Jai Rodriguez DOESN'T think either Heath or Jake are cute or hot and claims he wouldn't look twice if he saw them in a bar. Some people should just keep quiet if they have nothing meaningful to say.

Love, Gibsonfan31

duck if you see light

I finally saw SUPERMAN RETURNS. My review is I'm in love with Brandon Routh now and I just wish the movie were better. Like, it has the potential to be semi-brilliant, but kinda winds up feelin pretty flat. Why is it that Parker Posey's moll/girlfriend is the character with the largest journey? Anyway, back to Brandon. He is just so friggin hot and sexy and wonderful. Or am I crazy? I heard a rumor he is a faggot. Is that so? What will he do next?

Also, I'm increasingly excited about Michael Haneke's first English language film; a remake of his brilliant Austrian flick FUNNY GAMES. Naomi Watts is attached to star and I've been obsessing over who should play the sadist killers and her husband. Anyone with any thoughts, please post or contact me. And if you can handle TRULY dark scary films, rent it. Please.

Bye.

d

flippin your fins you don't get too far

Its July 22nd which means its time to start getting really serious about the 2006 Oscars.

Here are my educated guesses for the nominees WITH an asterisk for my crazy prediction on the winner. Yes, its too early.

Best Picture
* THE GOOD SHEPHERD
DREAMGIRLS
THE DEPARTED
MARGARET
BABEL

Best Actress
Helen Mirren in THE QUEEN
* Kate Winslet in LITTLE CHILDREN
Annette Bening in RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Nicole Kidman in FUR
Cate Blanchett in NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND

the following 5 are just as likely;
Ashley Judd in BUG
Anna Paquin in MARGARET
Penelope Cruz in VOLVER
Renee Zellweger in MISS POTTER
Naomi Watts in THE PAINTED VEIL

Best Actor
* Matt Damon in THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Patrick Wilson in LITTLE CHILDREN
Jude Law in BREAKING AND ENTERING
Brad Pitt in BABEL
Forest Whitaker in some movie he is in

Best Supporting Actress
* Meryl Streep in THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Jennifer Hudson in DREAMGIRLS
Jill Clayburgh in RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
Catharine O'Hara in FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
Jennifer Connelly in LITTLE CHILDREN

Best Supporting Actor
* Jack Nicholson in THE DEPARTED
Eddie Murphy in DREAMGIRLS
Albert Finney in A GOOD YEAR
Robert Downey Jr. in FUR
Kevin Kline in AS YOU LIKE IT

whats that word again? oh, yeah. street.

I am in love with Austrian Film Director Michael Haneke. I watched two of his most disturbing, brutal, brilliant films last night...BENNY'S VIDEO and FUNNY GAMES.

I can't get either film or the countless shocking images and ideas they contain out of my head. Crazy dreams and nightmares last night.

Please see these films if you are OK with being disturbed. And we'll discuss. ARGH!

D

best of 2005

i have done this b4, but not here. and its been considerably revised methinks;

best film
1 the squid and the whale
2 cache
3 munich
4 brokeback mountain
5 a history of violence

6 mysterious skin
7 palindromes
8 match point
9 grizzly man
10 keane

best actress
1 laura linney in the squid and the whale
2 judi dench in mrs henderson presents
3 felicity huffman in transamerica
4 charlize theron in north country
5 keira knightley in pride and prejudice

6 naomi watts in king kong
7 reese witherspoon in walk the line
8 claire danes in shopgirl
9 toni collette in in her shoes
10 uma thurman in prime

best actor
1 philip seymour hoffman in capote
2 heath ledger in bb moutain
3 jeff daniels in the squid and the whale
4 russell crowe in cinderella man
5 viggo mortenson in a history of violence

6 joseph gordon-levitt in mysterious skin
7 joaquin phoenix in walk the line
8 eric bana in munich
9 david strathairn in good night and good luck
10 terrence howard in hustle and flow
11 ralph fiennes in the constant gardener
12 pierce brosnan in the matador

best supporting actress
1 rachel weisz in the constant gardener
2 maria bello in a history of violence
3 amy adams in junebug
4 michelle williams in bb mountain
5 juliette binoche in cache

6 maggie gyllenhaal in happy endings
7 meryl streep in prime
8 catharine keener in capote
9 frances mcdormand in north country
10 hope davis in the matador
11 shirley maclaine in in her shoes

best supporting actor
1 william hurt in a history of violence
2paul giammati in cinderella man
3 geoffrey rush in munich
4 jesse eisenberg in the squid and the whale
5 jake gyllenhaal in bb mountain

6 ed harris in a history of violence
7 bob hoskins in mrs henderson presents

best director
1. cache
2. munich
3. a history of violence
4. the squid and the whale
5. bb mtn

F.Y.I. - If you haven't seen CACHE yet, rent it please.

Thanks, D.

i like movies. crudup too.

in the old days (1997-2001) I used to walk to work from 92/2 to the mid 50's. i would see film/tv shoots constantly and lots of fun celebs like cynthia nixon and stuff.

that kinda stopped around 9/11.

its been creeping back up in the past year and i'm very happy to report that there is a movie shooting ON MY BLOCK tonight. dugan and i had to walk to the video store (we choose THE MATADOR) and we had to walk thru the filming. my dog literally walked up to famke janssen to say hello. she had no interest, but the nice director wanted to pet him. its the dude who did barcelona and metropolitan and a bunch of tv since then.

i'm mid-syriana and its quite good. clooney won an oscar? seriously, whats up with that? in this movie alone, matt damon and jeffrey wright are doing stronger work. not to mention all the other dudes like william hurt in a history of violence, geoffrey rush in munich, my mom, etc.

myspace is fun?

i have a myspace profile now. http://www.myspace.com/davidkrasner

last week i saw MUNICH. i loved it. omar metwally has a couple of great scenes. he is one of my all time favorites. yeah omar!

d.

u want thingamabobs? I GOT TWENTY

A FEW FUNNY THINGS;

1. THE ONION'S HOROSCOPE this week for ARIES: You will learn the hard way this week that, while rescue workers can take your boy out of the Mississippi River, they can't take the Mississippi River out of your boy.

2. THE NEW YORKER - cartoon on page 4 showing an irate-looking King on the phone with his mom. The caption says "You're why I have the moat, Mother."

3. This week's NEW YORK MAGAZINE'S guide to eitiquette in NY is fucking brilliant. It seems to have been written by a Durang/Silver disciple. There are more references to death than one would expect in this kind of piece. Its seriously the most useful and funny thing I have ever read in this magazine.

Bye.

still more playbills. some with crudup!

Avenue Q - Golden
Sarah, Plain and Tall - Lortel x2
Lt of Inishmore - Atlantic
Pen - Playwrights Hor.
Lestat - Palace
Angels in America - Kerr
Little Shop of Horrors - Virginia
Sight Unseen - Biltmore/MTC
Frozen - Circle in the Square
R & J - Houseman - adapted & directed by Joe Calarco
The Pajama Game - American
Lt of Inishmore - Lyceum
Kiss Me Kate - Martin Beck
Promises, Promises - City Center Encores!
Berlin to Broadway - Triad
The Boys From Syracuse - City Center Encores!
The Buttlerfly Collection - Playwrights Horizons
Medea - National Theate of Greece - City Center
Red Light Winter - Barrow Street
Mamma Mia - Cadillac x5
Sweeney Todd - O'Neill
Dog Sees God - Century Center
Hairspray - Neil Simon x2
Oklahoma! - Gershwin x2
Blue - Grammercy/Roundabout
White Xmas - Curran Theatre, San Fran.
The Lion King - New Amsterdam
Echoes of the War - The Mint
Big Times - Walkerspace - starring delicious Danielle Skrasstad, Mia Barron and Maggie Lacey. HSYTERICAL!
St. Louis Woman - City Center Encores! - Possibly the masterpiece of Encores!
Endpapers - Variety Arts - remember this?
Sunday in the Park with George - Kennedy Center
Further Than the Furthest Thing - MTC - most pretentious title? ever?
Songs of Paradise - Theatre Four
Carnival - City Center Encores! starring Anne Hathaway
Juan Darien - Vivian Beamount
Lobster Alice - Playwrights Hor
Saturday Night Fever - Minskoff
The Man Who Came to Dinner - American
The Deep Blue Sea - Roundabout/Criterion
Arms and the Man - Roundabout/Grammercy
A New Brain - Newhouse
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! - Triad
Breath, Boom - Playwrights Hor.
Lascivious Something -Cherry Lane
Metamorphese - Circle in the Square
Hair - City Center Encores!
Nothing Like a Dame 99 - Shubert
Momix - City Center
Cinderella - MSG
Ah, Wilderness - Beamount
The Game - presentation at New 42nd St. Studios
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui - Michael Schimmel Center
John Barrowman - American Songbook @ Lincoln Center
Rent - Nederlander x6?
Assassins - Studio 54 x 2
In My Life - Music Box
Franny's Way - Playwrights Horizons
Golden Boy - City Center Encores!
Amy's View - Barrymore - I was drunk. Was this any good?
Little Me - Roundabout
Swan Lake - Neil Simon
Mr Pim Passes By - Mint
Ballad of Yachiyo - Public
E.S.T. - Marathon 97 Series C
A View from the Bridge - Neil Simon
Assassins - Signature Theatre, Arlington
Mame - Kennedy Center
Ethan Fromme - York Reading
Harold & Maude - Paper Mill
Almost, Maine - Daryl Roth
The Light in the Piazza - Beamount
Sweet Charity - Hirschfeld x2
Five Course Love - Minetta Lane

This may seem crazy, but I haven't really made a dent in my pile.

D

close but no cigar

tony facts:

Glenn Close looked great.

Alfre Woodard has large tits.

Many people in the world are old.

Its not cool that the tribute to dead people neglected Neil Simon.

Julia Roberts happens to be beautiful. And articulate.

La Chanze won a Tony.

I think that's all that happened.

Bye, D

obsessed

I am obsessed with many things, people, places, movies, etc.

One of the key obsessions in my life has been FEMALE ACTRESSES. This started out as purely from Film, but seguewayed into theatre once I moved to NYC in 96.

Here is a chronological progression of my actress loves. I will include the reason why next to their name, I suppose.

Glenn Close - I don't recall a time I didn't love her. I mean I saw the woman in BARNUM when I was 6 and I assume some immediate connection was made.

Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer

Diane Keaton - Love and Death. A good deal of my sense of humor stems from this movie.

Jobeth Williams - Poltergeist

Jessica Lange - Tootsie. Although this didn't officially kick in until years later when I saw Blue Sky, Frances, and best of all MEN DON'T LEAVE.

Barbra Streisand - The "Guilty" album.

Dianne Wiest - Hannah and Her Sisters

Holly Hunter - Broadcast News

Anjelica Huston - a combo of The Grifters, Crimes and Misdeameanors, Addams Family Values, The Life Aquatic, Prizzi's Honor

Annette Bening - The Grifters

Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs

Joan Cusack - Addams Family Values

Stockard Channing - Grease, Without a Trace, Six Degrees of Sep
Donna Murphy - Passion
Patricia Clarkson - Three Days of Rain @ MTC

Sigourney Weaver - Always liked her, but The Ice Storm was what finally put her on my OBSESSED list.

Kathleen Turner - Indiscretions on Broadway.

Nicole Kidman - Dead Calm - HONEST. Ask my mother and my friend Kevin. This obsession began as soon as Billy Zane raped her in one of the hotter rape scenes of all time (up there with THE ACCUSED and JURASSIC PARK.).

Joan Allen - The Ice Storm

Christina Ricci - Pumpkin

Kate Winslet - Heavenly Creatures

Becca Ayers - Avenue Q

Hope Davs - The Daytrippers

Parker Posey - Party Girl

Jennifer Jason Leigh - Mrs Parker

Debra Monk - the ASSASSINS cd, Picnic and Redwood Curtain

Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves

Laura Linney - You Can Count on Me

Mary-Louise Parker -always loved her but WEEDS took her to a new level for me, and I forgave her for breaking Crudup's heart.

Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment

Julianne Moore - Safe!!!!!!! - if you haven't seen it, you have a treat in store.

Toni Collette - Velvet Goldmine & The Wild Party

Naomi Watts - Mulholland Drive - the audition scene - i believe i gasped in the theatre at its conclusion. ROBBED OF AN OSCAR!!!

Sissy Spacek -not sure I ever WASN'T obsessed with her, but MISSING, Carrie and Crimes of the Heart all hit a nerve for this Long Island geeky jew teen.

There are many more oddly enough, but this is a good start.

D

scotch is good

so, the reason i keep finding playbills is cause my roomie is moving out and im converting his bedroom into an office. i'm in the process of going through EVERYTHING...cleaning, throwing out...who knew there would be so much dried blood on the floor???

here are so more playbills!

Sixteen Wounded - Long Wharf
Hollywood Arms - Cort
Titanic - Lunt-Fontanne
Little Fish - 2nd Stage
Millie - Marquis
Hairspray - Neil Simon
The Lightning Field - x2
The Safety Net - Broken Watch
Dance of the Vampires - Minskoff x3
The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow - Atlantic
Lennon - Broadhurst x3
Tharp - City Center
Babes in Arms - City Center Encores - THE BEST!
Cabaret - Studio 54- x4
The Cider House Rules - Atlantic
Urinetown - Henry Miller - x2
Wonderful Town - City Center Encores x3
Dinner With Friends - Variety Arts
Little Murders - City Center Voices!
ABT - City Center - 98
The Waverly Gallery - Promenade
The Green Bird - Cort
The Ride Down Mt Morgan - Ambassador
This is Our Youth - Fairbanks
Shit & Champagne - at sojme bar
The Book of the Dun Cow - at some church
Miss Witherspoon - Playwrights Horizons
The Color Purple - Broadway - * Opening Night
Modern Orthodox - Caldwell Theatre Company
The Blonde in the Thunderbird - Atkinson
The Last Seder - a reading at MTC
Jewtopia - Westside Theatre
The Woman in White - Marquis x 2
Sweeney Todd - O'Neill
The Goat - Golden
All American Boy - Fringe
Last Dance - Workshop
Bernarda Alba - Newhouse
The Tutor - Nymf
Shopping and Fucking - NYTW
What the Butler Saw - New Group
Brutal Imagination - Vineyard
Polk County - Berkeley Rep
Sweeney Todd in Concert - NY Philharmonic
Sweeney Todd - Centerstage, Baltimore

MORE LATER!!!!

more playbills from my floor

here are more random playbills from my floor. i have been told this is BORING and to either camp it up or not to have a blog. Let's see if I can refer to Liza and Barbra and Cicely Tyson a bit more this go round.

Swimming With Watermelons - Vineyard Theatre - March 2002

Greetings from Cherry Hill, NJ -Theatre for the New City

The Country Club - Drama Dept

Lone Star Love - John Houseman - with YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY Shane Braddock

The Fourth Sister - Vineyard

Eight Days (Backward) - Vineyard - not a very good play.

Sixteen Wounded - Walter Kerr - starring Tony nominee and my favorite actor like ever - Omar Metwally. I represented and pushed the hell out of Omar way back when and I'm still proud and thrilled for him. ASTONISHING.

In Search of Stanley Hammer - Fringe 05 - funniest person of all time - Liz Merriwether - watch her explode as a performer/playwright over the next few years.

Merrily We Roll Along - Laguardia Concert Hal - 9/30/02 - 20 yr anniversary concert = yum!

Vincent in Brixton - Golden Theatre

The Man who Had All Luck - American Airlines - BORING.

Gypsy - Shubert

Danny and the Deep Blue Sea - 2nd Stage

Wicked - Gershwin

Yank! - NYMF 05 - kreeger time

Bye Bye Birdie - City Center Encores

Like Oh My God - concert at Makor. I had a drink.

The Ladies of the Corridor - Pecadillo

Heddatron - Here - SO FUCKING HYSTERICAL.

Grey Gardens - Playwrights Horizons

After Ashley - Philadelphia Theatre Co.

The Baltimore Waltz - Signature

The Me Nobody Knows - Reading at The Vineyard.

Henry, Sweet, Henry - York

La Cage aux Folles - Marquis

Twentieth Century - American Airlines - Anne Heche should do more theatre. She was hysterically funny and ballsy.

Little Ham - John Houseman - that theatre is gone, right?

Peter Pan - Stamford Center for the Arts

Altar Boyz - Dodger Stages

Boys' Life - Broken Watch Productions

First in Flight - Theatreworks

Mamma Mia - Winter Garden

Blue Man Group - Astor Place

Beauty and the Beast - Lunt-Fontanne

Joy - Actors' Playhouse -deliciously cast by my pretty friend Michael Cassara

The Great American Trailer Park Musical - Dodger Stages

Zanna Don't x 7. I worked with Robbie Sapp at the time. You would have gone 7x too.

Assassins - Playwrights Horizons - I didn't see this production. Not sure how I got this Playbill. Oh well. Live and learn!

Hedwig and the Angry Inch - these are everywhere. i saw it at least 8-9 x. its all a blur.

Dorian Gray - NYMF

Swimming Upstream - NYMF - Kreeger!!!!!!!

Sweeney Todd - NYC Opera - wonderful Neil Patrick Harris as Tobias.

Me and Juliet - York

Into the Woods - Broadhurst

From My Hometown - Amas

Floyd Collins - concert at Playwrights Horizons

This post is over and the dog and I need to go back to bed, Sorry this is so boring.

D

2nd post

This is a list of women I would like to see win an Oscar for Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress;

Julianne Moore - AND SOON!
Glenn Close - I'm starting to give up on this one, but doesn't she have a Supporting in her???
Meryl Streep (yes, again)
Emily Watson
Cate Blanchett (a leading Oscar to compliment the supporting AVIATOR award. "Nice work Aviator!" - new Oscar.
Annette Bening
Patricia Clarkson
Laura Linney
Mary-Louise Parker
Dianne Wiest - I could probably handle her winning Supporting Actress EVERY year. Who objects???
Judy Davis
Nicole Kidman - There is another Best Actress win in her. She is like Bette Davis. She will keep fighting and clawing till she gets it. She turns 39 this year. Will be fascinating to see what happens with her over the next decade.
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Naomi Watts
Kate Winslet!!!!
Catharine Keener

If Sarah Polley, Alfre Woodard, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sigourney Weaver, Anne Hathaway, Christina Ricci, Debra Monk, Laura Dern, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, Tilda Swinton, Donna Murphy, Michelle Williams,Joan Allen deserve an Oscar anytime soon, I wouldn't object.

ALSO, is there any way Helen Hunt can publicly acknowledge she didn't deserve her Oscar?

Thanks, D.

My first post

Welcome to my blog,

I thought long and hard about what the subject matter, theme and title should be. When push came to shove, it makes sense to keep things randomish and kinda list-y. I love making lists. I love Sondheim and Meryl Streep and great movies about twin gynecologists. And other stuff too.

This seems like an odd list to start with, but I'm currently cleaning my apartment and there are Playbills strewn all over my living room floor. Wouldn't it be fun to list all the Playbills that are randomly laying here? Who cares? My dog might, cause they are currently in his space. His name is Dugan and he is a fan of Chris Durang, Hitler and other dogs.

RANDOM PLAYBILLS:
As Thousands Cheer, Drama Dept - May 98

The Mystery of Irma Vep - Westside Theatre - Feb 99

Tenderloin - City Center Encores - March 00 - I loved this. Really well-produced Walter Bobbie production starring a wicked sexy Patrick Wilson.

American Buffalo - Atlantic - March 00

Saturday Night - 2nd Stage - Feb 00

The Bomb-itty of Errors - 45 Bleecker - March 00

Crimes of the Heart - 2nd Stage - Apr 01

Rent - Nederlander - March 01

A Skull in Connemara - Grammery Theatre/Roundabout - March 01

The Real Thing - Barrymore - April 2000

Closer - Music Box - June 99 -not as good as in London.

Fosse - Broadhurst - Jan 99 - I love Scott Wise.

The Little Foxes - Vivian Beaumont @ LCT - April 97 - GREAT production starring Stockard Channing, Frances Conroy, Frederick Weller

The Life - Barrymore - Feb 98 - LOVE, LOVE, LOVE - This was my 2nd time seeing the show. With my mom. I saw Basic Instinct in the theatre with her too. And The Grifters. Seriously.

Present Laughter - Walter Kerr - April 97 - saw this 2x while interning at Telsey.

Strike Up the Band -City Center Encores! - Feb 98

Li'l Abner - City Center Encores! - April 98 - why?

Parade - Vivian Beaumont @ LCT - November 98 - I didn't realize what a great show this was till I saw it at NYU last year.

ABT - City Center - November 97 - Yum!

Betrayal - American Airlines - Jan 01

Miss Saigon - Broadway - June 99

Do Re Mi - City Center Encores! - May 99 - Josh Prince was in this.

Forbidden Broadway 2001 - Ellen's Classy Stardust Diner - March 2001

La Terrasse - MTC - May 1999

The Iceman Cometh - Atkinson - June 1999

The National Ballet of Canada - City Center - October 98 - this should be your first tip-off that I used to work at City Center.

ABT - City Center - November 98

Corpus Christi - MTC - Oct 98

Freak - Cort - Feb 98

True West - Circle in the Square - Feb 2000

The Time of the Cuckoo - Mitzi Newhouse @ LCT -Feb 2000 Debra Monk at her thinnest.

The Torchbearers - Drama Dept - 2000 - Directed by Dylan Baker

Swing! - St. James - Oct 2000

Closer - Lyric Theatre, London

Noises Off - Atkinson - November 2001

Art - Royale with Cheese - May 1998 - Tom Hewitt was the Standby for Alan Alda and Victor Garber.

I'm officially bored. There are probably another thousand Playbills laying here. Oh well!

Time to do something fun,

Bi, d.