ART

Sorry, guys, I blew it on organizing. We've missed the preview for Art at New Court Theater, but there are still plenty of shows left. Is there a weekend when everyone is available?

"Stuck" in Milwaukee

This was just emailed to me from someone in Whitewater, so I thought I'd post it. I know we already have enough things that we're planning on doing, but whatever. Speaking of, are we having another Drama Club?


Don’t miss ”Stuck” in Milwaukee! August 14 and 15 at 7:30 pm and August 16 at 4:00 pm and 8:00pm Please support your classmates and department and purchase your ticket today by calling 414-271-1371. Tickets are $20 and are general admission. All performances will be at In Tadem’s Tenth Street Theatre at 628 N. 10th Street (near 10th and Wisconsin). We also need ushers – so if $20 is not in your budget, usher spots will be filled via emails to altermas@uww.edu on a first come first serve basis. ;) See you in Milwaukee! Feel free to pass this information along to your address book and facebook friends. J (here’s the facebook page I’ve created as well – become a fan today! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Whitewater-WI/UW-Whitewater-TheatreDance-Department/20376646659)

Stuck
Written by Neil Haven
Directed by Jim Butchart
August 14 & 15 at 7:30 pm
August 16 at 4:00 pm & 8:00 pm
Tenth Street Theatre
628 N. 10th Street (near 10th and Wisconsin)
Milwaukee
Call 414-271-1371 for tickets.
Romance, schemes and dreams flourish in Stuck, an off-beat new comedy by UW-Whitewater Theatre/Dance graduate Neil Haven. As the elevator of the nostalgic Woodland Inn Hotel travels up and down, Ella, an agoraphobic elevator operator, watches the comings and goings of the hotel guests – a husband on a business trip, a suspicious wife, and a seductive temptress – and uncovers their secrets. Be part of the world premiere of Stuck!

What is [title of show]?

I'm glad you asked.

PostSecret

This isn't strictly drama related, but it seems like something you guys would appriciate. It's called PostSecret, an ongoing community art project that has people sending in annonymous post cards with their secrets. Some are funny. Some are sad. http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
Check it out. It's really cool.


There are also entire books with PostSecret postcards: http://www.amazon.com/Lifetime-Secrets-PostSecret-Book/dp/0061238600?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177350558&sr=8-8

The New Elle Woods

For those of you who don't know, there's been a reality show on MTV for the past month called Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search For Elle Woods. Girls competed for the chance to be Elle Woods on Broadway. Well, tonight was the finale and we now have our new Elle Woods.

Watch a video of her recording "So Much Better":
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1681694181/bctid1680571325

Jelly told me to post this. But read the [title of show] post below this. It's much more interesting.

[title of show]

Everyone, YOU MUST LISTEN TO THIS MUSICAL! It's so fawesome! It's entitled [title of show], and it's amazing. Jenny thought that it looked cool, so we rented in from the library and it ROCKS! It's a musical about writing a musical. It's a four person show. The music reminds me of a combo of Ave. Q and I Love You Because.

Here are the lyrics to a song that you all can probably relate to. Especially those planning on majoring in theatre. Disclaimer: the following is probably rated R.

DIE VAMPIRE, DIE!

Susan: There are some people in the world who say that writing stories, or composing music or dancing sparkly dances is easy for them. Nothing interferes with their ability to create. While I celebrate their creative freedom, a little part of me just wants to punch those motherfuckers in the teeth. This song, I sing this song for you guys and for all the rest of us. Help me out y’all.

Backup: We’ll sing backup

Susan: You have a story to tell, a novel you keep in a drawer.

Backup: Old sock drawer!

Susan: You have a painting to paint, but you lazy like an old French whore

Backup: Je suis whore

Susan: You have a movie to make, Shrinky Dinks you can bake but you best grab a stake, cause, in sweep the vampires, in creep the vampires, knee deep in vampires, Filling you with doubt. Insecurity, ‘bout what you art should bein sweep the vampires

All: Die vampire

Susan: You sketched that turtle you saw in an ad on late-night cable TV

Backup: Tippy Turtle!

Susan: But your fourth grade teacher said

Female Backup: You can’t draw

Susan: Aww, those vampires just won’t let you be

Backup: Fuck you Ms. Johnson, Word!

Susan: And when they come run like hell, see those bats in your belfry, then call on Van Helsing.

Susan: In swoosh

Backup: Ooh, the vampires

Susan: in a whoosh

Backup: ooh, the vampires,

Susan: Babaganoosh

Backup: ooh, all the vampires

Susan: Filling you with thoughts of

Backup: Self consciousness

Susan: Feelings of

Backup: Worthlessness

Susan: They’ll make you

Backup: Second guessDie vam-

All:-pire! There are so many vampires, inside, outside, and nationwide, it helps to recognize them with this vampire hunting guide! Listen closely, a vampire is any person or thought or feelingthat stands between you and your creative self expression,but they can assume many seductive forms. Here’s a few of them!

Backup: Tell us Susan

Susan: First up are you pigmy vampires. They’ll swarm around you head like gnats and say things like:

Male Backup: Your teeth need whitening

Female Backup: You went to state school?

Male Backup: You sound weird

All: Shakespeare, Sondheim, Sedaris

Susan: Did it before you and better than you, or they might say that you cannot sing good

enough to be in a musical, or they might say:

Backup: Ooh, your song’s derivative, Ooh, your song’s derivative, Ooh, your song’s derivative,

Susan: To keep that song from you! Just tell them:

Backup: Die vampire, die!

Susan: Brothers and sisters, next up is the air freshener vampire, she might look like you mama, or your old fat-ass, fat aunt Fanny.She smells something unpleasant in what you’re creating. She’ll urge you to:

Backup: (Spraying sound)Susan: It with some pine fresh smell ’em ups. The air freshener vampire doesn’t want you to write about

Backup: bad language, blood, or blow jobs

Susan: She wants you to clean it up and clean it out. Which will leave your work toothless, gutless, and crotchlessbut, you’ll be left with two tight paragraphs, All kittens that your grandma would be so proud of. You look at that air freshener vampire in her fat ass, fat old fuckin’ face and you say

Susan(speaking quietly): The last vampire is the mother of all vampires and that is the vampire of despair. It’ll wake you up at 4am to say things like:

Backup: (speaking quietly)Who do you think you’re kidding? You look like a fool. No matter how hard you try, you’ll never be good enough

Susan: (speaking quietly) Why is it that if some dude walked up to me on the subway platform and said these things, I’d think he was a mentally ill asshole, but if the vampire inside my head says it, It’s the voice of reason.

{musical vamp}

Backup: (back to loud singing) You have a story to tell, pull your novel out of that sock drawer! You have a painting to paint, you best paint it and then paint some more!

Susan: Oh baby, you must escape and grab it by the nape of its neck, by the tracheafuckin’ break it, go on drive a stake in, Yeah there’s no mistaking, now you’re shake and bakin’

All: Die, vampire I said, “Die, vampire”I said, “Now die vam-pi-re, die!” In fly the vampires, oh my the vampires, then die the vampires,filling you with life, creativity, all that you heart should be, out go the vampires. Die vampire, die vampire, die vampire, die!

"PHANTOM" SEQUEL IS UNMASKED AT UK BASH

"Andrew Lloyd Webber unveiled the first act of "Phantom . . . Once Upon Another Time" at his annual Sydmonton Festival two weeks ago. And while the buzz on this sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera" is pretty good (especially for the music), what really impressed the swells were Andrew's wines.

As for "Phantom . . . Once Upon Another Time": It's set in 1906 in Coney Island. The Phantom, having fled Paris, is running a freak show. At night, he crawls into his lair and makes love to an automaton that looks like Christine.

Christine, meanwhile, has become a famous opera singer. But she's fallen on hard times because her husband, Raoul, has squandered their fortune. So she's accepted a high-paying gig from a mysterious impresario to open a new amusement park. On her first night in New York, she draws back the curtain in her hotel suite and comes face to face with her new employer - flash of lightning, crash of chords - the Phantom!

Christine has a child, Gustave, but is his father Raoul or the Phantom? I can't tell you because no one's seen the second act yet.
But I can tell you that Raoul, who was so handsome in "The Phantom," is now a drunken wreck."
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07162008/entertainment/theater/a_really_wine_time_120096.htm?page=0

the rest of the article is about wine or something. i've never even seen the phantom of the opera movie, but someone's bound to be interested so i decided to post it.

-jenny

Joseph, yet again.

I'm thinking we're gonna go see Joseph this Sunday at 2pm at the J-PAC because that seems to be the only date that works. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students. I'm assuming tickets are sold at the door since I haven't been able to find any info about reserving seats. Anyways, email or call or text or post a comment or something if you're interested. Or just show up at 1:30(?). Whatever.

Guess what Broadway musical is going to be adapted into a movie and another older one that will be remade?









Wicked & Jesus Christ Superstar!
I thought I'd throw in that second one too although I'm sure you all will be far more excited for a film version of Wicked.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119486.html

New Court Theater

Here's what's going on at Beloit College this summer. Sorry I didn't post this sooner.

June 11-28 Nevermind

SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM
July 9-12, 17-20, 23-26

This wonderfully charming yet sophisticated revue of Steven Sondheim music is brimming with many of the tunes you love from Gypsy, West Side Story, and Company, as well as lesser known pieces that will quickly become favorites. This Tony Award-winning musical is a perfect introduction to the work of this contemporary master and a must for die-hard fans. The show will feature NCT veterans Michael Herold of Jacques Brel and Jack Forbes Wilson of Our Town and Romantic Inklings, along with newcomers Patte Lund and Samantha Sostarich.

ART
July 30-August 2, August 7-10, 13-16

How much would you pay for a white painting? Would it matter who the painter was? Would it be art? This hilarious play questions, celebrates and argues the concept of what art is, swept the Tony Awards and has kept audiences in stitches all over the world. Winner of the 1996 Olivier Award for Best Comedy and 1998 Tony Award for Best Play. This final offering brings together Jack Forbes Wilson, Paul Carbonell - whose fast-talking talent agent delighted audiences in I Hate Hamlet - and Michael Anthony Chase, of Guys on Ice and I Do! I Do!

Tickets
Adults $21.50
Seniors (62+) $19.00
Students $10.50
Previews (1st Weds. show) $10.00 for all

Joseph

Performances: July 17-20, 2008
Performance Times: Thurs, Fri, Sat 7:00 p.m Sat & Sunday 2:00 p.m.
Ticket Prices: $15 adults $10 Student $5 under 12
Call 608-758-0297 for reservations or more information.

What do you guys wanna do?

Drumroll please...

And next year's musical will be....Oklahoma!

Plot summary
Act I
Curly McLain, a cowboy, is in love with Laurey Williams, a farm girl, but they both are too proud and stubborn to show it. A rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys over fences and water rights leads to tension, even in romance. Curly looks forward to the beautiful day ahead as he wanders into Laurey's yard ("Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'"). He and Laurey tease each other, while Laurey's Aunt Eller looks on. There will be a box social dance that night, which includes an auction of lunch baskets prepared by the local girls (to raise funds for a schoolhouse). Curly asks Laurey to be his partner, but she refuses. He attempts to persuade her by telling her that he will take her in the finest carriage money can buy ("The Surrey With The Fringe On Top"), but it turns out that he made it up, and Laurey storms away.
The sinister and dark-hearted outsider, farm hand Jud Fry, appears. He also sets his sights on Laurey and asks her to the dance. She accepts to spite Curly, despite being afraid of Jud. Meanwhile, cowboy Will Parker returns bedazzled and souvenir-laden from a trip to modern "Kansas City". But he is upset that his girlfriend, Ado Annie, invites romancing from other men ("I Cain't Say No"). While he has been away, she has been spending a lot of time with Ali Hakim, a Persian peddler, who appreciates her passion but doesn't want to get married ("It's a Scandal! It's an Outrage!"), for that would put an end to his travelling life.
Curly discovers that Laurey is going to the box social with Jud and tries to convince her to go with him instead. Afraid to tell Jud she won't go with him, Laurey playfully warns Curly off ("People Will Say We're In Love"). Hurt by her refusal, Curly goes to the smokehouse where his rival lives, and the two indulge in idle banter about Jud's reputation ("Pore Jud Is Daid"). Their talk turns into an ominous confrontation, punctuated by alarming but harmless gunplay. Once Curly departs, Jud's resolve to win Laurey becomes even stronger – he is tired of being on his own ("Lonely Room"). Confused and fraught by her feelings for Curly and her fear of Jud, Laurey muses ("Out of My Dreams"), then falls asleep, dreaming ("Dream Ballet") of what marriage to Curly would be like. Her dream takes a nightmarish turn when Jud replaces Curly, and she cannot escape him. The dream makes her realize that Curly is the right man for her, but it is far too late to change her mind about going to the dance with Jud; they leave for the box social.
Act II
At the social, the farmers and ranchers meet. Both sides state the merits of their way of life, while Aunt Eller tries – and eventually succeeds – in getting them to make peace ("The Farmer and The Cowman"). The auction starts out frivolously, but becomes much more serious when Laurey's basket comes up for auction. Curly is so determined to outbid Jud that he sells his prized possessions: his saddle, his horse, and even his gun. It is made apparent to all watching, that the rivals are fighting not for the basket, but for Laurey herself. Will bids 50 dollars on Ado Annie's basket in hopes of getting her for a wife. (Ado Annie's father said that if Will ever got $50 he could marry her.) But Will realizes that by bidding the $50, he no longer has the money to "purchase" Ado Annie. Desperate to be rid of Ado Annie, the peddler bids $51 dollars, and gets the basket, and Will claims Ado Annie as his prize. Later that night, the couple work out their differences ("All Or Nothin'"). Jud confronts Laurey about his feelings for her. When she admits that she doesn't return them, he threatens her. She then fires him as her farm hand, screaming at him to get off of her property. Furious, Jud threatens Laurey before he departs. Laurie bursts into tears and calls for Curly, and when he arrives, she bravely recounts her final encounter with Jud, including the fact that she wants no more to do with him. Curly is so happy that he proposes to her, and she accepts ("People Will Say We're In Love (Reprise)").
Three weeks later, a drunken Jud reappears the morning after Curly and Laurey's wedding. He attacks Curly and in the ensuing confrontation accidentally falls on his own knife, killing himself. At Aunt Eller's urging, the wedding guests hold a makeshift trial for Curly. The judge, Ado Annie's father, declares the verdict "not guilty!" and everyone rejoices ("Oklahoma!") in celebration of the territory's impending statehood. After more rejoicing, Curly and Laurey depart on their honeymoon.

[edit] Musical numbers
Act I
Overture - Orchestra
Oh What a Beautiful Mornin' - Curly
Laurey's Entrance - Laurey & Curly
The Surrey With the Fringe On Top - Curly, Laurey, & Aunt Eller
Kansas City - Will, Aunt Eller, Male Ensemble
I Cain't Say No - Ado Annie
Entrance of Ensemble (Oh What a Beautiful Mornin' and I Cain't Say No) - Will, Ado Annie, Curley, Aunt Eller, Ensemble
Many a New Day - Laurey and Girl ensemble
It's a Scandal! It's a Outrage! - Ali Hakim and Ensemble
People Will Say We're In Love - Curly and Laurey
Pore Jud is Daid - Curly and Jud Fry
Lonely Room - Jud
Out of My Dreams/Dream Ballet - Laurey and Dream Figures
Act II
Entr'acte - Orchestra
The Farmer and the Cowman - Andrew Carnes, Aunt Eller, Curly, Gertie Cummins, Will Parker, Ado Annie Carnes, Laurey, Ike Skidmore and Ensemble
All Er Nuthin' - Will and Ado Annie
People Will Say We're In Love (Reprise) - Curly and Laurey
Oklahoma - Curly, Laurey, Aunt Eller and Ensemble
Finale Ultimo (Oh What a Beautiful Mornin' and People Will Say We're in Love) - Company

Changes to the UW musical

Okay, the UW production of "The Musical of Musicals-The Musical" is all sold out on Sunday, but they are discussing the possibility of adding Wednesday. If they do, would anybody be interested in coming? All the info from my last post would, I think, be the same for the Wednesday show as well as far as price and time. (?)

So, would anyone be interested if they do add a Wednesday performance?

LOOK AT THIS...NOW!

First come first serve! We have two tickets available for "The Mucial of Musicals-The Musical" at UW Madison for THIS SUNDAY at 2pm! Tickets are $22.50. Get back to me ASAP or you're screwed. :)

Annie

Info on ANNIE, the production Rosie is in this summer:

Edgerton Performing Arts Center, 200 Elm High Drive, Edgerton, Wisconsin

August 7-10 and 15-17, 2008

Show Dates and Times are as follows...

Thursday, August 7th at 7:30 PM is our special Family Night! All Tickets are just $5! Buy your tickets early!

Friday, August 8th at 7:30 PM
Saturday, August 9th at 7:30 PM
Sunday, August 10th at 2:00 PM
Friday, August 15th at 7:30 PM
Saturday, August 16th at 2:00 PM
Saturday, August 16th at 7:30 PM
Sunday, August 17th at 2:00 PM

Tickets are General admission. $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Tickets for ANNIE are currently available in person at Edgerton Pharmacy, Edgerton Piggly Wiggly, Knapton Musik Knotes in Janesville, and Voigt Music Centers in Beloit and Janesville. Order your tickets by phone by calling Edgerton Pharmacy at 608-884-3308!

You guys wanna get together and carpool and buy tickets? If I get a list and money together from everyone, I can go get tickets at Voigt. Do you guys wanna try for the family night because tickets are only $5?

All of this info came from http://www.annieinedgerton.com. You can find the cast list here. I'm gonna look for info on the UW musical too, so be checking the blog for that.

Good

Hey, Angelica, it worked.

Chess

Summary:
- Chess involves a romantic triangle between two players in a World Chess Championship, and the woman who manages one and falls in love with the other.
- Leading the cast were top-selling US recording artiste, Josh Groban, Broadway’s Idina Menzel (WICKED, RENT) and Adam Pascal (RENT).
- Chess in Concert will be shown on television in 2009 and released on DVD and CD.
http://www.chessinconcert.com/information.html


Pictures:
http://www.chessinconcert.com/gallery/index.html


Cast list:
http://www.chessinconcert.com/castlist.html

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I sent this to Jelly and she told me to post this here. Just following orders.
-Jenny

Joseph

Joseph is playing at the J-PAC July 17-20. Spotlight on Kids is doing it I believe. Anyone interested?