That L-Named Person
@2460fun
You can't scare me. I've lived thru the rise and fall of Friendster, Hotline, LiveJournal, Xanga, and the 🐦 app. Your favorite Asian American Bay Area -> NYC transplant. Copy editor, but off-duty here. Musicals! TBTL! she/her
. @mmebahorel.bsky.social is in town — we checked out the Best Musical nominee I was rooting for and the Best Musical nominee that won for a fine (if humid) two-show day!
So what the heck happened with Houston Broadway Theatre's Falsettos? (From the director's IG story)
There was a cute, short curtain speech and Q & A by Dez Duron, and a group photo of all the standbys! And everyone sang "this is where you belong." Chris Tamayo (standby Oliver) had entered with a guitar and said, "Now we do Hadestown!" and I may have accidentally yelp-laughed
Maybe Happy Ending tonight was so special! To celebrate being the longest-running show at the Belasco, we all got an Oliver tote bag that contained a glow stick, along with instructions. This could've gone badly, but didn't! The soft clicking for like 30 seconds was kinda funny, though.
Also, I guess they’re operating the follow spot remotely? For now?
The new (to me) Nabulungi and Cunningham are so cute and so young I don’t think they steamed any of the wrinkles out of the Orlando drop during those three weeks
I’ve now been at two reopenings of the same show! Matt Stone, the Manhattan borough president, and an FDNY fire chief appeared before the show!
Did a two-show day yesterday for the first time in a while and I’m not built for this anymore! At least it’s a holiday!
Congrats to the Chron for finding a specific white lady who misses Hobby Lobby 😆
I've known of Ayo Edebiri mostly through comedy, and she's incredible in Proof, fluttering like a lightbulb filament. And so happy to see Jin Ha on stage again!
This is what it looked like when I walked by on May 7. That gigantic tube and the generator were formidable!
I’m pretty sure the last vampire musical I saw was Lestat. Bravo, The Lost Boys, for being an upgrade and so much more!
However, this remains my favorite thing I ever made during my time at the big Tee Jay
Spelling Bee tonight! An impulse buy a week ago because it popped up on TDF. Some great understudies (I think Chip had friends in the crowd.) And Lea DeLaria was one of the spellers! She was having a blast. I think one of their descriptions was "the only sixth grader to have forearm tattoos."
Tonight: Maya Rudolph as Mary Todd Lincoln! Oddly enough, I felt like almost nothing she did surprised me (though was incredibly funny) until the desk scene with her teacher. Then the wheels came off in the best way. It was a great night and I was happy to see these alumni return!