SMASH: Season 2 Premiere

Let's kick this thing off right...Team IVY!!

10:58 Ivy looks like how I feel right now
10:49 Wow, thank you Hilty for working that 11 o'clock number!
10:40 Wow could this Brooklyn scene be any more stereotypically hipster?
10:34 Jeremy Jordan please don't get involved with this dingaling Karen
10:27 I cannot get behind Krysta, Wesley, and Savannah supporting Team Karen
10:22 Way to name drop Mary Testa, Jackie Hoffman, Cheyenne Jackson, and Harvey
10:19 Oh no this sexual harassment montage is a problem
10:15 Ivy is working the Double D Doralee look now
10:14 There are NO Broadway types hanging out at those tables in Times Square
10:03 Annaleigh Ashford is everything!
9:53 Jeremy Jordan has me sobbing right now
9:51 I have a collection of programs from failed musicals. Talk about Queening out!
9:48 Time to get an audition techniques class from Megan Hilty
9:46 What on earth is Christian's hair doing right now?
9:39 "Good luck, you deserve it" That's bad luck in the theatre!
9:35 "I'm your muse, it's what we do" #Gross
9:34 Singing next to JHUD will always make McPhee look bad
9:30 Ivy is working the Evita hair right now!
9:23 I hate Karen even more this season
9:21 Wait, why does Ivy have to apologize to Karen?
9:15 How long until Anjelica's character throws another drink?
9:14 "Someone is always waiting to take you down honey. But if the work is good, they won't be able to." -JHud
9:13 Why is Karen Cartwright happening?
9:12 I didn't realize they were going to cut to Memphis...
9:09 Remember when Christian Borle was married to Sutton Foster?
9:09 The St. James is a great theatre, but I don't think it's "the best"
9:08 "I don't read the reviews. I read Tom's face." -Julia
9:06 Wesley Taylor is divine. He is everything!
9:05 Anjelica Huston's characterr is WORKING the bangs!
9:05 Megan Hilty works the curves, she lives for a good wrap dress!
9:04 We die for Krysta Rodriguez! But we hate the fact that she is bff with Karen.
9:03 Wesley Taylor and Savannah Wise are just darling!
9:02 Does anybody else have a problem with the fact that Karen is not nearly curvy enough to play Marilyn?
9:01 Oh wow, did she or didn't she? I'm talking about Ivy's suicide attempt.

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Christina Ricci is making her Broadway debut in TIME STANDS STILL. In what movie did Christina Ricci receive her breakout role?

TIME STANDS STILL follows Sarah and James, a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent, played by Laura Linney and Brian D'Arcy James respectively, trying to find happiness in a world that seems to have gone crazy. Theirs is a partnership based on telling the toughest stories, and together, making a difference. But when their own story takes a sudden turn, the adventurous couple confronts the prospect of a more conventional life…and everything changes—in a flash. Performances begin September 23, 2010 at the Cort Theatre.

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TONY Winner Alice Ripley Departs Next To Normal

This evening's performance of Next to Normal will be the final show for 2009 TONY award winner for Best Leading Actress in a Musical Alice Ripley after nearly a year and a half run. Ripley has been with the show in the role of Diana since it debuted at New York City's Second Stage, traveled out of town to Washington DC's Arena Stage, and opened on Broadway at the Booth Theatre. Ripley will continue with the show as it embarks on its first national tour. Next To Normal is a poignant show that explores an uncommon topic for musicals, a bi-polar mother also facing severe depression and other various psychological disorders. The play examines the effect that one person's mental illness has on the entire family. Brian D'Arcy James (Dan) and Jennifer Damiano (Natalie) also depart the show after this evening's performance.

My experience with the show is one that is certainly memorable. I arrived at the Booth theatre at around 9am one Friday last summer expecting to be able to purchase rush tickets (same day tickets at a discounted price) for the evening performance. However, I was about 40th in line with only 20 tickets available and soon found out that the first person in line arrived at 5am. Determined to get tickets my next time around, I arrived to the Booth promptly at 5am the next Friday and I was ecstatic to be first in line. The time went quickly and I bought my front row seat at 10am when the box office opened. I had high hopes for the show and certainly was not disappointed. The show had me on the edge of my seat and tossed me from emotional high to low and every place in between. Seeing Alice Ripley live onstage in this role will certainly go down as one of my most treasured theatre memories. While other performances have faded into history, hers remains as fresh in my mind as the day I first witnessed it. Brava Alice, Broadway will miss you terribly, but the rest of the country must now experience your talents. I will see you at the Kennedy Center!


Please comment and share your own experiences with Next To Normal...I would love to hear about them!