notwithstanding the foregoing

Viva Forever Expected to Premiere at West End's Piccadilly Theatre - Playbill.com

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:41:48 -0400

Viva Forever Expected to Premiere at West End's Piccadilly Theatre - Playbill.com:

Previews are expected to start in November and open in December.

I think we all know what Rohin wants for Christmas.

motherjones: Vibrators, douches, and pelvic massages: A brief...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:02:08 -0400

motherjones:

Vibrators, douches, and pelvic massages: A brief history of dudes attempting to cure ladies of “hysteria.”

this is relevant to tumblr’s interests.

"…We were particularly amazed when thousands, then tens of thousands of people began creating their..."

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:57:49 -0400

“…We were particularly amazed when thousands, then tens of thousands of people began creating their own personal Star Trek adventures. Stories, and paintings, and sculptures, and cookbooks. And songs, and poems, and fashions. And more. The list is still growing. It took some time for us to fully understand and appreciate what these people were saying. Eventually we realized that there is no more profound way in which people could express what Star Trek has meant to them than by creating their own very personal Star Trek things. Because I am a writer, it was their Star Trek stories that especially gratified me. I have seen these writings in dog-eared notebooks of fans who didn’t look old enough to spell ‘cat.’ I have seen them in meticulously produced fanzines, complete with excellent artwork. Some of it has even been done by professional writers, and much of it has come from those clearly on their way to becoming professional writers. Best of all, all of it was plainly done with love…. That is the highest compliment and the greatest repayment that they could give us.”

- Gene Roddenberry (via craic-dealer)

It’s always nice to see quotes like this from creators rather than the “omg you’re stealing and raping my babies, you evil monsters” sort of stuff. (Somehow folks with the latter attitude always seem to be more visible.)

I was at a convention once (sort of, long story) and had a long chat with a woman who claimed to have once been Gene Roddenberry’s assistant for a time. She said he had a listed number and fanfic writers would call from time to time and ask questions. Her favorite was when someone asked what color Spock’s penis was.

(She was a little crazy. I have no clue if this story is true. I don’t really care, it’s still delightful even if it’s made up.)

waxjism: awesomepeoplehangingouttogether: Robert DeNiro, Bruce...

Thu, 31 May 2012 23:37:05 -0400

waxjism:

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:

Robert DeNiro, Bruce Springsteen, and Barack Obama

Something about the composition in this pic makes it look like Obama is officiating the Really Gay Wedding of DeNiro and The Boss.

It’s the medal. It’s the most awkward and next-to-impossible to find a decent evening gown to match.

But that would be a great wedding, man.

medeaofcolchis: Ingrid Lucia - Sunny Afternoon

Wed, 30 May 2012 23:08:33 -0400

medeaofcolchis:

Ingrid Lucia - Sunny Afternoon

yayponies: areyoutryingtodeduceme: AVENGERS TEAS ASSEMBLE. Wow...

Tue, 29 May 2012 18:54:00 -0400

yayponies:

areyoutryingtodeduceme:

AVENGERS TEAS ASSEMBLE.

Wow I dragged my feet on doing most of these for ages, but you guys were persistent and wore me down so heeeeere you go!

Bruce Banner: A calming tea on the surface, but with an overwhelming green force brewing below. [earl grey green, green pekoe, chamomile]

Tony Stark: Brash, Aggressive, and Rich. A blend at once frustrating and charming. [lapsang souchong, ginger, tiger eye]

Clint Barton: A slightly playful blend that may be hard to take very seriously, but will prove to be strictly business when under fire. [thai chai, assam melody, gunpowder]

Natasha Romanoff: A worldly blend, based off of Russian tea culture. A strong, smokey tea perfect for a busy spy. [lapsang souchong, assam melody, currant]

Thor: A deep, strong flavor, incredibly masculine, with bright notes of apricot. [ceylon sonata, apricot, toasted mate]

Loki: ‘So I am no more than another scorned idea, locked in your mental tea cabinet until you might have use of me? You could have told me it wouldn’t happen from the beginning! Why didn’t you? What, because I— I— I am the caffeinated blend parents won’t let their children try at night? You know, it all makes sense now, why you favoured Holmes all these years, because no matter how often you claim to make tea, you could never have a Frost Giant featured in your signature blends!’ [Thank you to the anonymous writer that left me this note, and prompted me to make a blend for Loki. Cool, refreshing, but just a bit dark, with a hint of floral undertones. This blend truly shines when iced.] [gunpowder, spearmint, rooibos jasmine]

Steve Rogers: As American as Apple Pie, perfectly sweet, but built for strength. [spiced apple chai, almond, assam melody]

Son of Coul: Strong, Reliable, motivating, and loyal to the end. A cup of tea worth Avenging. [toasted mate, tiger eye, chestnut]

Leeeeeaaahhhhhhhhhhh

OMG she is killing me with these. The Lestrade blend is like my favorite thing in the world now, and the Watson is also lovely, and of these it looks like the Thor and Coulson and Bruce Banner will likely be my faves. (Also the Rory Pond looks quite nice.Natasha and Clint look nice as well, but I don’t like anything that’s TOO smokey.)

This whole office move all of a sudden with no budget is a...

Tue, 29 May 2012 17:10:00 -0400

This whole office move all of a sudden with no budget is a massive pain but the good thing is I have my own office and a view.

"How biblical will it be this time around? “Everybody’s talking about how bad it could be,” says Jim..."

Tue, 29 May 2012 11:00:06 -0400

“How biblical will it be this time around? “Everybody’s talking about how bad it could be,” says Jim Skinner, owner of A&C Pest Management. “You know when you have a cold winter, regardless of the species, you get a good kill. And so without a winter, it should be a really good year for insects. And mammals, too. We’ve seen an uptick in mice already.””

- Why This Could Be the Worst Mosquito Summer of All Time — New York Magazine

I can confirm that this is HAPPENING. The skeeters are numerous and out for blood. I have been on Benadryl for TWO days fighting epic sized mosquito bites all over my body.

You know what’s great? Guess how many mosquito bites Joe has? EXACTLY ZERO MOSQUITO BITES.

(via jennyjennybobenny)

This article is terrifying. But has fascinating factoids like:

Kourbage has been in the business since 1962, working with rats, roaches, and now bedbugs. He was trained by Chuck Schumer’s grandfather and great-grandfather (the senator comes from a long line of exterminators).

I hate mosquitos. Kill them all, please.

made-with-malice: My brain spends a large percentage of its...

Sun, 27 May 2012 20:45:00 -0400

made-with-malice:

My brain spends a large percentage of its time firmly in the gutter #saucy #stitches #crossstitch #needlework #madewithmalice (Taken with instagram)

Michelle, this one’s for you.

The Spiral Dance: turnabout replied to your video: I saw this tonight! In a nutshell, it...

Sun, 27 May 2012 20:43:39 -0400

The Spiral Dance: turnabout replied to your video: I saw this tonight! In a nutshell, it...:

sourdoughislife:

turnabout replied to your video: I saw this tonight! In a nutshell, it was fun,…

so I should wait until it’s on netflix? Cause I was excited. (Srsly, dude, season is over I miss you!!)

Aw, I didn’t know you were that interested in seeing it! Or that you’d been released from the…

Awwww, it’s okay. I’m back to a normal person schedule for the summer, so let’s do stuff.

thegirlwiththefinchertattoo: itscandidlycara: Jay Smooth On...

Sun, 27 May 2012 02:57:10 -0400

thegirlwiththefinchertattoo:

itscandidlycara:

Jay Smooth On Not Freaking Out About Nonwhite Births Becoming Majority

This is brilliant. And of course Edward James Olmos would be on an imaginary People of Color Advisory Board. Of course.

I would trust that Advisory Board implicitly.

ninewheels: notabadday: What kind of day has it been,...

Sat, 26 May 2012 21:48:59 -0400

ninewheels:

notabadday:

What kind of day has it been, Doctor?

well um YES

Mark Ruffalo and Josh Hamilton in This Is Our Youth about a...

Sat, 26 May 2012 15:04:32 -0400

Mark Ruffalo and Josh Hamilton in This Is Our Youth about a million years ago.

Remember how Lily Allen had a song on her first album about how...

Sat, 26 May 2012 11:15:31 -0400

Remember how Lily Allen had a song on her first album about how much weed her brother smokes? Yeah, that’s Alfie Allen and every time I see him on Game of Thrones, this is all I can think about.

"Judging from the attendance at a recent production of “Streetcar,” the producer’s..."

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:25:00 -0400

“

Judging from the attendance at a recent production of “Streetcar,” the producer’s outreach has borne fruit; a number of audience members from Harlem, Brooklyn and Queens said they bought tickets after attending an outreach event.

Sammie Senyana , 24, only recently attended her first Broadway show, “Porgy and Bess,” when she saw an ad for “Streetcar” in Playbill.

“I saw Blair Underwood and I was like, ‘I’m coming to that!’” she said. “You can see them breathe, you can see them tick”

But Senyana’s sister, Brenda, said Broadway could do a better job of attracting black audiences.

“I refuse to believe it’s just money,” Brenda said. “I think people are willing to pay. … People can find the money to come. It’s really about feeling it’s worth it.”

Added Sammie, “I don’t think a lot of people feel they’re a part of this world.”

”

- WNYC: Why Broadway Audiences are Whiter than Ever

The cast of Streetcar has been doing outreach events at churches. Fela got producers Jay-Z and Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith to promote it. Sean Combs got a whole lot of people to come out to Raisin in the Sun. I wish there were a better way than celebrities, but it seems to be the most effective way across the board, not just black audiences.

todaysdocument: Tap, Ball Tap, Hop, Shuffle, Tap! National Tap...

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:07:06 -0400

todaysdocument:

Tap, Ball Tap, Hop, Shuffle, Tap!

National Tap Dance Day is celebrated every year on May 25th, which is the birthday of American Tap Dancer and actor, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.

Poston, Arizona. A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry entertains her fellow evacuees with a demonstration of her tap dancing ability. This was one number in an outdoor musical show.

Francis Stewart, photographer. From the Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority

"On speed, necessity, and musicals that shouldn’t exist: “There are a lot of stories that do not need..."

Thu, 24 May 2012 22:13:36 -0400

“On speed, necessity, and musicals that shouldn’t exist: “There are a lot of stories that do not need to be musicalized. The great musicals had to be musicals; most of the musicals that get done now are not necessary. Not the way Clybourne Park is necessary … Why would musical theater be the only culture that resists newness? It doesn’t make sense. Bands become successes on tumblr. Where’s the tumblr of musical theater? [The problem is] older people are willing to pay for it, and they’re the same audience that’s not going to want something new. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. I’d rather go see our future than most musicals. The theater is simply not democratized in any way, and other art forms are. And that’s even more true of musicals … If you look at what people are interested in, it’s fast! They have trouble keeping up with the pace of contemporary life, and they want art that reflects that and elucidates that. You can shoot a hip-hop video in a day. You can make a movie very, very quickly. You can make a TV show and get it on in a minute and a half. And nothing in musicals is like that. In the days when people were writing the classic musical, they got written and produced in less than a year. Imagine seeing On the Town when it was literally about what was happening in New York the year it was written!””

- Scott Rudin in How Can Musical Theater Be Saved? Broadway Veterans Give Their Advice — Vulture (via turnabout)

Okay I’m ready for every Scott Rudin production to offer 50 rush-priced, buyable-in-advance tickets for theatregoers under 35. Sounds like that’s what he’s doing, right? Lemme know when.

PS Clybourne Park is a big fat lie of an empty empty play.

(via jaimealyse)

Jamie, that would be awesome. But I take your point.

The opinions are all interesting, but it’s still a lot of old people telling us what theater should be.

jumpingjacktrash: yeah it looks peaceful now, but wait til...

Thu, 24 May 2012 21:51:56 -0400

jumpingjacktrash:

yeah it looks peaceful now, but wait til somebody knocks over another guy’s yarn basket. :D

This is my new favorite thing.

"On speed, necessity, and musicals that shouldn’t exist: “There are a lot of stories that do..."

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:54:28 -0400

“On speed, necessity, and musicals that shouldn’t exist: “There are a lot of stories that do not need to be musicalized. The great musicals had to be musicals; most of the musicals that get done now are not necessary. Not the way Clybourne Park is necessary … Why would musical theater be the only culture that resists newness? It doesn’t make sense. Bands become successes on tumblr. Where’s the tumblr of musical theater? [The problem is] older people are willing to pay for it, and they’re the same audience that’s not going to want something new. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. I’d rather go see our future than most musicals. The theater is simply not democratized in any way, and other art forms are. And that’s even more true of musicals … If you look at what people are interested in, it’s fast! They have trouble keeping up with the pace of contemporary life, and they want art that reflects that and elucidates that. You can shoot a hip-hop video in a day. You can make a movie very, very quickly. You can make a TV show and get it on in a minute and a half. And nothing in musicals is like that. In the days when people were writing the classic musical, they got written and produced in less than a year. Imagine seeing On the Town when it was literally about what was happening in New York the year it was written!””

- Scott Rudin in How Can Musical Theater Be Saved? Broadway Veterans Give Their Advice — Vulture

janambm: I AM LAUGHING MANIACALLY hello, sailor.

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:58:30 -0400

janambm:

I AM LAUGHING MANIACALLY

hello, sailor.