Tony Awards Monday Morning Quarter-backingThink my title mixes two extremes of popular entertainment where never the twain shall meet?
Think again.
Since
New York Jets'
quarterback Mark Sanchez appeared on last night's
Tony Awards as a self-proclaimed "
theatre aficionado" (when this Jet was introduced, dare I say, many in the audience likely thought he was from the cast of
West Side Story), and since this fall will see the Broadway bow of
Lombardi, it's entirely apropos.
(Click
here for the full list of Tony Award winners).
Yes, there will be the carping about
Memphis' big win as Best Musical, but let's face it -- the show has what it takes to be a huge success on tour, and lest we forget, a large number of the Tony voters represent the touring class. But it was telling that for the first time in years, the Tony-winning Best Musical earned less awards (four) than the year's Tony-winning Best Play,
Red.
Red earned a total of six well-earned Tony Awards, including a first ever for estimable director
Michael Grandage, who has become a master of both musicals and plays.
Eddie Redmayne surprised (me) as the winner in the Best Featured Actor category, but given his astounding Broadway debut, I could not quibble with the choice of the Tony voters. I had hoped his co-star
Alfred Molina would win in what was arguably the evening's most competitive category, but as I
predicted,
Denzel Washington won for his superb performance as Troy Maxson in
Fences.
Which brings me to the photo above. In addition to also accurately predicting
Fences would win Best Revival of a Play, Washington's co-star
Viola Davis proved to be the most deserving winner of the evening for her bravura performance. In fact, so absolutely certain was I that Davis would win that I had made a twitter wager with @BroadwayGirlNYC that I would eat my
Fences Playbill if she failed to take home the Tony. Although that Playbill looked mighty tasty on my plate, I knew all along that I never needed to worry about actually eating it.
In terms of overall predictions, I got 17 out of 26 correct or just over 65%. In the categories that were broadcast, I accurately predicted 11 out of 15 or just over 73%. Not bad, but after entering producer
Ken Davenport's contest, I blew his tie-breaker question that asked how long (without going over)
Marian Seldes' Lifetime Achievement Award speech would be; I thought I was being modest by predicting it would clock in at a bit over 2 minutes.
I'm sure all of us were wrong as she didn't utter a single word, opting instead to soak in the enormously deserved standing ovation before exiting the stage. Some say it was the best speech ever. And since she spoke volumes more with her eyes and sweeping gestures than most actors can say in a blue streak, I think they may be right.
Speaking of blue streaks, there were plenty to be seen in the hair of numerous cast members via the number of performances afforded
American Idiot, which took home two Tony Awards in creative categories. But were all those televised numbers enough to move the needle on its struggling box office? I'm sure we'll hear soon enough. But let's just consider this. For the
week of June 6, the show attracted a capacity of 52.6%, which was very anemic for a Best Musical nominee. If there isn't a box office boost for this tuner, you can expect to see closing notices posted very shortly.
Same goes for
Come Fly Away, which failed to walk away with any awards. Like
American Idiot, this
Twyla Tharp tuner has been losing its audience and was down to 56.8% capacity for the week ending June 6.
Million Dollar Quartet is in the danger zone, too (it attracted just 57.8% capacity during that same period), but at least
Levi Kreis to score a Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and the show didn't come off too shabbily during the broadcast.
But it's
Next Fall I predict will post the first closing notice. The show grossed a paltry $116,150 for the week ending June 6 and attracted just 52.3% capacity in what is already one of Broadway's smallest houses. Perhaps they thought they could eke it out through the Tonys, but the producers may feel it's time to finally pull the plug after going home empty-handed. Expect a closing notice at any moment.
For the second year in a row, I spent my Tony Awards evening in the comfort of my own home where I tweeted the night away. Among my tweets that resonated most with my fellow Twitterers (by virtue of how frequently they were retweeted) were the following comments:
(Upon Tony Awards entrance of Angela Lansbury:) There's no legend quite like Angela Lansbury. She's not an overnight sensation ... she's a lifetime sensation! #Tonys
(As Catherine Zeta-Jones was singing "Send In The Clowns":) Catherine Zeta-Jones inexplicably became a bobble-head #Tonys
(During performance from cast of Come Fly Away:) Still think COME FLY AWAY looks like an after-after-after party where all the decent people already went home #Tonys
(As Cate Blanchett was presenting:) Could someone figure out a way to bring Cate Blanchett to Broadway? She's 1 of the best actresses of our time, stage or film. #Tonys
(At start of Lea Michele's rendition of "Don't Rain On My Parade":) Now for the biggest Broadway audition in history as Lea Michele has high hopes for FUNNY GIRL revival. #Tonys
(Just after it the winner was announced in this category:) Best Actress in a Musical: Catherine Zeta-Jones in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. All the other actresses were robbed, but I predicted this #Tonys
(When Memphis' Best Musical acceptance speech was cut-off:) It's over?! Most awkward finish to a Tony Awards show goes to
Sean Hayes. What just happened?! #Tonys
Speaking of my Twitter comments, about halfway through the Tony Awards, my friend Esther at
Gratuitous Violins alerted me that my Twitter feed was appearing on the
New York Times' online Tony coverage (her tweets were there as well).
I was so honored, yet flabbergasted, that I couldn't help but tweet, "I feel like the folks from
[title of show] in learning that my tweets are live on NYTimes' #Tonys Twitter feed. Will this go on site, too??"
And sure enough, it did.
So, what did you think of the Tony Awards? Thrilled? Disappointed? Somewhere in between? I'll be curious to know what you thought.
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SOB's Theatrical Firsts Of The Noughties: My First Blog And Bloggers Meet-UpOver the course of the last decade, I’ve been truly fortunate to enjoy a number of enlightening firsts in my personal theatergoing that have only served to increase my deep and abiding love for the art form known as live theatre. What follows is one of my ten favorite experiences of the last ten years.In April 2006,
I began Steve On Broadway (SOB), not because I work in the theatre, but because I am deeply passionate about it.
While the silence at first was deafening as I wondered who on earth could ever possibly find little old me, let alone
want to, I was surprised as the hits started coming and a dialogue was formed with you, my dear readers, along with a growing contingent of other bloggers who are fellow theatre enthusiasts.
Initially, I had no idea how many of us there were. And to be perfectly honest, I’m still not exactly certain as so many come and go, while others are clearly here for the long haul.
It wasn’t until March 2008 that my dialogue with my fellow bloggers leapt to the next level. Thanks to the coordination of my dear "sister" Esther at
Gratuitous Violins, a blog she created only after I urged her to turn her comments she left on my site into postings she could claim as her own, I finally came face to face with a wide swath of these men and women by virtue of
our first-ever bloggers brunch.
There, I had the opportunity to meet Aaron at
‘kül That Sounds Cool, Alicia at
Things You'll Learn To Love About Me, Chris at
Everything I Know I Learned from Musicals, Jan at
Broadway & Me, Jimmy at
Third Row, Mezzanine, Kari at
lit-wit, Mike at
The Lunar Gemini, Patrick at
Just Shows To Go You and last, but most certainly not least, Sarah at
Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment, and it was the beginning of many fine friendships that only continue to grow and flourish.
Ever since that time, I’ve been proud to meet an ever-growing online community of true theatre aficionados. Early this year, one of them, my friend dear Jan of Broadway & Me broached the subject of organizing this coterie of theatre bloggers into something more. She suggested organizing a theatre bloggers association. While it would take producer
Ken Davenport to make Jan’s inspired dream a reality, the fact is there are now 40 theatre bloggers who comprise the
Independent Theatre Bloggers Association (ITBA), and I am very pleased to be a member of this fledgling organization.
Bloggers I've had the distinct pleasure of meeting personally since beginning Steve On Broadway include:
Adventures In The Endless Pursuit Of EntertainmentBroadway AbridgedBroadway & MeConfessions Of A Chicago Theatre AddictDaddycatcher's RealmEverything I Know I Learned From MusicalsFragmentsFrom The LedgeGratuitous ViolinsJust Shows To Go You‘kül That Sounds CoollitwitModern FabulousityOne Producer In The CityPataphysical ScienceStage BuzzStage Left, House RightTapeworthyTheatre Aficionado At LargeThe Broadway Musical BlogThe Clyde Fitch ReportThe Stephen Mosher BlogThe TheatergoerThings You'll Learn To Love About MeThird Row, MezzanineWest End WhingersIt's been such an honor meeting these individuals who reside in such far-flung places as London, Chicago, Providence, Boston, Minneapolis and of course New York City. To have forged some strong friendships with many of them has been icing on the cake.
As the world of social networking continues to evolve, I realized earlier this year that it was time to adapt Steve On Broadway for
Twitter and
Facebook. As someone who had previously scoffed at the notion of using Twitter, I’ve come to depend on it for learning so much of my news. In a very short period of time, I’ve become quite proficient at micro-blogging, and both it and Facebook have enabled me to reach an even greater audience.
If anyone had told me that I would have over 1000 followers or be ranked among the
top 20 "most influential" Broadway tweeters by the end of 2009 or that I would have the
number one Broadway-tagged blog on Facebook or that Steve On Broadway would be
independently ranked as one of the top 15 theatre blogs, I would have wondered what you were smoking. But here we are at the conclusion of 2009, and that’s exactly what has happened, much to my amazement.
If you’ve read
this far, I want you to know how much I appreciate
your having taken the time to read SOB. I thank you for being part of my online audience, which now includes members of the broad theatre communities throughout the United States as well as in such far-flung places ranging from Australia to the United Kingdom.
Just as I am deeply humbled by the friendship so many of you have given to me, just an average theatre fan, I am also grateful for your support. What ostensibly started out as something I did just for my own personal enjoyment has transformed itself into a part of a larger dialogue among like minds.
Thank you for joining me on my theatrical journeys. Here's to many, many more over the next decade.
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Age AppropriateThursday's issue of
The New York Times has an
excellent article from
Robin Pogrebin that should be required reading for all parents wishing to take their children to a Broadway show, along with the pre-show conversations worth having with them.
It also helps to know how young is
too young, as
Gratuitous Violins has recently pointed out quite eloquently. Parents need to remember that other audience members have paid to see the same performance that their own squealers may be ruining.
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Labels: Age Appropriate, Broadway, Children, Gratuitous Violins
Annie (The SOB Review) – Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, Rhode Island
* (out of ****)
Leapin' lizards, what a dog.
Regular readers will know that in my appreciation for live theatre, I cut my teeth on the original Broadway production of
Martin Charnin and
Charles Strouse’s
Annie when
I saw the London mounting way back in 1979.
I was charmed by virtually every aspect of the show, beginning with
Martin Charnin and
Charles Strouse's winning score and
Thomas Meehan's lighthearted, whimsical books (with auspicious beginnings for Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal) right through the nuanced, winning performances by
Stratford Johns and
Sheila Hancock, and ultimately to all the magical design elements, particularly
David Mitchell's intricate set.
Flash forward to the current touring production of
Annie, and it’s a pale imitation of that original show. Bet your bottom dollar, because it looks that cheap.
Sure, the story and score still hold up -- in fact, given the current state of the economy, they resonate brilliantly -- but strip away practically every last nuance from the lackluster performances and the glorious design elements that wowed me thirty years ago, and it all comes down to what this
Annie amounts to.
To put it simply, it’s a scrim. No, not a scream, but one scrim after another after another, nearly devoid of most actual scenic design. It looks as cheap as it is bad. There's absolutely no magic. No wonder this revival falls so flat.
I’m truly grateful to
Gratuitous Violins for taking me as her guest, but at the risk of sounding like an ingrate, I’d like to scratch what
I had to say about
Guys And Dolls. This warmed-over
Annie marks the worst, most disappointing musical revival I’ve seen over the past year.
It’s a hard knock, but someday, if not tomorrow, a dazzling revival worthy of the exceptional core show will come knocking.
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Labels: Annie, Charles Strouse, David Mitchell, Gratuitous Violins, Martin Charnin, Musical, Sheila Hancock, Stratford Johns, The SOB Review, Thomas Meehan, Touring Production
Happy Birthday, Esther (Gratuitous Violins)!It's not every day I use this space to wish someone a happy birthday -- of course lately it's not every day I post anything, period. But today I'm absolutely thrilled to wish my dear Esther at
Gratuitous Violins a very, very extraordinarily happy birthday.
I'm too much of a gentleman to reveal a lady's age, so let's just say that my dear friend is observing one of those major milestone birthdays on this May 5. And if you read
my post from last Wednesday, today you'll hear -- as the late broadcaster
Paul Harvey used to say -- "the rest of the story."
Last week, you learned how I was traveling to
Providence to visit Esther. To capitalize on our shared love of live theatre, as well as to mark the 30th anniversary of my having first seen
Annie, Esther purchased tickets for the two of us to see a Saturday afternoon matinee of the
touring production in Rhode Island's capital city.
But naturally, that was not all that was planned. There was a very special surprise awaiting Esther.
After enjoying my own brisk Saturday morning run from the
Capitol through the
Down City streets and up toward
Brown University and back to my
hotel across the street from the State House, Esther picked me up and we proceeded to the front door of the impressive
McKim, Mead & White-designed
seat of power for Rhode Island's government. The State House is inexpicably closed on Saturdays (unlike so many other State Capitols), but Esther -- demonstrating with tenacity that the name Gratuitous Violins is no fluke -- had pulled some major strings and arranged entry for us into the building. We essentially had it and all its majestic grandeur to ourselves.
Throughout the rest of the day, Esther served as expert tour guide, sharing not only her wonderful home town (including a terrific brunch at
Down City Cafe), but also aspects of her life that make her the cherished friend so many of us know and love. She provided me a chance to meet some of her co-workers, see her high school and junior high, and best of all, I had the opportunity to see her childhood home where I met her father.
Little did Esther know that once
Annie concluded, I began maintaining a close eye on my watch with great vigilence. You see, the minutes had started to count down to the impending moment Esther was to receive her surprise -- a celebration of her life from but a cross section of her friends, including
Chris,
Kari,
Roxie and
Sarah.
After a couple of false starts, such as Esther and I arriving at our appointed meeting place just a little too early ...
twice ... the surprise of these cherished friends traveling to Providence to join me in celebrating our honoree ultimately came off without a hitch. Esther was truly surprised, and clearly enjoyed every minute we shared, including a special Saturday evening dinner in her honor at one of Providence's marvelous Italian restaurants,
Siena, suggested by the birthday girl herself. Given how Esther had initially brought many of us together once upon a time for our very
first bloggers brunch, it seemed appropriate that many of us would come together in an
esprit de corps over her.
While Chris wasn't able to join us on Sunday, the remaining five of us drove to
Newport and enjoyed more conviality together -- well, minus the spirits of the alcoholic variety -- as we toured majestic mansions including the second
Cornelius Vanderbilt's
The Breakers and
Theresa Fair Oelrichs'
Rosecliff, not only where "
The Great Gatsby" was filmed, but perhaps more significantly (especially to theatre lovers like us) where
Cole Porter wrote
Anything Goes -- the gorgeous
Steinway he used to compose the musical is on display in the mansion's opulent ballroom.
Our time together culminated much too quickly, less than 24 hours after our celebration began, over a late lunch at one of Newport's seafood restaurants.
Now, as hokey as this may seem, I can't seem to get that tune
Carol Burnett used to sing at the close of
her show out of my head:
I'm so glad we had this time togetherJust to have a laugh or sing a song.Seems we just get started and before you know it Comes the time we have to say "so long."Esther,
so long as the stars are in the skies, I know we'll enjoy each other's company. It may not always be in person, but it most certainly will be in spirit. And so I not only send you my birthday wishes across the miles on this very special day regardless of how many
bridges we must cross, but I also give you the
rest of
Joe Hamilton's timely lyrics:
There's a time you put aside for dreamin'And a time for things you have to do.The time I love the best is in the evening I can spend a moment here with you.When the time comes that I'm feelin lonelyAnd I'm feelin' oh so blue,I just sit back and think of you only,And the Happiness still comes through.That's why I'm glad we had this time together'Cause it makes me feel like I belong.Seems we just got started and before you know itComes the time we have to say, "So long."Happy birthday with love, Esther. Keep rosining up that bow, and never lose sight of your dreams and the gifts they hold.
And now you know the rest of the story.
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Labels: Anything Goes, Birthday, Cole Porter, Gratuitous Violins, Special Messages, Travels
There Will Be Violins: Frank TalkSomehow, I completely missed
this, but nothing gets by the ever-sharp eye of Esther at
Gratuitous Violins.
She takes on one of my all-time favorite theatre critics, Frank Rich, for this
comment at last week's discussion of
August: Osage County, sponsored by
The New York Times:
By the way, many of the most vicious reviews are written on theater blogs, and they can’t be stopped either.
I'm with you, Esther. I don't read too many blogger reviews that are outright vicious, and in fact, I think the one critic out there who seems to take the most glee in being so is none other than the Grey Lady's current lead critic.
But I will say this: I miss the days before Mr. Rich transferred over to the Op-Ed pages. Not because I'm upset by what he has to write over
there, but because as a theatre lover, I felt that I had a kindred spirit writing reviews for other theatre lovers. "Butcher of Broadway," indeed.
Those were the days, and they were rich.
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Labels: Blogs, Criticizing Critics, Frank Rich, Gratuitous Violins, The New York Times
Tag, I'm It!Thanks to that bubbly effervescent Sarah at
Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment, who came up with a fun
little meme for me this week in which she tagged all her blogbuddies. Since I consider myself one of them (hope I'm not too presumptuous, Sarah), it's saving me on a full-blown entry on a very hectic day.
Naturally, I'll wonder what friends like Esther at
Gratuitous Violins, Chris at
Everything I Know I Learned from Musicals and Jan at
Broadway & Me have to say.
So here goes:
1. The first musical I ever saw on Broadway was (or if you haven’t seen a musical on Broadway):
Cats. And I still came back to Broadway anyway!
2. The musical I would most like to see again is: the quintessential
Gypsy and
Guys And Dolls (my two all-time favorites)
3. The musical I never want to see again is: Cats and
The Phantom Of The Opera (my two least favorite musicals)
4. The best performance in a Broadway musical by a woman I’ve ever seen is: Chita Rivera in
Nine (2003)
where the legendary actress literally stopped the show with her performance of "Folies Bergeres." I've only seen a standing O delivered mid-performance four other times -- by
Jennifer Holliday in both the 2002 and 2007 Atlanta revivals of
Dreamgirls at the close of "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going," and twice at the close of
Gypsy's "Rose's Turn," first by
Bernadette Peters in 2003 (Broadway) and then again by
Patti LuPone in 2006 (Ravinia).
5. The best performance in a Broadway musical by a man I’ve ever seen is: Harvey Fierstein in
Hairspray, but
Nathan Lane in
The Producers is not far behind (although it wasn't until my third time seeing the show that I actually saw him...).
6. The person I wish they never cast was: All the stuntcasting that causes shows to
jump the shark.
7. The person they should have cast was: Other Broadway babies.
8. My favorite Broadway choreography was in the show: Rob Ashford's impressive work in just about anything he attempts. But if I have to pick one of his shows, then let it be
Curtains.
9. The lyric/line that always brings a lump to my throat is: "A bird cage I plan to hang/I'll get to that someday/A bird cage for a bird who flew away/Around the world" -- sung by
Christine Ebersole in
Grey Gardens.
10. The stupidest lyric/line I’ve ever heard is: "I'm not wearing underwear today/No I'm not wearing underwear today," from
Avenue Q.
11. The first musical I had to go back and see twice was: The Producers (see my answer in #5)
12. The first musical I ever walked out of was: Are you kidding? It's never happened, even though I may have thought about an early exit.
13. The most under praised and overly deserving show in my opinion is: the 2002 production of
Sweet Smell Of Success. At least
John Lithgow won.
14. The most overly praised and under deserving show in my opinion is: Cats.15. The song show tune I’m most likely to sing while I’m dancing around at home is: Lately, for reasons hinted at in my opening, it would have to be "The Bitch Of Living" from
Spring Awakening. But there's also plenty of times I've sung "Cabaret" from the
eponymous show.
16. If I could recast any role in a current Broadway musical with a performer of the past it would be: Edna Turnblad (
Hairspray) with
Zero Mostel.
17. If I could recast a current actor in a Broadway musical that was before their time it would be: Michael Cerveris as the King of Siam in
The King And I.
18. The show they should never change a word of because it is already perfect is: Gypsy and
Guys And Dolls.
19. The show I'd most like to get my hands on and rewrite is: Who am I to rewrite a show?! Good or bad, they are all someone else's pride and joy, full of hard work. If I knew how to rewrite a show, let alone write one, do you think I'd have this blog?!
20. The role I was born to play on Broadway is: Are you kidding? Me on the stage?! If I really had to pick one, it would either be
Cabaret's emcee or
Guys And Dolls Nathan Detroit. Now
there's a range!
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Labels: Adventures In The Endless Pursuit Of Entertainment, Blogs, Broadway, Broadway and Me, Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals, Gratuitous Violins, Meme, Musical
Imitation Is The Sincerest Form...
Imitation Is The Sincerest Form...In part because
Modern Fabulousity so generously links to my site on a regular basis, but also because I found his post "
ABC's Meme" so interesting, I'm providing a link back and playing copycat with my own version.
I give you the SOB ABC's:
A - Age: Older than I look, but younger than I feel.
B - Band listening to right now: Does the cast of
Spring Awakening count as a "band"?
C - Career future: I hope to know more in the next few days.
D - Dad’s name: he goes by Dean, but his real name is Donald.
E - Easiest person to talk to:
Esther.
F - Favorite type of shoe:
Manolo Blahniks, simply because I like saying the name (and it gets bonus points for being a "
Sex And The City" staple).
G – Grapes or Grapefruit: Grapes, preferably red and seedless.
H – Hometown: Depends on how hometown is defined. I grew up in
Mequon, Wisconsin. It will always be home to me.
I – Instrumental talent: I used to play the piano.
J – Juice of choice: Pineapple.
K – Koala Bear or Panda Bear: Koala Bear, because I've been able to hold one (you can't hold a panda).
L - Longest car ride ever: Milwaukee to Houston to Washington DC. I never take the obvious route.
M – Middle name: Dean.
N - Number of jobs you’ve had: 19. They included: dishwasher, shopping mall Santa (age 16, seriously), discount department store clerk, high-end retail sales associate, computer draftsman, college student body president, encyclopedia sales, Capitol Hill intern, project assistant to U.S. Senator, regional representative to same U.S. Senator, legislative assistant to same U.S. Senator, lobbyist, state legislator, public relations firm account supervisor, trade association director of public relations, director of communications for same trade association, director of public relations for travel company, senior vice president of big public relations firm and senior director of public relations for same travel company as before. Best: current job. Worst: last job.
O - OCD traits: being able to tell you which U.S. President corresponds with each number (for example, 26 = my personal
favorite president in history).
P - Phobias: Claustrophobia, but I've really only experienced it once inside
these.
Q - Quote: "If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me." (
Alice Longworth, daughter of my favorite president in history)
R - Reason to smile: Live theatre.
S - Song you sang last: "The Song of Purple Summer" by cast of
Spring Awakening.
T - Time you wake up: 7 a.m. whether I want to or not.
U - Unknown fact about me: There's an actual face attached to my eyes.
V - Vegetable you hate: Lima beans.
W - Worst habit: I've been putting off in answering this, but it's procrastinating.
X - X-rays you’ve had: Teeth.
Y - Yummiest food my belly likes: sushi and chocolate, although rarely together.
Z - Zodiac sign: Virgo.
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Labels: Blogs, Gratuitous Violins, Meme, Modern Fabulousity, Sex And The City, Special Messages, Spring Awakening
Happy Thanksgiving!Now that the most intriguing drama of the week appears to have played out in a court of law, there's finally something for Broadway-loving audiences to be thankful for.
With that, I'm now abroad for the next few days (I'm currently in Amsterdam en route to Stuttgart, Germany), and I expect my reporting to be very spotty at best.
So allow me to take a moment and say thank you for visiting Steve On Broadway (SOB) over the past year. With your continual feedback, comments, interest and friendship, you've made me very grateful.
Ironically, it was also a year ago today that I first posted a story that spurred an inquiry from one of my dear readers. Now, a year later and several Broadway shows later, Esther at
Gratuitous Violins has become a treasured friend and indeed a beloved sister. If you haven't yet visited her site that's full of interesting and thoughtful insights -- not only about theatre, but film, television and literature, as well as the occasional random musing for good measure -- please take a look. I think you'll enjoy what you see. Esther, here's wishing you a truly wonderful holiday and thank you for the gift of friendship!
Thank you once again for visiting Steve On Broadway.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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