Monday, October 25, 2010

Tony Winner Rondi Reed Returns To Prime Time TV Tonight

Rondi Reed and Billy Gardell
Tony Winner Rondi Reed Returns To Prime Time TV Tonight

If you're like me and have enjoyed the relative abundance of Broadway/theatre folks on television lately, you may have been enjoying seeing Tony-winning actress Swoosie Kurtz blissfully playing against type as Joyce, the sexpot mother of Molly Flynn on CBS' new hit comedy "Mike & Molly."

This evening, Rondi Reed, who won our hearts and a very well-deserved Tony as Mattie Fae Aiken in August: Osage County makes her debut on the series as Mike's mom Peggy.

CBS describes tonight's episode as follows:
When Mike invites Molly over to his apartment, his plans for romance are interrupted by an untimely call from his mom, Peggy on the next episode of "Mike & Molly."
But this short teaser has left me, well, breathless:



With that, how can I not tune in?

"Mike & Molly" airs at 9:30 p.m./8:30 p.m. CDT.

This is Steve On Broadway (SOB).


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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Fantasy Casting Calls

Fantasy Casting Calls

With all the buzz about a potential film version of August: Osage County, the Chicago Tribune's Chris Jones provided his dream casting for the inevitable movie.

So, not to be outdone, was it any surprise that the Gray Lady, The New York Times, had reporter Erik Piepenburg asking theatre industry folks what their ultimate fantasy casting calls would be?

With a huge tip of the hat to Garrett Eisler of The Playgoer, whose own erudite opinion was tapped and included in the story, check out here what everyone from A to Z (OK, Adam Rapp to Swoosie Kurtz) had to say.

The comments by Jason Robert Brown should be savored.

And fellow bloggers, isn't this just an extension of the meme we were playing just a couple weeks ago? Hat tip here, once again, to Sarah B. at Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment! I'll stick with the choices I already spelled out here.

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