+ I recently came across the BROADWAY BLOG, which “covers all the news and gossip about Broadway shows now appearing on Broadway in New York City”. It is the blog of NYTix.com, which provides discount Broadway tickets, free TV Show tickets, discount parking, and other NYC offers. During the recent stagehands strike the blog kept readers up-to-date on developments and reported on Broadway shows that were open despite the strike. The site also has a section that provides a brief summary of all current musicals.
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A recent post reports that another revival of GYPSY is headed for Broadway – this time with Patti LuPone as Mama Rose. Broadway’s original Rose was, of course, Ethel Merman, with subsequent productions starring Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daily, and Bernadette Peters. I saw all but the original, and I expect that I will go to the Patti LuPone revival as well. Bette Midler was Rose in the television adaptation, and Rosalind Russell played her in the movie. While it was apparently not well liked by the show’s creators, the movie version was my introduction to the show and I could not find fault. Liza Minelli has always wanted to play the famous stage mother, so there may still be another revival yet.
+ BLUEPRINT FOR FINANCIAL PROSPERITY is a great personal finance blog. In his post “Ignore Personal Finance Experts”, Jim asks the question: What do the likes of supposed “experts” Suze Orman, Robert Kiyosaki, and David Bach have in common? “They don’t know you but they know exactly what’s wrong with you and how to fix it.” He rightly tells you to ignore these “cafones”, whose only purpose is to sell you a book or a program, and that you will get much better advice and information from personal finance blogs.
+ It appears that this past week Ellen DeGeneres called tv’s current BACHELOR a jerk. I thought – great, an idiot reality tv spade finally being called the spade that he/she is! I wish more tv personalities (Jay, Dave, Regis, etc) would call these idiots what they truly are – especially to their faces when due to required network cross promotion they are booked as guests. But I learned that the reason Ellen called him a jerk was not the fact that he appeared on a reality tv program, but because he did not pick one of the bimbos that the network pimps provided for his pleasure to be his mate. A reality tv person actually did something real! Then I learned that Ellen apologized for calling him a jerk, although she still thought he was wrong in not choosing one of the bimbos. If Ellen takes this crap seriously then it is she who is the real jerk!
TTYL
+ BLUEPRINT FOR FINANCIAL PROSPERITY is a great personal finance blog. In his post “Ignore Personal Finance Experts”, Jim asks the question: What do the likes of supposed “experts” Suze Orman, Robert Kiyosaki, and David Bach have in common? “They don’t know you but they know exactly what’s wrong with you and how to fix it.” He rightly tells you to ignore these “cafones”, whose only purpose is to sell you a book or a program, and that you will get much better advice and information from personal finance blogs.
+ It appears that this past week Ellen DeGeneres called tv’s current BACHELOR a jerk. I thought – great, an idiot reality tv spade finally being called the spade that he/she is! I wish more tv personalities (Jay, Dave, Regis, etc) would call these idiots what they truly are – especially to their faces when due to required network cross promotion they are booked as guests. But I learned that the reason Ellen called him a jerk was not the fact that he appeared on a reality tv program, but because he did not pick one of the bimbos that the network pimps provided for his pleasure to be his mate. A reality tv person actually did something real! Then I learned that Ellen apologized for calling him a jerk, although she still thought he was wrong in not choosing one of the bimbos. If Ellen takes this crap seriously then it is she who is the real jerk!
TTYL
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