Stage Rush TV: Episode 88
Talking points:
- Godspell‘s Lindsay Mendez: Can she carry her own show?
- Broadway grosses
What do you think, Rushers? Do you think Mendez will one day headline her own Broadway show? Do you think she’s a character actress or a leading lady—or is she both? Who are some of your favorite character actors on Broadway who have become leading men and women? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!
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Stage Rush TV: Episode 86
Talking points:
- Raul Esparza, Sierra Boggess, and more sing devastatingly beautiful Christmas songs at ASTEP’s annual holiday benefit concert
- Broadway grosses
What do you think, Rushers? Who had the best performance of the night at ASTEP’s Christmas concert? Would you forgo Christmas presents in exchange for hearing Raul Esparza sing (like I would)? What’s your favorite Christmas song that you’d like to see one of these guys perform? (An album of songs featured in the concert is available on iTunes and at Sh-K-Boom Records.) Leave your swooning and inappropriate thoughts in the comments below!
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Stage Rush TV: Episode 85
Talking points:
- Stage Rush takes a road trip to Pennsylvania to see the first-ever high school production of Spring Awakening
- Win tickets to see An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin
- Broadway grosses
What do you think, Rushers? Do you think Spring Awakening should be performed in more high schools? Do you think it’s an appropriate musical for high school students? How do you think the show should be adapted for a high school setting? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!
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Stage Rush TV: Episode 84
Talking points:
- Ron Raines gives the rundown on each of his Follies costars
- The best performances of the Suites By Sondheim benefit concert
- Broadway grosses
What do you think, Rushers? Who is your favorite character in Follies? Do you see where Ron Raines is coming from with his assessments of his castmates? Were you at the Suites By Sondheim concert? Who do you think gave the best performance? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!
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Stage Rush TV: Episode 83
Talking points:
- Seeing Chinglish
- Inside the meet-and-greet with Chinglish playwright David Henry Hwang and director Leigh Silverman
- Broadway grosses
What do you think, Rushers? Have you seen Chinglish? Were you as tickled by the subtitles and misinterpretations, as I was? What do you think of David Henry Hwang’s inspiration for the play? Do you think Chinglish is “too smart” for commercial audiences? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!
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Stage Rush TV: Episode 82
Talking points:
- Happy Halloween! I explain how Broadway inspired my kooky costume this year.
- Shakespeare + beer = ShakesBeer! Halloween fun with The Mick of The Craptacular.
- Susan Egan’s Beauty and the Beast tales
- Ticket giveaway: Lysistrata Jones
- Broadway grosses
What do you think, Rushers? What are you dressing up as for Halloween this year? Is it Broadway related? Have you ever taken part in ShakesBeer? What do you think is the creepiest Shakespeare passage? Did Susan Egan’s horror stories of premiering Beauty and the Beast surprise you? Leave your thoughts in the comments below, and have a happy Halloween!
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Stage Rush TV: Episode 81
Talking points:
- Moonface Martin-Reno Sweeney romance rumors from Anything Goes‘ Robert Creighton
- The top reasons to see Relatively Speaking and Sons of the Prophet
- Broadway grosses
What do you think, Rushers? Do you think Robert Creighton has navigated Broadway wisely? Which duet are you most excited to hear on his album—Kate Baldwin, Heidi Blickenstaff, Joel Grey, or Tituss Burgess? What did you think of Relatively Speaking and Sons of the Prophet? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!
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Stage Rush TV: Episode 80
Talking points:
- Adam Jacobs of The Lion King and Aladdin—the guy who’s played both Simba and Aladdin
- Simba’s workout tips
- Marathon week of theater, including The Mountaintop and The Lyons
- Win tickets to the off-Broadway comedy The Judy Show
- Broadway grosses
What do you think, Rushers? Is Adam Jacobs living out your childhood dreams? Do you think you’ll adopt any of Simba’s workout tips? Have you seen either The Mountaintop or The Lyons? What did you think? Thank you so much for making 80 episodes of Stage Rush TV, your continued support, and for being the best readers a guy could ask for. Leave your thoughts in the comments below!
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Stage Rush TV: Episode 79
Talking points:
- Celine Dion, Bernadette Peters, and Kristin Chenoweth introduce this week’s episode! (Just watch.)
- NEWSical‘s Christina Bianco’s incredible celebrity impersonations and her strangest voiceover gigs
- Broadway grosses
What do you think, Rushers? Which impersonation of Bianco’s did you like best? I’m partial to Celine. What do you think of Bianco’s story? Are you surprised Billy Elliot is closing? Do you think it had a good run, or does it deserve a longer life? Let it all out in the comments below!
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