Day: June 13, 2010

While watching the Tony Awards, in welcoming two of the cast members of “Glee,” they talked about the two actors’ Broadway careers. One I knew about, but the other I didn’t. So I did some fast checking. Then I went upstairs to Ariel’s room and said, “Where do you have that script book from ‘Hairspray’ that you got cast autographs on?” She pulled it out and I flipped through it, and then pointed to the signature of the actor who had portrayed Link Larkin, one Matt Morrison. I said, “Congratulations: You got Will Schuster’s autograph.” She shrieked.

And just now, during the Tonys, host Sean Hayes ran onto the stage in a full Spider-Man costume singing a very muffled version of “Don’t Rain on My Parade.” He then pulled off the mask and wondered how in God’s name Spider-Man’s gonna sing in that outfit. He may have a point.

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A cliffhanger? Really? They ended the strip on a cliffhanger? I mean, if they can’t afford to keep the strip going in a market where story strips are almost a thing of the past, fine, I get that. But they couldn’t give the creators a sufficient heads-up that they could have tied up the current storyline rather than leave Annie and Warbucks separated? I don’t care if they brought in Mr. Am from nowhere and he transports her home. She deserved better than what they gave her.

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