Gavin Creel's Get Out The talented Tony nominee Gavin Creel is releasing a record! Announced first at his shows at the Allen Room (his performance was part of the Lincoln Center Songbook series) and later confirmed in a statement on Playbill.com, the Hair star will celebrate the release of his new album Get Out with two shows at Joe's Pub on Monday, March 19. The first show will be at 7pm and the second at 9:30. According to the release on Playbill, attendees of the 9:30 show "will be invited to stay for a post-show album release party." Tickets went on sale on Wednesday, but you can check in with Joe's Pub at either 212.967.7555 or joespub.com for availability.
Why Wall Street Should Stop Whining In a new blog post, Rolling Stone's unparalleled Matt Taibbi eviscerates a ridiculous new New York magazine piece. "The End of Wall Street as They Knew It" is a preposterous piece that argues Wall Streeters have it tough in this economy because their bonuses have shrunk. (That's bonuses - extra money in addition to their salary and stock options and more.) To quote Taibbi: "Since 2008, the rest of America has suffered a severe economic correction. ... When the crash hit, regular people could not make up the difference through bailouts or zero-interest loans from the Fed or leveraged-up synthetic derivative schemes. They just had to deal with the fact that the economy sucked - and they adjusted. This ought to have been true also on Wall Street, but...the financial services industry somehow managed to maintain its extravagant lifestyle standards in the middle of a historic global economic crash that, incidentally, they themselves caused."
Leap of Faith You remember that Leap of Faith is coming to Broadway, right? And you remember that stars Raul Esparza and Jessica Phillips did a photo shoot for the show last week, right? (If not, here's a refresher.) Well this week, Broadwayworld.com brought us an enticing behind-the-scenes video of the photo shoot. Watch below and then get excited for the lovely Phillips and the sexy Esparza to "blow your mind"! (If the video doesn't work, click here to watch it on Broadwayworld.com.)
In other Oscar news, in a bid to trim from the usually overtime broadcast, Oscar producers are thinking about cutting the performances of the Original Songs nominees. I think this is a big mistake. First of all, a musical performance is usually something that will engage viewers. Second, one of the nominated songs is "Man or Muppet" from The Muppets, which means there'd be two Muppets on stage performing alongside fan favorites Jason Segel and Jim Parsons. You want viewers to tune in? Don't cut a ratings grabber like this.
Tony Update Speaking of Venus in Fur, that and 12 other shows were discussed on Thursday when the Tony nominating committee met for the second time this season to discuss Tony eligibility. As might have been expected, Venus in Fur's Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy were both ruled eligible in the Leading Actor/Actress in a Play category while Judith Light and Thomas Sodoski will be eligible in the Featured Actor/Actress in a Play category for their terrific work in Other Desert Cities. Visit Playbill.com for the other decisions and more information about the eligibility rules.
Director Joseph Gordon-Levitt? The star of 50/50 and founder of the artists' collective HitRECord will make his feature film directing debut when shooting begins this April of a film he wrote. According to Deadline.com, the film "is a sexy comedy about a modern-day Don Juan, and his quest to become less of a 'selfish dick.'" Gordon-Levitt will play that character, and he'll be joined by Scarlett Johansson and another soon-to-be-cast leading lady. (My guess is he's trying to get his pal Zooey Deschannel on board.) Read more, including additional insight from Gordon-Levitt, on Deadline.com.
The Grammys are on Sunday night and the rocking and rolling Foo Fighters - up for 6 awards (plus two others related to Wasting Light but not for the Foos themselves) - will perform twice!!! Tune in to CBS at 8pm. And now, check out the video for "These Days," an incredible song that Dave Grohl has said makes him as proud as he's ever been as a songwriter!
Gavin Creel's Get Out
Why Wall Street Should Stop Whining
Oscar Updates
In other Oscar news, in a bid to trim from the usually overtime broadcast, Oscar producers are thinking about cutting the performances of the Original Songs nominees. I think this is a big mistake. First of all, a musical performance is usually something that will engage viewers. Second, one of the nominated songs is "Man or Muppet" from The Muppets, which means there'd be two Muppets on stage performing alongside fan favorites Jason Segel and Jim Parsons. You want viewers to tune in? Don't cut a ratings grabber like this.
Venus in Fur is Back on Broadway
Director Joseph Gordon-Levitt?
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